Five predictions for college football 2026 from CJ Carr winning Heisman to Bill Belichicks exit

The Post’s Zach Braziller makes five predictions for the 2026 season, including his Heisman winner, a surprise CFP team and a coaching legend’s exit.You have to go all the way back to 1987 for the last Notre Dame Heisman Trophy winner: wide receiver Tim Brown.CJ Carr — the grandson of legendary Michigan coach Lloyd Carr — was overshadowed by his star running backs, Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price, last year.He’ll be the headliner this fall in his second year under center, aided by three returning starters on the offensive line, and top receivers Jordan Faison and Jaden Greathouse.His candidacy takes off in early November, when he leads the Irish to a rout of Miami in a meeting of two undefeated teams.Coach Dan Lanning has arguably the best quarterback in the country in Dante Moore and I believe the premier defense, a unit that returns five All-Big Ten selections from a year ago.Oregon has disappointed in the playoff the past two seasons, losing by a combined 54 points to Ohio State and Indiana.They are the last team standing this year, making it four straight years in which a Big Ten program has won it all.The defense will be suffocating and the offense will be explosive — Moore’s surprising decision to return to school results in a title.

(My apologies in advance to Oregon and its fans.My champion at this time last year was Clemson.

We know how that turned out.)In the College Football Playoff for the first time, BYU pulls off back-to-back upsets over Indiana and Notre Dame.The two-loss, Big 12 champion Cougars are predictably under-seeded after narrow setbacks to Notre Dame and Utah in the regular season.But, behind their experienced defense and Heisman Trophy finalist running back LJ Martin, beat two of the country’s best teams, including a rematch with the Irish, before a hard-fought loss in the semifinals to Texas.It will be two and done for Bill Belichick in Chapel Hill.

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