"We felt we had all the information and were in a good position, but certainly there are a lot of things going on with Division I issues right now, so it's not surprising at all with something so high-profile that more of the membership would want more time to take a look at it," America East commissioner Amy Huchthausen, who’s also the transfer issue subcommittee chair, told USA Today. "On the one hand, the number of student-athletes requesting waivers is not overly significant....

The Crimson Tide and the Tigers both entered the national title game in January with a 14-0 record. A 5.5-point favorite before kickoff, Alabama was thrashed 44-16, its biggest defeat since November 2003. Ironically, that defeat had come against an LSU team led by Nick Saban, who had never seen his team lose by more than 14 points since taking charge of the Crimson Tide in 2007. Saban and his players begin the season as the No....

Below, we’ll break the five-game slate and provide an ATS pick for each game. MORE WEEK CFB BETTING: ATS picks for all 41 bowl games Odds courtesy of BetMGM College Football Best Bets: odds, picks, predictions for weekend bowl slate Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl: Baylor vs. Air Force After a Sugar Bowl victory to cap off a 12-2 finish in 2021, Baylor entered ‘22 atop the Big 12 preseason media poll for the first time in school history....

ESPN revealed dates and times for 35 of those games, which included the College Football Playoff semifinal matchups at the Chick-Fil-A-Peach Bowl and PlayStation Fiesta Bowl on Dec. 28 and CFP championship game on Jan. 13 in New Orleans. Sporting News revealed its bowl predictions for all 40 bowl games on Wednesday. Now you know how to tune in to every one: MORE: College football 2019: Preseason rankings, bowl predictions and more...

TCU’s magical Cinderfella run wasn’t just stopped, it was blown up with a rocket launcher by now back-to-back national champion Georgia on Monday night. While TCU was a fun story, it ended in an un-fun way, with the Bulldogs steamrolling Sonny Dykes’ squad 65-7. Expectedly, some college football fans were none too pleased with seeing the Horned Frogs in the championship final to begin with. That includes one fan who delivered a WWE-esque promo during the game....

The Bears will have a chance to jump TCU in the rankings by simply winning their last two games against the Red Raiders and then Kansas State next week. The Horned Frogs opened as 7-point road favorites against the Longhorns and were actually bet down to -5.5 before routing them. Baylor beat TCU 61-58 back on Oct. 11, and both might need some help from Ole Miss and the winner of Saturday’s Big Ten game between Minnesota and Wisconsin to climb into the top four....

Here’s a pick for a potential upset for this week’s NCAA Football card: Syracuse Orange (2-4) @ Wake Forest Demon Deacons (2-4) Going winless thus far in their conference, both Syracuse and Wake Forest head into Week 8 looking for their first win against a power-five opponent. According to initial Vegas odds, Wake Forest is listed as a +180 underdog, indicating just under a 36 percent chance of winning. AccuScore data leans a bit more heavily towards the home team than does Vegas....

Upsets and upheaval have been a leading storyline, but in Week 7, the College Football Playoff picture stayed relatively unchanged. No. 2 Iowa was the latest to go down in a 24-7 upset loss to unraked Purdue. How would the CFP committee stack up the contenders after seven weeks? We’re not sure, but this is our best guess on how they should be stacked up given the resumes. The perception factor also must be accounted for, too....

In its third set of rankings, the committee put Clemson at No. 4, one spot ahead of Louisville at No. 5. That’s different than the AP Poll, which has the Cardinals at No. 3 and the Tigers at No. 5. Why did the committee do it? “The committee still places a high value on the head-to-head that Clemson has over Louisville at this time as well,” CFP committee chairman Kirby Hocutt said on the ESPN telecast....

