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Ranking the Top 10 Big Ten Running Backs Heading Into the 2026 Season

Mike Goodpaster

07/20/2026

The Big Ten lost several outstanding running backs after the 2025 season, including Nebraska’s Emmett Johnson and Penn State’s Kaytron Allen. The conference nevertheless enters 2026 with another deep collection of proven runners, productive transfers and young players preparing to become national stars. These rankings are based on previous production, explosiveness, receiving ability, projected workload, offensive system and the level of competition each player will face. NFL potential matters, but ...

Why the Florida Gators Could Be the Surprise Team of the 2026 College Football Season

Mike Goodpaster

07/20/2026

Top 5 Tailgating Traditions in College Football

Marvin Uzor

07/19/2026

Cardinals 2026 Running Back Preview: A Physical and Talented Backfield Ready to Compete

James Ernest

07/19/2026

Breaking Down the University of Kentucky Wildcats’ 2026 Football Schedule

James Ernest

07/19/2026

2026 Ohio Bobcats Running Back Preview: A Balanced Backfield Built on Experience, Development and Versatility

James Ernest

07/19/2026

Penn State Spent $70 Million to Hire a Coach Who Does Not Chase Stars

Marvin Uzor

07/18/2026

Mike Goodpaster

07/17/2026

Top 17 Quarterbacks in SEC history: Where does Bryce Young Rank

Jared Lorenzen was one of the most entertaining and unique quarterbacks in SEC history. Nicknamed the ...

James Ernest

07/16/2026

Breaking Down the University of Louisville Cardinals’ 2026 Football Schedule

The University of Louisville enters the 2026 football season with aspirations of competing near the top ...

James Ernest

07/16/2026

2026 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Running Back Preview: Experience, Versatility and Competition Define the Backfield

The running back position will be one ...

James Ernest

07/16/2026

Miami Redhawk’s 2026 Running Back Preview: Depth, Experience and Competition Define the Backfield

The running back position remains one of ...

Marvin Uzor

07/16/2026

College Football Players Are One Court Ruling Away From Becoming Employees

The most important person in college football ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/16/2026

Top 20 College Football Quarterbacks of All Time

College football has produced some of the ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/14/2026

SEC Football Power Rankings Heading into the 2026 Season

The SEC enters the 2026 season with ...

Marvin Uzor

07/14/2026

Top 5 College Football Players With the Highest NIL Valuations

Just five years ago, the biggest perk ...

James Ernest

07/13/2026

Breaking Down the University of Cincinnati Bearcats’ 2026 Football Schedule

The University of Cincinnati enters the 2026 football season looking to continue its climb in the ...

Marvin Uzor

07/12/2026

Notre Dame’s Wild Schedule Used to Be a Tightrope. Not Anymore.

Notre Dame has always done things its ...

James Ernest

07/12/2026

Breaking Down the Miami RedHawks’ 2026 Football Schedule

The Miami University RedHawks enter the 2026 ...

James Ernest

07/10/2026

Ohio State Football Quarterback Room Preview 2026: Julian Sayin Leads Loaded Buckeyes Depth Chart

The quarterback position will be one of ...

James Ernest

07/10/2026

Notre Dame Football Quarterback Room Preview 2026: CJ Carr Leads Talented Fighting Irish Depth Chart

The quarterback position will be one of ...

Marvin Uzor

07/10/2026

Every College Football Player Carries a Sportsbook in Their Pocket

Not that long ago, betting on a ...

James Ernest

07/10/2026

Louisville Football Quarterback Room Preview: Experience, Competition, and Playmaking Ability Highlight the Cardinals...

The quarterback position will be one of ...

James Ernest

07/10/2026

Kentucky Football Quarterback Room Preview: Experience, Competition, and Upside Define the Wildcats Entering 2026

The quarterback position will be one of ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/09/2026

Top 15 Big Ten Football Coaches of All Time

The Big Ten Conference has long been ...

Marvin Uzor

07/09/2026

The 5 Most Intimidating Student Sections in College Football

Players will tell you that every football ...

James Ernest

07/09/2026

Ohio University Bobcats Quarterback Preview: Breaking Down the 2026 QB Room

The quarterback position will be one of ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/08/2026

2026 Indiana Hoosiers Football Preview: Can Curt Cignetti Build the Next College Football Dynasty?

One year ago, Indiana football completed the ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/08/2026

2026 Oregon Ducks Football Preview: Can Dan Lanning Finally Deliver Oregon’s First National Championship?

There is only one goal left for ...

James Ernest

07/08/2026

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Quarterback Preview: Breaking Down the 2026 QB Room

The quarterback position will be one of ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/07/2026

Big Ten Football Quarterback Power Rankings for the 2026 Season

The Big Ten has never been deeper ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/07/2026

2026 Purdue Football Preview: Odom Begins to Build the Foundation for a Boilermaker Revival

Just two seasons removed from one of ...

