College Football

The NCAA rejected postseason waiver requests from three programs Wednesday: Tarleton State, Jacksonville State, and undefeated James Madison. This decision comes after James Madison submitted another request to gain bowl eligibility last week. James Madison University director of athletics Jeffrey Bourne, president Jonathan Alger, and rector Maribeth Herod wrote a letter to NCAA Division I Board of Directors chair Jere …

The final two weeks of the regular season are upon us. It’s crunch time for the conference title and College Football Playoff contenders. While the playoff is out of reach for the Sooners, they still have an outside shot at a Big 12 title game berth. They’ll need to take care of their own business against BYU and TCU over …

Getty Images NCAA Division I Board Administration Committee denied postseason eligibility waivers for James Madison, Jacksonville State and Tarelton State Wednesday. Most notably, James Madison sits at 10-0 on the season with a 6-0 record in the Sun Belt Conference.  “We’re obviously disappointed in the outcome of the NCAA’s review of our request for bowl relief,” JMU said in a …

Nov. 15—Ohio State’s efforts to return to the top of the Big Ten and get back to the College Football Playoff have not gotten much help from special teams this season. The latest example came Saturday night when Michigan State ran a successful fake punt to keep a drive alive even though the Buckeyes had a punt safe call on. …

Nov. 15—GRAND FORKS — The UND football team closes the regular season Saturday against Illinois State at 1 p.m. at the Alerus Center with both teams in search of a seventh win of the year. Here are eight things to know about the visiting Redbirds. Illinois State spent most of the season with returning starting quarterback Zack Annexstad. Annexstad suffered …

The season is quickly coming to an end, with the No. 7 Texas traveling to Ames, Iowa, for their final road game of the year against Iowa State. Before the season began, the Longhorns hoped to at least end up in the conference championship game. After all, it’s Steve Sarkisian’s third year as the head coach of Texas and his …

USATSI Iowa star cornerback and punt returner Cooper DeJean will miss the remainder of the season after suffering an unspecified injury in practice, the team announced Tuesday. DeJean, a junior, is a stalwart in the secondary for the No. 16 Hawkeyes and a key driving force behind the team’s No. 3 scoring defense. “This is truly heartbreaking for Cooper,” Iowa …

James Madison is 10-0 in its second season at the top level of college football. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) (Scott Taetsch via Getty Images) James Madison and Jacksonville State are officially ineligible to play in conference title games. The NCAA denied a waiver request from the two schools to play for a conference championship and be fully bowl-eligible this …

Running for more than 1,000 yards is nothing new to University of Cincinnati Bearcat running back Corey Kiner. At Roger Bacon High School, Kiner did it four straight years with 1,226 as a freshman, 1,740 as a sophomore, 2,298 as a junior and 1,866 as a senior leading to an Ohio Mr. Football honor. Since then, the yards have come …

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State football lost a pair of players on Wednesday, with running back Simeon Price and wide receiver Jacoby Bellazar sharing social media posts from On3 announcing their entrance into the transfer portal. The departures come two days after Zach Arnett was fired as coach following a 4-6 start to the season. Price appeared in nine games this …

David Braun, Northwestern’s interim football coach since Pat Fitzgerald was fired in July, will be rewarded for the Wildcats’ better-than-expected 5-5 record this fall with the permanent head coaching job, ESPN reported Wednesday. An announcement from the university is expected by Thursday along with a possible introductory news conference, according to the report. Six months after Fitzgerald hired him as …

Now that we are closing in on the final games of the college football regular season, the coaching carousel is about to put the pedal to the metal with headlines flying by and a rapid pace. The Big Ten had two vacancies open up early in the season, but it appears one of those vacancies will be filled. According to …

The Florida Gators still have two games left in the regular season, but head coach Billy Napier knows he’s likely facing a losing record with the Gators through two years as the head coach. In the SEC, a losing season can be a death sentence, especially for a head coach. Napier signed a 7-year, $51.8 million contract in 2021, but …

Oklahoma quarterback Dillon Gabriel celebrates after a touchdown against West Virginia Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in Norman, Okla. Gabriel and the No. 14-ranked Sooner invade LaVell Edwards Stadium Saturday for a 10 a.m. kickoff against BYU. | AP BYU defensive coordinator Jay Hill says Oklahoma quarterback Dillon Gabriel deserves to be mentioned as a Heisman Trophy contender with the likes …

Connor Stalions, the former Michigan football recruiting staffer who is now the center of the NCAA’s sign-stealing investigation into the Wolverines, did not file a single expense report while he was employed by the football team from Sept. 1, 2021-Oct. 15, 2023, according to documents obtained by the Detroit Free Press. The Free Press filed a Freedom of Information Act …