Brian Fremeau

OK, we know that that the Alabama Crimson Tide was the best team in college football in 2020, but can we really believe that the BYU Cougars were second-best? Brian Fremeau discusses the very weird results of a very weird college football season.

The numbers say we can expect to see a shootout when Trey Sermon and the Ohio State Buckeyes face the Alabama Crimson Tide in the National Championship Game. Does either team have an edge?

Not even a global pandemic can change the hierarchy in college football, where it feels like the same teams make the playoff field year-in and year-out. Is that a good thing or a bad thing for the sport and its fans?

The College Football Playoff committee is faced with an impossible task this year: how do you compare the 11-0 record of the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers to the 5-0 record of the Ohio State Buckeyes?

The BYU-Coastal Carolina game has Brian Fremeau wondering -- what is home-field advantage worth in this crazy pandemic season, and how has that changed in recent years?

Brian Fremeau looks at some of the most dominant offensive and defensive units among Group of Five teams this year, and also asks if BYU's resume is better than Cincinnati's.

Giles Jackson's 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown was one of many important special teams plays in Michigan's 48-42 triple-overtime win over Rutgers. Brian Fremeau checks the numbers to see if performance in the kicking game has really been that bad in 2020.

The craziest, most unpredictable college football of our lives has left us with a surprising top four of ... Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame, and Ohio State. Brian Fremeau breaks down the numbers to see if the results of 2020 have really been that difficult to forecast.

Thanks in large part to a fumble-return touchdown by linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeated the Clemson Tigers last weekend despite going nearly an hour of game time without an offensive touchdown. Brian Fremeau looks at Notre Dame and other teams that have played with a lead more often than not, and ponders the effects of schedule strength in this strange college football season.

Another week in college football, another round of questions about how to handle this bizarre season. How do you evaluate teams such as Wisconsin, that have played only one game? What about Pac-12 and MAC teams that are only just getting started? And what can preseason projections tell us about BYU and LSU?