Welcome to the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff. In anticipation of the first four-round postseason in college football history, we’re counting down our predicted playoff field as the season approaches. The top five conference champions in the CFP selection committee’s rankings will make the playoff and the rest of the field will be filled out by seven …

OXNARD, Calif. — Stephen Jones sat in a tent overlooking the Dallas Cowboys’ mock game on Tuesday and considered his dilemma. The Cowboys executive vice president knew he and colleagues need to determine three key contractual futures. Jones recognized, too, that strategizing the future for Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb and Micah Parsons is a good problem to face. How many …

Though UCF football doesn’t start its regular season until Aug. 29, the Knights have stayed plenty busy since kicking off fall camp on July 29. So has the Daytona Beach News-Journal. From Gus Malzahn and KJ Jefferson to key transfers and big games, UCF reporter Chris Boyle has you covered on all things Knights leading up to the opener against …

Brock Purdy says his 49ers have to channel their frustrations at falling just short in last season’s Super Bowl toward winning it all this year. Purdy told KPIX that getting married shortly after the Super Bowl gave him a brief reprieve from the frustrations of losing in overtime, but that once he started watching film of the loss to the …

Here is your ALL-USA Indy-area preseason high school football Super Team. Click here for Super Team defense. Here’s the offense: QUARTERBACKS Anthony Coellner, Carmel, Jr. Carmel’s Anthony Coellner poses for a photo Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School in Indianapolis. 2023 stats: The 6-2, 195-pound Coellner was one of the most intriguing young quarterbacks in the state …

Louis Rees-Zammit joined the NFL’s International Player Pathway Programme earlier this year [Getty Images] Louis Rees-Zammit has suffered a setback in his bid to play in the NFL with the Kansas City Chiefs. The former Wales wing is a doubt for the Chiefs’ pre-season game against the Detroit Lions on Sunday after missing training with a back injury. The NFL …

SOUTH BEND — Although it’s Jay Johnson’s ninth season overall coaching the South Bend Washington football program, it’s just his second with the current group of players. After a four-year hiatus, Johnson returned to lead the Panthers in 2023. They went 3-8, including a sectional quarterfinal win over Plymouth. As the veteran coach works to build up the Washington program, …

After Jim Harbaugh became head coach of the Chargers, we raised the question of whether the former 49ers head coach would offer former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick a job on the coaching staff. Some weirdly ignored the facts and opted instead to use that question as grist for the outrage/outrage-in-response-to-the-outrage media mill. However, Harbaugh’s comments from Wednesday show that, unlike …

Heading into the 2024 college football season, one thing is for sure on the Alabama football team: It does not lack of young, talented players at wide receiver. The Crimson Tide has true freshman Ryan Williams, who came to UA as a two-time Alabama Mr. Football winner and a unanimous five-star prospect out of Saraland. It also has fellow true …

Corey Davis’s NFL career may not be over just yet. Davis, the wide receiver from Western Michigan who was the fifth overall pick in the 2017 NFL draft, tried out for the Bills today, according to Field Yates of ESPN. The 29-year-old Davis had some decent years in the NFL, but he didn’t live up to the expectations the Titans …

Count Florida football coach Billy Napier as a fan of the new FBS rule allowing in-helmet communication beginning this season. Napier has tested the technology throughout fall camp, including Saturday’s first Florida Gators fall scrimmage. “It’s going pretty well,” Napier said. “We’ve worked at it quite a bit. I think we’ve done a ton of research. It’s definitely a game-changer. …

Key Caleb Williams-Rome Odunze ‘Hard Knocks’ moment opens window into vital moment for Bears’ process originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Caleb Williams’ sterling Chicago Bears preseason debut had a little bit of everything. The rookie quarterback showed off his arm talent, velocity, athleticism, and off-platform throwing ability during an 18-play (20 with penalties) unveiling in the Bears’ 33-6 win …

Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders has played in a lot of different college football stadiums during his career, including last season at Oregon’s legendary Autzen Stadium and the historic location of UCLA’s home football games, The Rose Bowl. His favorite stadium to play in, however, may come as a surprise. The Colorado quarterback, entering his senior season in Boulder, revealed on …

The Saints tweaked their 90-man roster on Wednesday. The team announced that they have signed tight end Mason Fairchild. Defensive tackle Kyler Baugh was waived in a corresponding move. It’s the second time that the Saints have signed Fairchild this month. He was signed on August 3 and let go a few days later, but the Saints are still working …

At the halfway point of Alabama football’s fall camp, the position battle at right tackle is still ongoing, and it is one offensive line coach Chris Kapilovic said he sees going on for a while following the Crimson Tide’s Wednesday morning practice. Wilkin Formby and Elijah Pritchett are the two contenders for the starting job. Formby has been seen taking …