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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · 2d

The Six Pack is out with picks for:

🏈 Indiana/Oregon
🏈 Alabama/Mizzou
🏈 Michigan/USC
🏈 Arkansas/Tennessee
🏈 Virginia Tech/Georgia Tech
🏈 UCLA/Michigan State

#TrustTheProcess

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Six Pack of college football picks, predictions: Alabama vs. Missouri, Oregon vs. Indiana in spotlight

Trust the process with these picks for the biggest college football games in Week 7

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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · 9d

The Six Pack is out with picks for:

Miami/FSU
Vandy/Bama
Boise/Notre Dame
Air Force/Navy
Duke/Cal
ULM/Northwestern

#TrustTheProcess

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Six Pack of college football picks, predictions: Miami vs. Florida State, Alabama vs. Vanderbilt in spotlight

Trust The Process with these picks for the marquee action on the Week 6 college football slate

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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · 10d

Power ratings are predictive, not reactive.

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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · 10d

If you're in Tallahassee this weekend I better see you at the Cover 3 live show! It's Friday at 3pm at Madison Social.

Noles fans, this is your chance to yell at me in person! Don't miss it!

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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · 11d

Does Kirby Smart have an Alabama problem or an lines of scrimmage problem? I wrote about it in this week's Power Ratings.

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College Football Power Ratings: Georgia slides down, Notre Dame returns to top 10

Elsewhere, a couple of SEC teams dropped from the ratings after lackluster Week 5 performances

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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · 13d

CFP VIBE CHECK: Marcus Freeman knows the score.

That and it feels like Oregon has a CFP spot wrapped up already, I've no idea what to make of Ole Miss, but it's in a great spot, and plenty more.

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College Football Playoff Vibe Check, Week 5: Sorry overmatched Notre Dame foes, the Irish are running it up

Plus, the ACC and Big 12 are quickly running out of at-large contenders

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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · 14d

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TOM'S BLUESKY BET OF THE DAY

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NOTRE DAME TEAM TOTAL OVER 34.5 (-110)

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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · 15d

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TOM'S BLUESKY BET OF THE DAY

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TCU +3 (-110) AT ARIZONA ST

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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · 16d

The Six Pack is out! Picks for:

🏈 Oregon/Penn St
🏈 Alabama/Georgia
🏈 USC/Illinois
🏈 Notre Dame/Arkansas
🏈 Kentucky/South Carolina
🏈 Rice/Navy

#TrustTheProcess

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Six Pack of college football picks, predictions: Penn State vs. Oregon, Alabama vs. Georgia in spotlight

Trust The Process with these picks for the marquee action on the Week 5 college football slate

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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · 16d

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TOM'S BLUESKY BET OF THE DAY

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ARMY +4.5 (-110) AT EAST CAROLINA

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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · 18d

Is the B1G the Conference of Quarterbacks? It's been an impressive start to the season for the league.

Wrote about it, PSU/Oregon, the vibes in Madison and plenty more in this week's B1G Time:

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B1G Time: Charting the league's historic QB play, Penn State's James Franklin seeks breakthrough vs. Oregon

Plus, how it all turned south for Luke Fickell at Wisconsin

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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · 18d

There isn't much movement in the power ratings this week seeing as how so many of our top teams were off or playing nobody last week, but there is one big climber into the top 10.

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College Football Power Ratings: Georgia leaps Penn State, Indiana into top 10

The Dawgs moved back into the top three ahead of their showdown with Alabama on Saturday in Week 5

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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · 20d

CFP Vibe Check: Indiana is The Next Indiana, Oklahoma could get in at 9-3, and the Big 12 needs FSU and Miami to start losing.

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College Football Playoff Vibe Check, Week 4: Indiana sure looks like the next ... Indiana

Meanwhile, the Big 12 has an ACC problem.

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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · 22d

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TOM'S BLUESKY BET OF THE DAY

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IOWA AT RUTGERS OVER 45.5 (-114)

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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · 23d

This week's Six Pack is out with picks for:

🏈 Utah/Texas Tech
🏈 Oklahoma/Auburn
🏈 Nebraska/Michigan
🏈 Miami/Florida
🏈 USC/Michigan State
🏈 NC State/Duke

#TrustTheProcess

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Six Pack of college football picks, predictions: Miami vs. Florida, Oklahoma vs. Auburn in spotlight

Trust The Process with these picks for the marquee action on the Week 4 college football slate

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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · 25d

Dylan Raiola and Bryce Underwood square off Saturday in a game that will likely define the season for both of their programs. That and plenty more in this week's B1G Time:

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B1G Time: Bryce Underwood vs. Dylan Raiola hogs spotlight as Illinois, Indiana vie for CFP positioning

Plus, Rutgers' unstoppable offense and picks for Week 4

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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · 25d

My power ratings have been updated and it's a whole lotta B1G and SEC at the top.

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College Football Power Ratings: Penn State leaps Georgia, Big Ten reigns on top

Right behind the Big Ten, however, the SEC has the next fives spots locked down

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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · 27d

CFP Vibe Check: Notre Dame's playoff hopes are on life support, and I'm declaring Clemson's dead.

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College Football Playoff Vibe Check: Notre Dame, Clemson hopes sustain major blows

Plus, the SEC has acquitted itself nicely in September but without clear frontrunners

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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · 28d

It's deja vu all over again for Luke Fickell and the Badgers.

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Clock ticking for Luke Fickell at Wisconsin: Optimism is dwindling after latest blowout loss to Alabama

Fickell fell to 15-14 as Wisconsin coach and 0-7 against ranked opponents

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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · 29d

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TOM'S BLUESKY BET OF THE DAY

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HOUSTON -4 (-110) VS COLORADO

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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · Sep 11

This week's Six Pack is out with picks for:

🏈 Georgia/Tennessee
🏈 A&M/Notre Dame
🏈 USF/Miami
🏈 Florida/LSU
🏈 Arkansas/Ole Miss
🏈 Oregon/Northwestern

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Six Pack of college football picks, predictions: Florida vs. LSU, Notre Dame vs. Texas A&M in spotlight

Trust The Process as we move into Week 3 of the 2025 college football season

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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · Sep 11

They aren't power rankings. They are power ratings. Rankings are reactive. Ratings are predictive.

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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · Sep 11

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TOM'S BLUESKY BET OF THE DAY

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WAKE FOREST TEAM TOTAL UNDER 21.5 (-112)

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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · Sep 9

New names, same Oregon. The Ducks look as dangerous as ever. I wrote about it, the Trojans, Iowa's offense and a lot more in B1G Time.

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B1G Time: Welcome back Oregon! USC feasting on inferior foes while Iowa's passing game has found a new bottom

Plus, Wisconsin's formidable road trip to Alabama and picks for Week 3

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Tom Fornelli @tomfornelli.bsky.social · Sep 9

Now that we're two weeks into the season we're using more current data in the power ratings, and that's led to a lot more movement this week.

We have a new No. 2 and it goes quack.

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College Football Power Ratings: Oregon climbs, Texas slides entering Week 3

While Ohio State stayed on top, there was plenty of movement behind the Buckeyes this week

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