Assistant coach Chris Malone was let go after he tweeted, and later deleted, a statement Tuesday night during the Georgia senate runoff elections, and the involvement of Abrams, who was a governor’s candidate in 2018 and later a possible running mate of Joe Biden. Here’s the tweet from Tuesday. “Congratulations to the state GA and Fat Albert @staceyabrams because you have truly shown America the true works of cheating in an election, again!...

Sporting News has picks for all those games and more this week. We’re 27-13 on the year after going 5-3 last week. MORE: Watch college football live and on-demand with fuboTV (7-day free trial) Here are SN’s picks from the biggest Week 6 games (lines reflect Consensus picks from VegasInsiders.com as of Monday): Iowa State at No. 25 Oklahoma State (-11) This game last year was a 49-42 shootout in Ames, but the likelihood of seeing a repeat performance is slim....

The top three teams were No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Notre Dame and — perhaps surprisingly — one-loss, third-ranked Clemson. Undefeated Ohio State rounded out the top four, with Florida, Texas A&M and Cincinnati all landing within striking distance of the final four teams. MORE: Week 13 bowl projections The College Football Playoff rankings will be released each Tuesday leading up to conference championship weekend, and the final rankings will be unveiled on Dec....

LSU experienced the latter Saturday night as it lost to Texas A&M 38-23 to fall to 9-3 on the season. It was a gutting defeat for the No. 5 Tigers, who entered the game with a relatively clear path to the College Football Playoff: beat the Aggies, beat No. 1 Georgia in the SEC championship game, and then hope that was enough for the committee. MORE: When are the College Football Playoff rankings released?...

With the transfer portal and the increasing turns on the coaching carousel, those battles can pop anywhere during spring practice. The Sporting News looked at 10 of the most intriguing quarterback battles in the country, and a few interesting trends emerged. Four of those schools have made the College Football Playoff within the past three seasons, including Michigan in 2021. MORE QB OUTLOOKSACC | Big 12 | Pac 12 | Big Ten | SEC...

Navy’s Will Worth led an upset win over No. 6 Houston, Trevor Knight kept No. 8 Texas A&M unbeaten with a dramatic win over No. 9 Tennessee, No. 5 Washington’s Jake Browning set a Pac-12 record with eight total touchdowns and No. 4 Michigan’s Jabrill Peppers moved in the QB position for a few snaps and helped the Wolverines absolutely embarrass Rutgers. Here are your top performances from a wild Saturday:...

The Week 15 slate of games is thinner than usual, but features 10 conference championship games: Five from the Power 5, and five from the Group of 5. MORE: Watch NCAA football games live with fuboTV (7-day free trial) Those games include games of great interest to the College Football Playoff selection committee, especially No. 1 LSU vs. No. 4 Georgia in Atlanta, No. 5 Utah vs. No. 13 Oregon in Santa Clara and No....

No. 7 Oklahoma and No. 19 Texas square off in the Red River Rivalry on Saturday, a game that has serious implications on the Big 12 this year — and maybe even the College Football Playoff. But it’s not the only game between ranked opponents, as No. 5 LSU and No. 22 Florida square off in The Swamp and No. 6 Notre Dame travels to take on resurgent, 24th-ranked Virginia Tech....

Five AP Top 25 matchups will take place Saturday, highlighted by No. 5 Georgia looking to stay in position for the Playoff at No. 13 Auburn. Undefeateds Minnesota and Baylor are in action as well: The No. 7 Gophers take on No. 23 Iowa and the No. 12 Bears host No. 10 Oklahoma. No. 9 Penn State welcomes No. 24 Indiana to Happy Valley. No. 21 Navy will battle No....

That starts with the return of the Pac-12, which notched key victories among its top two teams — No. 14 Oregon and No. 20 USC — to give it an outside shot at making the College Football Playoff. But the biggest news came out of the SEC and ACC, where massive top-10 showdowns continued to alter the Playoff race. That starts with the meeting between No. 5 Georgia and No....

A reminder on how our contest is played: Each expert picks three underdogs to win. If the underdog comes through, the expert gets as many points as the team was an underdog via the betting line. Here are our standings through four weeks: On to the upsets. MORE: Week 5 picks against the spread for Top 25 games Lines courtesy of FanDuel.com Bill Bender, Lead college football writer No. 9 Notre Dame (+1....

That’s one of the better matchups that run through Week 1 the following weekend. In fact, the only matchup between ranked teams is between No. 11 Oregon and No. 16 Auburn. There are a lot of big spreads to sort out, and Sporting News’ Bill Bender will pick every top-25 game against the spread this season. MORE: Straight-up picks for top Week 1 games How did we do during the regular season in 2018?...

We get to watch — count ’em — seven matchups between top-25 teams. They are, as follow: No. 4 Notre Dame at No. 13 Stanford, No. 5 Oklahoma vs. No. 9 Oklahoma State, No. 7 Baylor at No. 15 TCU, No. 8 Ohio State at No. 12 Michigan, No. 10 Florida vs. No. 14 Florida State, No. 16 Navy at No. 21 Houston and No. 19 Ole Miss at No....

BENDER: Oregon plants Pac-12’s flag into national discussion Yet it’s obvious what the early-season weak spot is for the Buckeyes. For the second straight week, the defense was exposed. Day was asked about an in-game confrontation with defensive coordinator Kerry Coombs during the game. There was no denying that happened. “When you’re in the heat of the battle, we have to get things addressed and fixed,” Day said in his postgame press conference....

Will Week 2 go smoother for the best teams in the country? The matchups aren’t as great as historic Week 1, but keep your eyes on the Virginia Tech-Tennessee game that will set the attendance record. MORE: Best images from Week 1 | Week 2 AP poll Here’s all the info — dates, times, TV channels — for how to watch the Top 25 teams in Week 2. Friday, September 9 No....

The teams atop the polls struggled Saturday, most notably with No. 2 Alabama falling at home to No. 15 Ole Miss 43-37. HAYES: Tide continue fall from grace | MORE: 10 questions from Week 1 | Top 25 fared Crimson Tide QB Jake Coker did his best to rally his team off the bench, but it just wasn’t in the stars for Nick Saban’s bunch. Exhibit A: No. 1 Ohio State seemed out of sorts in a 20-13 win over Northern Illinois that rekindled the QB controversy in Columbus and No....

Those were impressive wins, but perhaps no team had a more impressive victory than Wisconsin, which moved into the New Year’s Day Six discussion after a dominant 35-14 win over Michigan. Oregon and Boise State also made the moves up as well. MORE: Week 5 Playoff picture The 2019 college postseason schedule features 40 bowl games between FBS teams, with the finale at the national title game on Jan. 13 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome....