The Colorado Buffaloes landed at No. 11 among Big 12 teams in ESPN’s Football Power Index Rankings (FPI) that came out Tuesday. FPI, a metric that evaluates a college football team’s potential, placed the Buffaloes below most of the conference’s top programs like Kansas State, Arizona State, BYU and TCU. The placement is not surprising, considering the significant roster turnover …
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Colorado State’s Jalen Dupree on his increased role in 2025 A look at CSU running back Jalen Dupree heading into his sophomore season with the Rams. Colorado State University’s top 25 all-time football recruits (since 2001) often had volatile outcomes despite high rankings.The list demonstrates the difficulty of projecting high school player success at the college level. What does a …
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CLEMSON — Clemson football and coach Dabo Swinney added their first player in the 2027 recruiting class with the commitment of four-star linebacker Max Brown. The 6-foot-1, 214-pounder from Jefferson High School in Jefferson, Georgia, is rated the No. 35 player in the state by the 247Sports Composite rankings. Brown committed after Clemson offered him June 1. He is the younger …
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Is Memphis football a legitimate contender for the College Football Playoff in 2025? At least one metric thinks so. ESPN released its preseason (Football Power Index) FPI forecast for the 2025 season on June 3, and Memphis is listed as the team with the fourth-best chance to make the College Football Playoff out of the Group of Five. The Tigers …
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Oklahoma’s top offensive line recruit has made his college decision. 2026 Norman North offensive lineman Daniel McMorris announced his commitment to Minnesota on Sunday. He chose the Gophers after receiving more than 20 offers from several Division I programs. McMorris is ranked No. 13 on The Oklahoman’s initial Super 30 rankings of the state’s top college football recruits in the upcoming senior …
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The 2025 Oregon football schedule isn’t the toughest. Considering the Ducks are entering just their second season in the Big Ten Conference, the schedule makers, either intentionally or unintentionally, did Oregon a few favors with this year’s docket. But there’s one on the Ducks’ schedule everyone is looking forward to. It’s assumed that when Oregon travels to Penn State on …
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Michigan football: 2025 schedule and key games Michigan football’s schedule and key games for the 2025 season. ESPN’s Football Power Index ranks Michigan as the 17th best team entering the 2025 season, projecting 8.4 wins.Michigan has a 25.3% chance of making the College Football Playoff and a 1% chance of winning the championship, according to ESPN.Key games include matchups against …
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Richie Petitbon and Jeff Stoutland were named the 2025 Paul “Dr. Z” Zimmerman Award winners, the Pro Football Writers of America announced Tuesday. The Dr. Z Award is given for lifetime achievement as an assistant coach in the NFL. The award is named for Zimmerman, who covered the NFL for 29 years as Sports Illustrated’s lead pro football writer. Petitbon …
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The Athletic released their top 25 coaches of the 21st century and the Georgia Bulldogs had two of their three coaches from the 21st century earn spots on the list. Georgia coaches have garnered 258 wins since 2000, the fifth most wins of any team in the nation behind Oklahoma, Boise State, Alabama and Ohio State. That’s not to mention …
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Going into the 2025 football season, Nittany Lions Wire will examine each player listed on the Penn State roster. Over the preseason, each profile will cover the player’s background, how recruiting websites rated them coming out of high school, and what role they will play for James Franklin this season. Offensive lineman Malachi Goodman was the top recruit in Penn State’s 2025 …
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The countdown to USC’s 2025 football season is officially on! The Trojans kick off their new campaign 88 days from today. You need something to help you while away the days and hours in the spring and summer. This is one way to do so. In this new series, countdown to kickoff, we will be counting down the days by …
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Tennessee is recruiting toward its 2027 football signing class. The Vols offered a scholarship to running back Aiden Gibson after he attended their camp on Sunday. “I am blessed to receive my eighth offer from the University of Tennessee,” Gibson announced. The 6-foot-1, 195-pound prospect is from Woodruff High School in Woodruff, South Carolina. He has not accumulated any recruiting …
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QUENTIN BURRELL FULL SZN HIGHLIGHTS on @Hudl https://t.co/x9yjOCLKwD #hudl Sophomore Varsity SeasonWR #4 📚 3.93 GPA💍 IHSA 7A State Champion🥇 All-Conference CCL/ESCC Blue (as a SOPH, only underclassmen)🥇 Led team in Receptions, Receiving yards, Receiving TDs & APY… — Quentin Burrell | 2027 WR (@quentinburrell7) December 4, 2024 Notre Dame has added another participant to its Irish Invasion recruiting event, …
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The 6-foot-2, 265-pound Whyce had 27 tackles, including 2.5 sacks for the Rams last season and has been one of the higher-profile recruits in the area for the class of 2026 for more than a year. His offers include Auburn, Boston College, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan State, Missouri, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, West Virginia and Wisconsin. He is the …
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Headed into the start of SEC spring meetings, the Big Ten believed it had a partner in its push to transform the College Football Playoff into something more akin to the NFL. The Big Ten and SEC have grown significantly closer over the last year, having orchestrated a takeover of the College Football Playoff that gives them say over whether …
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