NORMAN — Now that Quinn Ewers has declared for the NFL Draft, opening the door for Arch Manning to start for Texas next season, the quarterback picture in the SEC for 2025 is gaining clarity. Among the newcomers expected to start next season are Washington State transfer John Mateer at OU and Jackson Arnold, who transferred from the Sooners, at Auburn. …

The College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy in Tampa, Fla., on Jan. 9, 2017. With just one game to go to close out the 2024-25 college football season, we’ve seen enough to call it: The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff has been an undeniable success. There are minor issues that need to be addressed or tweaked, but the overall format …

ATLANTA – Will Howard was talking about this strange season, one that began long before he took his first snap as the Ohio State quarterback and long after a loss to Michigan brought the program to its collective knees. There are the stories, he says, no one knows. Stories that make up Ohio State’s perplexing run to the College Football …

ATLANTA — Admittedly, the question is ridiculous. Ohio State is hours away from meeting Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff championship game, capping a season that just in the past eight weeks has seesawed between the depths of another loss to Michigan and the potential high of claiming the program first championship since the debut of the four-team format …

ATLANTA – Both Ohio State and Notre Dame will break a threshold Monday night that no college programs have ever reached. And they don’t need to be reminded of what it means to get ready for their 16th game this season means because their bodies are doing it for them. “Anybody that says they’re 100 percent that’s been playing is …

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Somewhere between trips to College Station, Texas, and West Lafayette, Indiana, or New York’s Yankee Stadium and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Chris Absher admits he’s lost track of how many miles his family has traveled following the Notre Dame football team this fall. “Outside of the one in East Rutherford, New Jersey, when they faced Navy, we’ve been to …

The Texas Tech football team picked up its third commitment for the 2026 recruiting class on Saturday, getting a pledge from New Braunfels Canyon defensive back Luke Bell. Bell, listed at 6-foot and 175 pounds, played in five games this season for a Class 6A team that finished 8-5. He was credited with 38 tackles, including four tackles for loss. …

It all comes down to this. Ohio State. Notre Dame. A chance to win a College Football Playoff national championship. The Buckeyes’ last title came in 2014. The Fighting Irish? 1988. One of these storied programs will get to hang another banner following Monday’s title game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta (7:30 p.m., ESPN). Despite Notre Dame being seeded ahead …

Clemson football quarterback Cade Klubnik revealed why he returned to the Tigers for his fourth season. “I wanted to be at a certain spot (in the NFL draft), and I don’t think I was quite there, so I want to come back for another year and really have a great fourth year,” Klubnik said Thursday on the Field Talk Podcast. “That’s kind of …

With Penn State’s football season now officially in the books, now is a good time to start putting the whole season into perspective. Although the season ended with the Nittany Lions coming up just short of playing for a national championship, there were a lot of good moments to reflect on positively from the 2024 season that ended with a …

Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian and the university have agreed to terms on a contract extension, a source confirmed with the Austin American-Statesman. The news was first reported by the Action Network. A high-ranking official told the Statesman on Saturday that Sarkisian’s current contract was extended to seven years through the 2031 season. Sarkisian also received an increase from his …

Illinois football added size and physicality to the interior of its offensive line this week, landing a commitment from high school lineman Landen Von Seggern of Nebraska, he announced on social media. The 6-foot-3, 280-pounder is a three-star recruit from Omaha Millard South, ranked No. 59 nationally among interior linemen and No. 4 in Nebraska, according to 247Sports.com. He chose …

Syndication: Shreveport Times/The Times HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The Sun Belt fined Marshall $100,000 on Friday for opting out of the Independence Bowl last month. Marshall withdrew from the Dec. 28 game in Shreveport, Louisiana, after a coaching change resulted in much of its roster jumping into the transfer portal. Louisiana Tech replaced Marshall in the game against Army, which beat …

OXFORD — The likely starting quarterback for Ole Miss football is 2025 is no longer a dual-sport athlete, according to a report from 247Sports. Austin Simmons will not be on the 2025 Ole Miss baseball roster, according to the report. Simmons is entering his redshirt sophomore season. He was a left-handed pitcher for Ole Miss baseball team as well as …