James Ernest

07/06/2026

University of Cincinnati Bearcats Quarterback Preview: Breaking Down the 2026 QB Room

The quarterback position has become one of ...

James Ernest

07/06/2026

University of Miami RedHawks Quarterback Preview: Breaking Down the 2026 QB Room

The quarterback position is expected to be ...

Marvin Uzor

07/04/2026

College Football Stopped Being Amateur a Long Time Ago

The second year of college football’s pay ...

James Ernest

07/04/2026

2026 Ohio State Buckeyes Football Season Preview

The 2026 Ohio State Buckeyes enter the ...

James Ernest

07/04/2026

2026 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football Season Preview

The 2026 Notre Dame Fighting Irish enter ...

Marvin Uzor

07/03/2026

Florida Paid $21 Million to Fire Billy Napier. Jon Sumrall’s Clock Is Already Ticking

Florida had seen enough of Billy Napier ...

James Ernest

07/02/2026

Louisville Cardinals Football 2026 Season Preview

The 2026 Louisville Cardinals enter the season ...

James Ernest

07/02/2026

Kentucky Wildcats Football 2026 Season Preview

The 2026 Kentucky Wildcats enter a new ...

Marvin Uzor

07/01/2026

Ole Miss Cried About Tampering, Then Got Caught Doing It

Ole Miss just had one of the ...

James Ernest

07/01/2026

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers’s Football 2026 Season Preview

The 2026 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers enter the ...

James Ernest

07/01/2026

Ohio University Bobcats Football 2026 Season Preview

The 2026 Ohio University Bobcats enter the ...

James Ernest

06/30/2026

Miami University RedHawks Football 2026 Season Preview

The 2026 Miami University RedHawks enter another ...

James Ernest

06/30/2026

Cincinnati Bearcats Football 2026 Season Preview

The 2026 Cincinnati Bearcats enter Year 4 ...

Mike Goodpaster

06/29/2026

2026 Big Ten Football Preseason Power Rankings

The Big Ten has never been stronger. ...

Marvin Uzor

06/27/2026

Why Jeremiah Smith Turned Down $10 Million to Stay at Ohio State

Not so many people have the guts ...

Mike Goodpaster

06/26/2026

Top 20 College Football Head Coaches Entering the 2026 Season

Ranking college football coaches today is not ...

Mike Goodpaster

06/25/2026

ACC Football Coach Power Rankings Entering the 2026 Season

The ACC enters the 2026 season with ...

Mike Goodpaster

06/25/2026

Who was the Better Football Coach: Jim Tressel or Urban Meyer?

Few debates in Ohio State football history ...

Marvin Uzor

06/24/2026

Brendan Sorsby’s Career May Already Be Over For Good

There is no stranger story in college ...

Mike Goodpaster

06/24/2026

Big 12 Football Head Coach Power Rankings Entering the 2026 Season

The Big 12 may not have the ...

Marvin Uzor

06/24/2026

Even Arch Manning Is Taking a Pay Cut to build Texas’s $40 Million Roster

Forty million dollars can give you a ...

James Ernest

06/23/2026

The Weight of Protection: How LIGHT Helmets is Transforming Gridiron Safety

In collision sports like football, a fraction ...

Mike Goodpaster

06/23/2026

Ranking The Big Ten Football Coaches: Heading into the 2026 Season

The Big Ten may now be the ...

Marvin Uzor

06/22/2026

Bill Belichick Enters Year Two at North Carolina With the Hype Gone and the Hot Seat Warm

Entering the 2026 college football season, Bill ...

Marvin Uzor

06/20/2026

College Football’s Greatest Long Shot Is Disappearing

Heading into the 2026 college football season, ...

Marvin Uzor

06/18/2026

Week Zero Is a Trap and the Ranked Teams That Fall for It Pay Dearly

The 2026 college football season opens in ...

Marvin Uzor

06/16/2026

Alabama Is Rebuilding Its Defensive Front Through the Portal, and It Might Actually Work

Alabama finished last season in the college ...

LaMarr Fields

06/11/2026

Why Cheta Ofili Could Be TCU’s Next Breakout Pass Rusher

TCU's transfer portal class featured several additions ...

Mike Goodpaster

06/09/2026

Brendan Sorsby Cleared to Play: A Controversial Decision That Could Change College Sports Forever

The college football world was rocked on ...

Mike Goodpaster

06/01/2026

Top 10 Notre Dame Football Players of All Time

Few programs in college football history can ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/31/2026

Top 10 Penn State Football Players of All Time: Who is the Greatest Nittany Lion?

