by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 10/15/2026 Photo Credits to Aaron Baker via Imagn Images Matchup of the Week College Gameday will be in Bloomington this week for the HUGE Ohio State-Indiana game but my attention will also be in Utah this week for the other Top-10 showdown between the Fighting Irish and the Cougars of BYU. Ranking 2nd in the latest AP Poll (4th in my ranking), the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame will be on the road in what will be BY FAR their toughest test of the

by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation 10/12/2026 Photo Credits to Kevin C. Cox via Getty Images * (Number in parenthesis) is current AP Poll ranking Top-25 1. Georgia (1) 2. Ohio State (4) 3. Miami (3) 4. Notre Dame (2) 5. Alabama (6) 6. Indiana (5) 7. Texas (7) 8. BYU (8) 9. Utah (11) 10. Mizzou (13) 11. Texas Tech (10) 12. UCLA (12) 13. Kentucky (15) 14. Ole Miss (9) 15. Tennessee (14) 16. Iowa (17) 17. USC (19) 18. Mississippi State (16) 19. Oklahoma State (18) 20. LSU (22) 21. Boi

by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 10/5/2026 Photo Credits to Ken Ruinard/ USA Today Network via Reuters Co Zak's Top-25 Poll (10/5) 1. Texas -- 2. Georgia -- 3. Ohio State -- 4. Miami -- 5. Alabama /\ 2 6. Notre Dame \/ 1 7. Indiana \/ 1 8. LSU -- 9. Oregon -- 10. BYU /\ 2 11. Texas Tech /\ 3 12. Utah /\ 4 13. Missouri /\ 20 14. Florida \/ 4 15. Ole Miss \/ 4 16. Tennessee /\ 1 17. USC \/ 2 18. Iowa \/ 5 19. Mississippi State \/ 1 20. Oklahoma

by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 9/28/2026 Photo Credits to Ben Liebenberg via Getty Images You can also check out last week's rankings here, 1. Texas -- 2. Georgia -- 3. Ohio St -- 4. Miami /\ 1 5. Notre Dame /\ 2 6. Indiana -- 7. Alabama /\ 1 8. LSU /\ 1 9. Oregon /\ 3 10. Florida /\ 8 11. Ole Miss \/ 7 12. BYU \/ 2 13. Iowa /\ 6 14. Texas Tech -- 15. USC \/ 4 16. Utah /\ 1 17. Tennessee /\ 4 18. Mississippi St /\ 8 19. Boise St /\ 10 20. Oklahoma St /\

by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 9/24/2026 Photo Credits to Troy Wayrynen via Imagn Images Now that we're into Week 4 of the CFB season, conference play is really going to be kicking off and while there are a few huge games in the SEC and even ACC, the Game of the Week has to belong to the Big 10 Conference and Oregon at USC. While the AP Poll has USC at 12 and Oregon at 20, I have them at 11 and 13 respectively ahead of their much anticipated B1G showdown in Los Angeles this S

by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 9/21/2026 Photo Credits to Justin Ford via Getty Images 1. Texas 2. Georgia 3. Ohio State 4. Ole Miss /\ 4 5. Miami \/ 1 6. Indiana \/ 1 7. Notre Dame \/ 1 8. Alabama /\ 2 9. LSU \/ 2 10. BYU /\ 2 11. USC 12. Oregon /\ 1 13. Penn State /\ 2 14. Texas Tech 15. Michigan /\ 2 16. Louisville /\ 8 17. Utah /\ 5 18. Florida /\ 2 19. Iowa /\ 2 20. Texas A&M \/ 11 21. Tennessee /\ 2 22. SMU \/ 6 23. Washington \/ 4 24. Missouri /\ 1 25.

by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 9/17/2026 Photo Credits to Ole Miss Athletics At 7:30pm EST on Saturday, September 19th, quite possibly the most important game of the 2026 CFB season will take place in Oxford, Missouri. If you don't follow College Football or you just live under a rock, Lane Kiffin's transition from Ole Miss's Head Coach to LSU's after the 2025 regular season but before the Playoffs was one of the most controversial and scrutinized moves in history. Only 8 mon

by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 9/14/2026 Photo Credits to Eric Gay via Associated Press Zak Drapeau's Update Top-25 1. Texas (4) Last Week: 24-23 Win vs Ohio State 2. Georgia (2) Last Week: 70-20 Win vs Western Kentucky 3. Ohio State (1) Last Week: 23-24 Loss at Texas 4. Miami (5) Last Week: 77-7 Win vs Florida A&M 5. Indiana (6) Last Week: 55-0 Win vs Howard 6. Notre Dame (8) Last Week: 52-0 Win vs Rice 7. LSU (7) Last Week: 45-14 Win vs Louisiana Tech 8. Ole Miss (11) Last

