Alabama QB Ty Simpson emerges as new Heisman Trophy favorite via Kalshi over Miami QB Carson Beck & Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza

2026 SEC Media Days is headed to Tampa July 20-23, sources told On3. It's 1st time event will be held in Florida. Tampa also will host the 2027 Florida-Georgia game & the 2028 College Football Playoff title game on Jan. 22, 2029 www.on3.com/news/sec-med...

My updated On3 Week 6 College Football Playoff & bowl projections. I somehow have 5 SEC teams in my projected playoff (I can neither confirm or deny Paul Finebaum is currently holding me hostage) www.on3.com/news/college...

My new @AP_Top25 ballot. My top 5: Ohio State, Oregon, Miami, Ole Miss, Texas A&M. New to my ballot this week: Virginia, Illinois, Arizona State & BYU www.on3.com/news/brett-m...

I asked Cale Gundy, former Oklahoma assistant & Mike Gundy’s younger brother, if Mike wants to continue coaching. ”Hell yes & I'm going with him,” Cale said

In 2026 all Power 4 conferences will play 9 league games. Big Ten will be only 1 not requiring 1 non-conference power opponent. That likely won’t change. “It hasn’t been discussed,” Big Ten source told @On3sports on B1G requiring 10th power conference foe www.on3.com/news/while-b...

My Week 5 On3 College Football Playoff & bowl projections. New to the playoff this week: Texas Tech & Memphis. www.on3.com/news/college...

My new @AP_Top25 ballot following Week 4. Not much change in my top 10, but movin' on up in my rankings: Indiana, Texas Tech & TCU www.on3.com/news/brett-m...

Incredible read by Ivan Maisel on former Notre Dame coach Frank Leahy, who was as brash as he was successful. Leahy's 4 AP national titles trail only Nick Saban & Bear Bryant. A fascinating look at a remarkable coach who was ahead of his time

My Week 4 College Football Playoff & bowl projections for On3. New to my playoff field: Texas A&M, Georgia Tech & Tulane. New to my bowl projections: Vanderbilt, West Virginia, New Mexico, Utah State, ODU & FIU www.on3.com/news/college...

My new AP Top25 ballot. My Top 5: Ohio State, Georgia, LSU, Miami & Oregon. New on my ballot this week: Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech & Alabama www.on3.com/news/brett-m...

My @On3sports Week 3 College Football Playoff & complete bowl projections. OU & USF are in playoff field; while Miss State & Wash State join this week's projections www.on3.com/news/college...

NFL players on active rosters Alabama 62 Georgia 57 Ohio St 57 Michigan 44 LSU 39 Notre Dame 39 Penn St 38 Texas 37 Oregon 35 Oklahoma 32 Florida 31 Iowa 28 Texas A&M 27 Clemson 26 Stanford 26 Tennessee 26 USC 26 S Carolina 25 Washington 25 UCLA 24 Wisconsin 24 Miami 22 via NCAA

Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz lost 18 of his 1st 20 games & he’s now 1 win from passing Woody Hayes as Big Ten’s winningest coach. “How the hell did this happen?” he told On3. A look at Ferentz, who has been coaching longer than 59 current FBS coaches have been alive www.on3.com/news/kirk-fe...

Big Ten expanding again, Maryland AD says. Who will be the new teams & what role does Notre Dame play in it? www.on3.com/news/20-team...

Week Zero is in the books. Ireland (somehow) survived Farmageddon & now onto my @On3 Week 1 College Football Playoff & bowl projections - the final week we’ll see the great Lee Corso don a headgear 🥲 www.on3.com/news/college...

It's mathematically impossible for a 17-team ACC to each play 9 league games, so how would the ACC do it? “We have the highest rated academic schools of any Power Four conference,” an ACC AD told @on3sports.bsky.social. “We’ll figure it out.”

Notre Dame is using sports-specific Leprechaun logos this season, like this football guy

Indiana adds home games w/Howard in 2026 & Miami (Ohio) in 2028, @FBSchedules reports IU's non-league schedules 2025: ODU, Kennesaw St, Indiana St 2026: Howard, Colorado St, WKU 2027: Kennesaw St, Indiana St, UMass 2028: Austin Peay, Miami (Oh), E. Michigan 2029: Ball State, E. Illinois, WKU

The 25 most overrated & underrated teams based on @AP_Top25 poll in College Football Playoff era since 2014. USC edges Auburn & Texas A&M for most overrated “honors,” while BYU has been most nation’s underrated program www.on3.com/news/ap-poll...

