Clark Lea, by the logo on his polo, shared a commonality with Tommy Rees while they were both employed by the University of Notre Dame. However, by their positions on the coaching staff, there was a natural competition of sorts that would arise between the man who would go on to become an SEC head coach at Vanderbilt and one …

CLEMSON — Dabo Swinney noticed the transfer portal talk around Clemson football changed this offseason. The Tigers have landed three transfers for Clemson’s 2025 roster so far: Southeast Missouri State wide receiver Tristan Smith, Purdue defensive lineman Will Heldt and Alabama linebacker Jeremiah Alexander. These additions are more than what they have taken in the previous six years of the portal’s existence (two). Swinney …

The Ohio State Buckeyes are in the college football national championship game for the first time since the 2020 season and third time in the College Football Playoff era. Quarterback Will Howard, head coach Ryan Day and the Buckeyes face the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Jan. 20, marking their ninth meeting overall and …

Graham Harrell has been selected as the seventh Texas Tech football player to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Harrell was announced as a member of the 2025 class on Wednesday by the National Football Foundation. He will officially be inducted in December and be immortalized at the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. Other …

Three football players from the High Desert were recently announced as CIF-Southern Section Players of the Year. After leading Silverado to the CIF-SS Division 10 championship on Nov. 30, quarterback Jace Weiss and linebacker Taron Thompson received the offensive and defensive Player of the Year honors. Keron Jones also received the Coach of the Year award. Serrano linebacker Eddie Serpa …

Ball State football announced 25 mid-year enrollees Wednesday as part of new head coach Mike Uremovich’s first incoming class ahead of National Signing Day. These student-athletes have arrived on campus in Muncie and began taking classes in the spring 2025 semester. The first class includes 15 transfers, five mid-year freshman enrollees who signed with the Cardinals in December, and five …

The NFL playoffs are down to eight teams left. That means, for 24 of the NFL’s 32 teams, it’s draft season. Some of draft season’s iconic events, such as the Senior Bowl and the East-West Shrine Bowl are coming up, as well as some lesser-known college football all-star games that double as NFL draft showcases. Here is a list of …

Whether it’s in the transfer portal or the high school recruiting ranks, few teams have been as hot as the Oregon Ducks over the past few weeks and few years. That’s continuing into the future as Oregon builds one of the best 2026 recruiting classes in the nation. On Wednesday, 5-star quarterback Jared Curtis announced that he is down to …

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on Rivals.com, the leader in college football and basketball recruiting coverage. Be the first to know and follow your teams by signing up here. Rutgers is adding a future playmaker to its offense, as class of 2026 three-star athlete Elias Coke has committed to the Scarlet Knights. Coke announced his pledge to Rutgers on Wednesday. He …

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on Rivals.com, the leader in college football and basketball recruiting coverage. Be the first to know and follow your teams by signing up here. Class of 2026 four-star safety Jireh Edwards has revealed his top-five schools list to Rivals.com on Wednesday. Edwards is not only one of the top safety prospects in the 2026 class, he …

University of Utah football’s new offensive coordinator Jason Beck talks with media in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, as winter workouts begin. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News The success of Utah’s 2025 season rests, in large part, on the shoulders of the Utes’ offense and new offensive coordinator Jason Beck. Under defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley, the …

Jan. 15—The transfers keep rolling in. New Mexico announced three new transfer additions Wednesday, bringing UNM’s total transfer class under head coach Jason Eck to 28. Entering his first year, Eck told the Journal that UNM will be more “aggressive” in the portal, and added that the program has hosted 45 players for official visits since the end of December. …

Monday’s College Football Playoff championship game between Ohio State and Notre Dame is expected to draw in a long list of celebrities and notable football faces. That looks to include Ryan Day’s arch-enemy Lou Holtz. The former Notre Dame head coach appeared to announce his plan to be at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Monday in a quote tweet of ESPN’s “The …

SOUTH BEND — Leonard Moore, freshman cornerback for Notre Dame football, didn’t flinch when asked Wednesday evening if the Irish could play their customary man-to-man defense against the dangerous receiving corps of Ohio State. “A lot of teams have gone to a zone mindset when playing them,” Moore said. “I think Penn State played a decent amount of man because …

Jan. 15—Urban Meyer is part of a star-studded class set to be enshrined into the College Football Hall of Fame later this year. The National Football Foundation announced Wednesday that Meyer, who was born in Toledo, raised in northeast Ohio and led Ohio State to the 2014 national championship, will join former Alabama coach Nick Saban, Larry Korver (Northwestern College) …