COLLEGE PARK, Maryland – The scene that played out Saturday night at SECU Stadium was one that not too long ago seemed unlikely. Rutgers football, fresh off a convincing 31-17 victory over Maryland, celebrating and dancing and cheering following a second consecutive victory, one that locked up bowl eligibility for a second consecutive season. Just three weeks ago, the Scarlet …

BYU players walk off the field as their hopes of a perfect season are crushed by Kansas at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on Saturday Nov. 16, 2024. Kansas won 17-13. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News Few losses in the long, sometimes glorious and sometimes maddening history of BYU football will be remembered as painfully as Saturday night’s 17-13 …

Sep 9, 2023; Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) passing against the Alabama Crimson Tide during the third quarter at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports Much of the week has been spent pouring over SEC tiebreaker rules and trying to apply them to the season’s remaining regular season games. Before Saturday’s slate of …

BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff (12) looks up at the big screen as he and his teammates walk off the field as their hopes of a perfect season are crushed by Kansas at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on Saturday Nov. 16, 2024. Kansas won 17-13. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News It was a dream that couldn’t last forever, and …

Kansas Jayhawks head coach Lance Leipold and Brigham Young Cougars head coach Kalani Sitake shake hands after the Jayhawks handed BYU their first loss of the season at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on Saturday Nov. 16, 2024. Kansas won 17-13. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News Lance Leipold has won 167 games as a collegiate head coach, but few …

Texas A&M football knows what it must do to make the SEC title game and ultimately the College Football Playoff: Just keep winning. The Aggies did just that Saturday by dominating dominated New Mexico State at home. Quarterback Marcel Reed threw for 268 yards and two touchdowns and running back Amari Daniels had 84 yards on just five carries on …

Report: 49ers ‘not optimistic’ Kittle will play vs. Seahawks originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers could be without their star tight end when they face the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium. George Kittle is unlikely to play in the Week 11 game as he deals with a hamstring injury, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Saturday night, …

This embedded content is not available in your region. Was Dan Lanning out of line to fake a field goal rather than put the ball in Dillon Gabriel’s hands? Oregon keeps their perfect season alive on the road at Wisconsin but not without some controversy. Caroline Fenton, Jason Fitz & Adam Breneman break down that game plus, in the SEC, …

Photo: Isaiah Hole Michigan football is sitting pretty with 19 commits (though there are predictions that Ivan Taylor will flip to Alabama — with which we concur) and plenty more high profile targets still on the table. Whether they’re uncommitted prospects or currently pledged to other schools, the Wolverines have put themselves within striking distance of filling the class closer …

The path for Texas football to make the SEC title game became a little clearer in Week 12, even if it didn’t become any easier. Georgia’s win over Tennessee did little to help Longhorns in the College Football Playoff race, but it did drive home a point the team is well aware of: Win and you’re in. TEXAS TAKEAWAYS: Jahdae …

The SEC’s oft-used slogan — “It Just Means More” — holds a particular meaning this weekend. It does just mean more — more teams with losses, all bunched up toward the top of the conference, beating one another to pieces in the first year of the expanded playoff. Can six SEC teams make the playoff field? Logic says absolutely not, …

It’s all unfolding now, week after week like some sick joke. And there’s not a thing the most powerful conference in college sports can do about it. The SEC is eating itself on the road to the College Football Playoff, a self-destructive stretch that will no doubt finish with the worst possible scenario. A tiebreaker deciding who plays in the …

The Iowa State football team’s Saturday, Nov. 23 game vs. Utah will kick off at 6:30 p.m. CT, the schools announced Saturday night. The Cyclones vs. Utes game will be played at Rice Eccles Stadium in Ames. The game will be televised on FOX. More: ‘No mask, no cape’: Hard work, competitiveness drive Iowa State football QB Rocco Becht 6:30 …

Most people expected Texas A&M to run New Mexico State off Kyle Field on Saturday evening. NM State lost decisively, but it may have exceeded expectations. NM State (2-8) lost 38-3 to SEC foe A&M (8-2), covering Bet MGM’s final 38.5-point spread in favor of the home team. A&M controlled the game and was never in danger of losing, but …

Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire Week 12 of the college football season has concluded for Southeastern Conference teams. Four SEC teams had an open date in Week 12: Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Oklahoma and Vanderbilt. Week 12 was highlighted by a top 10 SEC matchup between No. 4 Tennessee (8-2, 5-2 SEC) and No. 10 Georgia (8-2, 6-2 SEC). Rankings reflect …