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sports17 days ago•9 min saved

Week 3 CFP Eliminator: Playoff Field Narrows as Syracuse and Stanford Exit Contention

No CFP playoff locks exist after Week 3, with 97 teams (about 70% of FBS) still alive and 41 eliminated. Notable moves include Syracuse and Stanford dropping out of CFP contention; the ACC still features several contenders (Clemson, Florida State, Louisville, NC State, North Carolina, Pitt, Miami, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest) while Georgia Tech is out. The Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC remain crowded with multiple teams in the running, Notre Dame remains as the lone Independent in the mix, and the Group of 5 landscape (including SMU) continues to vie for its automatic berth.

via Sports Illustrated|

#cfp-eliminator #college-football #conferences

golf1 month ago•1 min saved

Lawrence Clinches European Masters in Dramatic Fourth-Playoff Win

Thriston Lawrence defeated Paul Casey on the fourth playoff hole to win the European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre, equalling Seve Ballesteros with a record third title after a final-round 62. Casey, who pledged to donate his winnings to Swiss fire-relief victims, missed four close putts on the last hole and the first three playoff holes, as Harry Hall finished third at 17 under.

via BBC|

#european-masters #golf #paul-casey

sports1 month ago•4 min saved

Notre Dame Tops SI's Week 1 CFP Bracket as Ohio State Climbs After Debut

Sports Illustrated released a live Week 1 CFP bracket projection, with No. 1 Notre Dame, No. 2 Oregon, No. 3 Georgia, and No. 4 Ohio State (up after its debut) leading the field. First-round games include Boise State at Miami, BYU at Texas, USC at LSU, and Mississippi at Indiana, with winners advancing to the Sugar, Peach, Rose and Fiesta Bowls to determine the playoff semifinalists. The piece also highlights early-season storylines and plugs SI's college sports podcast.

via Sports Illustrated|

#bracket-projections #college-football #notre-dame

sports1 month ago•8 min saved

Pressure Cooker 2026: Ten Storylines Redrawing College Football

SI’s preview column highlights the 10 biggest 2026 pressure points in college football, from Lane Kiffin’s controversial roster moves at LSU and the NIL/legal battles shaping rosters, to Texas, Oregon, Notre Dame, Indiana and Ohio State, plus a mock 12‑team playoff bracket and a national‑title projection—showing how transfers, lawsuits, and huge expectations are reshaping the sport.

via Sports Illustrated|

#coaching #college-football #nil

sports1 month ago•34 min saved

Notre Dame Tops SI’s 2026 Crystal Ball, But Predictions Remain Highly Varied

Sports Illustrated’s 2026 crystal-ball predicts Notre Dame as the consensus national-title contender, but beyond that the panel is deeply split on playoff matchups, conference winners, and Heisman favorites (CJ Carr, Arch Manning, Dante Moore, Trinidad Chambliss). The piece covers a wide spread of picks—from Indiana and Oregon to BYU and Texas Tech in the CFP—and features debates on potential flops, coaching firings, and standout Group of 6 contenders, highlighting a loaded yet highly unpredictable season.

via Sports Illustrated|

#college-football #heisman #notre-dame

sports1 month ago•13 min saved

Brackets in Play: 3 Experts Unveil Bold 2026 CFP Picks

Three CFP enthusiasts (Bruce Feldman, Ralph Russo, and Stewart Mandel) reveal their 12-team playoff brackets for 2026, with Notre Dame favored by Feldman, Texas by Russo, and Indiana by Mandel, highlighting how the new automatic bids and seeded quarterfinals could reshape the national title race.

via The New York Times|

#2026-season #brackets #college-football

sports1 month ago•23 min saved

Notre Dame Tops The Athletic's 2026 CFP Projections, With Oregon as Runner-Up

The Athletic's staff and readers forecast the 2026 season, with Notre Dame as the staff’s top pick to win the national championship (41.9%), and Oregon as the likely title-game loser per staff; readers are less certain, and the piece also features bold predictions from multiple writers on teams and players shaping the race.

via The New York Times|

#college-football #heisman #national-championship

sports1 month ago•10 min saved

Newcomers Poised to Shape the 2026 College Football Playoff Race

A preview of 20 players and groups—mostly transfers and first-year impact players—who could swing the 2026 College Football Playoff race, from Cam Coleman at Texas and Texas Tech’s reshaped front to Indiana’s Nick Marsh, LSU’s Jordan Seaton, and top QB options like LSU’s Sam Leavitt and Drew Mestemaker, illustrating how roster shifts may determine which teams reach the CFP.