College athletics is a cluster right now. It’s chaos. Yet, despite all the confusion, there remains one thing all college football fans can agree on: my preseason @AP_Top25 ballot. Enjoy www.on3.com/news/brett-m...

Costco selling discounted 2 ticket packages for South Carolina, Purdue, Louisville, Virginia, Baylor, Oklahoma State, Tulane, UConn, Louisiana, Western Michigan, Kennesaw State & Idaho home games. Varies b/w $49.99 to $99.99. Some include $20 food/beverage credit or parking pass

5 teams projected as favorites in every 2025 regular season game, but it doesn’t guarantee an unbeaten season. Also, 8 other teams projected as favorites in 11 of 12 games www.on3.com/news/5-colle...

Michigan will open 2026 season in Frankfurt, Germany vs Western Michigan, sources told @on3.com www.on3.com/news/michiga...

Big Ten & Tony Petitti continue push for College Football Playoff format featuring automatic qualifiers & play-in games www.on3.com/news/with-to...

.@clevelanddotcom Big Ten preseason media poll 1-Penn St (11 1st place votes) 2-Ohio St (10) 3-Oregon (2) 4-Illinois 5-Michigan (1) 6-Indiana 7-Iowa 8-Nebraska 9-USC 10-Washington 11-Minnesota 12-Wisconsin 13-Mich St (tie) Rutgers 15-UCLA 16-Maryland 17-Northwestern 18-Purdue

SEC preseason media poll 1-Texas (96 1st place votes) 2-Georgia (44) 3-Alabama (29) 4-LSU (20) 5-S Carolina (5) 6-Florida (2) 7-Ole Miss (1) 8-Texas A&M 9-Tennessee (1) 10-Oklahoma (3) 11-Auburn (1) 12-Missouri 13-Vanderbilt (2) 14-Arkansas 15-Kentucky 16-Miss State

What did SEC commish Greg Sankey shoot in his round w/President Trump & Tulsa’s Tre Lamb tops the list of best golfers among college football coaches, followed by UAB’s Trent Dilfer & SMU’s Rhett Lashlee www.on3.com/news/golf-an...

John McDaid, SEC's coordinator of officials, told @On3.com there were no unsportsmanlike conduct penalties accessed last year for players using the Horns down signal. I'm somewhat surprised - and disappointed - by this. I thought It Just Means More?

ESPN's Greg McElroy told @On3 about Nick Saban's future: "I don't think he's coming back. I think he's completely fulfilled w/what he's doing but some think he misses the competition & would consider coming back. But I don't buy that."

Louisiana Tech approved today by Sun Belt presidents as 14th member of the Sun Belt, sources told @On3. Louisiana Tech, who replaces Texas State, will join Sun Belt in 2026. Conference USA expected to remain at 10 schools in 2026, source said

SEC's Greg Sankey on future of College Football Playoff: "Should it be at 12, 14 or 16? Or if you wait long enough, someone will introduce another number to be considered"

Mike Gundy heard rumors how SEC teams succeeded in recruiting; now Oklahoma State’s benefiting w/6 assistants w/SEC ties. “So now cheating is legal,” Gundy told @On3sports. “Now you just gotta know how to do it. They’re great. They know ‘how to go’ ” www.on3.com/news/mike-gu...

Tipped off about Michigan’s sign stealing system in 2022, Sonny Dykes told @On3 TCU changed its play calls before their College Football Playoff semifinal. “Everybody does it to an extent, but we had some intel it was kind of next level there.” www.on3.com/news/tipped-...

Big 12 coaches pick Kansas State & Iowa State to meet in Big 12 title game in a poll conducted by ⁦‪@On3sports‬⁩. Seven of league’s 16 teams received votes & coaches could not vote for their own team www.on3.com/news/poll-bi...

