Selection order posted … With the regular season in the books the selection order for the first-round of the 2026 draft has been updated here. The first 18 picks for the non-playoffs are final, barring any future trades, while the other 14 picks for the playoff teams will be decided as the playoffs evolve.
Raiders, Jets to pick 1-2 as top of board set
Raiders, Jets to pick 1-2 as top of board set … With the exception of tonight’s AFC North title showdown between Baltimore and Pittsburgh, the regular schedule is done and the order for the top picks at this year’s draft have been pretty much. As noted earlier, Las Vegas clinched the top pick overall when the NY Giants… Read More »
Raiders clinch top pick with Giants win
Raiders clinch top pick with Giants win … Las Vegas backed into the #1 pick overall at the 2026 draft when the NY Giants knocked off Dallas 34-17 in an early game today for their 4th win of the season. Had the Giants lost to the Cowboys, they would have ended up with the top pick if the… Read More »
FCS combine getting underway
FCS combine getting underway … In conjunction with the FCS national championship game in Nashville on Monday evening, the NFL is holding a mini-combine over the next couple of days involving some of the top NFL draft prospects from outside the FBS ranks. Each NFL team was asked to provide a list of 10-15 FCS players they’d like… Read More »
UGA DT declares for draft
UGA DT declares for draft … Georgia junior DT Christian Miller became the first underclassmen from the 4 losing CFP quarter-finalists to announce that he will be foregoing his remaining eligibility and entering the 2026 draft where he projects to either a late-first or early second round prospect. In an unrelated college move, Drew Mestemaker, who led all… Read More »
Raiders’ Smith to sit out Sunday
Raiders’ Smith to sit out Sunday … The path to the first pick at the 2026 draft got a little murkier today when Las Vegas confirmed that starting QB Geno Smith will not play Sunday when the Raiders wrap up their regular schedule against Kansas City. And while the ‘tanking’ finger will be pointed at the Raiders, who… Read More »
One TE enters draft; another transfters
One TE enters draft; another transfers … We had kind of been expecting to maybe hear from at least a few of the underclassmen from the 4 CFP quarter final losing teams considering tossing their names into the 2026 draft, especially because those losing teams include Ohio State. Alabama and Georgia which are 1-2-3 in terms of having… Read More »
College football trasfer prtal opens
College football transfer portal opens … It is moving day of sorts in college football as the transfer portal opens today. Players wishing to transfer have until January 16th to make their move, but that’s it as the spring portal will not be available this year. We will track at least the major moves that could have a… Read More »
Changing of the guard in college football
Changing of the guard in college football … For the first time since the 4-team college football playoff was introduced in 2014 at least one of Alabama, Georgia and Ohio State will not be in the field. Mississippi delivered the coup de grace last night when they rallied from a 9-point half time deficit to eliminate Georgia 39-34… Read More »
SEC LB, WR enter draft
SEC LB, WR enter draft … A couple of SEC stars announced today that they’ll be foregoing their final year of eligibility and entering the 2026 draft including Missouri LB Josiah Trotter and Aubur WR Eric Singleton. Singleton is a 5-10, 180-pound possession receiver type who had over 150 receptions in his three years in college for close… Read More »
Hoosiers crush Tide to advance to CFP semis
Tide QB hurt in Rose Bowl loss to Hoosiers … Updating an earlier story on Indiana’s rather shocking 38-3 dismantling of Alabama in the Rose Bowl earlier this evening, Tide QB Ty Simpson actually suffered a fractured rib on that hard hit at the end of the first half that for all intents and purposes forced him from… Read More »
LSU LB to return to school
LSU LB Weeks to return to school … LSU junior LB Whit Weeks has confirmed that he will be returning to the program in 2026 after a somewhat disappointing, injury-plagued campaign this past fall. Weeks made some all-America teams as a sophomore in 2024 when he posted 120 tackles, a pick and a couple of forced fumbles, but… Read More »
Ducks fly to CFP semis
