College Football

Mike Leach has a lot of thoughts on aliens and why people should stay away from Area 51 on Sept. 20.

Warren Newman stretched out all the way to make a gorgeous grab. And then his team's mascot earned an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.

Who will be the best players on the college football field this fall? See SI's full list here.

Just because they didn't crack SI's list of 2019's top 100 players doesn't mean these guys aren't in for big years.

It only takes one early-season trap to throw a wrench into the playoff picture. Who's most at risk?

Will a Group of Five team crack the playoff for the first time this year? Probably not. But can any come close again? Definitely.

The Irish are set to play seven(!) teams coming off of open dates in 2019, but is fan unrest over opponents' rest misguided?

The rules that restrict schools from commenting on players they're recruiting allow coaches and recruits to jerk each other around.

No conference swaps coaches and ADs like the SEC, where knowing the league goes a long way. But who's the Most SEC of Them All?

The Kick Six produced one of the great moments in Twitter history. Could any all-time great finish have topped it?

In their words and actions, Nick Saban and Kirby Smart are playing a different game from the rest of college football right now.

Rounding up names can be done for free with Google. But discretion costs money.

Willie Taggart's Seminoles must improve in year two, but it's becoming clear how complicated things are in Tallahassee right now.

Mike Vick with Gus Malzahn? Dan Marino with Mike Leach? The possibilities are endless.

For their final project in Mike Leach's seminar, Washington State students had to draw up some plays. Now the pirate-professor weighs in.

Georgia, Florida and others are beefing up their future schedules, but the reason it took this long is the same reason we have to wait another half-decade to watch.

This spring, the nation's leading rusher cut short his spring practice to live out a college dream for Wisconsin's track team.

Boca Grande’s locals have created a culture to accommodate the rich and famous, which appeals to both of college football's best coaches.

A cannon-armed QB in an edge rusher's body, DJ Uiagalelei's college decision is only the next step in his fascinating football journey.

The Terps' spring game was a welcome celebration for a football program less than a year removed from Jordan McNair’s tragic death.

Scott Woodward's abrupt jump from Texas A&M to LSU is the latest spark between two schools in a neverending talent war.

Who better to compare this year's two Cotton Bowl participants than someone who attended both Clemson and Notre Dame?

Alabama feels like a safe bet to make its fifth College Football Playoff appearance, but which fellow SEC schools are most likely to join the Tide?

Whose stat-stuffing performances on the biggest stage are still ingrained in our memories?

Tom Herman and Matt Rhule are in very different situations just 90 minutes apart, but both their teams could be much better in 2018.

The Demon Deacons' culinarily curious head coach knows that in food and football, some of the sweetest rewards take patience.

Even when Nick Saban loses a battle over a rules change, Alabama usually wins in the long run.

The Mad Hatter has a sizzle reel now, and the movie pitches are rolling in within this week's mailbag.

At the center of another transfer restriction controversy, Nick Saban is calling on Alabama's SEC colleagues to make a choice.

There are some signs that broadcast networks may soon be even more interested in college football than they already are.

Nine teams have made the final four in the College Football Playoff's first four years of existence. Who will be next?

Does anyone really think allowing fewer headsets on the sidelines will slow down the college game's preeminent coach?

Ohio State coach Urban Meyer has become consumed with managing the mental health of his players, even as he climbs college football's all-time wins list.

Barnett threw just five passes as a Sun Devil after transferring from Alabama.

For logistical reasons, receivers aren't often front-and-center leaders, but Parris Campbell & Co. will have to set the tone until Ohio State's new QB settles in.

The beloved Huskers QB-turned-coach has a lot to say about where Nebraska went wrong in recent years—and how he intends get it back on track.

Tommy Stevens looked around and ultimately decided to remain Trace McSorley's backup for one more year: 'This is the best place for me.'

The Wolverines are doing an eight-episode documentary series on the 2017 season with Amazon Prime.

A rash of injuries and a wave of transfers have left some of the best-stocked programs in the country starting true freshman quarterbacks. How did this happen?

Oklahoma's big win over Ohio State wasn't the only result to impact this week's power rankings. Here's how things stand heading into Week 3.

After a deflating loss to Oklahoma, the Buckeyes’ offense is looking for answers. The most direct fix—replacing a beloved QB—would also be the most complicated.

The draft is less than eight months away, but we have a whole college football season to play first. Here are the names NFL fans should know.

Thanks to Baker Mayfield and Mason Rudolph, the two star quarterbacks in Oklahoma battling for state and conference supremacy, there's Bedlam in the forecast of this season's playoff picture.

As Week 1 arrives, we’re getting a head start on the bowl speculation game before most teams have a chance to bury their national title hopes.

When Chris Petersen moved from Boise State to Washington, we wondered if he could duplicate the same kind of consistency and unearth as many underrecruited gems. It turns out he can.

Can a Group of Five team finally make its way to the playoff? They're all long shots, but here are the ones with the best shot.

A USC commit at age 13, David SIlls V was molded by attendant parents and private coaching to become the next great Trojans quarterback. But there was a catch.

From new pressure schemes to color-coded pee charts, Texas will try anything to get its defense ready to stop the Air Raid.

Who will be standing on the podium in Atlanta? Who will accept college football's highest honor in New York? Our college football experts make their predictions for the 2017 season.

These 25 teams have the strongest playoff cases in the country entering Week 1, but there are two sides to every argument.