Despite transitioning from the Big 12 to the SEC this offseason, expectations for Texas football were sky-high entering the 2024 college football season. Ultimately, the Longhorns went 13-3 and made the SEC Championship Game and College Football Playoff semifinals, but fell short on both occasions. Now, Steve Sarkisian and the program face plenty of decisions as they look to mount …

Alabama boasts one of the nation’s top recruiting classes yet again. However, the Crimson Tide will now be without one of those key five-star pieces that made it a top-three group. Denton (Texas) Ryan five-star offensive tackle Ty Haywood decommitted from the Crimson Tide Monday afternoon. Haywood had been committed to Alabama since last July. The 6-foot-5, 285-pounder ranks as …

Penn State reached the College Football Playoff for the first time this season, but several late mistakes led to a 27-24 loss to Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl. The Nittany Lions are 1-18 against top-five teams under head coach James Franklin, who is coming off his 11th season at the helm. He is tasked with rebuilding the 2025 Penn …

Ed Reed is returning to the sideline — as an offensive coordinator. (Jason Getz/Reuters) Ed Reed spent a distinguished football career terrorizing opposing offenses as a Hall of Fame safety for the Baltimore Ravens. Now he’s switching sides. Chamblee High School near Atlanta announced on Monday that it had hired Reed on its football coaching staff — as its offensive …

Take a breath. You did it. College football’s finish line following a robust bowl season slate is a few steps away. Ohio State and Notre Dame will cap the 2024-25 season in the national championship on Jan. 20 in Atlanta. Who knows how the bowl slate will look in the coming years, but December and early January provided ample overtimes …

BATON ROUGE — The NCAA transfer portal may be closed for most players in college football to enter, but for those who are already in can settle on their next destinations. Former Texas A&M tight end Donovan Green, who has been in the portal since Dec. 30, announced his decision to transfer to LSU football via his social media accounts …

Football games are won at the line of scrimmage. And Florida A&M wants to ensure it’s on the right side of that statement more often than not during the 2025 football season. So, the Rattlers are beefing up their trench mob. After weeks of not having an offensive line commit from the NCAA Transfer Portal, FAMU finally landed one, with …

A week that included a hard-fought win over the Oklahoma Sooners, followed by a tough loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide, had Texas A&M men’s basketball ranked 11th in both the USA TODAY Coaches Poll and AP Top 25. MORE HOOPS: Aggies fight hard, but fall short to Crimson Tide After going undefeated in December to close out nonconference play, …

The NFL Draft announcements are starting to roll in for Texas football players. Jaydon Blue, Kelvin Banks Jr. and Hayden Connor each announced their intent to make the jump to the pros and declare for the draft in 2025 on Sunday. Which other looming decisions will heavily shape the image of the Longhorns in 2025? Here are a handful of …

Ohio State coach Ryan Day vs. former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz is the real rivalry fans should be paying attention to ahead of the College Football Playoff National Championship between the Buckeyes and Fighting Irish. The unexpected brouhaha dates back more than a year, when Holtz criticized Ohio State’s physicality under Day. That spawned a heated post-game statement from …

BYU head coach Kalani Sitake celebrates an interception during the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News The superstitious believe trouble comes in sets of three. But for BYU football coach Kalani Sitake, the ingredients to another successful run in the Big 12 do, too — and he has plenty …

Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman is set to become the first Black head coach in an FBS college football national championship game as the Fighting Irish prepare to face Ohio State on Jan. 20 in Atlanta. The game will take place on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in King’s hometown.  “As far as playing in the national championship game on …

Ohio State football is on the verge of another national championship, its first since Urban Meyer led the Buckeyes to the title in 2014. A 10-year championship drought is borderline unacceptable for Buckeyes fans, who were defended by Meyer on his latest podcast episode. ESPN commentator Kirk Herbstreit, a former Ohio State quarterback, went as far as to call the …

The nomadic coaching career of former Armwood High and USF assistant Tom Allen reportedly is taking another surprising turn, from Happy Valley to Death Valley. Allen, who presided over one of the nation’s most stout defenses in his lone season at Penn State this past fall, is working on a deal to become the defensive coordinator at Clemson, ESPN’s Pete …

USATSI Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Allen has agreed to take the same position at Clemson, according to 247Sports’/CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz. Allen, who just finished his first season as Penn State’s defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, guided the Nittany Lions to a top-10 defensive finish in 2024.  Penn State ranked seventh nationally in total defense (294.7 yards per game) …