College football insider Bruce Feldman gave his thoughts on the sport’s elite “freaks” going into the 2025 season. One of them came from Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs. Feldman named the 101 players he views as “freaks” in a list he published on Monday. Georgia’s Micah Norris ended up getting into the top 100. “The 6-4, 330-pound redshirt senior …

The Penn State football team has a ton of hype coming into the 2025 season as a lot of people expect the Nittany Lions to be right in the thick of the national title conversation when the season is nearing its end. Penn State is returning its QB, and a lot of other NFL talent decided to come back for …

Before every college football season, The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman releases his annual “College football Freaks List.” He released the 2025 edition on Monday, and three Auburn football players made the cut. The Tigers are getting ready for a massive season with a lot of pressure on the program and head coach Hugh Freeze, and it’s clear that they have a lot of …

The Walter Camp Football Foundation announced its annual preseason watch list earlier today. Included among the star-studded cast were three Texas Longhorns, including quarterback Arch Manning, defensive end Colin Simmons, and linebacker Anthony Hill. WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS Austin American-Statesman: Texas softball loses key coach from its national championship run Austin American-Statesman: Who are these guys? New-look Texas …

Once the epicenter for college football, Nebraska has slowly turned the corner towards becoming a contender in the Big Ten Conference under Matt Rhule. And as the Huskers get back to competing, that seems to give us a showcase for the incredible high school talent within the Nebraska state borders. MORE: Kansas High School Football: Top Quarterback Prospects That definitely …

USC football reloaded via the 2025 class and college football transfer portal. Does this mean Lincoln Riley and company have no returner on the athletically freakish side this season? The annual “Freaks” list from Bruce Feldman of The Athletic dropped on Monday. Which introduces college football fans to the 50 most athletically gifted talents returning to the field. No surprise …

Gi’Bran Payne may have been a forgotten man on the side of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish after not seeing action for the entire 2024 college football season, but he’s staying in South Bend. Payne is looking to turn heads anew in his return to action with Notre Dame football following a whole season of absence to nurse and recover …

The Michigan football team picked up its second commitment in the 2027 class on Monday as three-star offensive lineman Tristan Dare announced that he will play for Sherrone Moore and the Wolverines. Dare still has a couple of years left of high school, so he had plenty of time before he needed to make a decision. However, when you know, …

PULLMAN – In the days leading up to Washington State’s fifth day of fall camp, Max Baloun heard rumors about a live session on the horizon, an opportunity to unleash their physical tools and tackle quarterbacks in earnest. Then in one team meeting, head coach Jimmy Rogers let the news slip, leading defensive linemen like Baloun to lick their chops: …

The initial AFCA Coaches Poll is out and the Big Ten is well-represented. Six Big Ten teams were listed among the top 20 – Ohio State (2), Penn State (3), Oregon (7), Illinois (12), Michigan (14), Indiana (19) – while USC, Iowa, Nebraska, Washington and Minnesota also received at least 10 votes. But that still doesn’t sit well with radio …

Penn State football remains one of the Steady Eddys of the recruiting world. The Nittany Lions stacked some early commitments on the 2026 cycle and have built around them this spring and summer. As of Aug. 4, head coach James Franklin and his staff have 24 commits in their class. That pledge list currently checks in at No. 16 nationally, …

It’s been a while since both sides of the Clemson-South Carolina rivalry have been well-represented in the preseason top 25 polls. Prior to Monday’s release of the preseason US LBM Coaches Poll, the last time that both Clemson and South Carolina were ranked in the top 15 entering the season was in 2013. That year, the Gamecocks and Tigers were …

Predictions this close to the season should still be taken with a grain of salt, but with the preseason underway, and less than 30 days before the 2025 season begins, CBS Sports writer Brad Crawford singled out all 16 SEC teams, predicting each program’s first loss of the year. For Texas A&M, the Aggies will start the year in Kyle …

According to ESPN’s 2025 College Football Power Index, LSU has a 30.3% of making the College Football Playoffs. The Tigers’ chances rank No. 13 nationally and No. 7 among SEC teams. Teams from the conference take up seven of the top 13 spots, followed by three from the Big Ten and two from the ACC. With the top-ranked transfer portal …

This past weekend was likely the last that’ll feature myriad blue-chip commitments this summer. Heading into football season, there’s not much top talent left on the board in the 2026 cycle. As of Monday, Aug. 4, just 14 of the 400 blue-chip prospects in the class — per the Rivals Industry Ranking — remain uncommitted. That does include a trio …