Jerry Palm

CBS Sports Bracketologist /

Bracketology: Tennessee moves up to a No. 1 seed as SEC puts 13 in projected 2025 NCAA Tournament bracket

The SEC has 13 of its 16 teams and two No. 1 seeds in Jerry Palm's latest NCAA Tournament bracket projection

Bracketology: How injury to star player Johni Broome affects selection committee's seeding of Auburn

The Tigers, are the top national seed, but will be without Broome for at least a few games

Bracketology: Alabama jumps to a No. 1 seed, Tennessee falls off top line in 2025 NCAA Tournament projection

The Volunteers slip to a No. 2 seed in Jerry Palm's latest bracket after a 30-point loss at Florida this week

Bracketology: SEC takes lead over Big Ten for most teams in NCAA Tournament projection

The SEC has 12 teams while the Big Ten dropped from 13 to 11 teams in Jerry Palm's latest bracket

Bracketology: SEC dominates top of projected bracket, but Big Ten has more teams in field of 68

No. 1 seeds Auburn and Tennessee lead the SEC's 11 teams in Jerry Palm's bracket, but the Big Ten has 13 in the Big Dance

Bracketology: Auburn earns top seed over No. 1s Tennessee, Duke in updated 2025 NCAA Tournament projection

The SEC puts two teams on the top line in Jerry Palm's first updated NCAA Tournament bracket

Bowl projections: Oregon, Georgia, Boise State, Arizona State headline first 12-team College Football Playoff

Projecting the first 12-team College Football Playoff bracket ahead of the committee's reveal on Sunday

College Football Playoff Rankings prediction: Oregon, Notre Dame bookend top five ahead of bracket reveal

Jerry Palm takes a crack at how the CFP Rankings will look after the final release on Sunday

How might CFP Selection Committee judge conference title game losers? Georgia, SMU, Boise State in focus

The Bulldogs are likely safe in either scenario, but the Mustangs and Broncos are in the danger zone

College Football Playoff Rankings: Oregon holds on top, Georgia rejoins top five, Alabama in projected field

The fifth top 25 rankings of the 2024 season have arrived from the CFP Selection Committee

College Football Playoff Rankings prediction: Georgia jumps back into top five, Boise State cracks top 10

Jerry Palm takes a crack at how the CFP Rankings will look after the penultimate release on Tuesday night

Bowl projections: Ohio State falls to No. 8 seed in College Football Playoff, SMU earns first-round bye

The Buckeyes missed out on a trip to the Big Ten title game following their stunning loss to rival Michigan

Why Ohio State is still in good College Football Playoff position despite brutal loss to rival Michigan

The Buckeyes may even have the chance to host a first-round game if everything shakes out correctly

College football picks, predictions, odds: Notre Dame-USC, Indiana-Purdue among best bets for Week 14

Jerry Palm has one CFP contender on heavy upset alert in the last week of the regular season

College Football Playoff Rankings: Oregon remains on top as Notre Dame joins top five, SMU enters top 10

The fourth top 25 rankings of the 2024 season have arrived from the CFP Selection Committee

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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