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Brian Fremeau ranks his top five recruiting underachievers -- the programs that win the least with the most talent.

Story | Conversation | January 31, 2013

Brian Fremeau ranks his top five recruiting overachievers -- the programs that win the most with less talent.

Story | Conversation | January 30, 2013

Brian Fremeau compares the top five teams in the BCS standings to past national championship contenders to see which ones have the best chance of finishing the regular season unbeaten.

Story | Conversation | October 23, 2012

Brian Fremeau examines the AP top five -- Alabama, Oregon, LSU, FSU and Georgia -- and compares their statistical profiles to past title contenders.

Story | Conversation | September 25, 2012

Brian Fremeau goes back and projects what a four-team playoff would have looked like over the past six years, identifying the best teams that were shut out of the BCS title game and putting the SEC's run of six straight national championships to the test.

Story | Conversation | June 27, 2012

Brian Fremeau of Football Outsiders writes about the importance of big plays for LSU and Oregon ahead of Saturday's season opener, and explains why the loss of starting QB Jordan Jefferson is something the Tigers can overcome.

Story | Conversation | August 29, 2011

Brian Fremeau of Football Outsiders stacks up TCU and Utah on a variety of stats and metrics to get a feel for their national profiles then looks at keys -- think Ed Wesley, Jordan Wynn -- for their tilt in Salt Lake City.

Story | Conversation | November 04, 2010

Brian Fremeau writes that while new Oregon head coach Mark Helfrich inherits a deep team, recent history shows that top programs often regress under new coaches. Whether Helfrich can maintain Chip Kelly's dominance may depend on defensive success.

Story | Conversation | March 04, 2013

With Alabama unsurprisingly ranking at the top of Brian Fremeau's SEC projections for the 2013 season, Fremeau ranks the five teams most likely to beat out the Crimson Tide for the SEC title.

Story | Conversation | January 09, 2013

Brian Fremeau ranks the top 10 college football teams from the past five seasons that did not play in the BCS title game, examining how each -- including the 2012 Oregon Ducks and Kansas State Wildcats -- would have fared in a four-team playoff.

Story | Conversation | January 03, 2013

Brian Fremeau of Football Outsiders projects the best records in college football through Week 5, Week 10 and the end of the regular season.

Story | Conversation | August 27, 2012

Brian Fremeau identifies five recruiting underachievers that have failed to perform up to their talent level in recent seasons.

Story | Conversation | January 24, 2012

Brian Fremeau of Football Outsiders takes a look at the futures of the Boise State Broncos and the TCU Horned Frogs. He finds that while TCU is positioned very well for future runs at the BCS title game, Boise's best chance to make it might be in 2011.

Story | Conversation | February 17, 2011