ESPN "College GameDay" analyst Kirk Herbstreit thinks there's one team that will keep Indiana from repeating as national champs.

For all the angst over skyrocketing amounts of money paid to college athletes, courtroom battles over player eligibility and debate about the number of teams in the playoff, the biggest on-the-field storyline this football season is whether the Big Ten can win a fourth consecutive national championship for the first time in the poll era.

Oregon has come painfully close before, but one prediction has the Ducks finally capturing their first national championship.

We know Ohio State is stacked, but what other teams have the best wide receiver groups heading into the 2026 season?

College football betting odds reveal which teams outside the preseason top five are favored to make a run at the national title.

Bill Bender is the 2025 president of the Football Writers Association of America. He graduated from Ohio University in 2002 and started at The Sporting News as a fantasy football writer in 2007. He has covered the College Football Playoff,

Read our 2026 Oregon Ducks football preview, including national championship odds, key returning players, and a futures betting outlook.

Debate has begun on who should be ranked No. 1 in the AP poll: Oregon or Ohio State? College football analyst Paul Finebaum voiced his opinion. Oregon quarterback Dante Moore found serenity in the offseason in such non-football pastimes as golf and bowling with his teammates.