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Tom Fornelli

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Every Big Ten team's best, worst case scenario in 2025: USC plays for league title? A three-loss Penn State?

Exploring the range of success (and failure) for each Big Ten football team this season

How to fix the College Football Playoff: Format, schedule changes necessary with expansion on the horizon

Tom Fornelli's complete guide to ensuring the best college football product as changes loom ahead of the 2026 season

College Football Playoff odds: Texas A&M, BYU among best value bets to join 12-team bracket in 2025 season

Plus, Tom Fornelli explains why it's best to wager on one prominent SEC team missing out on a return

Buy or sell on most hyped college football teams: Will Texas, LSU, Miami and more live up to expectations?

From breakout squads to national title contenders, which teams can deliver on hype?

College football's top RB rooms: Penn State, Notre Dame battle for top spot behind loaded backfields

Several national title contenders boast impressive stables of running backs heading into 2025

Big Ten transfers poised to make instant impact: Nico Iamaleava, Justice Haynes set for big 2025 seasons

Looking at each Big Ten team's most impactful transfer entering the 2025 college football season

Ranking the top 25 Power Four college football coaches entering the 2025 season

The CBS Sports and 247Sports experts have ranked every Power Four coach from 1-68 as the season approaches

Five Big Ten games that will shape College Football Playoff race before October begins

Ohio State-Texas, Michigan-Oklahoma highlight strong early-season slate for Big Ten

Greg Sankey kicks off SEC spring meetings with selective memory and spin that fails the reality test

Outside of the SEC, winning simply becomes "not losing"

CBS Sports coach rankings: Numbers reveal conference biases, polarizing names and our 2025 Hater of the Year

The raw numbers don't lie, and they revealed some interesting facts about college football coaches -- and our panelists

2025 college football coach rankings: Deion Sanders, Bill Belichick headline Power Four coaches ranked 68-26

CBS Sports and 247Sports experts have weighed in on the Power Four coaches ahead of the 2025 season

Two Big 12 teams in 2025 College Football Playoff? QB depth, questions elsewhere clear path for multiple bids

Arizona State was the lone representative as conference champ in the inaugural 12-team CFP last season

Whispers of a dark-horse CFP run pit Illinois against the program's fiercest rival -- preseason expectations

Bret Bielema's success has rightfully raised expectations for Illinois, but it shouldn't be CFP or bust for the Illini in 2025

Could Texas, Georgia or Clemson miss the 2025 CFP? Odds each playoff team from a year ago fails to make field

Here are the chances each CFP team from the 2024 season has of making it back to the bracket in 2025

Big Ten post-spring power rankings: Ohio State on top; will tough schedule stunt Wisconsin's growth?

Scanning the Big Ten landscape ahead of the 2025 season with spring practices in the rearview

Tom Fornelli has been a college football writer at CBS Sports since 2010. During his time at CBS, Tom has proven time and again that he hates your favorite team and thinks your rival is a paragon of football excellence.

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