The Ravens officially will play the Chargers in Monday Night Football without linebacker Roquan Smith. Smith injured his hamstring in the Week 11 loss to the Steelers, and he was listed as questionable after missing all three days of practice. It is the first game Smith will miss because of injury since joining the Ravens in the middle of the …

Tennessee Vols football needs to win at Vanderbilt on Saturday to make the College Football Playoff. It is that simple for the Vols, who should return inside the top eight of the rankings during Tuesday’s latest rankings reveal. Tennessee will jump Alabama and Ole Miss, and could jump Indiana too after the Hoosiers’ first loss of the season. But Saturday’s …

The Ravens miss linebacker Roquan Smith already. Smith, who is inactive with a hamstring injury, watched from the sideline as the Chargers moved right down the field with little resistance on the opening drive. The Chargers had seven runs and only two passes in a nine-play, 70-yard drive that ate 5:15 off the clock. They did not even face a …

After a Week 13 marked by upsets, this week’s College Football Playoff rankings might be the most anticipated yet. There’s so much still to be decided heading into the final week of the 2024 regular season, as the expanded 12-team playoff field is giving more teams than ever a shot at a national championship this year. The latest batch of …

Sean Payton has been one of this league’s best coaches for a long time, winning a Super Bowl, leading amazing offenses with precision play-calling and having a great feel for what defenses do against him. But he might be doing the best coaching job of his career this season — and that’s saying something. Payton has taken the Denver Broncos, …

Alabama football’s College Football Playoff hopes may have gone up in smoke in Norman, Oklahoma. After a 24-3 loss to Oklahoma on Saturday, the No. 13 Crimson Tide is the top-ranked three-loss team in the US LBM Coaches Poll, but is seemingly on the outside looking in after missing a chance to play for an SEC championship. What are Alabama’s …

The Ravens rolled the dice, with John Harbaugh getting aggressive in a game against his brother. The Ravens went for it on fourth-and-1 at their own 16 with two minutes left in the first half. They got it with tight end Mark Andrews taking a direct snap for 2 yards. Five plays later, the Ravens had the lead. Baltimore scored …

Congratulations, Georgia football, you are locked into the SEC championship game against either Texas or Texas A&M. You are one of the two top teams from the conference that has won six of the last nine national titles. Woo-hoo. College Football Playoff here come the Dawgs! Probably. Almost certainly, right? A 10-3 team that lost in its championship game wouldn’t …

Last year, the Dallas Cowboys were the highest-scoring defense in the NFC. But as has been the case with so many things in Dallas this season, things haven’t been the same in 2024. In large part due to injuries, the Cowboys have disappointed defensively this season – especially against the run. That disappointment has spread to fantasy – the Cowboys …

Missouri football has been bowl eligible for more than a month, securing the eligibility-sealing sixth win back on Oct. 19 against Auburn. With two wins and two losses since then, an 8-3 overall record, and with Arkansas on Saturday at home left on the schedule, the Tigers’ potential bowl destinations have narrowed. The College Football Playoff dream is shot; the …

It wasn’t “no risk-it, no biscuit.” But it was close. ESPN’s Lisa Salters asked Ravens coach John Harbaugh at halftime about the crucial decision to roll the dice on fourth and one from inside his own 20. “Where were we, exactly?” Harbaugh said. “It felt like we were pretty far back. Were we at the ten?” Salters told Harbaugh they …

It’s rivalry week in the Borderland, featuring a game with its future in doubt. New Mexico State (3-8, 2-5 Conference USA) takes on UTEP (2-9, 2-5 CUSA) Saturday at home. Kick-off is at 2:30 p.m. It’s only the second time the Aggies and Miners have met as conference foes in the 21st century, but they’ll have to play each other …

Shanahan praises Deebo’s ‘burst’ as 49ers star struggles originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area This undoubtedly has been a disappointing 2024 NFL season for the 49ers, though much of their struggles could be chalked up to bad injury luck. However, one San Francisco star — whose season largely has been undeterred by injury — has shown startling signs of …

. Florida’s recruiting team continued a strong November on Monday by flipping the commitment of Charles Drew (Riverdale, Georgia) offensive tackle Jahari Medlock on Monday. A Cincinnati commit since June, Medlock decided that he’d rather stay in the South after visiting The Swamp for Florida’s Week 13 upset win over Ole Miss. Medlock took an official visit to Florida in …

Why Whitner believes 49ers will miss playoffs after loss to Packers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers haven’t looked like Super Bowl contenders for much of the 2024 NFL season, leaving former San Francisco safety Donte Whitner to fear the writing is on the wall. In the latest episode of NBC Sports Bay Area’s “Hitner’s Hot Take,” …