Nearly all the debate in the final hours of College Football Playoff deliberation centered around whether SMU or Alabama should claim the final spot. It was an argument between how harshly the committee should punish championship game losers in comparison to teams sitting at home, but also how much a team should be rewarded for its strength of schedule, even …

USATSI Carolina Panthers rookie running back Jonathon Brooks has been ruled out for the remainder of Sunday’s Week 14 matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles due to a right knee injury.  Brooks suffered the non-contact injury in the first quarter after taking a first-and-10 handoff from the Philadelphia 23-yard line. As he ran left and tried to plant his foot down …

National Signing Day has come and gone and while the 2025 class is not finished since there is a late signing period in February as well, most of the action happened this week. Rivals is breaking down each Top 25 recruiting class and we continue here with No. 9 Texas A&M. MORE AGGIES: Texas A&M’s 2025 recruiting class MORE TEAM …

Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Aidan O’Connell left Sunday’s game with air cast on his left leg. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Aidan O’Connell left Sunday’s game against the Bucs on a cart with an air cast on his left leg after being injured on a late hit. The injury took place late in the third quarter as the …

Getty Images The first edition of the expanded College Football Playoff bracket has been set with 12 teams now afforded an opportunity to make a run towards a national championship. The new-look CFP is more of an event than the four-team field ever was, or the BCS before it, with action expanding across a month between December and January — …

USATSI Kirk Cousins called U.S. Bank Stadium home from 2018 to 2023 as the starting quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, and for the first time since his move to the Atlanta Falcons, he is facing his former team. Cousins had a winning record and three playoff appearances with the Vikings, but fans have officially moved on.  As Cousins took the …

The Illinois football team is headed to Orlando, Florida, to take on South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl Game that will be held in Camping World Stadium on Dec. 31, 2024. Coach Bret Bielema and the Fighting Illini (9-3) closed strong with three consecutive wins for their first nine-win regular season since 2007. Illinois is now headed to its second bowl game in …

Jonathon Brooks suffered a non-contact knee injury on Sunday. (Grant Halverson/Getty Images) Three weeks into his return from an ACL tear, Jonathon Brooks is injured again. The rookie Carolina Panthers running back slipped to the turf and limped toward the sideline with a non-contact knee injury on Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles. He was eventually taken to the locker room …

Nick Saban, wearing a red tie and blazer, made a passionate argument on ESPN around the potential consequences to leaving Alabama, a school that still pays him a half-million annually, out of this year’s 12-team College Football Playoff field. Saban, who retired in January after 17 seasons and six national championships at Alabama, centered his argument around Alabama’s strength of …

Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers is the QB18 in Fantasy football 2024 heading into a matchup against the Dolphins in the Week 14 NFL schedule on Sunday. Can daily Fantasy football players trust Rodgers and his other high-profile skill-position players like Garrett Wilson and Davante Adams for Week 14 NFL DFS lineups? Star running back Breece Hall (knee) has been ruled …

One year after sneaking into the College Football Playoff, Alabama football was left out of the newly formed 12-team CFP. Entering Selection Sunday on the bubble for the CFP, the Crimson Tide were listed as one of the two “first teams out” in Sunday’s final CFP rankings. Earning the No. 11 seed over Alabama was SMU, who was upset in …

Eagles’ C.J. Garner-Johnson returns after being evaluated for concussion originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Eagles starting safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson has returned against the Panthers after being evaluated for a concussion. The play happened in the first quarter when Gardner-Johnson took some friendly fire from Tristin McCollum, who started in place of Reed Blankenship. Gardner-Johnson went inside after a trip to …

Getty Images After months of anticipation and hundreds of games played across the 2024 college football season, the 12-team College Football Playoff has arrived. The bracket expands this season from four teams to 12, creating a tougher path to the national championship while adding some new teams to the mix in the process.  No. 1 seed Oregon, No. 2 seed …

Getty Images The aftershock of the NFL handing Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair a three-game suspension for his hit on Trevor Lawrence as the Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback was sliding in Week 13 is still making waves around the league.  CBS Sports NFL insider Jonathan Jones reported on “The NFL Today” on Sunday that the NFL likely won’t change its quarterback slide rules. …

The bracket banner is updated on the side of the J.W. Marriott with the results of the first day of games during the 2021 NCAA Division I basketball tournament in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Saturday, March 20, 2021. Mandatory Credit: Barbara Perenic/IndyStar via USA TODAY Sports In August, before this college football season began, we speculated — along with everyone else …