Jerry Palm

CBS Sports Bracketologist /

College Football Playoff bowl projections: How a 12-team bracket looks after final CFP Rankings release

Jerry Palm uses his projections to explore what the bracket will look like starting next year

Unprecedented season led College Football Playoff to buck history, but Florida State's gripes are legitimate

The Alabama-over-Florida State decision was an immensely difficult one to make at the end of a unique college football season

Bowl projections: Texas gets College Football Playoff bid over Alabama with Michigan moving to No. 1

The playoff is all shook up after Alabama upset Georgia in the SEC Championship Game

College Football Playoff Rankings prediction: Texas rounds out top four with Liberty ahead of SMU, Tulane

Jerry Palm takes a crack at how the final CFP Rankings should look when they are released Sunday afternoon

College Football Playoff, bowl projections: Scenarios for five contenders in the hunt for four-team field

What scenarios need to play out for some of the nation's top teams to play in the biggest bowl games?

College Football Playoff bowl projections: How a 12-team bracket looks after fifth CFP Rankings release

Jerry Palm uses his projections to explore what the bracket will look like starting next year

College Football Playoff Rankings: Michigan moves to No. 2, Florida State returns to field in new top 25

The penultimate top 25 rankings of the 2023 season have arrived from the CFP Selection Committee

College Football Playoff Rankings prediction: Michigan, Washington, Florida State round out undefeateds on top

Jerry Palm takes a crack at how the CFP Rankings should look when they are released Tuesday night

College football bowl projections: Team eligibility tracker by conference for 2023-24 bowl games

An updated list of teams that have become bowl eligible for the 2023-24 postseason

Bowl projections: Michigan creates distance in College Football Playoff bid as Florida State avoids upset

We finally got a shakeup to the College Football Playoff despite no major upsets in Week 12

Bowl projections: Oregon pushes Texas out of College Football Playoff, Florida State in without Jordan Travis

We finally got a shakeup to the College Football Playoff despite no major upsets in Week 12

College football picks, predictions, odds: Ohio State-Michigan, Oregon-Oregon State among best bets in Week 13

Jerry Palm's best bets for Week 13 also includes an upset involving James Madison

College Football Playoff bowl projections: How a 12-team bracket looks after fourth CFP Rankings release

Jerry Palm uses his projections to explore what the bracket will look like starting next year

College Football Playoff Rankings: Washington jumps Florida State for No. 4 spot as rest of top 10 holds

The fourth top 25 rankings of the 2023 season have arrived from the CFP Selection Committee

College Football Playoff Rankings prediction: Washington (finally) jumps Florida State after latest ranked win

Jerry Palm takes a crack at how the CFP Rankings should look when they are released Tuesday night

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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