The Ohio State Buckeyes fell one spot to No. 2 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings released Tuesday night. >>Ohio State stays No. 3 in latest AP Top 25 poll after Saturday’s home win over Michigan State The Georgia Bulldogs took over as No. 1 following a 52-17 win over Ole Miss on Saturday. The Buckeyes routed Michigan State, …

The Lions have made a roster move with one of their offensive linemen, placing Halapoulivaati Vaitai on injured reserve. Vaitai had been replaced in the starting lineup by Graham Glasgow. But Vaitai has also been dealing with a couple of injuries this season — first a knee issue and then a back issue. Vaitai, 30, missed the 2022 season after …

On Tuesday, Rutgers 2024 three-star recruit Sam Pilof was named to Wisconsin’s All-State Team. Pilof was among five middle linebackers to receive this prestigious honor. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound middle linebacker finished his senior season with 100 tackles and helped the Cardinals capture a 9-2 record with the No. 2 spot in the Big Eight standings. Also, he is a John …

Tight end Hunter Long has not played for the Rams since being acquired as part of the offseason trade that sent cornerback Jalen Ramsey to the Dolphins, but that could change this week. The Rams activated Long from injured reserve on Tuesday. Long was placed on the list before the first game of the regular season due to a thigh …

This fall marks 30 years since the movie “Rudy” hit theaters and a nation learned of a pesky try-hard kid from Joliet, Ill. who worked to walk-on to the Notre Dame football team. I loved the movie when my parents took me and my sister to see it that fall and still love it today. It’s not perfect, in fact …

The NFL continues to struggle with when and how a play ends. We saw it in Week 10, in the Cowboys-Eagles game, regarding a key moment that highlights (at best for the NFL) a curious loophole between a runner who is down by contact and a receiver who has completed the act of catching the ball when going to the …

Georgia running back Kendall Milton runs for a touchdown against Mississippi. (John Bazemore / Associated Press) Georgia moved up to No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings Tuesday night, nudging past Ohio State, with third-place Michigan and fourth-place Florida State holding their spots in the top four. Georgia, the two-time defending national champion, had maybe its most impressive performance …

After a rough game on Sunday, the Lions’ defense is bringing in reinforcements. Veteran pass rusher Bruce Irvin has agreed to sign with the Lions’ practice squad, his agent told Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. The 36-year-old Irvin was a first-round pick of the Seahawks in the 2012 NFL draft. He has had three different stints with the Seahawks and …

Akron running back Lorenzo Lingard, running the ball last month at Bowling Green, scored a touchdown for the Zips on Tuesday. YPSILANTI, Mich. — Samson Evans accounted for three touchdowns to help Eastern Michigan beat Akron 30-27 in double-overtime on Tuesday night. Akron (2-9, 1-6 Mid-American Conference) has lost three games in overtime this season, as the Zips have lost …

The Raiders announced their waiver claim of cornerback Jack Jones, who the Patriots cut Monday. To get Jones on the roster, the team had to make a corresponding move Tuesday. They announced they waived defensive end Isaac Rochell, who was inactive in Week 10. Rochell, 28, has played eight games with one start this season. He has seen action on …

It seems the College Football Playoff committee is starting to warm up to the Iowa Hawkeyes‘ brand of football. After a shutout win over Rutgers where the Hawkeyes surrendered just 127 yards of offense to the Scarlet Knights, Iowa made a big move up the Week 12 College Football Playoff Rankings board. After making their CFP season debut last week …

When Josh Allen was asked to process his emotions Monday night — after a 24-22 home loss to the Denver Broncos that was a sprawling organizational debacle — he stared down at the microphone planted in front of him. After a long pause through a thousand-yard stare, the Buffalo Bills quarterback settled on a wounded assessment connecting him to many …

USC coach Lincoln Riley watches a replay during the team’s 52-42 loss to Washington at Coliseum on Nov. 4. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) The toughest year of Lincoln Riley’s otherwise charmed coaching life felt, in a lot of ways, painfully similar to this one. It was 2011, his second season as East Carolina’s offensive coordinator and nothing seemed …

Mac Jones remains the starting quarterback on the team’s unofficial depth chart. He doesn’t know whether he still is. The Patriots benched Jones at the end of the loss to the Colts in Germany, and coach Bill Belichick declined to name a starter Monday. Jones said on WEEI on Tuesday night that he hasn’t been told if he will start …

Nov 14, 2023, 11:09 PM ET BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres will be without star forward Tage Thompson for the foreseeable future because of an injury he sustained blocking a shot Tuesday night. Thompson was injured in the second period of the Sabres’ 5-2 loss to the Boston Bruins when he blocked a shot by Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy. …