Penn State is one of the most ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/31/2026

Top 17 Texas Longhorns(Football) Players of All Time

Today we look at the most incredible ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/30/2026

The Wichita State Football Team Plane Crash: Tragedy and Resilience

On October 2, 1970, tragedy struck the ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/27/2026

Why Oklahoma State’s Drew Mestemaker Could Be the No. 1 Quarterback in the 2027 NFL Draft

By the time the 2027 NFL Draft ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/17/2026

Top 16 Running Backs in Big Ten History

The Big Ten started using the name ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/14/2026

Top 10 College football’s greatest true freshman seasons of all time

Remember freshmen were not eligible until 1973, ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/14/2026

Top 10 Oklahoma Sooners(Football) of All Time

The Oklahoma Sooners aren’t just a great ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/11/2026

Top 10 Alabama(Football) Players of All Time

Let's get this straight before everybody starts ...

Shelley Harcar

04/28/2026

The Ohio State University: Buckeye Nation of Draft Domination

Say what you want about Ohio State ...

Mike Goodpaster

04/19/2026

Top 10 Football Movies of All Time

I know this list is subjective but ...

Mike Goodpaster

04/10/2026

19 Lies in Disney’s “Remember the Titans”

Movies “based on a true story” often ...

Mike Goodpaster

04/07/2026

The Ultimate Power Ranking: Top 10 College Programs in Football AND Basketball in 2025/26

This isn’t about hype. This isn’t about ...

Mike Goodpaster

04/04/2026

Top 10 USC Trojans (Football) of All Time

The USC Trojans football have long been ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/26/2026

Top 10 College Football Legends Who Never Played in the NFL

Most of the players on this list ...

Shelley Harcar

03/11/2026

Remembering Lou Holtz: January 1937-March 2026

The sports world can be overwhelming, like a massive ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/02/2026

Top 10 Florida Gators(Football) Players of All Time

Fred Taylor was a critical piece of ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/20/2026

Top 10 Big Ten Football Coaches of All Time: Woody, Bo, or Urban at number one?

Big Ten football has helped shape the ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/10/2026

Top 10 College Football Programs of All-Time: Which program is at the Top of the Mountain Top?

Ranking the greatest college football programs of ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/10/2026

Top 10 LSU Tigers(Football) of All Time

LSU football has produced an extraordinary lineage ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/06/2026

Top 10 Florida State Seminoles(Football) Players of All Time

Few college football programs have produced elite ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/03/2026

Top 10 Ohio State Football Players of All Time

Chic Harley is one of the most ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/02/2026

Top 10 Greatest Texas Longhorns Football Players of All Time

The University of Texas has produced some ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/28/2026

1988 West Virginia Mountaineers: Almost Heaven

The Lambert Trophy, awarded annually to the ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/22/2026

Top 10 College Football Teams of All Time (Where do the Hoosiers Rank}

College football greatness isn’t just about winning ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/22/2026

Why the 1984 College Football National Champion should have Been Washington and not BYU

In 1984 a little school actually was ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/21/2026

Top 10 Michigan Wolverines(Football) Players of All Time

The Michigan Wolverines possess one of the ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/20/2026

The Greatest Football Story Ever Told, is now Complete!

I wrote an article after the Indiana ...

Dr. Jay Gee

01/19/2026

The 2003 Fiesta Bowl: Were the Canes robbed, or did the Buckeyes Win, Fair and Square?

Monday the 19th, and for the first ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/19/2026

The Trench Truth: Why Miami’s Size Won’t Decide This Game

If you’ve heard one talking point all ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/19/2026

Miami’s Past vs. Indiana’s Present: Two Programs, Two Eras, One Night

College football rarely gives us clean contrasts ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/19/2026

Speed vs. Structure: How Indiana’s Discipline Challenges Miami’s Chaos

At first glance, this matchup looks like ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/19/2026

Championship Quarterback Showdown: Why Fernando Mendoza Is Built for This Moment—and Why Carson Beck Isn’t

Championship games don’t just reveal who has ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/16/2026

College Football’s Greatest Team Ever: 2001 Miami Hurricanes or 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers?

Every era of college football produces a ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/16/2026

Miami’s Defensive Line vs Indiana’s Offensive Line an In-Depth Look: Who Wins Up Front

From Miami’s point of view, the conversation ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/14/2026

Lee Corso at Indiana: The Madcap Rebuild That Set the Table for “Not So Fast, My Friend”

Before Lee Corso became America’s college-football grandpa—before ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/13/2026

The Miami Hurricanes Dynasty (1983–2003): Championships, Culture, and Consequences

From the 1983 national championship to the ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/13/2026

If Indiana Football Goes 16–0, It Would Rival the 1976 Hoosiers as the Greatest Achievement in School History

There is only one undefeated team that ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/11/2026

Terry Hoeppner: The Coach who restored hope to Indiana Football

Indiana football has had better seasons than ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/10/2026

Howard Schnellenberger and the Blueprint That Built “The U”

Before Miami was swagger. Before national titles, ...