Tom Fornelli
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Living for and living off of college football. IG/Threads: @tom_fornelli. Twitter/TikTok: @TomFornelli
The CFP Vibe Check: The B1G is off to a shaky start and an eighth national title contender emerges. www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
Tom Fornelli's CFP Vibe Check, Week 1: Big Ten shows cracks, while LSU sends a loud message
The Big Ten's depth already faces serious questions, while LSU announced itself as a legitimate national title threat
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My power ratings have been updated after Week 1's action. www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
Tom Fornelli's College Football Power Ratings: Ohio State holds at No. 1, LSU surges after Week 1
The Buckeyes head to Austin this week with a firm grasp on the top spot, while Lane Kiffin and LSU look like title contenders
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Clemson has lost its last four season openers, making them one of five programs to do so in that time. The other four are all G6 teams: Akron, Miami OH, Ohio and UTEP.
You never have to apologize for winning, but that was not a clean effort from Oregon today. www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
Oregon escapes Boise State, but sloppy opener reveals flaws as Ducks chase elusive national championship
Offensive line turnover and third-down struggles showed Oregon still has major work to do to meet national title hopes
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Anxiety. We all have it. Some of us more than others, and this week, these are the five people, places and things feeling it the most. www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
Week 1 Anxiety Rankings: Is distracted LSU ready to play an actual football game? Ole Miss on upset alert
Tom Fornelli is taking a weekly look at the five most anxious fanbases in the country
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With the season starting today, it feels like a good time to remind all of you wonderful people that this isn't the only place you can get my brilliant college football thoughts and analysis in your life. I'm everywhere you need me.
College football doesn't need your death proclamations or your pearl-clutching. It just needs time. My thoughts: www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
Stop hitting the panic button on college football: The sport isn't dying, it just needs time to evolve
The sport faces real challenges from NIL, the transfer portal and legal uncertainty, but every change isn't a sign of impending doom
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Our Big Ten expert picks are out. Seven experts, three difference Big Ten champions. www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
Big Ten expert picks 2026: Most overrated and underrated teams, projected order of finish, bold predictions
Taking a close, detailed and opinionated look at the Big Ten ahead of the 2026 college football season
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Luck doesn't always even out in a season, but it tends to do so from year to year. So which teams might be in for a reversal of fortune in 2026? I looked at the teams who played the most 1-score conference games last year to see if I could find out. www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
College football's luckiest, unluckiest teams: What one-score games from last year say about 2026
Games decided by one score often come down to luck; these teams benefited -- and suffered -- most from it in conference play last season
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Preparing for today's Conference Realignment Reset episode of Cover 3
Contrary to popular opinion, I do not hate every team. In fact, every offseason, I fall in love with teams, and many times I look foolish for it. This offseason is no different, and when it comes to these 5 teams, I'm ready to be hurt again. www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
Ready to get hurt again: Five college football teams Tom Fornelli can't quit going into 2026
A look at five college football teams poised to outperform expectations in 2026 -- and why each could smash its preseason win total
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It certainly isn't the most important aspect of the story, but it's sad that Texas Tech was on the precipice of being embraced by CFB as a success story like Indiana, but has instead decided upon its current path. Wrote about it: www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
Texas Tech had the chance to become a great success story, but chose to be a victim instead
By throwing all its weight behind Brendan Sorsby, Texas Tech drastically altered its public perception
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College sports doesn't need Congress to save it from NIL, the transfer portal, or television networks. It needs Congress to save it from the judicial system. Maybe the latest Sorsby ruling will prove to be the thing that finally gets it done. www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
Stunning Brendan Sorsby ruling raises the question: Can anything save the NCAA from the courts?