Ducks fly to CFP semis … There was almost nothing pretty about it, but the Oregon Ducks are off to the CFP semi-finals with a 23-0 win over Texas Tech in what turned out to be an old-time defensive struggle. The Ducks will play the winner of this afternoon’s Rose Bowl between Indiana and Alabama in the Peach… Read More »
Rangy FSU WR to stick with program
Rangy FSU WR to stick with program … Its been a very Happy New Year at Florida State today as the Seminoles received word from star WR Duce Robinson that he would be returning to the program for his senior season next fall. The rangy 6-6, 225-pound Robinson is built more like a TE but has big-play potential… Read More »
Star Utes’ OT sits bowl; off to draft
Star Utes’ OT sits bowl; in fact off to draft … We neglected to mention this yesterday, but star Utah junior OT Spencer Fano did not play in the Utes’ bowl win over Nebraska and after a little further research we did find reference to the fact that Fano had told team officials that he was headed to… Read More »
CFP shocker as Canes upset Buckeyes
CFP shocker as Canes upset Buckeyes … There will not be a repeat winner in this year’s CFP playoffs after Miami’s shocking 24-14 upset of defending champion Ohio State in the first of four quarters finals games this week. The Canes will now go on to play the winner of tomorrow’s Georgia-Mississippi contest in one of two semi-final… Read More »
Alabama-Indiana Rose Bowl CFP QF draft preview
Alabama-Indiana Rose Bowl CFP QF draft preview … If QB is one of the key story lines of the Orange Bowl match-up between Oregon and Texas, then the Rose Bowl between #9 Alabama and #1 Indiana doubles as each team is lead by one of this year’s top prospects at the position. In fact, the Hoosiers’ QB Fernando… Read More »
Mississippi-Georgia Sugar Bowl CFP QF draft preview
Mississippi-Georgia Sugar Bowl CFP QF draft preview … It will be two SEC teams – Mississippi and #3 Georgia – playing at 8 PM ET in the Sugar Bowl which has long been hosted by the conference. Which at least makes some sense geographically to the often geographically challenged NCAA, you know the organization in which California plays… Read More »
Oregon-Texas Tech Orange Bowl CFP QF draft preview
Oregon-Texas Tech Orange Bowl CFP QF draft preview … The CFP quarter-final tripleheader on ESPn kicks off at Noon ET with #5 Oregon facing #4 Texas Tech in the Orange Bowl in Miami. And while the game is the story, one of the major subplots is whether Ducks’ QB Dante Moore (#5, 6-2, 210) ultimately opts to enter… Read More »
Super Bowl LX Favorites: Which Teams Are Leading the Odds
As the NFL season moves deeper into its most decisive phase, attention naturally turns toward the teams best positioned to compete for a Super Bowl LX appearance. And while futures markets may fluctuate on a weekly basis, the overall picture has become clearer as elite contenders continue to separate themselves through consistency, depth, and execution. For fans who… Read More »
Miami-Ohio State CFP quarter-final preview
Miami-Ohio State CFP quarter-final preview … The CFP quarter-finals get underway New Year’s Eve with #10 Miami facing #2 Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl with kick-off set for 7:30 PM ET on ESPN. And what a way for draft watchers to kick-off the New Year with a game featuring as many as 5 players with top ten… Read More »
Utah AA DE Daley to portal
Utah AA DE Daley to portal … Utah All-America redshirt sophomore DE John Henry Daley, who led the country in tackles for loss this past season, has confirmed that he will be entering the transfer portal when it opens on Friday. The 6-4, 250-pound Henry, who had 11.5 sacks among his TFLs, is widely expected to look to… Read More »
weekly selection order
Weekly selection order posted … With another week in the books – and just one to go – the selection order for the first-round of the 2026 draft, were it to be held this week, has been updated here.
Couple of top ’27 prospects to portal
Couple of top ’27 prospects to portal … A pair of top prospects for the 2027 draft will be putting their names into the transfer portal when it officially opens on Friday. The two are North Texas QB Drew Mestemaker, college football’s leading passer this past season, and Auburn WR Cam Coleman. Mestemaker, a 6-4, 210-pound redshirt freshman… Read More »
More added to Senior Bow roster
More added to Senior Bowl roster … While the NFL was busy over the weekend sorting out things out like the upcoming playoff seedings and draft order, the Senior Bowl released the names of another group of players who have accepted invites to next month’s game in Mobile including a couple of intriguing DEs along with several very… Read More »