Welcome to the third Selection Sunday of the new Protest Playoff! For this first section of playoff recreations (2014-2024), this will be pretty easy. We have the committee’s final CFP rankings for each year and can seed off those, along with champions. In case you’ve already forgotten, the final CFP rankings for the 2024 season were (conference champions designated by …

Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer joined several Crimson Tide players in attending the funeral of Kierston Russell. Russell is the sister of Alabama’s freshman quarterback, Keelon Russell. Kierston passed away on June 3, per On3 Sports. A photo of DeBoer and some of the players at the funeral was released. Several Alabama players, along with Kalen DeBoer, Nick Sheridan, Josh …

AUBURN — For the second time this month, Auburn football’s 2026 recruiting class has lost a commitment, as four-star linebacker Shadarius Toodle announced Sunday he was flipping his pledge from Auburn to Georgia. Now, Auburn’s latest class is down to just six pledges, as fellow four-star linebacker JaMichael Garrett decommitted from the Tigers on June 12. With neither Garrett nor …

SCHSL football playoff highlights: Riverside beats Greenville, 47-38 Highlights from Riverside’s win against Greenville, including two TDs by Warriors’ Mikkel Skinner and an incredible run by Greenville QB Banks Bouton. Riverside defensive back Somad Eaddy, ranked as the state’s No. 17 overall player in the high school recruiting class of 2026, committed June 22 to Wake Forest. Eaddy picked the …

Wisconsin football landed a commitment from class of 2026 in-state offensive lineman Aiden Dirksen on Saturday. Dirksen will join the program as a preferred walk-on. He accepted an offer that the Wisconsin coaching staff extended after his performance at the program’s high school development camp last week. The 6-foot-6 interior offensive lineman is a native of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and …

A top priority target for the Spartans in the 2026 class has picked up an offer from one of the biggest programs in college football. Samson Gash of Novi, Mich. picked up an offer from Alabama on Saturday. The offer from the Crimson Tide came after working out with the Alabama staff this weekend, per a post from him on …

From now until preseason camp starts in August, Land-Grant Holy Land will be writing articles around a different theme every week. This week is all about our Biggest Concerns. You can catch up on all of the Theme Week content here and all of our Biggest Concerns here. Ohio State football always has a massive target on its back. The …

Few teams dealt with the sheer number of injuries at running back last year like Oklahoma. Five players received at least 20 carries, with no one carrying the ball more than 122 times last season. It led to OU finishing 76th in FBS and 11th in the SEC in rushing, and the Sooners struggled to a 6-7 record. Coach Brent …

A look at Alabama football’s Walk of Champions at Bryant-Denny Stadium VIDEO: A brief tour of the Walk of Champions at Alabama football’s Bryant-Denny Stadium: Statues, commemorating championships and more. Three-star defensive lineman Jerimy “JJ” Finch from Indianapolis committed to Alabama’s 2026 recruiting class.Finch is the Crimson Tide’s eighth commitment in the 2026 class and third defensive lineman.He chose Alabama …

Former Ohio State and NFL offensive lineman Kirk Barton has been charged with aggravated vehicular manslaughter, a second-degree felony, following a fatal car crash on June 21 in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus. Barton, 40, was allegedly speeding at the time of the early morning crash, which killed 24-year-old Ethan Wence Perry, according to a post on the City …

Michigan football QB Bryce Underwood works out at a private throwing session Michigan football QB Bryce Underwood works out at a private throwing session in Detroit Jonathan Brown, a running back from St. Francis de Sales in Columbus, Ohio, committed to Michigan football’s 2026 class.Michigan’s 2026 recruiting class now has 11 commitments and is ranked No. 43 nationally. There’s no …

The Oregon Ducks are hosting 5-star offensive tackle Immanuel Iheanacho on an essential official visit this weekend, hoping to get him on board and in the 2026 recruiting class before he leaves town at the end of the weekend. It appears that they are going the extra mile to do so, as well. On Sunday morning, it came out that …

Florida football landed its first commitment from the 2027 recruiting class this weekend from four-star athlete Tramond Collins following his appearance at the program’s annual Grille in the Ville event. The 6-foot-2-inch, 183-pound prospect out of Cottondale (Florida) who is also listed at wide receiver by 247Sports chose the Gators over seven total offers, which also include the Florida State …

The only thing more unstoppable than one star player is two star players. That is even more true when those weapons work in tandem, like in Penn State’s running back room where Nicholas Singleton and Kaytron Allen are about to embark on their fourth year together in college football’s most productive backfield timeshare. That dynamic duo is just one example …

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to class of 2027 tight end and edge rusher recruit Success Nwabude, who is a local product. Nwabude plays high school football for Athens Christian in Athens, Georgia. Nwabude is an unranked rising junior recruit, but he has excellent measurables. The 6-foot-7, 245-pound edge rusher recently received a scholarship offer from the South …