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 …
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SEC tiebreaker scenarios favor Texas vs. Alabama championship game
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 …
Read More »BYU’s undefeated dream crashes to Earth in stunning loss to Kansas
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 …
Read More »What Kansas head coach Lance Leipold said after defeating BYU
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 …
Read More »Texas A&M football: What Georgia’s win vs Tennessee means for Aggies in CFP
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 …
Read More »Report: 49ers ‘not optimistic’ Kittle will play vs. Seahawks
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, …
Read More »Week 12 Reactions: Oregon escapes upset & Georgia back in playoff race? | College Football Power Hour
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, …
Read More »Rating Michigan football chances to close with top recruits in 2025
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 …
Read More »Texas football: What Georgia’s win vs Tennessee means for Longhorns’ CFP hopes
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 …
Read More »Yahoo Top 10: How much did Saturday’s results shake up rankings?
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, …
Read More »SEC has itself to blame when its College Football Playoff-worthy teams sit home
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 …
Read More »Iowa State football: Kickoff time, TV channel announced for Cyclones game vs. Utah
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 …
Read More »New Mexico State football: Aggies can’t overcome Texas A&M, lose eighth game in 2024
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 …
Read More »SEC football power rankings after Week 12
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 …
Read More »ASU football ranking: Where will Sun Devils be ranked in Top 25 after win vs Kansas State?
The Arizona State football team is 8-2 overall and 5-2 in the Big 12. It impressed in a 24-14 win over No. 16 Kansas State Saturday, handing the Wildcats their first loss of the season at home. Will it be enough for the Sun Devils to be ranked for the first time under coach Kenny Dillingham? It should be. Last week, ASU …
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