Mel's Personnel Points: The Real McCoy

Lost amid all the hype about its young quarterback, loaded backfield and excellent receivers is the fact that USC has a tight end lighting up the stat sheet. There's also a Mississippi State running back on the rise, plus more stock notes from Mel Kiper.

Story | Conversation | October 19, 2009

Unsung units you need to know

Football Outsiders analyzes college football's underrated offensive and defensive units to let you know who's capable of pulling an upset.

Story | Conversation | October 07, 2009

Time to make some picks

I had a shaky opening week going against the line; I went one under .500, 8-9 in games on the board. The good: picking Oklahoma State to handle Georgi...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 10, 2009

Clausen sizzles while Taylor fizzles

Todd McShay offers his Week 1 stock report and says Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen's performance in a win over Nevada could be a tantalizing sign of things to come for the Irish.

Story | Conversation | September 07, 2009

ACC divisional analysis

Football Outsiders does a divisional breakdown of the Big 12 in 2009 and finds the following: the South might have 4 teams better than the best team in the North and Nebraska's defense isn't as good as the hype.

Story | Conversation | August 18, 2009

ESPN The Magazine previews: ACC

ESPN The Magazine's August 24 issue contains previews of every conference in college football. This is the ACC preview.

Story | Conversation | August 12, 2009

Johnson powers Ducks; Daniel's missteps continue

Todd McShay offers his Week 14 stock report and says Oregon RB Jeremiah Johnson is rising while Missouri QB Chase Daniel is falling.

Story | Conversation | December 01, 2008

Harrell, Ringer, Bradford among prospects in top matchups

Todd McShay's latest Draft Buzz looks at the plethora of big-time individual matchups in Week 13 and spotlights a small-school standout.

Story | Conversation | November 20, 2008

ACC looking to rebound; Stanford, Georgia Tech, BYU looking for respect

Scouts Inc.'s Steve Muench examines Week 2 story lines, including ACC teams looking for redemption, Florida's shaky passing game, and Stanford and Georgia Tech looking for respect.

Story | Conversation | September 05, 2008

Team preview: Virginia

The Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook previews the 2008 Virginia Cavaliers, exclusively on Insider.

Story | Conversation | July 09, 2008

Scouts Inc: Texas Tech vs. Virginia

Story | December 27, 2007

BCS bowl games could produce some high scores

New Year's Day sees six bowl games on the slate. Bruce Feldman picks those games and the rest of the games through the BCS title game.

Story | Conversation | December 19, 2007

Virginia Tech-Boston College matchups highlight ACC season

From the epic Virginia Tech-Boston College matchups to Clemson's surprising season to Miami's disappointment in the Orange Bowl, here is a team-by-team look at the ACC regular season.

Story | Conversation | December 11, 2007

Which team tops two-loss heap?

If a two-loss team sneaks into the BCS title game, there's going to be plenty of debate as to which team belongs at the top of the heap, writes Brad Edwards.

Story | Conversation | November 25, 2007

LSU, Kansas only ones assured of anything if each wins out

Six teams still have BCS title-game aspirations, but LSU and Kansas will meet for the championship if each team wins out, writes Brad Edwards.

Story | Conversation | November 18, 2007