Wisconsin is set to benefit greatly from Ohio State‘s run to the 2024 College Football Playoff championship game. First, Ohio State’s win followed Michigan‘s 2023 title, giving the Big Ten consecutive national champions. That streak further establishes the conference as the top in the sport. Related: Early Big Ten football starting quarterback rankings for 2025 season Second, notably for Wisconsin, …

COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s board of trustees approved a new contract for South Carolina football coach Shane Beamer on Friday. Beamer’s new contract will began Jan. 1 and runs through Dec. 31, 2030. His salary increased to $8,150,000 with an additional 100,000 on Jan. 1 of every year. Prior to Friday, Beamer was one of the lowest-paid coaches in the Southeastern Conference, making an annual …

Rivals national recruiting analyst Sam Spiegelman has three predictions on a potential flip for Florida, Michigan’s chances with a highly ranked offensive lineman and a big recruiting weekend for Texas. RUMOR MILL: Intel continues to flow in from elite junior days CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2026 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | …

Three years after helping the Cincinnati Bengals reach the Super Bowl as linebackers coach, Colts Neck native Al Golden is returning to the NFL as the team’s defensive coordinator. The announcement came Thursday, just three days after Golden was part of the College Football Playoff’s National Championship Game as Notre Dame’s defensive coordinator, a position he held since leaving the …

Former Alabama football coach Nick Saban had hundreds of players across 17 seasons with the Crimson Tide, including 66 All-Americans and 44 NFL first-round draft picks. But the players he enjoyed coaching the most were the ones who were first to recognize their own shortcomings. “I liked the guys that were always in my office because they were screwing up,” …

Utah coach Craig Smith did not hold back when he was asked about Houston on Wednesday night. “They are a team that can win it all,” he said after a 70-36 drubbing from the Cougars, tying the least points scored by a team in a Big 12 matchup. Hard to truly argue. The Cougars, who got beat up a little …

Ohio State mostly cruised through the first 12-team College Football Playoff, punctuated by its 34-23 victory over Notre Dame in the national championship game Monday night at Mercedes Benz-Stadium in Atlanta. Despite looking dominant at the same venue where the Southeastern Conference stages its league championship game, it still wasn’t enough for the Big Ten Conference to knock the SEC off its …

TAMPA, FLORIDA – DECEMBER 08: Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Liam Coen walks off the field after the game against the Las Vegas Raiders at Raymond James Stadium on December 08, 2024 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images) The Jacksonville Jaguars are expected to hire Liam Coen as their next head coach. It’s been a wild 48 hours …

The countdown to Florida State football’s 2025 season is underway. While FSU knows its future opponents, now it’s a matter of when the Seminoles will play them. The ACC will announce the full schedule for the 2025 season on Monday night. For now, FSU has four games set and will await the kickoff time, including its season opener against Alabama …

Kalen DeBoer’s first recruiting class with Alabama football is secured. With the NCAA February National Signing Day approaching, the Crimson Tide has its 21 members of its recruiting class signed, 18 of which have already enrolled early. According to the 247Sports’ composite rankings, Alabama has the the No. 4 2025 recruiting class behind Texas, Georgia and Ohio State. With three …

Another National Signing Day is fast approaching but the Texas Tech football team did most of its heavy lifting for its 2025 recruiting class in December. The Red Raiders signed 19 players out of high school with nine having already reported to Lubbock to begin working with head coach Joey McGuire and the rest of the Texas Tech coaching staff. …

Florida A&M football’s 2025 schedule hasn’t been released yet. But the Rattlers’ slate for next season can begin being pieced together. The FAMU has typically played 11 or 12 regular season games in past years. Eight of the Rattlers’ games have been in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. FAMU football’s 2025 season will be its second year with James Colzie III …

Jan. 23—The Lobos have made a little noise in the portal. Since head coach Jason Eck was hired in December, New Mexico has signed 30 transfers and accumulated the second-ranked transfer class in the Mountain West, per 24/7 Sports. If that ranking holds, it’d be the best mark in recent memory; UNM has not finished higher than sixth since the …

Jan. 23—BROOKINGS — Dan Jackson has been the coach of the Jackrabbits for almost a month now, and he’s done an admirable job of calming the rough waters that were brought about by Jimmy Rogers’ departure. Jackson’s staff is almost complete. There is clarity on which players and recruits are leaving and which ones are staying. And while there’s no …

It isn’t hard to determine where Georgia football had to shore up areas on its roster for the 2025 season. Wide receiver and defensive backs were two spots coach Kirby Smart and staff targeted. The Bulldogs brought in six players on signing day for the secondary in the December period and added three more out of the transfer portal Georgia …