Top 4 SEC title contenders going into 2025 college football season Alabama, Georgia, Texas and LSU lead Blake Toppmeyer’s and Jackson Fuller’s preseason SEC championship contenders. The debate is over. On Aug. 21, the SEC announced that beginning with the 2026 college football season the conference will shift to a nine-game regular season format for college football. “Adding a ninth …

The 2025 college football season begins on Saturday with an intriguing slate of Week 0 games. Among them is a matchup between Stanford in Hawaii, which will be the final game of the weekend before the page turns to Week 1 next week. This will mark the fifth all-time matchup between Stanford and Hawaii and the first since the Cardinal …

Jamaal Richardson received two separate bits of devastating news shortly before Vanderbilt football’s 2024 season. The first came in the spring. Eastern Washington transfer Marlon Jones was supposed to move in, but he didn’t show up on time. Jones called Richardson, Vanderbilt’s cornerbacks coach, and said he had to push back his move-in a little bit. About a week later, …

Malachi Nelson’s opportunity has finally arrived, as the former five-star quarterback prospect has been named UTEP’s starter ahead of the Miners’ Week 1 game at Utah State, sources confirmed to CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz. Nelson beat out returners Cade McConnell and Skyler Locklear for the job. The redshirt sophomore will be tasked with shepherding the offense for a program that …

Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt released his preseason College Football Playoff bracket prediction. He predicts Georgia to make the playoffs, but the Bulldogs won’t go far. They’ll lose to the defending national champions Ohio State in the quarterfinals. Joel Klatt believes that Georgia will be the No. 5 seed in the playoff, losing to Texas in the SEC championship. He …

SEC athletic directors are moving closer to adopting a nine-game conference football schedule, sources told CBS Sports’ Brandon Marcello. The development comes as the College Football Playoff will implement new metrics in 2025 that place greater emphasis on strength of schedule, a change that could benefit SEC teams. The proposed expansion would mark a major shift for the SEC, which …

Wisconsin football 2025 schedule: Breaking down Badgers’ opponents How many wins will the Wisconsin football team have in 2025? The Badgers’ schedule is brutal. USA TODAY projects Wisconsin to go 5-7 overall in the 2025 college football season.Wisconsin football enters its third season under Luke Fickell.Wisconsin football missed out on a bowl game last season for the first time since …

Getty Images In a move that only college football fans can truly understand and appreciate, Notre Dame is revamping its iconic “Leprechaun” logo ahead of the 2025-26 athletic calendar. The Fighting Irish unveiled a football-toting leprechaun Thursday, the first in a series of sports-specific leprechauns aimed at representing each sport that the university sponsors.  “The Leprechaun represents the tenacious and …

If you’re just now turning your attention to recruiting a quarterback in the 2027 cycle, chances are you’re behind. With 69 of the top 70 QBs in the class of 2026 already off the board, many programs have already made their respective pushes for some of the nation’s top junior signal-callers. The high school football season gets underway for a …

 Whether in a crowd or walking to his car in a grocery store parking lot, Avery Johnson is hard to miss. The Kansas State quarterback has worn his signature curly golden locks since kindergarten. On the field, the long strands spill from the bottom of his helmet, drawing colorful mentions from TV commentators even when the swift-footed passer isn’t launching …

A look at Alabama football’s Walk of Champions at Bryant-Denny Stadium VIDEO: A brief tour of the Walk of Champions at Alabama football’s Bryant-Denny Stadium: Statues, commemorating championships and more. Kalen DeBoer viewed Alabama football quarterback Ty Simpson as a leader before he was named the team’s starter or a captain. It’s one of the things DeBoer appreciates about Simpson. …

The college football landscape, in its current state, is not dissimilar to NFL free agency. Through the transfer portal, players are able to take advantage of a free market and change teams unencumbered. Some of those prospects may be able to elevate their NFL Draft stock in their new environments. Below we’ve compiled our top candidates to do just that.  …

Maryvale Co-head coach Mark Carter talks to media after stabbing at HS Maryvale high school co-head football coach Mark Carter addresses the media regarding the stabbing at the high school. Maryvale High School football co-coaches Marus and Mark Carter spoke up Wednesday about Tuesday’s stabbing at the school, offering emotional support for their players. According to The Arizona Republic’s Perry …

There’s no question that Michigan and Jim Harbaugh got a relatively light punishment from the NCAA following their sign-stealing scandal that occurred during their 2023 national championship-winning season. Urban Meyer, however, feels that Harbaugh shouldn’t get a similar pass from the NFL.  Meyer, who has been rather vocal regarding his feelings on the Michigan-NCAA situation, recently questioned whether the NFL …

Tennessee flipped a 2026 football commitment from a SEC school on Thursday. Four-star offensive tackle Kamari Blair flipped his commitment from South Carolina to Tennessee. The 6-foot-6, 281-pound prospect is an in-state commitment from Kirkwood High School in Clarksville, Tennessee. 247Sports ranks Blair as the No. 27 offensive tackle in the class and No. 9 player in Tennessee. Tennessee offered …