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Bad Week for Big 12, How Many Teams Can Win the Title?
Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde, Bryan Fischer and Kevin Sweeney overreact to all of the top storylines from Week 8 of the college football season.
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Throughout Saturday’s games, Sports Illustrated projects the playoff seeding and matchups.
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Breaking down the opening odds for every game featuring a top-25 team in Week 9 of the college football season.
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Plus: Big 12 favorites go down, Lincoln Riley struggles in the Midwest and a D-III power makes history.
Patrick Andres|
Plus: near-revenge for Cincinnati, an Oklahoma letdown, and more USC roulette.
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The Dukes’ dramatic overtime loss will have major playoff implications for the rest of the Group of 6.
Dan Gartland|
Though it’s still too early to tell exactly which games will be the most consequential for the College Football Playoff race, these matchups over the next six weeks have caught our attention.
Zach Koons|
Here’s how the Hurricanes and their peers could degrade the game over decades—and who could stop it.
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