Pat Forde

Joined: Jan 1, 2019

Pat Forde is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who covers college football and college basketball as well as the Olympics and horse racing. He cohosts the College Football Enquirer podcast and is a football analyst on the Big Ten Network. He previously worked for Yahoo Sports, ESPN and The (Louisville) Courier-Journal. Forde has won 28 Associated Press Sports Editors writing contest awards, has been published three times in the Best American Sports Writing book series, and was nominated for the 1990 Pulitzer Prize. A past president of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and member of the Football Writers Association of America, he lives in Louisville with his wife. They have three children, all of whom were collegiate swimmers.

Oregon dropped 51 points on James Madison in the first round of the CFP, which included a 34–6 halftime lead.

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Michigan interim coach Steve Fisher and the Wolverines players celebrate after winning the 1989 NCAA men’s basketball national championship.

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Before Pete Golding, there was Steve Fisher, who led the Michigan basketball team to the 1989 national championship as an interim head coach.

Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza is the first Hoosier to win the Heisman Trophy.

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The top QB in the sport becomes Indiana’s first winner of college football’s top award beating out a deep field.

BYU and Georgia Tech will play in the Pop-Tarts Bowl on Dec. 27.

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From player opt-outs to full-team bailouts, this season’s bowl slate offers unpredictability, odd matchups, interim coaches and absurdity.

Michigan fired head coach Sherrone Moore on Wednesday.

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Michigan football’s latest scandal—a head coach fired for misconduct—underscores how far the program has drifted in the last five years amid highs on the field.

Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza makes Sports Illustrated’s All-American First Team in 2025.

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Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza leads the way on offense, while Texas Tech linebacker Jacob Rodriguez tops the defensive selections.

Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua has spearheaded the campaign against the selection committee, the ACC and more after the Irish were left out of the 2025 College Football Playoff.

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The Fighting Irish have spent the last 48 hours pointing the finger at everyone else and neglecting a key participant in their CFP exclusion—themselves.

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Stanford has won at least one team championship in every season since 1976, more than doubling the second-longest streak of 19 years by USC.

Alabama was blown out against Georgia in the SEC championship game.

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The Tide were rewarded after a blowout loss in the SEC title game, even as BYU’s Big 12 defeat reshaped the rankings and pushed Miami past Notre Dame without either team playing.

Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti hoists the trophy after winning the Big Ten championship game. Will the No. 1 Hoosiers claim their first football national championship this season?

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Miami wide receiver Malachi Toney and the Hurricanes will wait to see if the selection committee puts them in the field as an at-large team.

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Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza earned MVP honors after defeating Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game.

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Pat Forde

Joined: Jan 1, 2019

Think Blowouts Make the College Football Playoff a Joke? It May Be Selective Memory

Life After Lane Kiffin Begins With CFP Statement for Ole Miss, Pete Golding

Ranking the 12 People Feeling the Most Pressure in the College Football Playoff

First to Forde: Best Picks Against the Spread For College Football Playoff Round 1

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Ole Miss’s CFP Coaching Chaos Has a Precedent … and a Title

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Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza Wins Heisman Trophy. Here’s How Sports Illustrated Voted.

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Forde-Yard Dash: Vibe Check for Every Bowl Game and CFP First-Round Matchups

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Sherrone Moore Firing Proves Wolverines’ Michigan Man Reputation Is Falling Apart

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Sports Illustrated’s 2025 College Football All-Americans: Full First and Second Teams

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Notre Dame’s College Football Playoff Blame Game Is Missing One Critical Member

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The Mind-Boggling History Behind an Almost 50-Year Run of NCAA Titles

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How Alabama’s College Football Playoff Gift Exposed the Committee’s Worst Flaws

2025 College Football Playoff Bracket Revealed: SI Experts Predict Every Matchup

Projecting College Football Playoff Bracket: What to Know About the Bubble Debate

Indiana Caps Unthinkable Rise From Losingest Program to Top CFP Seed

First to Forde: Best Picks Against the Spread for Conference Championship Week