Dennis Dodd

CBS Sports Senior Writer /

Drew Allar emerges as gunslinger, leader Penn State has needed all along in come-from-behind win over USC

Allar finally had his breakout performance on Saturday as Penn State passed its West Coast test

Chip Kelly settles into simpler life at Ohio State as engineer of No. 2 Buckeyes' high-powered offense

Kelly was at the forefront of one of the most shocking moves of the offseason, but he's found his comfort zone in this new age

College football games, Week 7: Ohio State gets chance to stake No. 1 claim in showdown vs. Oregon

The Buckeyes have been flirting with No. 1 all season, and Saturday brings the chance to make a statement

Diego Pavia's rise: The QB who once peed on a rival's logo leaves his mark after wild journey to Vanderbilt

A zero-star recruit, Pavia landed from New Mexico Military Institute to New Mexico State by happy accident, then found his 15 minutes of fame last weekend with Vanderbilt

What is 'Project Rudy'? New proposal to reimagine college football includes 70 teams, private equity backing

As the sport faces an uncertain future, a new plan has come to light in an attempt to operate under one umbrella

Guardian Caps, helmet add-ons could reduce concussions by nearly 50%, so why isn't everybody wearing one?

The answer is complicated, perhaps unnecessarily so.

College football games, Week 6: Underdogs take center stage for a change, Heisman Trophy race shifts again

Some of this season's best players and moments have come from outside the power conferences

'Don't be in a rush': Maurice Clarett's advice to Jeremiah Smith as Ohio State freshman rises to superstardom

Clarett knows better than anyone the pressures of standing out in college football as a superstar freshman

Curt Cignetti dares to dream big at Indiana -- and so far, he's right

Cignetti has a plan, and he's not afraid to tell you about it

When will Cameron Rising play again? Utah star QB's murky injury status has become a maddening weekly circus

Rising has yet to be back on the field since suffering an injury against Baylor in the season opener and fan frustration is beginning to boil over

Conference realignment's frenetic pace reaffirms Pac-12, Mountain West should have merged all along

CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd dives into the latest realignment news as the dust settles from a recent shakeup

Georgia vs. Alabama rematch needs to happen, and new landscape creates better chance of another meeting

The Crimson Tide and Bulldogs can even see one another two more times before the 2024 season comes to a close

College football games, Week 5: Georgia-Alabama may be first of three meetings between Dawgs, Tide this season

Under the new CFP format, Georgia and Alabama have the chance to become well-acquainted with one another in 2024

Matthew Sluka deserts UNLV: Unfulfilled NIL promise drives starting QB of undefeated, CFP-hopeful to quit

It is not the first time a star player has left a college football team over money and in the Wild West era of barely regulated transfer portal and NIL rules, it won't be the last

Georgia showdown marks Kalen DeBoer's first pressure-packed moment as Alabama coach, but you wouldn't know it

DeBoer is comfortable with his own process -- 12-2 vs. Top 25 teams -- and has not changed a thing ahead of a week that turned his predecessor rigid.

Dennis Dodd has covered college football for CBS Sports since it was CBS SportsLine in 1998. Since then, nearly every BCS/CFP postseasons in the championship era. He is one of only seven media members to cover all 16 BCS title games. Dennis has chronicled conference realignment as well as the start of the College Football Playoff. He's dabbled in March Madness, NFL, MLB, Stanley Cup Playoffs and believes the College World Series is severely underappreciated. A Missouri graduate and former award-winning FWAA president, he previously worked for numerous outlets including The National and the Kansas City Star.

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