The Big 12 was subject to multiple upsets in Week 5 of the college football season. The biggest, in terms of difference in rankings, came Saturday night as unranked Arizona upended No. 10 Utah 23-10 in Rice-Eccles Stadium, dropping the Utes from the ranks of the unbeaten. But they weren’t the only previously undefeated teams to suffer their first loss …

The Saints should have their leading rusher and leading receiver on the field today against the Falcons. Saints running back Alvin Kamara and wide receiver Chris Olave are both listed as questionable and both expect to play, according to multiple reports. Kamara has been dealing with hip and rib injuries, while Olave suffered a hamstring injury at practice on Friday. …

STATE COLLEGE – Penn State’s problem with penalties continued Saturday night in a 21-7 victory over Illinois at Beaver Stadium. The Nittany Lions committed six penalties for 63 yards and increased their season total to 28 for 264, an average seven flags and 66.0 yards per game. “We have a reputation for jumping offsides and they (opponents) know it,” Penn …

Quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will play the Philadelphia Eagles this Sunday. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) The 2-1 Philadelphia Eagles will head south to Florida for Week 4 of the NFL to play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The Bucs, also 2-1, will have a familiar face in …

STATE COLLEGE – Penn State football coach James Franklin asked the fans for White Out energy Saturday night at Beaver Stadium. The sellout crowd of 109,911 delivered, and so did running backs Kaytron Allen and Nick Singleton and a swarming defense. Allen and Singleton combined to rush for 196 yards and two touchdowns as No. 9 Penn State opened Big …

Kingsley Enagbare and the Green Bay Packers welcome the Minnesota Vikings to Green Bay on Sunday. Here’s how to watch. (Johnnie Izquierdo/Getty Images) The 3-0 Minnesota Vikings will visit the 2-1 Green Bay Packers this Sunday during Week 4 of the NFL season. The NFC rivalry is anticipated to be a close matchup this week; Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold, who …

This date in Texas history is part of a daily Longhorns newsletter put together by Texas football beat writer Danny Davis. For this and more phenomenal American-Statesman coverage delivered straight to your inbox, sign up for the newsletter here. Today is Sept. 29, 2024. And on this date in Texas history, Williams Harris set a record for the football program’s …

MANHATTAN, Kan. — With a bag of ice wrapped tightly around his left knee and a big bandage on his right, Ollie Gordon II backed up against an outside wall of Bill Snyder Family Stadium to answer questions from the approaching media. It was a metaphor representative of Oklahoma State’s season following the painful 42-20 loss to Kansas State on …

Nobody in college football has punched above its weight in the name, image and likeness era more than Ole Miss. For years and years before it was within the rules to pay players, Ole Miss would catch the suspicious glare of opposing fans and pique the interest of NCAA investigators every time it landed a big-time recruit. That was the …

Week 5 of the college football schedule further clarified the Big Ten Conference and which teams stand above the others. For yet another week, No. 3 Ohio State proved to be the class of the conference, beating Michigan State 38-7 in East Lansing. Buckeyes quarterback Will Howard, who was hurt vs. the Spartans before returning, finished the day completing 21 …

Alabama football put on a show for special guest Donald Trump in Saturday’s 41-34 underdog win over Georgia at Bryant-Denny Stadium. As Kalen DeBoer’s Crimson Tide established a 30-7 lead over the Bulldogs before the former president’s halftime exit, it may seem as though Trump was a good luck charm. Georgia scored 21 unanswered points to make it a ballgame …

ORLANDO — College football narratives shift on a week-to-week, perhaps even drive-by-drive, basis. For UCF, the heroics of its 35-34 comeback victory at TCU two weeks ago overshadowed a potentially troubling trend revealed for all to see in Saturday’s 48-21 shellacking at the hands of Colorado: The Knights are struggling to get a grip on Big 12 Conference games and …

Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch grades Michigan State’s football team on a scale of 1-10 after its 38-7 home loss to Ohio State. OFFENSE: 4 When you total 246 yards, turn it over twice in the red zone (three times overall) and score only once, you’d think it was an entirely dismal day offensively. But that’s not the case. …

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz, Caroline Fenton, and Adam Breneman discuss how brilliant Jalen Milroe looked vs Georgia and why he should be clear Heisman favorite. Hear the full conversation on the “College Football Power Hour” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript Jalen Mro, best player in the country chapter. …

Welcome to the fifth MyCentralJersey.com’s Big Central Conference Readers’ Choice Football Player of the Week poll of the 2024 season. Voting closes Thursday at noon. Please note that the votes don’t always show up immediately. There are lags for the votes to register, and a winner isn’t declared until hours after the poll closes. More: Football live scoreboard, Big Central Conference coverage …