via nytimes.com|

#2026-season #college-football #playoff

sports1 month ago•6 min saved

Buckeyes projected to win 2026 CFP title as Notre Dame, Georgia lead the seeds

CBS Sports' preseason 2026 CFP projection envisions a 12-team field led by Notre Dame and Georgia as the top seeds, with byes for Notre Dame, Ohio State, Georgia, and Miami. The bracket advances through first-round and quarterfinal upsets to set up semifinals Texas vs. Ole Miss and Ohio State vs. Georgia, with Ohio State then defeating Texas in the national championship to claim the title.

via CBS Sports|

#cfp #college-football #georgia

sports1 month ago•5 min saved

CFP’s proposed 20-team middle ground stalls as expansion talks continue

A CFP management committee videoconference briefly entertained a 20-team middle-ground idea that would swap conference title games for four play-in games feeding a 16-team field, but the plan was quickly dismissed as focus stayed on 16- or 24-team formats. The concept faces resistance from the Big Ten (and SEC alignment issues), questions about replacing lucrative conference championships (worth over $200 million) with more playoff games, and mixed broadcast dynamics—ESPN has concerns about large-scale expansion while Fox has shown interest in a bigger field. With negotiations still unsettled, if no agreement by Dec. 1, the 2027 playoff could remain at 12 teams.

via The New York Times|

#big-ten #cfp-expansion #college-football

sport2 months ago•13 min saved

Kuwaki clinches Women's Open in dramatic playoff at Royal Lytham

Shiho Kuwaki won the 2026 AIG Women’s Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes in a dramatic second playoff, beating Esther Henseleit after both finished five-under in regulation. Henseleit birdied the 18th to force extra holes, and Kuwaki sealed the title on the second playoff hole, becoming the third Japanese winner in eight editions as the event’s $10m prize pool was decided. Overnight leader Yealimi Noh faded; Charley Hull and Lottie Woad finished at -1. Kuwaki paid tribute to supporters and her team in a moment described as special.

via BBC|

#esther-henseleit #golf #playoff

sports2 months ago•7 min saved

Midwest grit over SEC excuses: Cignetti says we don't cry as ESPN promotes the conference

Indiana coach Curt Cignetti blasted the SEC during Big Ten media days, rejecting the conference’s promo-driven complaints and saying, “we don’t cry a river” when things go wrong as ESPN pushes SEC prominence. The piece notes the SEC’s shift to nine conference games, the ongoing playoff rhetoric led by Greg Sankey and ESPN, and contrasts the SEC narrative with examples from Ohio State and Notre Dame, urging teams to focus on winning rather than excuses.

via Fox News|

#college-football #curt-cignetti #espn

sports2 months ago•1 min saved

Camera-click disruption ends Charlie Woods' bid at U.S. Junior Amateur

Charlie Woods failed to reach the 64‑player match‑play bracket at the 2026 U.S. Junior Amateur after a playoff for two spots. The 17‑year‑old, son of Tiger Woods, was disrupted when a camera phone clicked during his third‑shot swing on the first playoff hole at Saucon Valley's Grace Course, resulting in a bogey. Eli Wessel and Hudson Kutchma advanced to the second playoff hole and ultimately into match play, leaving Woods short of qualification in what was his closest run to the event's match‑play portion in three attempts.

via USA Today|

#charlie-woods #golf #playoff

sports2 months ago•2 min saved

Shutter-click stifles Charlie Woods in U.S. Junior playoff

Charlie Woods’ run at the U.S. Junior Amateur ended during a 14-for-2 playoff for final match-play berths when a spectator’s camera shutter clicked on his backswing on the first hole of the playoff. He tugged his approach from 270 yards toward the left rough, chunked his third shot onto the fringe after the shutter, and failed to convert a 35-foot chip, bogeying the hole and being eliminated. Woods had posted steady stroke-play scores (76-70) after an opening bogey-triple and finished a strong week for the Florida State commit, with several players advancing and others eliminated in the playoff at Saucon Valley.}

via Golf Channel|

#charlie-woods #golf #playoff

sports2 months ago•3 min saved

Charlie Woods Battles for Last U.S. Junior Match-Play Slot in 14-for-2 Playoff

Charlie Woods, Tiger Woods’ son, shot 70 to finish 36 holes at 5 over, placing him T-63 and into a 14-for-2 playoff for the final two match-play berths at the U.S. Junior Amateur at Saucon Valley. The playoff, using holes 1, 5 and 18, will determine the last two qualifiers; the winner would be seeded 63rd and could face No. 2 seed Miles Russell in the first round.

via Golf Channel|

#charlie-woods #golf #match-play