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Chip Patterson

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ACC expert picks 2025: Most overrated and underrated teams, projected order of finish, bold predictions

Taking a close, detailed and opinionated look at the ACC ahead of the 2025 college football season

Notre Dame names CJ Carr starting QB: Redshirt sophomore to lead Fighting Irish into Week 1 matchup with Miami

The former four-star recruit beat out Kenny Minchey for QB1 honors

Tomorrow's Top 25 Today: Texas set to edge out Ohio State for No. 1 in preseason college football rankings

Projecting the college football rankings with the preseason AP Top 25 poll set to be released on Monday

25 compelling storylines, teams, coaches, players that will dominate the 2025 college football season

With less than a month until the 2025 season begins, let's take a deeper dive into what's ahead

College football rankings: Texas leads the way, Penn State tops Ohio State in preseason CBS Sports 136

CBS Sports ranks every FBS team in the country ahead of the 2025 college football season

We shocked the world, now what? How last year's CFP Cinderellas prepare for their encore

Analyzing how Arizona State, Indiana and SMU came out of nowhere to make the CFP and what's next

ACC strength of schedule rankings 2025: Navigable road for Bill Belichick, steep climb ahead at Florida State

Ranking the toughest and easiest schedules in the ACC for the 2025 college football season

ACC Coach Rankings 2025: Bill Belichick joins the fold as Dabo Swinney reigns, Mike Norvell takes tumble

How the ACC coaches stack up against each other heading into the 2025 college football season

Burning questions for 2025 ACC Kickoff: UNC's QB situation under Bill Belichick, Carson Beck's health in focus

One burning question for every ACC football team ahead as the conference's media days event kicks off on Tuesday

Blue-Chip Ratio 2025: The college football teams that have done less with more talent

These six teams have recruited at a high level but struggled to contend for national championships of late

Home cooking: In plug-and-play transfer era, SEC leans on in-house QBs to key league's return to dominance

The top seven favorites to win the league all feature starting QBs who signed with their respective team out of high school

College football realignment: Power ranking the new-look Pac-12 based on history, program trajectory

The Pac-12 expanded to eight football members. How do the programs stack up against each other?

Every ACC team's best, worst case scenario for 2025: Rude welcome for Bill Belichick? Miami makes CFP?

Looking at the best and worst records imaginable for the ACC football season in 2025

CBS Sports, Pac-12 extend partnership with network becoming primary partner as league eyes expansion

CBS Sports will be the primary long-term media partner for the new-look Pac-12 through the 2030-31 season

College football win totals, odds: Florida State, Auburn among teams poised for biggest turnarounds in 2025

These teams could be in store for a big bounce back season after disappointing in 2024

Chip Patterson has been working at CBS Sports since 2010, primarily covering college football while also contributing to college basketball and golf coverage across various platforms. You can find him as host on the Cover 3 Podcast, offering analysis on CBSSports.com and CBS Sports HQ and making appearances on various SportsLine properties including the Early Edge. Chip has covered college football national championship games, NFL Drafts, NCAA Tournaments and the 2014 U.S. Open. among other big events, for CBS Sports. He's a Raleigh, North Carolina, native and resident deep in the heart of ACC country (but don't hold that against him).

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