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OBD will not be there, but the CBB Tourney will be B1G - Big Ten bracketology week 13 Tuesday update: 11 teams in the field

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After Portal Picking and Portal Tampering are done, CBS Sports projects the 2026-27 college football (CFB) playoff (PO) field as follows: ... December 30, 2026 - Fiesta Bowl - 2 Notre Dame vs. the winner of 10 Texas A+M at 7 Oregon ... January 1, 2027 - Peach Bowl - 1 Miami vs. the winner of 9 LSU at 8 Ohio State Rose Bowl - 4 Indiana vs. the winner of 12 Michigan vs. 5 Texas Tech Sugar Bowl - 3 Texas vs. the winner of 11 Memphis at 6 Georgia .... Looks like the experts are giving us back-to-back preseason wagering gold mines. The AP Poll 2025 expert pollsters' top 4 ... Texas No. 1 - In 2025, my betting buddies and I questioned whether Archie was the 3rd coming of the Manning family. Good question. Penn State No. 2. - Did anyone else notice that James Franklin's record against top competition matched this ranking? We did. Ohio State No. 3 - One of the B1G's three PO teams in 2025-26. TOSU went 0-1, OBD 2-1, and Indiana 3-0. We wondered why the Buckeyes, after a long layoff was favored over Miami, and put our money where our wondering was. Clemson No. 4 - This ranking matched the number of losses Clemson suffered in 2024, and the same guys who lost four were coming back. $$$ ... With the above in mind. No. 1 Miami and No. 2 Notre Dame - Yes, Notre Dame has to weather the Hurricanes blowing into South Bend and the trip West to Provo, not LA, but when the next toughest challenge is Navy in Gillette Stadium or SMU at home? ... Before the visit to Notre Dame, Miami has a brutal opening. On the road at Stanford, Florida (A&M), at Wake Forest, and Central Michigan, before traveling to Clemson, South Carolina. ... Really? A roll of Charmin is tougher than the spit these two are playing. ... No. 3 Texas - Sark's still The Man on the Forty Acres, right? Frankly, this reminds us of James. Texas is -2.5 when the Buckeyes arrive. We expect No. 8 Ohio State to Buck(eyes) the Longhorns and bring home the Money Line +108. No. 8? Brutal schedule, but this is Ohio State, a team that filled holes out of the portal. No. 8 in the nation has CBSSN behind the prediction 8-Ball. ... No. 4 Indiana - Yes, Indiana has to host Ohio State and USC, and travels to Michigan and UW, but the B1G champ being ranked 4th? Cig will probably smoke us again, but over 10.5 was right on our Mendoza line, but we went Over. No. 11 Memphis ranked ahead of 12 Michigan? If only we could find a line to bet against this? ... No. 6 Georgia? Six? As it so deserves, even with nine conference games, the Dawgs have an easier slate then it played the last two seasons. And Georgia still has the best coach in the SEC, Kirby (He So) Smart. Over 9.5 is a lay-up. ... No. 7 OREGON - We're down with the over 10.5, but with the schedule, it's Moore of a Danno dare; however, Bring It On! ... No. 5 Texas Tech has addressed both sides of the ball in this season's spending spree, and there isn't a B12 roster that comes close, by golly, in the home of Buddy Holly. 8.5 wins? Come On In! ... No. 10 A+M? In 2026, the Aggies will play SEC teams other than Texas that will finish with a winning record. But an Over/Under 7.5? We're down. ... No. 9 LSU? The Bengal Bayous will likely cover 8.5. How about 9-3? Up to you. We want nothing to do with Lame Kitten. ... Money is not evil; the love of money is evil. Not comfortable putting hard-earned dollars down, a gaming fantasy league with the earnings having a bought-for-winner dinner is a lot of fun

And when it comes to The Strength of Schedule, the B1G isn't backing down. Example: Compare Georgia's 2026 conference schedule with Ohio State's. The SEC is a Gauntlet Like No Other, right? https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/02/03/big-ten-2026-schedule-must-see-games-sec-college-football-tv-ratings-war/88480976007/?utm_source=usatoday-sports-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=usatbaseline&utm_t

Greta comment, Gat. But if the goal is to send the most teams to the postseason, and it is, why can't Sankey look at the final PO Committee rankings and see that under Tony Petitti's 16-team AQ PO format, the SEC would have had more teams in the mix? Sankey's OK with Notre Dame in if ranked No. 12 or higher, but not with Vanderbilt, and possibly Texas, being in the 2025-26 PO field? Ditto for the ACC's Jim Phillips and the B12's Brett Yormark. The ACC and the B12 would have had two, not one, teams in the field. Sankey, Phillips, and Yormark allowed two G6 programs to be in the field. Sense, meet Less.

