Two 9-4 teams, seven places apart on the NIL Index. Football explains one point of it.
USC and Washington both finished 9-4 in 2025. On the Football NIL Index, USC sits at 26.1, fourth nationally. Washington sits at…
August 9, 2026
Rankings and Predictions
August 9, 2026
Eckerd vs. Saint Leo: The SSC Rivalry That Just Flipped, and Why Both Fan Bases Should Be Fueling Up
There’s no trophy. There’s no branded name like the Iron Bowl. But if you’ve been anywhere near a Sunshine State Conference gym…
August 8, 2026
The Battle for the Bones: Memphis vs UAB Returns October 10
Week 6 | October 10, 2026 | Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, Memphis, TN By the RallyFuel Team Some rivalry trophies are crystal…
August 6, 2026
2026 Pop-Tarts Bowl: The Big 12 Has Won Three Straight, and the ACC Is Overdue
Bowl season has a participation problem. Half the country spends December arguing about which stars will opt out, which starters have already…
August 6, 2026
The quarterback the scouts rank first is eighth here. The one they rank seventh is first.
The Athletic surveyed roughly three dozen coaches, general managers, personnel directors and scouts, then ranked all 138 projected FBS starting quarterbacks. They…
August 5, 2026
45,000 People for a Game Nobody Ranks: The 27 Most Loyal Fan Bases in College Football
From a sellout streak that started in 1962 to a Division III rivalry with no playoff at the end of it, these…
August 4, 2026
NEC Week 1 Preview: The Northeast Hits the Road Running
The Northeast Conference has been punching above its weight since 1981, and its football league, launched in 1996, opens the 2026 season…
August 1, 2026
Big South-OVC Week 1 Preview: Two Traditions, One Loaded Opening Weekend
The Big South-OVC Football Association brings two historic conferences together under one banner, and the 2026 opener shows off everything the partnership…
August 1, 2026
Pioneer League Week 1 Preview: Football for the Love of the Game
The Pioneer Football League is college football in its purest form. As Division I’s only football-focused non-scholarship league, the PFL stretches coast…
July 29, 2026
The 14 games that shape college football’s receiver board
Our NIL Index board found that a receiver’s production separates this board far less than his audience does. Performance is worth 7.0…
July 29, 2026
The receiver who did not play outranks the one who led the country
Danny Scudero caught 88 passes for 1,297 yards in 2025. Nobody in college football gained more. Evan Stewart did not play in…
July 29, 2026
Two Teams, One Trophy: North Carolina and Oklahoma Set for a College World Series Finals Nobody Saw Coming
The bracket is empty. The chalk lines are drawn. And after a week of haymakers in Omaha, the 2026 Men’s College World…
June 20, 2026