Way-Too-Early College Football Power Rankings For 2024

The college football season is over, but college football never really stops. With the portal, recruiting, realignment, and everything else, college football is a year-round sport. That means it's never too soon to look ahead to the future, so let's try to make sense of what the 2024 college football season is going to look […]

Nick Saban's Coaching Tree: Ranking The Best Saban Assistants Turned Head Coaches

With Nick Saban's college coaching career over, it's time to look back on his various achievements. Except in this case, it isn't his achievements we're looking at, but his former assistant coaches. Saban's got a long coaching tree thanks to his many years around college football. Let's analyze which of those assistants turned head coaches had […]

Ranking The Top Five Active Head Coaches In College Football After Nick Saban's Retirement (2024)

Nick Saban retired earlier in January, clearing the way for someone else to claim the title of the best coach in college football. Saban was arguably the greatest college coach of all time, winning seven national championships across his time at LSU and Alabama. With Saban gone, it's time for a new name to top […]

Which College Football Teams Are Moving Conferences? Full List Of Programs On The Move

In college football's NIL era, it's nearly impossible to track where players, even the stars, are suiting up year to year. Thankfully, it's a little easier to remember which programs are members of which conference. But several schools are on the move heading into the 2024 season. Television deals are largely responsible for reshaping the […]

Five Candidates To Replace Nick Saban At Alabama - Who Will Coach The Crimson Tide In 2024?

After 28 seasons, 292 wins, and seven National Championships, Nick Saban is calling it a career. It seemed like the 72-year-old would coach forever, but he ended his journey after a Rose Bowl loss to the Michigan Wolverines. He spent time as the head coach of Toledo, Michigan State, LSU, and Alabama and is widely […]

Overrated and Underrated College Football Teams - Reviewing Final NCAA CFB Rankings

The 2023-24 college football season wrapped up on Monday night with the Michigan Wolverines defeating the Washington Huskies in an exciting College Football Playoff National Championship Game (until the fourth quarter). It'll be a long wait for next season's action to begin, but we can analyze the sport all offseason long. Despite every team's resume […]

NCAA Football Playoff Games: Best Picks and Championship Prediction

Whether or not you agree with the committee, it cannot be said that this is not the most competitive group of playoff teams yet. And it only took until the final year of the system to get it. Georgia was by far the best team in the country the past two seasons. This led to […]

Five Most Intriguing Non-Playoff CFB Bowl Games: Best Bets for the Alamo Bowl, Sun Bowl, Citrus Bowl, Fiesta Bowl and Peach Bowl

Bowl games are a crap shoot. With the money in the NFL being so high, many of the top talents have decided in recent years to sit out the games to save themselves for the draft combine and true, lifechanging money. You can certainly not blame the young men. But it can also lead to […]

The Final College Football Heisman Trophy Watchlist

The college football season is over and the Heisman finalists are set. Four players will be on their way to New York as finalists for this season's award: Jayden Daniels (QB, LSU), Marvin Harrison Jr. (WR, Ohio State), Bo Nix (QB, Oregon), and Michael Penix Jr. (QB, Washington). The Heisman Trophy is the most prestigious […]

NCAA College Football Top 25 Power Rankings - End Of Regular Season 2023

It's all over now but the bowl games, but what a glorious load of bowl games we have! James Madison and Jacksonville State both made it in. Liberty is in a New Year's Six bowl because Tulane couldn't handle SMU with a backup quarterback. The CFP proved SEC bias. Are my allegiances the same? You […]

College Football Risers and Fallers: Postseason NCAAF Stock Watch

For some, the 2023 college football season is wrapped up. For others, the postseason looms. For four teams, a shot at a national title awaits. And for everyone, season over or not, 2024 has to be at the front of the mind with the transfer portal creating a wild, wild west atmosphere. Conference championship week […]

Overrated and Underrated College Football Teams - Reviewing NCAA CFB Rankings For Week 15

13 weeks of regular season action and Conference Championship weekend have concluded. That means bowl season is ahead, but there are still some teams who are too high and others that are too low in the Week 15 AP Poll. None of the teams are this list play this week, and Army vs. Navy is […]

College Football Playoff Rankings Analysis - 2023 CFP Reaction To Selections And Seeding

We knew going into Sunday that the committee was going to end up with a horde of ravenous fans upset with them. Honestly, we have had playoff games for each of the last three weeks. That got us here. The loss to Michigan knocked Ohio State out. The loss to Alabama knocked Georgia out. Those […]

Top 5 Wide Receiver Performances of Week 14 College Football: Trent Hudson, C.J. Daniels, more

Week 14 of college football is over and we saw a number of impressive performances this week, though not quite as many as usual since, well, it was conference championship weekend and there were just 10 games. Six wide receivers had 100-plus yards, with just two of those players missing out on this week's top-five […]

Top 5 Running Back Performances of Week 14 College Football: Kimani Vidal, Ashton Jeanty, more

