This weekend, three programs that entered the 2025 season as fringe playoff hopefuls can legitimize their status as contenders with statement Associated Press top-10 wins.

The Texas A&M Aggies are the highest-ranked member of the group after they swapped spots with the Ole Miss Rebels in the Week ...

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On Monday, all 17 athletic directors in the Atlantic Coast Conference voted on a scheduling change that would require every team in the conference to play a nine-game conference schedule annually, ...

Bigger isn't always better, and in the case of the SEC, 16 teams means several are left at home during the annual College Football Playoff. Last season, the conference sent three teams (Texas, Georgia ...

Now that Week 3 of the 2025-26 college football season is complete, we can start officially judging which programs are contenders and which are pure pretenders. There are plenty of preseason darlings ...