Second Hump Day of November Nightcaps breaks down 23 suspensions from the Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Grambling State brawl, plus CFP rankings drama.

College football is hurtling toward the stretch run, and many of the top freshmen in the country are playing key roles on College Football Playoff hopefuls. That's especially true at running back, as Javian Mallory (Miami) and Jonaz Walton (Notre Dame) have surged in our updated rankings of the best first-year players in the country.

The College Football Playoff will expand to 24 teams next year, ending a three-decade era of conference title games

Danny Kanell says Georgia’s resume isn’t strong enough to be No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings and argues Indiana got punished for its schedule.

See our College Football Playoff bracket predictions for 2026, including all 12 projected teams, first-round matchups, championship picks, and CFP schedule.

We’ve now had two sets of in-season CFP rankings, so we have a decent idea of this committee’s approach to evaluating teams. That helps as we start to go through remaining schedules and pick winners in order to project the potential 12-team CFP bracket.

The chaotic and violent on-field altercation erupted between Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Grambling State, after the former secured a thrilling 35-32 victory over their rivals.

Grading college football’s best two-loss teams before Week 11, from Alabama, Texas and Tennessee to BYU, Iowa, USC, SMU, Louisiana Tech and James Madison.

Marching bands are part of the fabric of college football. How do you keep traditions going with shrinking budgets and swelling costs?

One of the wildest college football slates of all time reshuffled the 2026 Heisman Trophy race, knocked two contenders out entirely, and changed how the field looks after first weekend of November.