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Nicole Auerbach Press Box

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Here’s everything you need to know heading into Selection Sunday.
With a win, SMU secures a berth in the College Football Playoff — and a first-round bye. But could Clemson play spoiler?
Nicole Auerbach evaluates the top contenders and sifts through the bubble teams to project the final 12-team College Football Playoff field.
The final weekend of the regular season included rivalry-game upsets, season-making wins and Playoff-eliminating losses. Here’s what you need to know.
The Longhorns and Aggies haven’t played one another since 2013 — and they’ve never played with this much at stake.
Nicole Auerbach builds her 12-team bracket after Alabama and Ole Miss pick up their third losses and Indiana suffers its first defeat of the season.
Seven top-20 teams lost during a wild weekend that drastically changes the College Football Playoff picture. Here’s what you need to know.
Are the Hoosiers for real? Can unbeaten Army knock off the Irish? Plus, the results of BYU-Arizona State and Colorado-Kansas could shake up the Big 12 race.
Hunter is the favorite to take home college football’s most prestigious award. Here’s why.
In this season of CFP projections, Nicole Auerbach explains why what teams have achieved on the field should count.
Nicole Auerbach sifts through the mess in the SEC and projects the fallout from monster matchups down the stretch.
Plus, No. 1 Oregon survives a scare, but No. 6 BYU suffers its first loss of the year.
Are the Bulldogs facing a College Football Playoff elimination game? Will Oregon be tested for the first time in weeks?
The 12-team CFP naturally leads to increased scrutiny and more debates regarding deeply flawed teams. That’s a feature, not a bug.
Nicole Auerbach sifts through the two-loss SEC teams and projects a new 12-team bracket.
Two top-five teams lost, but what does it mean for the College Football Playoff picture?
Plus, a huge opportunity for Colorado and another potential history-making moment for Indiana.
Can UConn three-peat? How good will Cooper Flagg be? And who’s going to cut down the nets?
How does the selection committee treat Notre Dame? Which two-loss team is in the best position?
JuJu Watkins, Paige Bueckers and Hannah Hidalgo lead the top teams as the sport enters its post-Caitlin Clark era.
Plus, two blowouts in ACC country simplify the conference race down the stretch.
The Hoosiers are winning now, and Curt Cignetti, in just the first year of a six-year, $27 million deal, is the runaway favorite for National Coach of the Year.
Gabriel has led Oregon to an 8-0 record and the No. 1 ranking in the AP poll. But does he lead this week’s Heisman ranking?
Have the Fighting Irish done enough to offset their loss to Northern Illinois in Week 2?