The Week 0 college football schedule includes a Conference USA showdown with the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers hosting the Sam Houston Bearkats on Saturday. Both teams finished with a 6-2 record in the league last season, and the Hilltoppers suffered a lopsided 52-12 defeat to Jacksonville State in the CUSA Championship Game. However, Western Kentucky recorded a comfortable 31-14 victory over …

The college football rulebook is a living document, and the 2025 season will feature some newly installed NCAA rules and guidelines for referees to keep in mind while officiating games. While some of them are just schematic changes that casual fans won’t notice, some of them are pretty pronounced. COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRESEASON: Ranking the stadiums for the 2025 college football top-25 …

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Spend a few minutes with the nation’s top recruit and you quickly come away impressed by the natural ease with which he carries himself.  Faizon Brandon is polite yet quiet, unassuming in a sense and yet well equipped to handle all the pressure and attention that come with being 247Sports’ No. 1 player in its 2026 rankings. …

Florida football’s 2025 campaign kicks off in just over a week and the Gator Nation is amped, as evidenced by the program’s 13th-straight home sellout for the home opener against the Long Island Sharks. The upcoming road for Billy Napier and his team is a long and arduous one, which many believe is the toughest among FBS schools. Coming off …

Alabama football will be without running back Jam Miller for the Crimson Tide’s first three games this season, coach Kalen DeBoer indicated Friday in an interview with ESPN. “He’s a leader for us, a quiet leader, but somebody the players all respect,” DeBoer told veteran college football reporter Chris Low. “Having that bye week, I feel good that he will …

In the ever-changing college football landscape, even the scheduling has become a zero-sum game. For years now, the sprinkling of FBS contests we were treated to on the Saturday ahead of Labor Day weekend were officially grouped under the ambiguous “Week 0,” to the amusement of some, indifference of others and confusion of many. But just when it appeared the …

The jump from the FCS ranks to the FBS is no easy task for any player, but it can prove to be especially difficult for a quarterback making the jump from the FCS to the Big Ten. With the transfer portal now in play, talented FCS players can make the jump and try to prove themselves against the best. That …

A national college football analyst has predicted the Alabama Crimson Tide to win the 2025 national championship in the preseason. That analyst is Josh Pate, who, on Thursday night, made his national champion prediction during an edition of “Josh Pate’s College Football Show,” picking the Crimson Tide to make it through the College Football Playoff to win-it-all. Pate also predicted …

The No. 21 Iowa State Cyclones kick off their 2025 season against the Big 12 Conference rival Kansas State Wildcats in a Week 0 matchup in Ireland on Saturday. Iowa State shared the regular-season Big 12 championship, while Kansas State shared eighth-place in the conference with West Virginia. The Wildcats (5-4, 9-4), who were 2-1 against ranked opponents a year ago, …

Senior Joey Aguilar enters his first season as Tennessee’s starting quarterback in 2025. The 6-foot-3, 225-pound signal-caller transferred from UCLA to Tennessee in May after not participating in spring practices with the Vols. He served as Appalachian State’s starting quarterback from 2023-24 after playing at Diablo Valley Community College (2021-22). Ahead of Tennessee’s season opener versus Syracuse on Aug. 30, …

The Friday, August 22 sports calendar is packed with four NFL preseason games, a full 15-game MLB schedule, three WNBA contests and the second round of the 2025 Tour Championship. It’s also the final night of rest before the 2025 college football season officially begins with five Week 0 contests on Saturday, starting with No. 22 Iowa State vs. No. …

UNC has plenty of transfers looking to make an impact this football season. Every college football team’s goal is now to make the College Football Playoff, but only 12 teams earn that honor. If you can win six regular-season games, you’re playing in a bowl game. For NFL Draft-eligible players, several hundred earn invites to the Senior Bowl, dubbed as …

The Week 0 college football schedule kicks off this coming Saturday with four FBS vs. FBS matchups. Big 12 title contenders meet in the first time slot of the season as Iowa State takes on Kansas State in Dublin, Ireland at noon ET. The latest Week 0 college football odds list Kansas State as the 3-point favorite, while the over/under …

On3 selected two players from LSU football to its 2025 preseason all-transfer portal team. Wide receiver Barion Brown and safety A.J. Haulcy made the cut. They are among nine selections out of the SEC. LSU is one of six schools with multiple selections, in addition to Auburn, Oregon, Florida State, Missouri and Texas Tech. Brown and Haulcy were a part …

College football is back and with it comes the return of Conference USA action. Two of the league’s top returning programs face off Saturday in an intriguing Week 0 class between Western Kentucky and Sam Houston.  Western Kentucky is looking to make it back to the C-USA Championship Game for a second consecutive season after finishing the 2024 regular season …