Nicole Auerbach

Nicole Auerbach is a senior writer at The Athletic and one of the nation's leading college sports reporters. In 2021, she became the youngest-ever winner of the National Sports Media Association's coveted national sportswriter of the year award. She has spent the past seven years at The Athletic and spent six years before that at USA Today. She also serves as a studio analyst for the Big Ten Network and a radio host for SiriusXM. Nicole is NBC Sports’ lead college football insider.