Heading into the final week before college football’s conference championships, all eyes were on Columbus, Ohio, for the epic Michigan-Ohio State duel. And they should have been: It ended up being a double-overtime classic, with the Buckeyes pulling out the 30-27 victory when Curtis Samuel scampered 15 yards for a walk-off touchdown. With few upsets […]
It wasn’t surprising that the Oregon Ducks fired head football coach Mark Helfrich on Tuesday night, given Oregon’s 4-8 overall record, its 2-7 mark within the Pac-12 and the fact that the team lost eight of its final 10 games to close the season. Even by the standards of a school that rarely changes coaches, […]
It wasn’t surprising that the Oregon Ducks fired head football coach Mark Helfrich on Tuesday night, given Oregon’s 4-8 overall record, its 2-7 mark within the Pac-12 and the fact that the team lost eight of its final 10 games to close the season. Even by the standards of a school that rarely changes coaches, […]
A few weeks ago, I wrote that Alabama might be on track to become the greatest college football team of the AP poll era, at least according to the Elo rating system we like to use here at FiveThirtyEight. At the time, the Crimson Tide had two regular-season games remaining: Home games against Chattanooga (an […]
A few weeks ago, I wrote that Alabama might be on track to become the greatest college football team of the AP poll era, at least according to the Elo rating system we like to use here at FiveThirtyEight. At the time, the Crimson Tide had two regular-season games remaining: Home games against Chattanooga (an […]
