...the fourth quarter against the California Golden Bears at Memorial Stadium. The Trojans...

It's a no-brainer for No. 1

Ranking the best and worst bowl games, those decisions were no-brainers. The games in between were the fun part.

Strong personalities leading teams down the stretch

...51-42 on Nov. 7. To win the Pac-10, Stanford would have to beat No. 25 California on Saturday at home, and hope Oregon, Oregon State and Arizona each loses again. The Beavers and...

Living memorials for those who served

The teams come and the games go, but the reminders are forever at the college football stadiums constructed as living memorials to those who served the nation.

...3, 2009; Berkeley, CA, USA; California Golden Bears tailback Jahvid Best (4) run...

Title hopes take a tumble for several teams

...hopes of several teams, including California, Houston, Michigan and Oklahoma. A...best BCS championship contender. The Bears had Jahvid Best, perhaps the...have confidence in these guys," Cal coach Jeff Tedford told reporters...

Season is beginning to take shape

The 2009 season began to make sense Saturday, as poseurs were exposed and the top teams began to show their true identities, writes Ivan Maisel.

Dash of lessons, forecasts and fibs

From September's lessons to October's forecasts to the coaches' corner, The Dash runs through it all.

Buying and selling season futures

Where Do We Stand? Where do you begin after another wild weekend in college football? Four teams ranked in the top 10 of The Associated Press Top 25...

What we thought we "knew" and what we know now

...their lofty rankings, but neither team looked unbeatable in its first three games. Notre Dame and Southern California aren't as good as we thought they'd be, and Michigan and the Big East aren...

Ninth Annual Herbie Awards

The Herbie Awards celebrate the best players, fans and more in college football. See who picked up some hardware this year.

College football mock draft

It's time to trim 120 to 40 as ESPN.com writers draft their top programs.

Scott Van Pelt

Scott Van Pelt and Ryen Russillo are on the clock as they make their selections for the games they want to attend in the first annual College Football...

Preseason Top 25 Intel

Insider takes you inside the stats and the coaching strategies that both justify Mark Schlabach's preseason Top 25 rankings and could lead to a higher one in the fall.

Big 12, SEC continue to dominate

With spring practices over, and the start of the season less than four months away, it's time to take a look at the revised way-too-early 2009 Top 25.