IU football coach Curt Cignetti: ‘We’ve got a chance to be as good as we want to be’ Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti shares his overall impressions of the team’s performance during spring practice. Nico Iamaleava’s move to the Big Ten puts him on a collision course with Indiana football.The Hoosiers will face three returning quarterbacks playing for their same …

The Clemson Tigers sure look poised for a big year ahead in 2025. While kickoff for the 2025 college football season is still over three months away, the hype and buzz around the Clemson program has been building for months. The Tigers’ spring game did nothing to dampen those spirits, with transfer receiver Tristan Smith, running back Gideon Davidson and …

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Over the past 15 years, Clemson has been one of the most successful college football programs in the country. It all started in 2011 when the Tigers completed their first 10-win season since 1990. And at the helm of the offense in 2011 was Chad Morris. While his time with the Tigers ended on a positive note, his career quickly …

Alabama is the fourth-highest ranked SEC team in USA TODAY Sports’ post-spring re-rank. The Alabama Crimson Tide will enter the 2025 college football season with several question marks. How effective will Ty Simpson — or barring injury, Austin Mack or Keelon Russell — be at quarterback as he replaces two-year starter and SEC champion Jalen Milroe? Ryan Williams is already …

Springball is a wrap, and the 2025 college football season is a little more than three months away. It’s post-spring rankings season, and one of college football’s biggest voices released his post-spring top 25. Fox Sports’ Joel Klatt shared his top 25 after spring ball, and it has an interesting look. When you examine the top 25, there is a …

Spring 1-on-1 battles sharpen skills for players like CB Lemondre Joe Get to know new CSU football cornerback Lemondre “Jeezy” Joe ahead of his debut with the Rams. The son of a former Colorado State cornerback will now be a cornerback for the Rams himself. Jayden Cortell verbally committed to CSU on May 5, posting his announcement on X. He’s …

Surviving the Shift: Mountain West Navigates the NIL Era and Portal Power Struggle By Roger Holien As college football barrels into a new era dominated by big-money NIL deals, free-flowing transfer activity, and a rapidly widening gap between Power Five (P5) programs and the rest, the Mountain West Conference (MWC) finds itself at a crossroads. Once seen as a feisty …

Georgia has landed its five-star quarterback. Jared Curtis, a top-10 prospect in the Rivals250, committed back to Kirby Smart and the Dawgs over Oregon. After making a string of visits back and forth between Athens and Eugene since reopening his recruitment midway through his junior season at Nashville (Tenn.) Christian, Curtis found his way back into Georgia’s star-studded 2026 class. …

More than six months after Jared Curtis backed off his commitment to Georgia football, the five-star quarterback gave a new pledge to the Bulldogs on Monday evening in a much-anticipated recruiting announcement. Curtis revealed his choice of the Bulldogs over Oregon in a ceremony at Nashville Christian School, where the rising senior will be entering his fourth season as a …

MORGANTOWN — Rich Rodriguez and West Virginia have gone three-straight weekends with multiple transfer portal additions. Rodriguez was super active in the winter, which is understandable because of a coaching change, and is almost as active this spring. The Mountaineers picked up commitments from Austin Peay lineman Donovan Haslam, Tennessee lineman Ayden Bussell, Slippery Rock receiver Logan Ramper, West Florida …

If you turn a blue chip quarterback recruit loose, and he comes back, then it was truly meant to be. Kirby & Co. got a big boost for the class of 2026 this afternoon when Nashville Christian signal caller Jared Curtis committed to the Red and Black over fellow finalist Oregon. Curtis had committed to Georgia in March of last …

Former Fighting Irish wide receiver Tobias Merriweather heads to Utah from Cal Cal transfer WR Tobias Merriweather has signed with Utah, ESPN has learned. The former ESPN 300 recruit has 26 career catches for 450 yards and 4 TDs during his time at Cal and Notre Dame. pic.twitter.com/zLPosFnLgc — Max Olson (@max_olson) May 5, 2025 Former Notre Dame wide receiver …

Watch: Five-star quarterback Jared Curtis picks Georgia over Oregon Curtis, a former Georgia commitment, ranked as the No. 1 quarterback in the 2026 class. Curtis, the reigning Gatorade Tennessee Player of the Year and Mr. Football, chose the Bulldogs over Oregon.He will join a quarterback room with five other players and is expected to enroll early after rehabbing a back …

For the second time Monday, Utah has landed a player from the transfer portal. To start the day, the Utes signed 6-foot-5 Cal wide receiver Tobias Merriweather, who had 11 receptions for 125 yards and a touchdown a season ago. Later in the day, Utah bolstered its running back depth by signing Old Dominion running back Bryce Duke. Last year, …