Jerry Palm

CBS Sports Bracketologist /

College football picks, predictions, odds: Pitt vs. SMU, Indiana vs. Michigan State among best bets in Week 10

Jerry Palm's best bets for this week include a couple of impactful Big Ten clashes

College Football Playoff Rankings prediction: Oregon begins at No. 1 with Big Ten, SEC crowding the top

Jerry Palm takes a crack at how the CFP Rankings would look if unveiled a week early on Tuesday night

College football bowl projections: Team eligibility tracker by conference for 2024-25 bowl games

An updated list of teams that have become bowl eligible for the 2024-25 postseason

Bowl projections: Texas A&M rises in College Football Playoff field after reaching top of SEC standings

The Aggies are alone atop the SEC standings after a key win over LSU in Week 9

College football picks, predictions, odds: Oregon vs. Illinois, Texas vs. Vanderbilt among best bets in Week 9

Jerry Palm's best bets for this week include a couple of major Big Ten matchups

Bowl projections: Georgia jumps Texas for No. 1 seed in College Football Playoff, Tennessee has work ahead

Despite losing to the Vols on Saturday, Alabama remains in the field as the No. 8 seed

College football picks, predictions, odds: Oregon vs. Purdue, Oklahoma State vs. BYU among best bets in Week 8

Jerry Palm's best bets for this week includes some games to watch Friday

Bowl projections: Ohio State remains No. 2 in College Football Playoff field as Iowa State joins top four

The Buckeyes still project to win the Big Ten title down the road and earn a first-round bye in the CFP field

College football picks, predictions, odds: LSU-Ole Miss, Utah-Arizona State among best bets in Week 7

Jerry Palm's best bets for Week 7 also includes a possible 'trap game' for an SEC team on the road

Bowl projections: Alabama drops from top at-large spot in College Football Playoff as Michigan exits field

Oregon moved into the No. 5 spot in place of the Tide while Texas A&M makes its return to the CFP field

College football picks, predictions, odds: Georgia-Auburn, Clemson-Florida State among best bets in Week 6

Jerry Palm's best bets for Week 6 include an upset in the ACC with newcomer SMU vs. Louisville

Bowl projections: Texas replaces Georgia at No. 1 in College Football Playoff after Dawgs fall to Alabama

The Longhorns are projected to win the SEC and claim the 1-seed in the 12-team CFP field

College football picks, predictions, odds: Ole Miss-Kentucky, Nebraska-Purdue among best bets in Week 5

Jerry Palm's best bets also looks at how UNLV will be affected by Matthew Sluka leaving the team

Bowl projections: Clemson joins CFP as last at-large team; Michigan in field after late rally vs. USC

Oklahoma State and Kansas State fall out of Jerry Palm's projected 12-team field after losses Saturday

College football picks, predictions, odds: LSU-UCLA, Michigan State-Boston College among best bets in Week 4

Jerry Palm's best bets also looks at a game involving a Big Ten team which should be a high-scoring affair

Jerry Palm is CBS Sports' bracketology and College Football Playoff expert. he started writing about sports on the internet right after Al Gore invented it. Jerry was the first to bring the RPI out in the open and is one of the pioneers of predicting the March Madness bracket. After tracking it for more than 20 years, he understands the NCAA Tournament selection process as well as those involved in setting the bracket. When the BCS was created in 1998, Jerry brought his same statistical and analytical know-how to football. That has continued with the BCS's evolution into the CFP.

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