Football

11/7/2025 |  Will the Patriots grab the No. 1 seed? Is Tua about to get benched? 5 bold NFL predictions for the second half (CBS Sports) The NFL is about to enter the stretch run. Nine weeks of action and the trade deadline are in the books, and now it's a true mad dash to the playoffs and, eventually, Super Bowl LX. If we're being honest, we have no idea what's going to happen between now and kickoff in Santa Clara, California, in February. We may think we know who could be playing in that game or what twists might unfold before the end of the regular season, but nothing is guaranteed.

11/7/2025 |  Matt Rhule champions two-loss Big Ten teams: How 'underappreciated' squads can reach College Football Playoff (CBS Sports) The final month of the regular season is always filled with posturing from teams and conferences vying for College Football Playoff spots, and coaches already began standing up for their leagues in the hunt for postseason berths. Prior to the debut CFP Top 25 rankings reveal, it was Texas' Steve Sarkisian championing three-loss SEC teams as playoff candidates. And after the rankings were unveiled, Nebraska's Matt Rhule spoke in defense of the Big Ten.

11/7/2025 |  College football betting: Texas Tech vs. BYU among expert's best Week 11 spots to target (CBS Sports) Every Thursday during the college football season, I'll release my favorite spots to bet for the upcoming week. 
A great example of a "spot" play is Vanderbilt's upset over Alabama last season. The Commodores were returning home after two straight road losses, while Alabama was coming off an emotional win over No. 2 Georgia. Vanderbilt won the game outright as a 23-point underdog. We will see more opportunities like this once the season gets going based on travel, results, and injuries.

11/7/2025 |  Meet the candidates -- 88 of them: The only list you need for college football's wildest coaching carousel (CBS Sports) The 2025-26 college football coaching cycle should be the busiest on record. On consecutive Sundays over the last month we've seen Penn State, Florida, LSU and Auburn fire their coaches, joining an ever-expanding list of 12 FBS jobs that have opened. We had never seen such activity before November. It does not figure to slow down: industry sources expect close to 40 FBS jobs to change hands this cycle once the dominoes begin to fall. 

11/7/2025 |  10 Best College Football Picks Against the Spread Week 11 (College Football News) Before we get going, I have something to keep an eye on this week.

This is usually the time of year that the Double-Digit Home Dog comes out.

I can’t find the exact date when this worked, so I’ll ballpark it at around 2022, when I stumbled upon a crazy trend. Late in the season, the massive home underdogs in conference play weren’t just covering, they were winning outright at an alarming rate.