Week 14 of the college football season is over. There were some gutsy running back performances in this weekend's conference championship games, with some players who've been really good all season reminding us of just how good they were. While just four running backs ran for over 100 yards and all four are listed below, […]

Top 5 Quarterback Performances of Week 14 College Football: Quinn Ewers, Kaidon Salter, more

Week 14 of the college football season is now behind us. The conference title games featured some good quarterback performances from some players who had a lot on the line. Of course, with so few teams in action, there weren't a ton of eye-popping numbers. Just three quarterbacks had over 300 passing yards, for example, […]

College Football Playoff Rankings Analysis - 2023 CFP Scenarios After Championship Week

I don't envy the CFP committee right now. This is only the second time in the 10 years of the committee that they have a really difficult decision to make. It wasn't my Armageddon scenario, but it's close. There are five deserving teams this year. Six if you count back-to-back national champions Georgia, who had […]

NCAA College Football Top 25 Power Rankings - Week 14 (2023)

The power rankings here at RotoBaller are winding down. I will have one more after conference championship week and one more after the bowl games, then it's radio silence until August. I hope you have enjoyed this new feature at RotoBaller as much as I have enjoyed bringing it to you! My rankings are a […]

Championship Game Previews: Picks and predictions for the Big Ten, ACC, SEC, Pac-12 and Big-12

It has all come down to this final week of games. While the playoffs are not set, unless there are upsets this week, the group of four fighting for the national championship will be coming out of these games. While some games look to be heading towards a blowout, others look to be far more […]

College Football Booms and Busts From Week 13: Michigan, Ohio State, Florida State and More

It is the time of year to give thanks for everything we are grateful for. Obligatory family and friends are on our list, but how about college football? What did we do to deserve this beautiful, chaotic game? If anyone saw the reaction by Kirk Herbstreit and Chris Fowler as they were watching the Iron […]

College Football Coaches On The Hot Seat In 2024

As we enter the conference championship week of the college football season, let's shift our focus to the head coaches who are experiencing heightened pressure regarding their job security. College football is an intensely competitive arena with lofty expectations, placing coaches squarely in the spotlight. If they've been on a prolonged streak of underachievement, their […]

College Football Rivalry Week Review: An Iron Bowl for the Ages, Michigan Wins Again, Washington and Florida State Remain Perfect

There is nothing like Rivalry Week in college football, and this one did not disappoint. We had a game-winning touchdown on fourth-and-31, a second field goal to win as a 16.5-point favorite, and a comeback from 12 down to keep playoff hopes alive. It was a remarkable Saturday, and now is the time to look […]

College Football Playoff Rankings Analysis - CFP Scenarios for Championship Week

The last great college football season heads into Championship Week. Why is it the last great season? Because this is the last year of the four-team playoff. Take a look at each of the last 10 years or so. Only once could we justify going deeper than four teams. This year might be another one […]

Overrated and Underrated College Football Teams - Reviewing NCAA CFB Rankings For Week 14

The 2023 college football regular season is officially over, meaning it's time to head into conference championship week. After 13 weeks of football, the AP voters have the correct pecking order from No. 1 to No. 14. However, there are still some mistakes after that point in the rankings. There are overvalued and undervalued teams […]

Top 5 Wide Receiver Performances of Week 13 College Football: Casey Washington, Tetairoa McMillan, more

Week 13 of college football is over and we saw a number of impressive performances this week, though not quite as many as usual. Just six wide receivers went for over 150 yards. Some of those players are mentioned below, but a quick shoutout to the players who aren't: Tory Horton from Colorado State, Jaylin […]

College Football Risers & Fallers: Week 14 NCAAF Stock Watch

Rivalry week has come and gone, but not without a handful of nail-biting matchups in college football’s prime week. Thanksgiving night’s Egg Bowl looked more like a Big Ten West matchup, with Ole Miss prevailing. Iowa knocked Nebraska out of bowl eligibility on Friday, while Texas, Penn State, and Oregon all took care of business […]

Top 5 Running Back Performances of Week 13 College Football: Audric Estimé, Ollie Gordon II, more

Week 13 of the college football season is over. It was a fun day of football and included some good performances from running backs, with 11 backs rushing for 150 or more yards. Four running backs ran for over 200 yards in their game. Many of these players are mentioned below, but a quick shoutout […]

Top 5 Quarterback Performances of Week 13 College Football: Noah Fifita, Joe Milton III, more

Week 13 of the college football season is now behind us. It was a week filled with strong play from the quarterback position, with 16 different players throwing for over 300 yards. Three of those went over 400 yards, including one player who isn't on this week's list, UNT's Chandler Rogers. Rogers threw for 404 […]

Rivalry Week: Picks and predictions for Ohio State/Michigan, Florida State/Florida, Oregon State/Oregon, Washington State/Washington and Arizona/Arizona State

It has come down to this. There are currently five unbeaten power five teams atop the playoff standings. After this week, one will be guaranteed not to be left standing. Ohio State and Michigan will play the biggest game of the season in Ann Arbor on Saturday. Even more so than 2022, this is for […]