Utah State AD Diana Sabau is heading to Maryland as senior deputy AD to join new Terps AD James E. Smith, pairing his pro sports knowledge w/her college expertise, sources told On3. Sabau returns to the Big Ten & brings her closer to home. 1st reported by College AD

Grand Canyon will join Mountain West a year early this fall instead of 2026, sources told @On3sports. GCU is a MW member in all sports but football. The Antelopes will increase MW’s men’s basketball membership to 12 teams this season. 1st reported by @RossDellenger

Current Big Ten regular season over/under win totals via CIrca Sports Ohio State 10½ Oregon 10½ Penn State 10½ Indiana 8½ Michigan 8½ Illinois 7½ Iowa 7½ Nebraska 7½ USC 7½ Washington 7½ Minnesota 6½ Michigan State 5½ Rutgers 5½ UCLA 5½ Wisconsin 5½ Maryland 4½ Northwestern 4 Purdue 3

Current Big 12 regular season over/under win totals via Circa Sports Arizona State 8½ Kansas State 8½ Texas Tech 8½ Baylor 7½ Iowa State 7½ Utah 7½ Kansas 7 BYU 6½ Houston 6½ TCU 6½ Cincinnati 6 Colorado 6 Arizona 5½ Oklahoma State 5½ UCF 5½ West Virginia 5

Current SEC regular season over/under win totals via Circa Sports Alabama 9½ Georgia 9½ Texas 9½ LSU 8½ Ole Miss 8½ Tennessee 8½ Auburn 8 Texas A&M 8 Florida 7½ South Carolina 7½ Missouri 7 Oklahoma 7 Vanderbilt 5½ Arkansas 5 Kentucky 4½ Miss State 3½

Preseason Big 12 Players of Year Offense Sam Leavitt, QB, Arizona State Defense Jacob Rodriguez, LB, Texas Tech Newcomer Devon Dampier, QB, Utah

Current ACC/Notre Dame regular season over/under win totals via Circa Sports Clemson 10 Notre Dame 10 Miami 9 Louisville 8½ SMU 8½ Georgia Tech 7½ Florida State 7 UNC 7 Duke 6½ Pitt 6½ Virginia 6½ NC State 6 Virginia Tech 6 Boston College 5½ Cal 5½ Syracuse 5½ Wake Forest 4½ Stanford 3

ACC year-by-year exit fees, if any schools want to bolt $165 million in 2025-26 $147 million in 2026-27 $129 million in 2027-28 $111 million in 2028-29 $93 million in 2029-30 $75 million in 2030-31 $75 million in 2031-32 $75 M in 2032-33 $75 M in 2033-34 $75 M in 2034-35 $75 M in 2035-36

Notre Dame adds 2026 home game w/Rice

Heisman Trophy odds via Circa A. Manning, Texas 5-1 G. Nussmeier, LSU 8-1 C. Klubnik, Clemson 9-1 D. Allar, Penn St 12-1 J. Smith, Ohio St 16-1 DJ Lagway, UF 17-1 L. Sellers, S. Carolina 19-1 D. Moore, Oregon 20-1 J. Sayin, Ohio St 20-1 C. Beck, Miami 25-1 B. Underwood, Michigan 28-1 J. Mateer, OU

UNC extends AD Bubba Cunningham's contract 2 years but also hires RFK Racing President Steve Newmark as executive associate AD & his successor, transitioning to the UNC's AD role in summer of 2026

No need to wait til the 4th to celebrate. An early birthday present for ‘Merica: my initial bowl projections for @on3.com. All 82 bowl teams from the Bahamas Bowl (which won’t be played in the Bahamas 🥲) to the College Football title game in Miami www.on3.com/news/college...

Former Utah coach Ron McBride & WR Roy Jefferson are the 2025 inductees to Utah's Ring of Honor & will be honored at the Sept. 6 home opener vs. Cal Poly at Rice-Eccles Stadium

Pac-12 officially adds Texas State from the Sun Belt as a full-member starting in 2026. The Bobcats have been to bowls the past 2 seasons, but had the Sun Belt’s worst league record (27-61) in the College Football Playoff era

Some breaking realignment news: I am joining @On3sports as their College Football Insider. LFG! www.on3.com/news/brett-m...