Jerry Palm

CBS Sports Bracketologist /

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

Bowl projections: Memphis' win over Florida State helps push Tigers into College Football Playoff field

The Seminoles, on the other hand, have little hope for a postseason appearance after falling to 0-3 in the loss

College football picks, predictions, odds: LSU-South Carolina, Oregon-Oregon State among best bets in Week 3

Jerry Palm's best bets also looks at Michigan's bounce-back effort against Arkansas State

Bowl projections: Notre Dame drops from College Football Playoff field as Oklahoma State, Iowa State enter

The Irish fell from the projected field after a crushing loss while the Big 12 now has four teams in the fold

College football picks, predictions, odds: Notre Dame vs. Northern Illinois among best bets in Week 2

Jerry Palm's best bets also looks at Clemson's chances at falling in a big upset

Bowl projections: Miami makes big move to join top four teams in updated College Football Playoff field

Florida State and Texas A&M drop out of the CFP in Jerry Palm's college football bowl projections after Week 1

College football picks, predictions, odds: Penn State-West Virginia, UCLA-Hawaii among best bets in Week 1

Jerry Palm's best bets looks at Wyoming's chances of pulling an upset over Arizona State

Bowl projections: SEC, Big Ten deliver on preseason hype, taking half of 12 College Football Playoff slots

Jerry Palm's preseason college football bowl projections break down how the new 12-team CFP could play out

Bracketology: Alabama is top No. 1 seed over Kansas, Houston, UConn in early 2025 NCAA Tournament projection

There are a few changes coming to how the bracket is built this season

Ranking top players in Purdue history: Is Zach Edey the best Boilermaker of all time?

Who are the top four players in Purdue history?

Ranking the No. 11 seeds who have made the Final Four: From George Mason in 2006 to NC State this year

Making it to the Final Four as a No. 11 seed is a rare feat, but here are the six teams to pull it off

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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