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BRIAN HAYES / STATESMAN JOURNAL / USA TODAY NETWORK Because I’m not sold on this proposition Oregon has played five then-ranked teams: It has beaten two of them (both P12 squads with 3+ losses), by a total of 10 points. In their three losses, half of them at home to other P12 teams, they were outscored by almost 60 points. Even adding powerhouse Georgia Bulldogs to the OOC slate, the Ducks’ schedule only reaches No. 25 in the country. USC has had near misses against 5-7 Arizona and 4-8 Cal. Its 56th-ranked schedule is the worst among all playoff contenders. It has won three games against then-ranked teams by a total of 19 points: two of those were home games, two were P12 teams; one was an 8-4 Notre Dame squad with 4 losses, including a doozy to Marshall. Washington quietly has 10 wins, with a schedule even worse than USC’s — 57th. All four then-ranked opponents UW has played have been P12 teams, and the Doogs went .500 against them — sprinkling in near misses against an awful Ca...

Troy Wayrynen-USA TODAY Sports This team is a lot different than previous Nate Oats teams, and it’s beginning in the post If asked to name the best player on the Alabama basketball team, I’ve a suspicion that most of fans would say Brandon Miller. That’s fair: he’s certainly the most talented, and has already been touted as the best Alabama player to ever wear a crimson jersey after a mere half-dozen games. (The funny part is, that’s likely not even an exaggeration). Perhaps you’d point to Mark Sears, who has come in and made an instant difference in the backcourt — his shooting stroke has been consistent, he distributes the ball, he fights for boards, and he is high energy on every possession. But if I asked who’s made the biggest difference? I wonder how many know the actual answer — It’s not who you think. If you want to see the biggest contributor to No. 11 Alabama’s early season success, think bigger, lower, and far less of a superstar — someone who does the dirty work: Char...

College football predictions, schedule, game previews, lines, scoreboard, and TV listings for the 2022 Championship Week College Football Championship Week Schedule Click on each game for the preview and prediction ACC Conference Championship Results So Far Straight Up 74-34, ATS 60-46-2, o/u 69-38-1 Saturday, December 3 Clemson vs North Carolina 8:00 ABC Line: Clemson -7.5, o/u: 63.5 Final Score: COMING   North Carolina vs Clemson Experts Picks American Athletic Conference Championship Results So Far Straight Up 69-20, ATS 53-36, o/u 54-35  Saturday, December 3 UCF at Tulane 4:00 ABC Line: Tulane -3.5, o/u: 56.5 Final Score: COMING   UCF at Tulane Experts Picks Big Ten Conference Championship Results So Far Straight Up 83-22, ATS 65-38, o/u 57-45 Saturday, December 3 Purdue vs Michigan 8:00 FOX Line: Michigan -16.5, o/u: 51.5 Final Score: COMING   Purdue vs Michigan Experts Picks Big 12 Conference Championship Results ...

College football expert picks, predictions for Championship Week with the conference title games for the American Athletic Conference, ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, Pac-12, SEC and Sun Belt College Football Expert Picks, Predictions Championship Week * next to the pick means the team will win, but not cover. Click on each game for the game preview and CFN Prediction Championship Week College Football Expert Picks  Akron at Buffalo | North Texas at UTSA Utah vs USC | Kansas State vs TCU Ohio vs Toledo | Coastal Carolina at Troy LSU vs Georgia | UCF at Tulane Fresno St at Boise St | Purdue vs Michigan North Carolina vs Clemson | Experts Picks Results Championship Week Schedule, Game Previews, Predictions Akron at Buffalo Line: Buffalo -11.5, o/u: 55.5 Eric Bolin, RazorbacksWire.com : Buffalo Evan Bredeson, CornhuskersWire.com : Buffalo Tony Cosolo, ColoradoBuffaloesWire.com : Buffalo Jeff Feyerer, CFN: Buffalo* Pete...

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Not a blowout, but a respectable and decisive win Well: that wasn’t always pretty, but it’s got to be gratifying to decisively defeat Alabama’s in-state rival, especially in a year where plenty of other things haven’t gone quite right. Usually, it feels like Auburn tacks on to the pain in years like those — see 2017, 2019 — but they just weren’t good enough to make trouble (especially not at BDS) this season. Roll Tide. Not seeing graphs below? Tap here to fix it . Success and Explosiveness by Play Type On RBR we already positioned this win as “the Pass beating the Run” in the immediate aftermath. And I think the charts mostly agree! Sure, it was frustrating to see Auburn rack up successful rushes (especially QB scrambles and designed runs), but in the end if they couldn’t pass, they couldn’t keep it close. But the story is incomplete. I’d call it “the Rush (Auburn) vs. the Pass and the Rush (Alabama)”, given that the Tide still made thin...

Who’s in the hunt for the 2022 Heisman Trophy? Are there any other candidates than Caleb Williams now? Heisman Watch: Top Candidates, Championship Week Week 13 Roundup Rankings CFN 1-131 Rankings |  AP | Coaches Bowl Eligible Teams |  Week 13 Scoreboard Championship Week opening lines  | CFP Top 25 Prediction Bowl Projections, CFP Predictions  |  CFP Chase: 6 Teams Alive – Contact/Follow @PeteFiutak Last year at this time we still didn’t really know who the Heisman finalists were, much less the possible winner. Alabama QB Bryce Young put together a drive for the ages to get by Auburn, but whatever – his candidacy was about to run into a hard wall with Georgia coming up next. And then he threw for 421 yards and three touchdowns in the 41-24 SEC Championship win. That made it easy, and it’s simple this year, too, unless Caleb Williams has a disastrous day against Utah in the Pac-12 Championship. Full disclosure, I’m a Heisman voter and can’t ...

The early college football lines and odds are out for Championship Week. Where are the values and what are the early predictions? College Football Championship Week Opening Lines We’re here. It’s Championship Week, and it’s when all the work and speculation all come to a head as college football crowns its champions before figuring out the bowl bids and College Football Playoff. The opening lines are out – so where are the possible values? As I do during the season, I take a cut at what the lines are going to be without looking, and then add in the actual early line after. What does it all mean? Not sure, but it’s always interesting to figure out where perception might meet reality. – Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews   & @PeteFiutak College Football Championship Week Lines, December 2 Akron at Buffalo Fiu Early Guess: Buffalo -15.5 Actual Line: Buffalo -13.5 Conference USA Championship North Texas at UTSA Fiu Early Guess: UTSA -13 Actual Line: UTSA -8 Pac-12 Ch...