For the Oregon Ducks, the 2025 college football season will be one of great interest. After a 2024 season in which Dan Lanning’s team won the Big Ten Conference in its first year as league members, expectations were set high. Now, with an almost entirely new-look roster that returns just four starters, there are a lot of questions to be …

Fall camps have opened all across college football, and the Clemson Tigers held their first fall practice session on Thursday. Just three Saturdays now remain without Clemson football. Clemson faces the LSU Tigers in the 2025 season opener on Aug. 30 at Memorial Stadium in front of a prime time audience at 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC. For Dabo Swinney, …

LSU football head coach Brian Kelly isn’t afraid of playing true freshmen on the offensive line. In 2022, LSU started true freshmen at both tackle positions — left tackle Will Campbell and right tackle Emery Jones. Both Campbell and Jones played at an All-SEC level for three years before being picked in the 2025 NFL Draft. LSU is now tasked …

One of the top recruits in the state of Nebraska is impressed by the Huskers’ recent recruiting efforts. Omaha Central safety Tory Pittman III told KETV that Nebraska is the one school that has caught his eye. Pittman recently earned his fifth recruiting star. The class of 2027 recruit is the No. 1 prospect in the state of Nebraska and …

Texas A&M’s 2026 recruiting success this summer has only been matched by several programs, as the future is set at several positions, including running back, after landing four-star Jonathan Hatton and four-star KJ Edwards, who are both considered elite and future stars. Since June, 16 of the program’s 27 commits chose the Aggies, led by five-stars Brandon Arrington, Tristian Givens, …

STILLWATER — Mike Gundy kept mum Saturday at Oklahoma State media day on the Cowboys’ quarterback battle, giving un-Gundy-like terse answers to the first handful of questions — all of which were an attempt to get Gundy to elaborate on which of Zane Flores or Hauss Hejny will emerge as QB1.  As for the man coaching the quarterbacks? Gundy was effusive in …

Penn State is heading into one of the most anticipated and most hyped seasons in the James Franklin era. The Nittany Lions are feeling confident about what comes back on offense and what has been added through the transfer portal. Is this a season where the offense clicks in the biggest moments to get this program over the hump against …

Texas or Georgia: Who’s the SEC’s team to beat in 2025? USA TODAY’s Blake Toppmeyer and the Southwest Times Record’s Jackson Fuller examine the SEC’s top teams on Before The Snap. College football season is less than a month away, but some pundits already have hit midseason form. In a recent segment on ESPN, the assembled bobbleheads mused that LSU …

Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops talks transfer portal, recruiting University of Kentucky head football coach Mark Stoops says “having a few resources helps” when getting players through the transfer portal. Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops is the winningest coach in program history but is under pressure to improve on last season’s 4-8 record.UK AD Mitch Barnhart acknowledges the importance of …

GAYLORD ― It’s finally August, which means high school football season is right around the corner. In a few short weeks, players will be hitting the turf around the state of Michigan, with games set to begin on Thursday, Aug. 28. All three Gaylord area teams will be at home to start the season, with Gaylord hosting North Branch, Johannesburg-Lewiston …

District 10 Football Focus: Checking in before the season Watch the first episode of District 10 Football Focus for the 2025 season as Tom Reisenweber and Jeff Uveino discuss changes and new topics. With the graduation of Isaac and Jacob Zietz (General McLane) the District 10 offensive player of the year is wide open this fall. The twins were named …

Fashanu’s work ethic and example still motivating his former teammates At Big Ten Media Day, James Franklin made it a point to bring up Olu Fashanu, even though he’s no longer on campus. That should tell you everything you need to know about the kind of impact the former All-American left behind. Fashanu is now with the New York Jets …

The Bells Must Ring Episode 14 is out now! In this episode, Andrew and Arnav have a brief discussion about Rutgers’ new Athletic Director, Keli Zinn, before moving on to talk about what Greg Schiano and Athan Kaliakmanis said in their interviews after the first practice of summer training camp. The episode concludes with an update on football recruiting and …

STATE COLLEGE — When someone asked Saturday why he was tremendous in three College Football Playoff games last season, Dani Dennis-Sutton shrugged his shoulders. “I don’t know,” he said. “I really don’t know. I just trusted the process, I guess. I did the same things in the playoffs that I did in the regular season. The plays just sort of …

ESPN’s Playoff Predictor has put Clemson in the thick of the national conversation once again, even if its title odds remain modest. The Tigers are given a 47.3% shot at making the 12-team College Football Playoff, according to the latest ESPN analytics model. That marks the first time Clemson is projected to have at least a 10% CFP chance in …