Cal could be spending New Year’s Eve in Hawaii – at least that’s what several college football experts predict. The Golden Bears (5-3) still need another win to

David Pollack took in Saturday’s games just like the rest of us, but one game really stood out to him from the weekend. While the early window in Week 9 featured matchups like No. 10 Vanderbilt and No. 15 Missouri, No. 4 Alabama and South Carolina and No. 11 BYU and Iowa State, Pollack turned his attention to the Big Ten.

Thanks to the College Football Playoff, bowl games paid more than a half billion dollars to conferences and schools last season, the largest payout ever and an increase of almost $200 million from the final season of the Bowl Championship Series.

Before the SEC begins its nine-game conference schedule next season to match others across the Power Five, the league could be laughing all the way to the bank with a record number of College Football Playoff appearances at the end of the 2025 campaign.