College Football

The Big 12, as you once knew it, is long gone. Half of the membership from the original dozen teams vamoosed. The conference’s name itself might be the next to go. What’s in a name? Money, in this case. The Big 12 preserved its name even while it operated with 10 and later 14 teams. Now, that it’s back to …

Welcome to SEC Unfiltered, the USA TODAY NETWORK’s newsletter on SEC sports. Look for this newsletter in your inbox Monday through Friday. Today, SEC columnist Blake Toppmeyer takes over: P.T. Barnum got a new idea. This one pertains to college sports. How fitting, considering college athletics is a bit of a circus. Excuse me, it’s not Barnum who thought up this bright …

Fans and media are notorious second-guessers when it comes to college football. But I gave my literary contributors an opportunity to offer opinions beforehand. I asked them what advice they would have for Tennessee football coach Josh Heupel as he enters his fourth season with the Vols. Their responses reminded me just how far UT has advanced in three years …

The Birmingham Stallions will play for their third consecutive spring football championship when they take on the San Antonio Brahmas in the United Football League Championship on Sunday at 4 p.m. CT in St. Louis. After winning back-to-back USFL titles in 2022 and 2023, the Stallions (10-1) won the USFL conference in the first season of the UFL. With a …

Kaj Sanders took a leap of faith when he committed to Rutgers football last July. Now the former blue-chip recruit is very much the face of what could well be a resurgence for Rutgers. In short, the impact of Rutgers landing Sanders in the last recruiting cycle is something that is still resonating within the state. Sanders was not only …

The quarterback of Notre Dame‘s 2025 recruiting class, Deuce Knight of Mississippi, has been rumored to be interested in ditching the Fighting Irish to Ole Miss. How much of that is Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss refusing to take no as an answer, and just how interested Knight is, isn’t exactly known. As the rumors continue to swirl though, Knight …

This year’s ESPN Southeastern Conference/Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Challenge will include the Texas A&M Aggie hoopsters hosting Wake Forest’s Demon Deacons on Tuesday, Dec. 3. The following day the Longhorns of Texas are scheduled to travel to Raleigh, North Carolina to test North Carolina State University. In the SEC/ACC Women’s Challenge, Texas A&M will entertain Syracuse University on Wednesday, Dec. …

Jun. 15—It was, at the very least, a start. In 2007, BYU football hired Jason Beck and Nick Howell as offensive and defensive interns, respectively. Beck had just finished his final season as a backup quarterback with the Cougars and abandoned plans of being a lawyer to give coaching a go; Howell had left his post as the head coach …

One day after Arkansas flipped a commit from Baylor to the Razorbacks, Sam Pittman and Co. grabbed another offensive line commitment in the Class of 2025. Connor Howes, a four-star recruit from St. Cloud, Florida, became the 10th member of Arkansas’ class when he announced his commitment on Friday. Of the 10, three are offensive linemen, including Blake Cherry from …

Jun. 15—One of the stronger offseasons in recent memory could end with a major recruiting coup for Gonzaga. Isiah Harwell, a five-star guard and top-10 overall prospect in the recruiting class of 2025, listed Gonzaga as one of the four schools he’ll be considering before announcing his college commitment on Sept. 12, according to On3.com. Harwell’s other three finalists include …

Michigan football got its third commitment from the official visit weekends, and this one hasn’t even left campus. An emerging player from Marero (La.) Archbishop Shaw — the same high school of current Wolverines wide receivers coach Ron Bellamy — 2025 running back Jasper Parker apparently had seen enough to make his decision while on campus for his official visit. …

You have to love when a prospect commits to Ohio State football, you love it even more when they fully buy into the Michigan rivalry. That’s exactly what happened on Friday afternoon when New Jersey wide receiver Quincy Porter verballed to the Buckeyes. He was supposed to make his official visit to Ann Arbor this weekend, but canceled the trip …

Jun 15, 2024; Lyndhurst, NJ, USA; North vs. South in the Bergen County Football All-Star Game at Lyndhurst High School. N #25 Vance Mixon. LYNDHURST – Pink was the winning color for the North. Wearing bright pink cleats, Ridgewood kicker Matthew Schwindt made a 30-yard field goal with 1:44 left to lift the North to an exciting 20-17 win over …

Joey McGuire and the Texas Tech football team have secured another pledge for the 2025 recruiting class. Deante Lindsay, out of Ada, Oklahoma, committed to the Red Raiders on Saturday via social media. Lindsay is ranked as a three-star cornerback by 247Sports and listed at 6-foot-1 and 165 pounds. Lindsay is multi-sport athlete who earned the silver medal in Oklahoma’s …

Rutgers football has landed another commitment from a highly touted in-state recruit. John Forster, a running back from St. Joseph Montvale, announced on Saturday that he had given his verbal pledge to join Greg Schiano and the Scarlet Knights as part of their 2025 recruiting class. The 5-foot-10, 190-pound Forster committed while on a visit to Rutgers during what’s been …