Colorado overhauled some of their coaching staff this offseason, most notably replacing Gary Harrell with Marshall Faulk as the new running backs coach. Harrell recently found a new job and is heading north from Boulder to join the Wyoming Cowboys in the same role. In 2022, Harrell followed Deion Sanders from Jackson State to Colorado. The running game under Harrell …

© Samantha Madar/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The spring transfer window opens on Wednesday and college coaches, GMs and player personnel departments have already been scouring rosters, circling players they’d recruit if they decide to enter the transfer portal. Advertisement Beginning today with the Big Ten, Rivals will break down the portal priorities for each Power …

As A-Day nears, Germie Bernard knows what Alabama football has in its wide receiver room. Joined by players like Ryan Williams and Miami transfer Isaiah Horton, Bernard didn’t shy away from making bold claims about the Crimson Tide’s receiving corps heading into the 2025 season. When asked if Alabama could have the best wide receiver room in college football, Bernard’s …

The goals for Alabama football’s defensive line are already set. It’s about production, plain and simple, turning pressures, chances and potential into sacks and tackles-for-loss. Tim Keenan III knows what it takes to develop a room all pulling in the same direction, having been a part of the Crimson Tide for four years and returning to the defensive line room …

USATSI Wisconsin has a new spring practice ritual ahead of the 2025 season: The Badgers do 42 pushups after every session. That specific number of reps comes from Wisconsin’s 42-10 loss to Iowa last season, which dropped the Badgers to 5-4 on the year and opened a rough November for the program.  Though Wisconsin went 0-3 against its top rivals …

Notre Dame football is constantly looking to add elite prospects to its roster through recruiting, but its most recent offer to North Carolina 4-star wide receiver Gordon Sellars might be too late. The 6-foot, 2-inch and 180-pound prospect has set a commitment date for a little over a week from today, but that didn’t stop the Irish from trying to …

USC recruiting momentum is not slowing down one bit Coming off a big weekend of visitors on campus, USC football remains red hot on the recruiting trail. On Wednesday, the Trojans continued to add to that momentum, securing a commitment from three-star offensive lineman Vlad Dyakonov. Dyakonov comes to USC from Folsom, California. On3 Consensus ranks him as the No. …

LSU football’s 2026 recruiting class is the best in college football. The Tigers’ class ranks No. 1 in the On3 Industry Team Rankings. The Tigers have nine commits, including seven four-stars and one five-star. LSU’s average recruit has a rating of 92.48 — only Alabama’s recruiting class has a better average recruit rating. But LSU isn’t done yet. We’re about …

CHAMPAIGN — My grasp of Japanese is limited to a couple phrases: “Let’s go” and “my knee hurts.” Illinois football coach Bret Bielema knows some others: Ichiban, sake and Sapporo. “Back in my younger years, we’d go out for some sake and went to a sushi joint and had Sapporo beer,” Bielema said after Monday night’s spring practice at the …

Don’t get your hopes up: Nothing that happens Saturday during Alabama’s new A-Day format will be the deciding factor in who debuts as the Crimson Tide’s starting quarterback Week 1 against Florida State. Anticlimactic, yes, but that doesn’t mean spring isn’t an important data point in one of the most fascinating quarterback battles in college football that bears following.  For …

Florida football coach Billy Napier provides opening statement after first spring practice scrimmage Napier and the Gators have three more practices before the Orange and Blue game on Saturday, April 12. He’s not throwing in spring practice, and there’s no timetable for his return.  And that’s about the only certainty this offseason for injured Florida quarterback DJ Lagway.  This much …

Rivals national recruiting analyst Sam Spiegelman has three predictions on Notre Dame winning out for a top defensive target, Georgia bolstering its depth in the defensive backfield and the pick for four-star quarterback Landon Duckworth. Advertisement MORE PREDICTIONS: Big Ten classes, Will Johnson, Mack Sutter CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2026 RANKINGS: …

Who could be Auburn’s impact transfers? Spring practice is underway at Auburn, and it’s time to preview another group ahead of A-Day, which will take place on Saturday, April 12 at Jordan-Hare Stadium. The next position group that we will examine in our spring breakdown series is the transfer arrivals, which will feature many fresh faces. Auburn needed to address …

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Nebraska football quarterback target Trae Taylor spoke highly of the Huskers on Wednesday during an interview with Sports Illustrated’s Andrew Nemec. Nebraska is one of his top four schools, and he has made several visits to Lincoln over the course of the last year. Now, he is beginning to narrow down his timeline, with a decision set for May 1. …