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When thinking about potential winners of the 2026 Heisman Trophy, it’s worth looking back at last year’s voting results: Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin finished in fourth place. His Buckeyes' teammate, wide receiver Jeremiah Smith, was the top non-quarterback and was sixth. SEC stars Gunner Stockton (Georgia) and Trinidad Chambliss (Ole Miss) finished seventh and eighth, respectively. All of those players returned for another season of college football, which should […]

Week 0 is actually a hero — because it means college football is back. Here are my best bets for the first official weekend of the 2026 college football season. This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX Sports may be compensated. Read more about Sports Betting on FOX Sports. There’s nothing that Lincoln Riley and USC love […]

Four years into the Lincoln Riley era in Southern California, skepticism has eclipsed the early Trojan swagger that once existed. Just when doubt hit a peak, Riley and his staff delivered a definitive counterpunch. Riley and the Trojans shut out the noise by securing the No. 1 overall recruiting class in college football. Does a top ranking guarantee wins? Of course not, but Riley is now putting his vision to […]

Even before the 12-team College Football Playoff format, the Group of Five (now Group of Six) programs had their shot at competing with the top teams in the nation. However, none of them have been successful in the postseason. In 2021, the Cincinnati Bearcats were the first and only Group of Five team to make the four-team Playoff format. Then the format expanded to 12 teams in 2024. Boise State […]

After the success of this summer’s "Friendly Wager," which featured weekly posts from yours truly about betting the World Cup, my bosses at FOX Sports wanted to find another franchise for the coming football season. I’ve been doing sports betting content for 10 years now, and my favorite part of this racket is the connections I’ve built around Las Vegas. It’s one thing for me to handicap a game. It’s […]