At Kentucky (???), Will's off to a good start, filling the Stein with a fine brew of portal players. Notre Dame QB, CJ Carr, was in a tough battle for the starting job with Kenny Minchey, who flipped his 'commitment' from Nebraska to Kentucky. No dummy is Will. Without an adequate War Chest, Will wasn't leaving OBD. Bear Bryant won an SEC championship at Kentucky, so ...

Thank you, Charles, for another fantastic editing job. 👍👌❤️ No surprise with Smitty's comment being spot on. The B1G is no longer content with being No. 2 in football. In today's college football world, you can break the bank trying to win a title, but a group of people, starting with the head coach, have to meld the new players with the old and have them play as a cohesive unit. Have them play as a team and for one another, not just for the money. Mike Norvell has assembled terrific talent at FSU. In year one, the Seminoles went 13-0 before being scalped by the PO Committee. But the last two seasons? LSU was one of the biggest spenders in 2025, and things started so well with a win at Clemson's Death Valley. Coach Brian Kelly was fired before the end of the season. Under Lane Kiffin, LSU is spending more dough this season than any other program, and breaking its academic rules in the process. Jordan Seaton was allowed to enroll two weeks after the enrollment period ended. It's all good. Jordan's studying will occur in the football facilities, not in the classrooms. Kiffin, in job number three in the SEC, has a Natty grace period about as long as a gnat's life cycle. Everyone on the Bayou is hoping Lane wins it all. Everyone else, especially folks next door in Mississippi, is hoping Kiffen comes up lame. Saint Nick's coaching rehabilitation facility is no longer open. After rebounding at FAU, Lane may have to try his luck at FIU. Please! And Texas Tech is doing it again, with the understanding that both sides of the ball matter 😁. And there's a Hurricanes warning in Miami: Rules, we don't need no stinkin' rules. Don't try to Duke it out with us! Campbell, Chesney, Fitzgerald, and Whittingham are now on a B1Gger stage with a B1Gger bankroll; watch out!

Things are never dull in Dixie - "If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin". Other than the traffic court revolving door, I ain't includin' UGA. SISEC’s Latest Scandals Ask an Uncomfortable Question: Wher...The league’s commissioner has been notably absent during Ole Miss’s alleged tampering with a Clemson LB and Alabama pushing for eligibility for Charles Bediako.

BB led the Senior Bowl with ten tackles; the next closest player had five, and he broke up a pass attempt. He also proved that Tennessee players don't receive a terrific education, and/or they don't like helmets with feathers. The Vols player that BB ticked off pregame punched him three times squarely in the helmet. Brilliant! 🤪

WOW! So much for the attempt at Animal House humor. Perhaps you have to be 70+ long in the tooth to have watched the movie and get it? Or, perhaps, I'm long on age and short on Humor? 😁 Mea Culpa. OK, Forum Friends, I love Dylan flaunting today's fashionista flavor. I forgive the Cornhusker crud, and I hope his style of shades will be handed out before the Autzen crowd Shouts. But this doesn't mean you don't have to do your assigment people; this is my job!

CBS Sports B1G CFB Power Rankings. We're No. 3, and Poor Due is 18 - https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/big-ten-football-power-rankings-2026-indiana-ohio-state-oregon-transfer-portal/

Don't overlook Week 2 opponent Oklahoma State. There's a new sheriff in Stillwater with a new posse, including 17 North Texas Mean Greenies morphing into Cowboys. On3Transfer Portal: Most portal departures by schoolWith the transfer portal window officially closed, On3 is breaking down the most college football portal departures by school.

Top 25 teams top portal pick - Perich the thought of passing against the Ducks - On3Top impact transfer portal addition for each Way-Too-Earl...Rosters are set for the 2026 season. On3 is breaking down the top transfer portal addition for every Way-Too-Early top-25 program.

What's the timeline for losing The Valley Girl look? 🤮 You're a GD disgrace! What kind of team would recruit a man like you? Straighten those curls, lose those shades, and for OBD's sake, take off that GD Cornhusker crap!

Foxy Joel Klatt with a look at B1G mega-conference 2026 schedules. Thanks, Joel, for the insight into the obvious: the ACC, Big Ten, B12, and the SEC all have in-conference schedules with significant differences in degree of difficulty. This is one B1G reason the Power 4 should support Tony Petitti's 16-team, automatic-qualifier PO format. Ohio State, Michigan, and Northwestern have difficult schedules. Your friends at CBS Sports have OBD with the 3rd most difficult schedule - QUACK! CFB-HQ On SIJoel Klatt calls Big Ten’s 2026 college football schedule...Following the release of the Big Ten's 2026 college football schedules, Fox analyst Joel Klatt called the results "wildly imbalanced."