by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 9/10/2026 Check out my CFB Week 1 Review and updated Top-25 (and Next 5) list here Week 2 of College Football starts tonight and with it comes a HUGE weekend of football. There are at least 5 games that could shape the rest of the college football season this week including a Top-5 clash with two Heisman favorites. After an eventful Week 1 that saw National championship contenders assert their dominanace, three Top-25 schools lose and one of the

by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 9/8/2026 Zak's Top-25 Updated 1. Ohio State (1-0) /\1 2. Georgia (1-0) /\1 3. Oregon (1-0) \/2 4. Texas (1-0) /\1 5. Miami (1-0) /\2 6. Indiana (1-0) -- 7. LSU (1-0) /\3 8. Notre Dame (1-0) \/4 9. Texas A&M (1-0) \/1 10. Oklahoma (1-0) /\1 11. Ole Miss (1-0) /\2 12. USC (2-0) /\2 13. Alabama (1-0) \/1 14. Texas Tech (1-0) \/5 15. BYU (1-0) /\1 16. Penn State (1-0) /\2 17. Washington (1-0) -- 18. SMU (1-0) /\2 19. Florida

by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 8/26/2026 Photo Credits to Jamie Rhodes via Imagn Images 10. Isaac Brown 5'9" 190 lbs. Louisville Pro Comparison Bucky Irving 2025 Overview Brown was starting 2025 pretty good before a hamstring injury would keep him out of 5 games towards the end of the season. In the 3 games before his injury, Brown was TORCHING ACC defenses for 150 yards per game and 10 yards per carry. He would even return for Louisville's final game of the season and went

by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 8/25/2026 Photo Credits to Ricardo B. Brazziell/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images College Football will return this Saturday with the Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin, Ireland between TCU and North Carolina at Noon. The rest of the schedule for "Week 0" is only 7 more games in the FBS including only 1 consensus Top-25 team. Even though we won't see most of the teams we are most excited about this week, let's give the

by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 8/20/2026 Make sure to come back everyday for positional rankings and my MOCK DRAFT 1.0 releasing Thursday, August 27 at noon Top-10 Quarterbacks of the 2027 Draft Class Photo Credits to Chad Hamilton/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images 10. John Mateer 6'1" 225 lbs. Oklahoma Pro Comparison: Older Russell Wilson 2025 Overview 2025 was a very up and down year for the former Washington State transfer. At one point early in the season, Mateer's name wa

by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 8/18/2026 Photo Credits to Zach Dimmit via Sports Illustrated 10. Cam Coleman WR Texas Let's start this list off with a wild card pick straight away! Truth be told I'm not too sure if this pick is indeed a hot take because Cam Coleman is an elite WR athlete who will be joining a Texas team with one of the best QBs in the country in an offensive-friendly system. In two seasons at Auburn, Coleman did well statistically but didn't take the year 2-

by Zak Drapeau and Will Gilhooly Sportz Nation - 8/16/2026 Photo Credits to James Lang via Imagn Images All Odds courtesy of DraftKings on 8/13 Starting tomorrow we can officially say, "College Football is back." The season won't actually start until August 29th when TCU and UNC play in Dublin for the College Football Classic. But the first official, AP Top-25 poll will release tomorrow at Noon. Before the coaches' poll becomes official, Sportz Nation's Zak Drapeau and Will G

by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 8/6/2026 Photo Credits to Rick Kimball via ISD Notre Dame Odds to Win ACC: N/A Recruiting Grade: A Transfer Grade: A+ 2026 Schedule: A- Notre Dame is going to be one of the highest teams when the AP Preseason Top-25 poll comes out and likely a Top-25 team due to their finish to the 2025 season and tremendous transfer portal performance. Bringing back QB C.J. Carr who will be in the running for best QB and even the Heisman trophy in 2026 should s

by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 8/4/2026 Georgia Odds to Win SEC: +260 Photo Credits to Hyosub Shin via AJC Transfer Grade: B+ Recruiting Grade: A 2026 Schedule: B+ Georgia has firmly established themselves as the favorites in the SEC this year with not only the easiest schedule in the conference but the most returning starters from 2025 as well. Their defense returns 2 All-American level defenders at each level of their defense including top players Ellis Robinson V, Chris Co

by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 7/30/2026 Photo Credits to Mark J. Rebilas via Imagn Images Indiana Odds to Win B1G: +310 Transfer Grade: A+ Recruiting Grade: B- 2026 Schedule: A- Indiana has made a habit of molding their roster around the Transfer Portal and 2026 will be no different with 17 incoming players including their starting Quarterback, Josh Hoover from TCU. The Hoosiers' miracle 2025 Championship season was one you could only dream of as a Hoosiers fan. When looking