The matchups for all nine of the college football conference championships are set. Five of the nine winners will get automatic berths into the 12-team College Football Playoff. The top four playoff seeds and their accompanying first-round byes go to conference champions while the next highest-ranked conference champ will also be a part of the field. Those teams are likely …

Brett Davis No. 3 Texas will get a chance in the SEC Championship Game to avenge its lone regular-season loss after a key 17-7 road win over No. 20 Texas A&M on Saturday.  The Longhorns (11-1) will meet No. 7 Georgia (10-2) in Atlanta after losing at home to the Bulldogs 30-15 on Oct. 19. Georgia quarterback Carson Beck threw …

Wellington High School football coach Travis Peeples embraces Eli Lavelle after losing the CHSAA Class 2A state football championship to The Classical Academy at Dutch Clark Stadium in Pueblo Colo. on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. PUEBLO — “Our town. Our team. Our time,” read one fan’s poster. Two out of three in this case was well beyond half bad. It …

The historic Lone Star Showdown is renewed as No. 3 Texas plays host to No. 20 Texas A&M in a de facto play-in contest for the SEC Championship game. The Longhorns are cruising in their first year as an SEC member and sit in sole possession of first place in the conference, already achieving back-to-back 10-win seasons for the first time …

In Roob’s Eagles Observations: How Jalen Hurts is responding to a new role originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia How the Eagles’ run-first offense is bringing out the best in Jalen Hurts, an underrated guy on the defense and an all-time Eagle that Jalen Carter reminds me of. It’s Thanksgiving Week but more importantly it’s Eagles-Ravens Week, and we’ve got …

STATE COLLEGE − Few, if any, Penn State players had an inkling of what a win over Maryland meant before they took the field. Those watching from a distance realized it as soon as the game kicked off. Penn State, for the first time since 2016, is headed to the Big Ten Championship Game. It’s 44-7 win over Maryland − …

Nov 30, 2024, 10:26 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Auston Matthews picked up an assist in his return to the lineup and Joseph Woll stopped 38 shots as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Saturday night Chris Tanev had a goal and an assist and Mitch Marner added two assists. Nick Robertson, John Tavares and …

Eagles at Ravens predictions for Week 13 of the NFL season originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles (9-2) are on the road to face the Ravens (8-4) on Sunday afternoon. Let’s get to the predictions: Reuben Frank (6-5) This is one of the more intriguing matchups in recent Eagles history. The Ravens and Eagles both have multi-dimensional quarterbacks …

The one thing that couldn’t happen for Miami, happened for Miami. The No. 6 Hurricanes will miss the ACC Championship Game and could potentially miss out on the College Football Playoff, all following a 9-0 start, after a 42-38 loss to Syracuse. SMU will play Clemson in Charlotte instead.  The Hurricanes’ CFP fate is entirely out of its control. A …

Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce says at least one official blew the play dead before his team lost a fumble on its final offensive snap in Friday’s loss to the Chiefs. The bizarre play, on which the Raiders had a miscommunication that resulted in quarterback Aidan O’Connell not knowing that a shotgun snap was coming to him, ended the Raiders’ …

In what will certainly be a clash of the titans on Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles and Baltimore Ravens will engage in a battle between the league’s top two rushing offenses. The Eagles lead the NFL with 193.4 rushing yards per game, while the Ravens enter the slugfest second at 180.2. Baltimore leads the league with 5.8 yards per carry, while …

TUSCALOOSA — It wasn’t a textbook example of a team giving away a game, but it was evident enough that Auburn football had many chances handed to it by the Crimson Tide in another Iron Bowl loss. Jalen Milroe looked as good as he ever has, willing 13th-ranked Alabama to a 28-14 Iron Bowl win. But even as he turned …

When a quarterback and a defender have a head-to-head collision, the defender is usually blamed. But not this time. Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson was fined $22,511 by the NFL for a helmet-to-helmet hit with Lions defensive back Brian Branch in Sunday’s game. Officially, the NFL referred to Richardson’s infraction as “Unnecessary Roughness (use of the helmet).” Richardson did lower his …

Rivalry week lived up to the billing as several of the top teams in the country were dragged down by their respective arch-nemesis. No. 2 Ohio State and No. 6 Miami lost stunners, while No. 7 Georgia and No. 8 Tennessee needed late comebacks to pull away from far lesser opponents.  The chaos had a major impact on the conference …

Cornerback Emmanuel Forbes was the Commanders’ first-round pick in 2023, but his time with the team has already come to an end. Forbes was waived off of the team’s roster on Saturday. The Commanders also announced that they placed running back Austin Ekeler on injured reserve. Forbes has only played in six games this season and he played sparingly when …