Brett McMurphy

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Brett is "America's College Football Insider" for The Action Network. Brett was nominated twice for a Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting, but wasn’t a nominee finalist. A long-time voter in the AP Top 25 poll and for the Heisman Trophy, Brett was named the 2019 Beat Writer of the Year by the Football Writers Association of America. Before joining The Action Network, Brett’s previous stops included ESPN, CBS Sports, the New York Times, Stadium, AOL Fanhouse and the Tampa Tribune.
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McMurphy: Most Likely Scenarios for Sun Belt & C-USA Realignment

The wild, wacky, wonderful world of conference realignment that started with Oklahoma and Texas to the SEC has come down to this: a tug of war, Battle Royale loser-leaves-town deathmatch

Brett McMurphy
Oct 21, 2021 UTC

AAC Expected to Add 6 Schools From C-USA

Since the dawn of time, this is how it’s always worked. Man created fire. Fire was good. And in the first-ever conference realignment, the Caveman Conference raided the Woolly

Brett McMurphy
Oct 19, 2021 UTC

Brett McMurphy's CFB Bowl Projections for Week 8

College Football Bowl Projections for Week 8 Let’s cut to the chase: this week’s bowl projections have Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma and Ohio State in the College Football Playoff.

Brett McMurphy
Oct 18, 2021 UTC

Brett McMurphy's Week 8 AP Top 25 Ballot vs. Our Betting Power Ratings

Georgia remains the clear-cut No. 1 team on my Associated Press Top 25 ballot this week. After that? It’s not as simple. My ballot this week has Alabama at

Brett McMurphy
Oct 17, 2021 UTC

Brett McMurphy's College Football Bowl Projections for Week 7

College Football Bowl Projections for Week 7 Another week, more carnage and upsets among the Associated Press Top 25 rankings — which results in more chaos in my bowl projections. The

Brett McMurphy
Oct 11, 2021 UTC

Brett McMurphy's Week 7 AP Top 25 Ballot vs. Our Betting Power Ratings

No surprise: Georgia is the new No. 1 on my Associated Press Top 25 ballot, while Iowa comes in at No. 2. I only dropped Alabama two spots down to

Brett McMurphy
Oct 10, 2021 UTC

Would College ADs Consider Hiring Urban Meyer?

The Action Network asked 65 athletic directors if they would consider hiring Urban Meyer in 2022. Yes No Overall 27% 73% Power 5 15% 85% Group of 5 39% 61%

Brett McMurphy
Oct 6, 2021 UTC

Brett McMurphy's College Football Bowl Projections for Week 6

College Football Bowl Projections for Week 6 Before you skip over my mostly witty, sometimes entertaining, opening five or six paragraphs to get to the bowl projections, I wanted to

Brett McMurphy
Oct 4, 2021 UTC

Brett McMurphy's Week 6 AP Top 25 Ballot vs. Collin Wilson's Power Ratings

Alabama and Georgia remained the top two teams on my Associated Press Top 25 ballot entering Week 6. As for the remaining 23 teams? Let’s just say my ballot

Brett McMurphy
Oct 3, 2021 UTC

Top 4 Mountain West Schools Turn Down AAC Opportunities

After weeks of discussions between the Mountain West’s top four schools and the American, the Mountain West managed to stave off the AAC and stay intact. In the process,

Brett McMurphy
Oct 1, 2021 UTC

Ranking the Top NCAAF Conferences ATS in Non-League Play

With September in college football’s rear-view mirror and the majority of the nonconference schedules completed, which conference enjoyed the most success so far? It, of course, depends on the

Brett McMurphy
Sep 30, 2021 UTC

Brett McMurphy's Updated Bowl Projections Entering Week 5

College Football Bowl Projections Entering Week 5 Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl? NC State in the Peach Bowl? Clemson in the Gator Bowl? Oregon State in the Alamo Bowl? To

Brett McMurphy
Sep 28, 2021 UTC

How College Football Coaches Are Impacted By the Spread

From the opening kickoff, the game was a monumental mismatch. By halftime, it was a full-blown massacre. In the second half, the starters of the nationally-ranked team were benched as

Brett McMurphy
Sep 21, 2021 UTC

McMurphy's 2021 Bowl Projections After Week 3

College Football Bowl Projections Entering Week 4 This has probably been a confusing stretch for BYU. Two weeks ago, the Cougars received and accepted an invitation to join the Big

Brett McMurphy
Sep 20, 2021 UTC

McMurphy's 2021 Bowl Projections After Week 2

And then there was (forty) one. Yep, only 41 bowls this season instead of 42. That’s because last week I broke the news the Redbox Bowl in San Francisco

Brett McMurphy
Sep 13, 2021 UTC
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