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College Football Week 2 Recap: Winners, Losers, and Playoff Picture
It’s only Week 2 of the 2026 college football season, but the high-stakes dance for playoff positioning is already underway. While specific game results, individual player statistics, and injury repor...
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Devon Dampier's Rushing Floor Has a Roommate. Utah Just Confirmed It.
Utah is running a two-quarterback offense again in 2026, and Dampier's rushing touchdowns already fell from 19 to 10 on the same carries — so draft the Big 12 rushing QB whose goal line isn't shared.
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Rueben Owens Owns Texas A&M's Backfield Now. Draft Him Before the O-Line Scares You Off.
The three backs who shared the Aggies' 2025 rotation are gone, Owens was already the most efficient runner in the room, and the line fear is exactly the discount you want in the fourth round.
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Belichick Named a Quarterback. It Doesn't Fix What's Actually Wrong With North Carolina.
UNC settled on Billy Edwards Jr. ahead of the TCU opener — but a 38.2% success rate and a negative rushing PPA are the actual problem, and only Jordan Shipp is worth a pick.
ANALYSIS
Ahmad Hardy Is Priced Like He Plays in September. He Doesn't.
A top-six draft price for a back who opens the season on the sideline is a bad trade — and the man taking his carries is the value nobody has repriced.
FANTASY
Kendrick Raphael's SMU could be sleeper and a difference maker in 2026
The Cal-to-SMU transfer comes with a heavy 2025 workload already banked — the offensive-line upgrade is a safe bet too make
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PREVIEWS
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2026 Big 12 Preview: The Champ Lost Its QB, and the Whole League Smells Blood
Texas Tech is still the most talented team in the league — but with Brendan Sorsby gone and four straight different champions, every contender in the Big 12 smells blood.
2026 SEC Preview: Georgia's Grip, Kiffin's Gamble, and a League Full of New Faces
Georgia chases a three-peat while Lane Kiffin's LSU, Arch Manning's Texas, and six new head coaches try to rewrite the SEC pecking order.
2026 Big Ten Preview: The Champs, the Chasers, and a November That Decides Everything
Defending champ Indiana, SP+ No. 1 Ohio State, and loaded Oregon headline a three-team arms race — with USC, Penn State's Matt Campbell era, and a reshuffled QB landscape lurking behind them.
POWER RANKINGS
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Our Preseason Top 50 Has One Tight End on It — And He's Dead Last
Terrance Carter Jr. is the only TE on Ballknowers' board, and he's sitting at rank 50 — here's what that says about draft capital at the position.
10 Players to Watch in 2026
From Arch Manning's return to Sam Leavitt following Lane Kiffin to LSU, these are the 10 players who will define the 2026 season.
ACC Preseason Preview/Rankings
Stats, transfers, and position-group grades for the eight teams that will define the conference race.
CFB 2026 Fantasy Preseason Rankings
A preview of 50 players poised to excel in college fantasy football for 2026
FANTASY
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Devon Dampier's Rushing Floor Has a Roommate. Utah Just Confirmed It.
Utah is running a two-quarterback offense again in 2026, and Dampier's rushing touchdowns already fell from 19 to 10 on the same carries — so draft the Big 12 rushing QB whose goal line isn't shared.
Rueben Owens Owns Texas A&M's Backfield Now. Draft Him Before the O-Line Scares You Off.
The three backs who shared the Aggies' 2025 rotation are gone, Owens was already the most efficient runner in the room, and the line fear is exactly the discount you want in the fourth round.
Ahmad Hardy Is Priced Like He Plays in September. He Doesn't.
A top-six draft price for a back who opens the season on the sideline is a bad trade — and the man taking his carries is the value nobody has repriced.
Malachi Toney Cannot Repeat 109 Catches — And You Should Draft Him Anyway
Miami imported Darian Mensah's Duke connection in Cooper Barkate and still feeds Mark Fletcher Jr., so Toney's receptions regress toward the mid-80s — but the yards per catch and touchdowns you're actually buying hold or rise.
ANALYSIS
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Belichick Named a Quarterback. It Doesn't Fix What's Actually Wrong With North Carolina.
UNC settled on Billy Edwards Jr. ahead of the TCU opener — but a 38.2% success rate and a negative rushing PPA are the actual problem, and only Jordan Shipp is worth a pick.
Kendrick Raphael's SMU could be sleeper and a difference maker in 2026
The Cal-to-SMU transfer comes with a heavy 2025 workload already banked — the offensive-line upgrade is a safe bet too make