The Big Ten Conference is now USC’s conference. The Trojans are setting up shop in the Midwest alongside three West Coast neighbors who are also making the transition from the Pac-12. In this transition year, how does Big Ten football stack up against other conferences in terms of strength of schedule? ESPN’s Football Power Index (FPI) is measuring strength of …

The Panthers are signing UFL receiver Daewood Davis, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. Davis earned All-UFL honors, catching 41 passes for 446 yards and five touchdowns on 70 targets in 10 games with the Memphis Showboats this spring. He played for Oregon from 2017-20 and Western Kentucky in 2021-22 but went undrafted in 2023. The Dolphins signed him as …

The USC-LSU college football season opener is one of the best games in Week 1 of the season, just before Labor Day. We joined the Powers On Sports podcast, hosted by Jason Powers, to discuss that game plus a few other Week 1 showcase games. We also talked about non-college football topics, just so you know, but college football was …

With the NFL debuting new rules governing kickoffs this upcoming season, there’s at least one coach out there (Mike McDaniel of the Dolphins) who thinks we are going to see No. 1 wideouts and running backs campaigning to get in on the return game. That may or may not actually come to fruition, but the team here at CBS Sports …

After some recent speculation was floating around about former Michigan State football captain and defensive tackle Simeon Barrow jumping from Miami, where he committed this spring, over to Missouri, Barrow put those rumors to rest on Thursday, affirming his commitment to the Hurricanes on social media. You can see his statement below: There’s been a lot of assumptions and rumors …

There’s the Stanley Cup, and now, there’s the Stanley Pup. The NHL will host the first-ever Stanley Pup rescue dog competition. The broadcast will be available to stream Friday at midnight on ESPN+. The 90-minute competition will feature adoptable dogs representing all 32 NHL teams, including the 16 that qualified for the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs. Dogs like Alex Ofetchkin, …

It’s time for the Bears to stop talking and start doing as they work to meet expectations originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago LAKE FOREST, Ill. – Ever since the end of the regular season, when it became clear the Bears would have the opportunity to draft Caleb Williams, we’ve talked about the almost unbelievable sequence of events that needed …

The New York Giants are coming off a discouraging 6-11 season, but second-year wide receiver Jalin Hyatt is bullish on the team’s prospects for next season. “New year, new opportunities, new goals. For me, I always set high expectations and just looking at our team, looking at what we got, we have a good chance to do whatever we want …

A day after the schedule for the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff was announced, a near-complete bowl game slate was revealed on Thursday. The date and time for the Holiday Bowl will be announced later. Excluding College Football Playoff games, there will be 37 bowl games. It should come as no surprise that college football postseason games will go up …

Last season, the New York Giants took a significant step backward. After surprisingly making the playoffs in the first year of the Brian Daboll era in 2022, the Giants saw their record drop from 9-7-1 to just 6-11, with rampant injuries, poor offensive line play, even worse quarterback play, and general inconsistency and ineffectiveness at nearly every other position resulting …

Former Colorado Buffaloes football wide receiver Tar’Varish Dawson is transferring to Jacksonville State, per 247Sports reporter Matt Zenitz. The move marks Dawson’s third school in three years after transferring from the Auburn Tigers to Colorado last offseason. With the Buffs, Dawson played in only four games, all during the first four weeks of the season. He hauled in 14 passes …

49ers DC Sorensen pinpoints Ward’s key trait that goes ‘overlooked’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Charvarius Ward put together an incredible 2023 NFL season while playing through a core muscle injury, and that’s no surprise to 49ers defensive coordinator Nick Sorensen. In fact, Ward’s stellar campaign highlighted the star cornerback’s most underrated trait in Sorensen’s eyes. “I think …

Although the 2026 class is over a year away from its first signing day, Ohio State football is still working hard on adding prospects to its class. The Buckeyes have one current commit in the cycle, wide receiver Chris Henry Jr., and are working hard on multiple others. One of them is Georgia tight end, Heze Kent, who released his …

As the UFL season winds down, several of its top players are once again in line for NFL opportunities in 2024, a key part of league cofounder Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s vision for this league. The first of those players to sign with an NFL team is Memphis Showboats wide receiver Daewood Davis, who is reportedly joining the Carolina Panthers. …

Courtland Sutton says he’ll be attending mandatory minicamp next week, confirming what Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton speculated earlier this week. The wide receiver has not attended offseason workouts due to contract reasons, but Sutton told reporters he’ll be in attendance for the mandatory sessions.  “I will be there. I will be there,” Sutton told DNVR Thursday. The 28-year-old explained how …