In ESPN’s 2025 College Football Playoff projection, Louisville football was picked to win its first ACC title and make its first playoff appearance as the No. 4 seed. The road to the 2025 CFP bracket will be a long one for the Cardinals, who’d have to get through Miami, 2024 ACC champion SMU and Clemson. They have historic wins over …

The college basketball world will be centered on Coleman Coliseum Saturday afternoon as No. 1 Alabama men’s basketball faces No. 2 Auburn. But Alabama will still have a chance to carry out a long-lasting football tradition with the Tigers. After a 28-14 win against Auburn Nov. 30, the Crimson Tide will keep the Foy-ODK Sportsmanship Trophy for another season, with …

Wisconsin football is beginning to fill its June official visit weekends for the class of 2026. After locking in official visits for several targets for the weekend of May 31 – June 2 last week, the Badgers now have a growing group scheduled for June 5-8. Headlining that group is three-star offensive lineman Benjamin Novak — the only player currently …

Auburn defensive coordinator DJ Durkin signed a short but lucrative extension on February 5, making the coach one of the highest paid assistants in the country. The new contract, which runs through 2027, increases the defensive coordinator’s salary from $1.2 Million to $2.5 Million in 2025, $2.7 Million in 2026, and $2.9 Million in 2027. Durkin is now the second-highest …

An offensive line target for the program, Bear McWhorter officially announced a commitment date Monday morning, as well as a list of finalists that included the Alabama Crimson Tide. McWhorter will be announcing his commitment later this month on Feb. 28, deciding between a list of five finalists. Alongside the Crimson Tide, McWhorter also included the Clemson Tigers, Florida Gators, …

For the first time since dropping its first SEC game of the season on Saturday, the No. 2 Auburn Tigers return to the court Tuesday to face Vanderbilt at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee. Auburn defeated Richmond, 98-54, following its first loss of the season to Duke in December. Will the Tigers manage to bounce back the same way on …

Iowa State football is losing a key member of its coaching staff as assistant head coach and running backs coach Tyler Roehl is expected to be hired as an offensive assistant coach for the Detroit Lions. The move was reported first by CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz and later confirmed to the Register by Iowa State Athletics. Before joining the Cyclones …

The Dallas Cowboys are set to raid UTEP’s coaching staff, as defensive coordinator JJ Clark will leave UTEP to join Brian Schottenheimer’s first staff with the Cowboys as an assistant linebackers coach, CBS Sports reported. Clark was part of Scotty Walden’s first staff at UTEP after he followed Walden from Austin Peay. Clark coached linebackers and was the coordinator of …

NEW CONCORD — Matt Nardo is back where his coaching career began, as he was recently named Muskingum University football coach. Nardo returns after a three-year run at Bluffton College. He led the Beavers to their best Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference finish in eight years, set a school record for Academic All-HCAC honors, and significantly boosted the team’s GPA. Nardo’s …

BYU’s director of athletics Tom Holmoe introduces the school’s new men’s head basketball coach Kevin Young at an announcement event in the Marriott Center in Provo on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe will retire at the conclusion of the 2024-25 athletic season, BYU announced in a statement Tuesday afternoon. “His …

The Arizona State football program has been called a “sleeping giant” for years because of the team’s potential to become a perennial college football power. Could ASU become the next college football powerhouse program? Sun Devils head coach Kenny Dillingham recently addressed that topic on a podcast, talking about the potential his team has to be the next “blue blood” …

There were 15 local athletes named to the Texas Sports Writers Association’s Class 3A all-state football team Tuesday. Among them were five from Holliday, three each from Jacksboro, City View and Vernon and one from Iowa Park. The lone first-team selection was Jacksboro senior Cannon Valenzuela who made the squad as a defensive back. Playing safety, Valenzuela notched 151 tackles, …

STATE COLLEGE — For quite some time, Penn State football coach James Franklin didn’t know whether running backs Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen would stay in his program or go to the NFL. “It was a scramble,” Franklin said Tuesday. “I wasn’t sure how it was going to play out. It wasn’t just us talking to them. The agents were …

STATE COLLEGE – Jim Knowles had been on James Franklin’s wish list as a potential Penn State defensive coordinator since at least 2021. But not until after Ohio State’s win over Notre Dame in the national title game last month did Franklin think the Nittany Lions’ chances of hiring Knowles away from the Buckeyes were legitimate. “It was a twisting, …

Now that the Super Bowl is over, the Jets are ramping up for the offseason with the first step, announcing the coaching staff of Aaron Glenn‘s offense, defense and special teams. New York’s offense will be led by first-year coordinator Tanner Engstrand. Engstrand will have the experienced Scott Turner, and his 14 seasons of coaching, on staff to assist him. …