LSU finished as the No. 1 team, followed by No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Clemson and No. 4 Oklahoma. LSU will play Oklahoma in the Peach Bowl, while Clemson and Ohio State face off in the Fiesta Bowl. MORE: 2019-20 college football bowl tracker The Tigers have put together arguably the best resume this season and have, perhaps inarguably, the best player in Joe Burrow. But the Buckeyes, apart from a ho-hum first half in the Big Ten championship game, have looked like the nation’s most complete team all season....

That was the motto of last week, as Michigan and TCU took the full 60 minutes to pull out wins over Illinois and Baylor, respectively. For Michigan, it was a flurry of field goals at the end of the game. For TCU, it was a game-winner as time expired that kept their playoff dreams alive. And at this point in the season, keeping them alive is what it’s all about....

Clemson moved up to No. 2 in the AP Poll with the win over Louisville, while Louisville dropped to No. 19. In the Coaches Poll, USC’s overtime win over unranked Texas wasn’t enough to keep the Trojans at No. 4, and they slipped one spot. BENDER: Latest College Football Playoff picture The SEC is still king in this week’s rankings with six schools in the top 25 of both polls....

A whopping three teams in the top 10 — No. 6 Michigan, No. 9 Iowa and No. 10 Ole Miss — all lost in Week 9, further refining the top 25 teams ahead of the first College Football Playoff rankings release. MORE: College Football Playoff Picture for Week 10 The Wolverines in particular lost big in Week 9; though they fought No. 8 Michigan State tough in what was ultimately a 37-33 loss in Spartan Stadium, Jim Harbaugh is once again facing the heat after his team blew a 30-14 second-half lead....

There were debuts, upsets and drama, even if things might have felt a little strange with stadiums mostly empty amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. MORE: Trevor Lawrence’s presence validates the 2020 season We’re still here for the overreactions. Here are some of the biggest storylines that emerged from Week 2: The Fun Belt rules! Louisiana and Arkansas State pulled off twin upsets in Week 2 against Big 12 upstarts Iowa State and Kansas State, respectively....

That starts at the top with Clemson and Alabama, which saw several key players from this year’s CFP championship game make the move to the NFL. The Tide and the Tigers, however, weren’t the only ones impacted by the early deadline. MORE: 19 early questions for 2019 season Here are the biggest winners and losers after Monday’s deadline: Winners: Kyler Murray and Lincoln Riley Murray made the biggest splash by entering the 2019 NFL Draft, despite being selected in the first round of last year’s MLB Draft....

And, as usual, the conference championship games will go a long way in determining the College Football Playoff semifinals. This year, that prestigious group of impactful games has shrunk to just three — maybe two — games: The ACC and Big Ten championships, as well as the SEC championship. As it stands now, No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Ohio State and No. 4 Clemson are the only teams to control their own destiny....

The matchup, however, has taken on an even bigger dimension after the Nittany Lions debuted at No.4 in the first College Football Playoff ranking of the year, with the Golden Gophers at No.17. Ranked fifth in both the Associated Press Top 25 and USA Today coaches’ polls, Penn State made the top four in the CFP for the first time in school history. Lions coach James Franklin, however, insisted he paid little attention to the ranking....

However, Oklahoma kept the Bears scoreless in the second half and mounted the largest comeback in school history to clinch a 34-31 win which breathed new life into both its Big 12 title aspirations and CFP bid. The CFP selection committee rewarded Oklahoma for its comeback, with the Sooners moving two spots to No.8 in the latest CFP rankings on Tuesday. As shown in this graph provided by Statista, with the current 9-1 record Oklahoma has five one-loss teams ahead in the rankings, but it also has two ranked opponents left on the schedule—No....

The junior quarterback underwent surgery in Houston, Texas, on Monday after suffering a dislocated hip and posterior wall fracture late in the first half of Alabama’s 38-7 road win over Mississippi State last week. “Tua’s prognosis is excellent, and we expect him to make a full recovery,” Alabama orthopedic surgeon Dr. Lyle Cain said in a statement, as per ESPN. “He will return to Tuscaloosa in the next several days to begin his rehab....