Class of 2026 defensive lineman Jake Johnson committed to USC on Monday. The three-star recruit chose the Trojans over top contenders Wisconsin, SMU, North Carolina and Vanderbilt. He announced his commitment nearly two full months before the June official visit season, during which he was scheduled to travel to Madison, Wisconsin, on May 31. 247Sports ranks Johnson as the No. …

One of the biggest positions of intrigue for the Oregon Ducks going into the 2025 season is tight end. Most fans will tell you that Kenyon Sadiq is among the players they are most excited to see play this year, but there are other members of the TE room who are worth paying attention to in the coming weeks and …

Ohio State is holding its spring game on Saturday. The annual intrasquad scrimmage marks the end of four weeks of spring practices that began on March 17 and provides an early look at next season’s roster. Want to catch a glimpse of the Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium? Tickets remain on sale. Here’s what you need to know about finding tickets …

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Matt Patricia knows the pressure that comes with defending a championship and the limited amount of time that accompanies it. Whether or not Patricia can have the same success in college will be a work in progress. Patricia is still getting up to speed after being named Ohio State’s defensive coordinator on Feb. 20. After spending most …

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska receiver Hardley Gilmore IV, who transferred from Kentucky in January, has been dismissed from the team, coach Matt Rhule announced. The second-year player from Belle Glade, Florida, had come to Nebraska along with former Kentucky teammate Dane Key and receivers coach Daikiel Shorts Jr. and had received praise from teammates and coaches for his performance in …

Getty Images Bowling Green landed a commitment from Missouri transfer quarterback Drew Pyne, according to ESPN, giving first-year Falcons coach Eddie George a veteran hand to potentially lead his offense in 2025. This will be Pyne’s fourth school in his sixth year of college football after signing with Notre Dame in 2020.  Though he was in the same recruiting class …

Sign up for our daily Illini football newsletter here Greetings from “Can’t Wait For Saturday,” your morning morsel of college football, courtesy of longtime Illini beat writer, AP Top 25 voter and Heisman state rep Bob Asmussen. He’ll give you his views each day on the game he loves. *** At the start of the story published earlier in the …

After a good weekend, LSU baseball is climbing the SEC standings. The Tigers swept Oklahoma on the road thanks to dominant pitching. Ace Kade Anderson threw nine shutout innings on Thursday night and the Tigers only used five pitchers all weekend. That made it easy on head coach Jay Johnson, who only had to deploy two relievers. Texas baseball was …

The Oklahoma Sooners haven’t been to the College Football Playoff since 2019. Before the current five-season drought from the CFP, Oklahoma had made four out of the five previous playoff fields. With the playoff expanding, the Sooners hope to make it back in 2025, the second year of the 12-team field. If OU is able to make it back to …

In the wake of several important visit weekends prior to the summer official visit season for the 2026 recruiting class, the Texas Longhorns picked up their first pledge in the 2027 class with Sunday’s commitment by Tustin (Calif.) linebacker Taven Epps. The 6’4.5, 225-pounder started to trend towards the Longhorns after taking an unofficial visit to the Forty Acres in …

Penn State football players ball out at Pro Day 2025 10 Nittany Lions participated in drills and tests in front of NFL scouts Friday in State College. Penn State football returns quite possibly the top running back combination in the country. And so spring practice is the next step for seniors Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen to help lead the …

Penn State football players ball out at Pro Day 2025 10 Nittany Lions participated in drills and tests in front of NFL scouts Friday in State College. There’s an aura around the highest-paid assistant coach in college football history. What’s Jim Knowles have to say? What’s his style? Just how will the new defensive coordinator go about pushing Penn State …

Even after Jaylen Mbakwe’s first season with Alabama football, Gabrielle Willis, his mother, can’t help but look back.  Willis harkens back the same story she told in Mbakwe’s commitment announcement video: how her son would always ask for action figures, football helmets and race cars growing up, how he would transform each into his personal football roster, running his own …

Kansas football coach Lance Leipold shares fan appreciation day update Check out everything Kansas football coach Lance Leipold had to say Saturday at fan appreciation day for the Jayhawks during spring ball. LAWRENCE — Kansas football coach Lance Leipold said he was pleased with the team’s progress Saturday, after 12 practices during spring ball and the Jayhawks’ fan appreciation day at …

© Kirby Lee-Imagn Images USC has come back to life. Coach Lincoln Riley has done some phenomenal recruiting this offseason – and it had very little to do with top 2026 prospects. The hiring of a recruiting department led by general manager Chad Bowden has rejuvenated the Trojans, how elite local prospects view the program’s direction and how much they’re …