Rivals rankings director and national transfer portal analyst Adam Friedman is joined by Paul Strelow of TigerIllustrated.com, national recruiting director Adam Gorney and Eric Hansen of InsideNDSports.com to tackle three topics and determine whether they believe each statement is FACT or FICTION. MORE: The 10 biggest recruiting visits this weekend ***** MORE TRANSFER PORTAL: Latest news | Transfer search | …

It didn’t take too long for just about every team to take a loss this regular season. Just five weeks in, we’re down to two teams chasing the 1972 Miami Dolphins. The Kansas City Chiefs and Minnesota Vikings are the two 5-0 teams left in the NFL. When we wonder which team will be the last undefeated standing, Minnesota is …

The two current favorites to win the Heisman Trophy are not quarterbacks. Thanks to No. 1 Alabama’s loss at Vanderbilt and No. 4 Tennessee’s loss to Arkansas in Week 6, the new frontrunners aren’t players who primarily throw the football. Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty is the new BetMGM favorite at +225 ahead of Colorado DB/WR Travis Hunter at +350. …

When a decision is looming at some point down the road, the answer has a way of naturally revealing itself before it has to officially be made. For the Steelers, the decision on whether to revert to QB1 might have done just that. Russell Wilson is getting healthier and healthier. The starting job has never been given to Justin Fields. …

Oct. 7—PULLMAN — Here is a first look at Washington State’s road matchup against Fresno State on Saturday evening. What is it? Coming off the first of two bye weeks this season, Washington State will visit Fresno State in the teams’ first regular-season meeting in 30 years. For the Cougars, it’s the second game of a Pac-12/Mountain West scheduling agreement …

The Chiefs dominated the first half, and the Saints are lucky to be down only nine points. Kansas City leads 16-7 after going only 1-for-4 in the red zone. The Chiefs settled for Harrison Butker field goals of 26, 34 and 28 yards with drives that ended at the New Orleans 8, 16 and 9. The Chiefs’ only touchdown came …

Oct. 7—PULLMAN — Washington State has a kickoff time for this season’s homecoming game. WSU’s Oct. 19 home matchup with Hawaii will kick at 12:30 p.m. on The CW, the school announced Monday. For the Cougars (4-1), it will be the third game of a Pac-12/Mountain West scheduling agreement the conferences struck to provide WSU and Oregon State with games …

Yahoo Sports fantasy analysts Matt Harmon and Dalton Del Don explore the reasons fantasy managers might consider panicking about Breece Hall. Hear the full conversation on the “Yahoo Fantasy Forecast” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript Give me your temperature check on, on Breece Hall who was drafted as …

MADISON – A look at the unofficial two-deep for the Wisconsin football team heading into its game against Rutgers, which is 4-1 with a 1-1 mark in the Big Ten. Kickoff is 11 a.m. Saturday at SHI Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey. OFFENSE Quarterback 1 – Braedyn Locke, 6-1, 205, redshirt-soph. 2 – Mabrey Mettauer, 6-4, 230, fr. Running back …

The Cardinals will open the practice window for rookie defensive lineman Darius Robinson this week, coach Jonathan Gannon said Monday. The first-round pick injured his calf in an Aug. 22 practice and landed on injured reserve the following week. Gannon said he wants to see Robinson “just move around and play football” when the former Missouri player rejoins teammates Wednesday. …

Penn State remained undefeated by beating UCLA on Saturday, but the sleepy performance didn’t exactly put up a dominating difference on the scoreboard. Not having Nick Singleton available like they expected prior to the game certainly changed some things, and with the massive USC matchup coming up next, it was understandable why they might have just tried to get out …

Bears safety Jaquan Brisker is not traveling with the team to London for this weekend’s game against the Jaguars, the team announced. Brisker was diagnosed with a concussion Monday after reporting concussion-like symptoms. He was cleared to return to the game after a collision with Panthers tight end Tommy Tremble, who left with a concussion. Brisker, who has 40 tackles, …

Army football is making an impression on the American Athletic Conference in more ways than one. Senior quarterback Bryson Daily was named the AAC offensive player of the week for his performance in a 49-7 victory at Tulsa on Saturday. In the first year of conference membership, Daily is the first Army player to be recognized by the AAC for …

The Falcons designated inside linebacker Nate Landman to return to practice from injured reserve, the team announced Monday. Landman went on injured reserve Sept. 18. He had a quad injury late in the preseason but played in the season opener. He saw action on 54 percent of the defensive snaps and had a crucial fourth-and-one stop in the fourth quarter. …

Last Saturday might have been a lackluster game for Penn State on paper when taking on a poor UCLA team, but it was a huge weekend for the Nittany Lions in terms of recruiting. Plenty of high-profile targets were in Happy Valley to watch Penn State stay undefeated and climb the rankings following the carnage that took place around the …