Part 3: Grading FBS coaching hires, Southern Miss, UConn, Sacramento State, Oregon State, Coastal Carolina, Iowa State, USF

This is the third part of our four-part series that grades and explains grades for programs that have hired new head coaches for the 2026 FBS season. Today, we look at Southern Miss, Connecticut, Sacramento St., Oregon St., Arkansas, Coastal Carolina, Iowa St., and USF. Southern Miss New Head Coach: Blake Anderson New Coaching Staff … Continue reading Part 3: Grading FBS coaching hires, Southern Miss, UConn, Sacramento State, Oregon State, Coastal Carolina, Iowa State, USF

Part 2: Grading new coaching hires at Michigan State, Tulane, North Texas, California, Northern Illinois, and UCLA

This is the second of our four-part series that grades and explains those grades for FBS colleges that have hired new head coaches. Today, we look at Michigan State, Tulane, North Texas, California, Northern Illinois, and UCLA. Michigan State New Head Coach: Pat Fitzgerald New Coaching Staff Rating: 13.5 New Coaching Staff Grade: C- Pat … Continue reading Part 2: Grading new coaching hires at Michigan State, Tulane, North Texas, California, Northern Illinois, and UCLA

Oregon vs Texas Tech highlights first week of quarterfinals. Predictions for all remaining bowl games.

  Savvy Index   2025       top 2/35 bowl week 3 seldom     12/28/25           last week: 46 - 21 season: 656 – 218 wins losses game values notes 5 Oregon 12 1 24 Betting lines favor 2 Texas Tech 12 1 31 Oregon by 2.5.     … Continue reading Oregon vs Texas Tech highlights first week of quarterfinals. Predictions for all remaining bowl games.

Bowl Predictions 2025

  Savvy Index   2025       predictions bowl week 1 seldom     12/12/25           last week: 46 - 21 season: 656 – 218 wins losses game values notes 19 James Madison 12 1 17 JMU’s coaching change 6 Oregon 11 1 34 won’t help.         … Continue reading Bowl Predictions 2025

Predictions for all 68 college football games in week 14

  Savvy Index   2025       predictions week   14 seldom     11/23/25           last week: 50 – 14                          season: 610 – 197 wins losses game values notes 6 Oregon 10 1 33 Is Oregon too … Continue reading Predictions for all 68 college football games in week 14

Troy: Shine in the Sun, Rust in the Rain. Predictions for all 64 games this week.

There's no question that the USC football roster is loaded with talent. The Trojans perform well at home and against ordinary competition. But, when you put the Trojans on the road against ranked opponents, you get an outcome rife with futility, wasted opportunities, and baffling play-calling. Are players choking?  Trying too hard?  Are coaches just … Continue reading Troy: Shine in the Sun, Rust in the Rain. Predictions for all 64 games this week.

USC at Oregon headlines Game Day. Who wins? Predictions for all games

  Savvy Index   2025       predictions week    13       11/16/25           last week: 44 - 15                           season: 560 - 183 wins losses game values notes 9 USC 8 2 27 Betting lines favor … Continue reading USC at Oregon headlines Game Day. Who wins? Predictions for all games

The Green Hurricane and Why it Matters to Oregon State Football

He was not ranked among the top 900 players in America. He wasn’t ranked among the top 10 players in his own state. His high school team only won six games in the entire four years that he was a starter. Not a single elite college program made him an offer. Today, he leads the … Continue reading The Green Hurricane and Why it Matters to Oregon State Football

Texas vs Georgia… Who will win? Predictions for all FBS games.

  Savvy Index   2025       predictions week      12       11/09/25           last week: 34 - 18                     season: 581 - 151 wins losses game values notes   Minnesota 6 3 14 These two will surpass the … Continue reading Texas vs Georgia… Who will win? Predictions for all FBS games.

Wake Forest and North Texas leap into Savvy Index top 25 for the first time in 2025

    Savvy Index   2025     top 25 week   12     11/09/25     rank points   last week: 34 - 18                                   season: 581 - 151 wins losses 545 1 Ohio St. 9 0 544 … Continue reading Wake Forest and North Texas leap into Savvy Index top 25 for the first time in 2025