BYU wide receiver Chase Roberts runs after a long catch against the Houston Cougars in Provo on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News BYU beat Houston 30-18 in a freezing cold, sloppy mistake-fest late Saturday night that featured seven fumbles. It was the final regular-season game in a unique and unpredictable campaign. After starting the season …

Getty Images Planting a flag on the logo of your rival — or at least trying to do so — is all the rage in college football these days, apparently. Though flag-planting isn’t a new concept, it was prolific throughout Week 14’s rivalry games.  Four contests ended with one team trying to slam a flag into the ground of another …

Against all odds, unranked Michigan beats Ohio State, putting the Buckeyes’ head coach Ryan Day in a sticky situation despite a great Big 10 record. Caroline Fenton, Jason Fitz & Adam Breneman break down that game as well as the renewal of the epic rivalry between Texas and Texas A&M now that they’re both in the SEC. The trio share …

USATSI No. 11 Boise State will host No. 22 UNLV in the Mountain West Championship Game on Friday. With Tulane losing earlier this week to Memphis and Army dropping out of the latest College Football Playoff Rankings, the winner of this game is almost certain to receive one of the five automatic bids to the 12-team College Football Playoff.  The …

Quarterback Brady Smigiel, usually the calm, cool, helpful teenager, was conniving to do something sinister. He emptied two water bottles into the Gatorade chest. He carried it onto the field during the trophy presentation. He yelled out to his twin brother, Beau. They took a knee and waited for the right moment. Together they dumped it on their father, Joe, …

USATSI The 2024 Big 12 Championship Game is set. Arizona State will face Iowa State on Saturday, Dec. 7 in Arlington, with a potential automatic bid to the College Football Playoff on the line. Entering Week 14, nine teams were still alive to reach the Big 12 title game with more than 250 different scenarios on the table, including a possible eight-way …

Oregon’s losing streak-snapping win against Washington Saturday night couldn’t have been more emphatic. The top-ranked Ducks scored seven touchdowns on offense, had 10 sacks on defense and kept their record nice and clean as they’ll head into the postseason coming off a 49-21 victory inside Autzen Stadium. With an announced crowd of 59,603 in attendance, Oregon improved to 12-0 overall …

Saturday got off to a wild start with the game that had the greatest impact on this week’s College Football Playoff projections as No. 2 Ohio State coughed up a chance to play for the Big Ten title and earn a bye in the CFP in an ugly 13-10 loss to Michigan. Despite the fact that the Wolverines are only …

Florida State and Florida players scuffle at midfield after the Gators’ 31–11 victory in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Colin Hackley) College football was a combat sport on rivalry Saturday. Rivalry week matchups are always heated with tensions and resentments building. But four annual clashes ended with fights between opponents when the winning road team attempted to plant a flag on the …

Rivalry week across college football really had it all. There was fighting, flag-planting, eight overtimes, rivalries renewed and rivalry narratives reinforced. We saw Heisman Trophy contenders demand the spotlight and College Football Playoff contenders shrink when the lights were the brightest. And after a handful of top 25 teams took losses, the voters in the AP Top 25 poll have …

Getty Images Coming into the 2024 NFL season, it wouldn’t have been out of the ordinary to find a Super Bowl prediction featuring the Buffalo Bills or San Francisco 49ers, or both. Josh Allen’s AFC squad entered looking for its sixth straight playoff appearance. And Kyle Shanahan’s NFC juggernaut has reached four of the last five conference championships. Yet the …

The matchups for all nine of the college football conference championships are set. Five of the nine winners will get automatic berths into the 12-team College Football Playoff. The top four playoff seeds and their accompanying first-round byes go to conference champions while the next highest-ranked conference champ will also be a part of the field. Those teams are likely …

Brett Davis No. 3 Texas will get a chance in the SEC Championship Game to avenge its lone regular-season loss after a key 17-7 road win over No. 20 Texas A&M on Saturday.  The Longhorns (11-1) will meet No. 7 Georgia (10-2) in Atlanta after losing at home to the Bulldogs 30-15 on Oct. 19. Georgia quarterback Carson Beck threw …

Wellington High School football coach Travis Peeples embraces Eli Lavelle after losing the CHSAA Class 2A state football championship to The Classical Academy at Dutch Clark Stadium in Pueblo Colo. on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. PUEBLO — “Our town. Our team. Our time,” read one fan’s poster. Two out of three in this case was well beyond half bad. It …

The historic Lone Star Showdown is renewed as No. 3 Texas plays host to No. 20 Texas A&M in a de facto play-in contest for the SEC Championship game. The Longhorns are cruising in their first year as an SEC member and sit in sole possession of first place in the conference, already achieving back-to-back 10-win seasons for the first time …