The 2025 season is going to be a big one for the Oklahoma Sooners. That’s why Brent Venables and the Sooners were aggressive in their offensive coordinator search and in the transfer portal to bring in quarterback John Mateer. They need to rebound from a 6-7 season. Only time will tell if their portal and coaching decisions will pay off …
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Colorado to host four-star defensive lineman on March visit
About two months after receiving an offer from the Colorado Buffaloes, coveted class of 2026 defensive lineman James “JJ” Johnson has now arranged a spring visit to Boulder. On3’s Hayes Fawcett reported Monday that Johnson will check out the Buffs on March 15 — four days after the start of Colorado’s spring practice season. Johnson also has spring visits scheduled …
Read More »Tennessee ranked No. 1 in USA TODAY Sports Baseball Coaches Poll
Tennessee (7-0) is one of 16 remaining undefeated teams in college baseball to open the 2025 season. Alabama, Florida, Florida State, High Point, Kansas, Murray State, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Purdue, South Carolina, Stanford, VMI, West Virginia, Western Kentucky and Yale join the Vols as remaining undefeated teams. Tennessee will play four games this week. The Vols will host North Alabama …
Read More »Big Ten, SEC set to unveil grand plans for College Football Playoff change … but is anyone else on board?
The only constant in college football is that everything is destined to change. Decision-makers declared the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff a rousing success, but tweaks are coming, and two powerful voices are equipped to get what they want as soon as next fall. The question is whether the Big Ten and SEC will have the unanimous …
Read More »Oklahoma Sooners move up in latest AP Top 25 after big wins
The Oklahoma Sooners are currently riding a five-game winning streak with two games remaining in the regular season. Their latest win was a 40-point thrashing of the Arkansas Razorbacks in Fayetteville, following a 20-point win over Vanderbilt. Entering the final week of the regular season, the Oklahoma Sooners moved up to No. 13 in the latest AP Poll. They climbed …
Read More »Florida football hires Deron Wilson as new defensive backs coach
Florida football hired Arkansas secondary coach Deron Wilson as its new defensive backs coach on Monday. Wilson brings familiarity with the Florida Gators coaching staff as he worked a year as a quality control analyst working with cornerbacks under head coach Billy Napier in 2022. For the past two years, Wilson worked at Arkansas, where in 2023 he turned around …
Read More »One stat highlights the degree of Ohio State football’s roster turnover in 2025
Ohio State is managing a bit of roster turnover in the aftermath of its national championship. Thirteen of the 22 players who started for the Buckeyes in the College Football Playoff final against Notre Dame were seniors with eligibility expiring. The total included a starting quarterback in Will Howard, leading tackler in linebacker Cody Simon and top pass rushers in …
Read More »ESPN names Georgia football as team ‘most likely to regress’
ESPN has named the Georgia Bulldogs as one of the college football teams most likely to regress in 2025. Georgia lost a lot of key producers to the 2025 NFL draft. In fact, Georgia lost 14 players to the draft that received NFL combine invitations. Overall, 17 Bulldogs declared for the draft following the 2024 college football season. Georgia has …
Read More »Former Ohio State football target and current Maryland Zion Elee shuts down recruitment
Former Ohio State football target and current Maryland commit, Zion Elee, is the No. 1 defensive end in the Class of 2026 and the top player from the state of Maryland. He’s got superstar written all over him sitting as the No. 2 player in the class per 247Sports. The EDGE rusher comes in at 6-foot-3.5 and 220 pounds. He …
Read More »Kirby Smart trolls Johnny Manziel, jokes that Heisman winner was ‘Champion of Fireball’ during coaching clinic
Getty Images Georgia coach Kirby Smart had some fun at the expense of former Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel during a coaching clinic appearance over the weekend, joking that the former Heisman Trophy winner was a “Champion of Fireball.” Smart’s presentation at the Nike Coach of the Year Clinic included a slideshow picture of Joe Burrow, Bryce Young, Cam Newton …
Read More »Michigan commit, top targets among biggest On3 ranking update risers
Michigan football has been on a slow burn when it comes to the 2026 recruiting class, but the Wolverines will certainly pick things up in the coming months. With a slew of targets announcing their spring and summer visits, the maize and blue commitment list is sure to grow beyond the two pledges that are currently in the class. On …
Read More »Former Westminster coach, College Football Hall of Famer Joe Fusco dies at 87
Feb. 24—Wilkinsburg native Joe Fusco, a 2001 College Football Hall of Fame coaching inductee and one of the most successful coaches in the history of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, died Saturday. He was 87. Fusco served as Westminster’s head coach from 1972-99 and led the Titans to four NAIA Division II national championships with back-to-back titles in 1976 …
Read More »SEC coaches pressure rankings part II: Venables on hot seat, Kiffin & Beamer in trouble too? | College Football Enquirer
Dan Wetzel, Ross Dellenger and SI’s Pat Forde are back with part II of their SEC coaches pressure index for the 2025 college football season. In a conference that loves to say it ‘just means more,’ how much ‘more’ pressure will these coaches face than their peers? Brent Venables could be in big trouble in Oklahoma after finishing last season …
Read More »Ohio State, Nebraska among teams eschewing spring games as part of college football’s changing offseason
College football spring games are starting to become a thing of the past. For now, many programs around the nation will still hold a traditional showcase to wrap their spring practice slates, but there is a growing list of prominent schools that have decided to do away with the game day format in favor of different plans — or, so …
Read More »Where Alabama ranks in new USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll after Missouri loss, Kentucky win
The Alabama Crimson Tide’s 110-98 loss to the Missouri Tigers caused them to drop in the new USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, released Monday. Despite bouncing back for a 96-83 win over the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday at Coleman Coliseum, Alabama (22-5 overall, 11-3 SEC) fell two spots to No. 6 in the Coaches Poll and now rank one spot …
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