Congress has vowed to save college sports, but no one is protecting the NCAA from the judicial system
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With our Power Four coach rankings released, this year we continue a new tradition that started last year: Calling ourselves out for our biases. We may, in fact, hate your favorite team. Behind the Ballots: www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
CBS Sports coach rankings: Ballot data reveals conference biases and our 2026 Hater of the Year
The raw numbers unearth the facts about college football coaches -- and our CBS Sports panelists, too
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Who are the top 25 college football coaches in the Power Four? Our voters got together and figured that out. www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
Ranking the top 25 Power Four college football coaches entering the 2026 season
CBS Sports experts have weighed in on the Power Four coaches ahead of the 2026 season, and we've got a brand-new No. 1
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Every May the CFB team at @CBSSports gets together and ranks the 68 Power Four coaches. Every year we get it exactly right. Here are the coaches who finished outside our Top 25. www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
2026 college football coach rankings: Jon Sumrall, Brent Venables headline Power Four coaches ranked 68-26
CBS Sports experts have weighed in on the Power Four coaches ahead of the 2026 season
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Finding the right transfer can help take a program to the next level, so with that in mind, I identified five of my favorite transfers ahead of the 2026 season who I believe can help do just that for their new programs. www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
Tom Fornelli's favorite transfers: Five impact players who can tilt the 2026 season for their new teams
From Nick Marsh stepping into a title‑defense offense to Aaron Philo's seamless fit at Florida, these five players are positioned to elevate their new teams immediately
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The White House pulled together a collection of our brightest minds to create a plan to Save College Football. Instead, they wrote a blog post. www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
A White House committee gathered sharp minds to save college football -- instead, they wrote a blog post
From Bird Rights to coach salary caps, the White House committee on 'Saving College Sports' basically wrote government-sponsored college football fan fiction
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There are a lot of things a QB can control. One thing he can't is whether his receivers catch the damn ball. I looked at last season's numbers to see which QBs were luckier than others in that department. www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
College football's unluckiest QBs: How dropped passes affected completion percentages in 2025
A statistical deep dive into which quarterbacks' completion percentages were hurt the most by drops, and which benefited from receivers with hands of glue
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The NFL Draft saw 22 TEs taken, the most since 2002. It's a reflection of what's been going on with college offenses where tight end production has risen consistently for a decade as teams counter defenses that became smaller to counter spread offenses. www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
TE revolution has arrived in college football: Trends, NFL Draft show rising production in FBS offenses
Defenses got smaller to stop the spread, so college and NFL offenses are countering by featuring bigger, faster athletes in heavy formations
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We've now reached the part of the offseason where I'm getting excited about exhausting debates. I can't wait to be annoyed by the Arch Manning discourse all fall between a bunch of people who have already made up their minds and won't budge no matter what happens this fall.
I've ranked the NFL Draft QB class using a statistical formula every year since the 2012 class. The 2026 class is special for all the wrong reasons. The No. 1 is obvious, and he's the only member of the class to crack the top 50. www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
2026 NFL Draft: Ranking the QB prospects based on Tom Fornelli's college football performance formula
Breaking down the QB prospects headlining the 2026 draft class using a unique statistical formula
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History is full of timid predictions forgotten to time. If one wants to be remembered, they must make BOLD predictions. Big Ten Bold Predictions: www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
Big Ten bold predictions for 2026: Michigan's offense explodes, Indiana tumbles, USC produces Heisman winner
Bold predictions for all 16 Big Ten programs as spring practices wrap ahead of the 2026 season
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The NFL Draft isn't until next week but save yourself a lot of time and just read my final mock because it's guaranteed to be 100% accurate or your money back. Fornelli Mock 5.0: www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/ne...
Fornelli 2026 NFL mock draft 5.0: Vikings make move into top 10 to fill need on offense
Buccaneers swing deal with Commanders, select Reuben Bain Jr. at No. 7
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The Big Ten is on a heater. www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
Big Ten reigns as king of college sports: Conference stamps its mark in 2026 with championship dominance
In the new era of college sports, the Big Ten has emerged as the dominant force with its run of national titles ... and more could be on the way
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Sonny Dykes' comments on Josh Hoover went viral this week, but the thing is, he didn't say anything I wasn't already wondering about myself. How will Indiana adapt from a turnover averse QB to one who, well, hasn't been? www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
TCU's Sonny Dykes might be mad about losing QB Josh Hoover to Indiana, but he isn't wrong
The TCU coach's comments about Indiana's new quarterback touched a nerve on social media, but nothing he said was untrue
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How many of these teams even want to be here? Fornelli Mock 3.0: www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/ne...
Fornelli's 2026 NFL mock draft 3.0: Cardinals trade out of top 5 as teams eye potentially elite 2027 QB class
See why the Cardinals exited the top 5 and how a potentially elite group of 2027 QBs is already shaking up this year's draft plans.
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