Big Ten Power Rankings, Week 5: Indiana at top; Iowa, UCLA surprise threats
Week 4 brought the first full weekend of conference play in the Big Ten, which provided some teams…
Tomorrow’s Top 25 projects college football rankings after Week 4
When you spend all week discussing the ranked-on-ranked matchups on the college football schedule, you just know a…
Big Ten football roster budgets show a clear top 2 — but Indiana is catching up
This summer, The Athletic’s college football staff embarked on an ambitious project to find out how much every…
Re-ranking 138 college football teams after Week 2: Texas vaults to No. 1, then it gets weird
Two weeks into the college football season, it feels like we know nothing. Ain’t it great? What do…
Re-ranking 138 college football teams after Week 1: LSU starts on top, Rutgers hits a new low
Well, we’ve been here before. One year ago, I moved LSU to the No. 1 spot after its…
The Whistlestop Tour: Week 1 of Big Ten Football
This the week was not a week where the Big Ten covered itself in glory. The league was…
2026 college football study guide: 100 things, coaches, players and teams to know
The 2026 college football season is finally here. Let this be your study guide. It’s been a long…
College football bowl projections 2026: First look at this year’s complex postseason picture
When Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti and his SEC counterpart Greg Sankey could not agree on a new…
The Big Ten has won 3 straight CFB national titles. Can any of these 18 teams make it 4?
The Athletic has live coverage of UNC vs. TCU from College Football Week 0 action in Dublin, Ireland.…
At the sprawling Big Ten TV deal’s halfway point, here’s what’s working and what’s changing
At the midpoint of its seven-year media rights deal, the Big Ten has put together its strongest schedule…
College football is back! Get to know all 138 FBS teams: Are they better or worse?
How good is your college football team going to be this season? And how does it stack up…
Inside the Big Ten money gap: $40M roster has become simply cost of admission
CHICAGO — Bret Bielema hired a new defensive coordinator in February, and the explanation he gave from the…