So before filling out your college football pool picks or making any college football bets, you need to see Casale's college football bowl picks. He has analyzed each bowl matchup and ordered every game by level of confidence. He's sharing his picks over at SportsLine .

Die-hard fans of college football are familiar with the All-Name Team. Each year, the sleuths among us compile a list, often an entire lineup, of the weirdest a

Nicole Auerbach unpacks the College Football Playoff selection committee's especially confusing selection for the 2025-26 bracket and analyzes the contenders left out of the dance.

Kicking things off on Dec. 19 will be (8) Oklahoma and (9) Alabama as the Sooners host the Crimson Tide in a rematch of an SEC battle that OU won 23-21 on Nov. 15. A triple-header is on the docket for the next day as the field will shrink to eight ahead of the quarterfinal round, which is centered around New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza, Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin, Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia and Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love were all named finalists for the Heisman Trophy on Monday night.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - JANUARY 20: Caleb Downs #2 of the Ohio State Buckeyes celebrates at the trophy presentation after defeating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the 2025 CFP National Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on January 20, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images) Getty Images

Upon Notre Dame finding out that it wasn't selected for the 12-team College Football Playoff, Marcus Freeman's squad announced that it was withdrawing from bowl consideration and opting out of the postseason altogether.

In a decision that sent shockwaves across the college football scene, ex-Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin made the move to depart Oxford for an opportunity to be