Watch: Things to know about Oregon football coach Dan Lanning Oregon football coach Dan Lanning joined the Ducks as head coach for the 2022 season. Oregon football is one of the highest-rated teams, with the highest-rated players, in College Football 26, the newly released video game from EA Sports. Dillon Thieneman (93) and Makhi Hughes (92), two Duck transfers, are …

ASU football coach Kenny Dillingham talks in-state recruiting The Arizona native talked about the barriers and efforts being made to keep the state’s best football players in the state and playing for ASU. Arizona State football coach Kenny Dillingham prioritizes player retention over recruiting rankings.Dillingham believes focusing on current players’ well-being is key to success in the transfer portal era. …

A Big Ten coach received a contract extension, which became official on Wednesday. Minnesota head coach PJ Fleck officially signed a contract extension on Wednesday. He earned the extension following eight strong years with the Golden Gophers. The deal extends Fleck’s original seven-year extension that he signed in 2022 to include updated changes in retention bonuses and buyout terms. With …

It’s been a less-than-ideal last few months for Colorado Buffaloes football coach Deion Sanders. The charismatic and larger-than-life personality has been in the shadows after his sons, Shedeur and Shilo, plummeted down the NFL draft boards, with the latter not getting selected at all. The 57-year-old not only has to gear up for a rebuilding campaign at CU after losing …

One of LSU football’s top recruiting targets in the 2026 cycle will announce his college decision on national television. Lamar Brown, the No. 1 recruit in Louisiana, makes his announcement live at 12:15 PM CT on ESPN2 during SportsCenter. It will be televised from University High Laboratory’s campus in Baton Rouge, Brown’s high school. Brown’s top four includes LSU, Texas …

Football games are won at the line of scrimmage, and Colorado rebuilt both the offensive and defensive lines this offseason. The Buffs led the Big 12 in sacks last season, but lost two of their top three pass rushers in BJ Green and Taje McCoy. However, one rising junior seems to be primed for a breakout season. Former LSU transfer …

For the most part, you only see top-25 rankings for the upcoming college football seasons, but Phil Steele annually puts out an extensive preview and has Notre Dame nearly at the top of his all-school preseason rankings. The long-time college football writer has just Penn State above the Irish, followed by Texas at No. 3, Alabama, then Ohio State. Other …

Former Texas A&M quarterback Conner Weigman never lived up to his five-star recruiting billing during his three seasons with the Aggies, primarily due to injury issues, which included missing all but three games during the 2023 season. In 2024, Weigman entered the season as the starter. Still, a shoulder injury, combined with a lack of reliable receiving options, led to …

Few weak links among SEC football stadiums, but Florida’s Swamp, LSU’s Tiger Stadium and Neyland Stadium at Tennessee stand out as tough, hostile venues. Kirby Smart on college football’s future Kirby Smart urges leaders to prioritize the game’s future over personal or conference agendas in playoff talks. They say college football means more in the SEC. They’re underselling it. It …

Wisconsin football extended a pair of offers to two promising class of 2027 prospects on Monday.  Amid its 2026 recruiting efforts, UW’s recruiting brass offered three-star defensive lineman Carter Blattner and three-star wide receiver Cam Wade on Monday evening. Blattner, who attends Northern Highlands High School in New Jersey, has received nearly 10 offers thus far. Wake Forest, USC, Rutgers, …

Colorado coach Deion Sanders hasn’t been shy about building his roster through the transfer portal and helping players get paid in name, image and likeness deals. But he believes college football desperately needs limits on that. Sanders said at Big 12 media day that college football should have a salary cap to protect teams from developing players only to have …

TAMPA — The wounds remain discolored in Kathy Miller’s psyche, as raw and acute as the day they were inflicted. More than 15 years have elapsed since her youngest son, Joel, was thrust into a scandal of which he wanted no part. Nearly eight have passed since she found him dead in his bedroom at age 29. The passage of …

In 49 days, there will be a definitive answer. Either Beau Pribula or Sam Horn will lead the offense out onto Faurot Field in Missouri football’s season-opening game against Central Arkansas on Thursday, Aug. 28, and the Tigers officially will have their new starting quarterback. But until the new season begins — now just seven weeks away as of Tuesday, July …

Deion Sanders spent Big 12 Football Media Day trying to take the focus off his health and onto his Colorado Buffaloes football program. One of the main topics he addressed was his ever-expanding coaching staff. Coach Prime explicitly asked Rick George and CU’s administration to add two specific names from the NFL world: Byron Leftwich and Mike Zimmer. “He also …

For the second time in as many days, Tennessee football landed a commitment from a player attending Kell High School in Marietta, Ga. On Wednesday afternoon, Kell three-star Class of 2026 defensive back Jowell Combay committed to the Volunteers during a ceremony at the school. Combay’s announcement came on the heels of his teammate, incoming senior linebacker Brayden Rouse, deciding …