College Football

The 2024-25 College Football Playoff bracket is set, as 12 teams prepare to compete in the expanded playoff for the first time. No. 1 seed Oregon, No. 2 seed Georgia, No. 3 seed Boise State and No. 4 seed Arizona State each earned first-round byes, so they will wait for their respective quarterfinal matchups to be set. The first round …

Ohio State students cheer during the second half of the NCAA football game against the Indiana Hoosiers at Ohio Stadium in Columbus on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. Ohio State won 38-15. While it may not feel entirely the same after a devastating loss to Michigan, there is still a big prize to play for. There are still many ready to …

Jackson ArnoldOklahomaArnold does bring a blue-chip pedigree to Auburn and there is a chance that he develops into something better, but he isn’t the plug-and-play solution that coach Hugh Freeze needs after two disappointing years. Arnold was actually benched early on in the 2024 season before making his return and finishing the year as a starter. Arnold at least adds …

Michigan State football’s defensive line got a little deeper Thursday night. The Spartans picked up a transfer pledge from nose tackle Grady Kelly, who spent last season at Florida State and his first three at Colorado State. The 6-foot-2, 295-pound native of Navarre, Florida, has one season of eligibility remaining in 2025. After playing two games and redshirting in 2021, …

Getty Images Georgia quarterback Carson Beck is exploring surgery options on his injured throwing elbow and expected to miss the College Football Playoff, CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz confirms. With Beck sidelined, Gunner Stockton will likely make his first career start in the Sugar Bowl.  Beck suffered the injury on the final play of the first half of the SEC Championship …

Dec. 19—The Rochester Community and Technical College football team had four players named NJCAA Division III All-Americans. Defensive end Javieane Stevens was named to a First Team All-American. Stevens is a 6-foot, 215-pound freshman from Ft. Myers, Fla., who led the team in total tackles (65), sacks (16.5) and tackles for loss (17). Two Yellowjackets have been named Second Team …

When the format of the 12-team College Football Playoff was approved, there was a set of assumptions about the role and look of the 12-seed. With automatic bids guaranteed to the highest-ranked conference champions and a convenient count of four power conferences with the opportunity to secure four first-round byes, the belief heading into the year was that the 12-seed …

. The North Carolina Tar Heels are red hot on the recruiting trail with transfer portal additions. On Thursday, the Tar Heels earned three commitments from three players in the transfer portal. And the latest one comes from a former SEC offensive tackle. After picking up a commitment from Michigan kicker Adam Samaha and East Carolina defensive tackle C.J. Mims, …

The 2024 Cure Bowl will be held on Friday in Orlando and will feature a couple of conference champions. The Ohio Bobcats (10-3) won the MAC title while Jacksonville State (9-4) were the champions of Conference USA. However, both programs lost their head coaches in between Championship Week and bowl season, with Bobcats head coach Tim Albin leaving for Charlotte …

Fans stand in the stadium as a play is under review as the Texas Longhorns take on Mississippi State at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. The University of Texas football program has been one of the most valuable in the country for years. From the brand to payments from the Longhorns Network to the …

The 2024-25 College Football Playoff bracket is set. Now the only thing left is to play the games and decide a national champion. The action commences on Friday night when (7) Notre Dame hosts (10) Indiana in what will be the initial first-round game in the history of the event. What most want to know, of course, is which team …

The Alabama football NIL budget has grown by leaps and bounds since Name, Image and Likeness laws took root all over the country in the summer of 2021. But exactly how much money has been committed to Crimson Tide players? That’s never been clear until Thursday, when former Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban detailed the year-over-year budget on Thursday. Aggregately, …

The Sam Houston Bearkats will make their first-ever bowl appearance at the FBS level when they take on the Georgia Southern Eagles at the New Orleans Bowl on Thursday. Sam Houston will be playing under acting head coach and offensive coordinator Brad Cornelsen after KC Keeler left to accept the head coaching position at Temple. The Bearkats (9-3), who tied …

STILLWATER — It’s probably happened somewhere, at some point. But it’s hard to imagine any major college football team — but especially one with the stability and consistency of Mike Gundy’s Oklahoma State Cowboys — making a full change of its offensive and defensive assistant coaching staff with the head coach remaining in place. Now that the dust has settled …

The stakes of being a junior college transfer may have changed after Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia was granted injunctive relief in his case against the NCAA. The case isn’t over, but the initial ruling in favor of Pavia means his year at New Mexico Military institute (a junior college) does not count against his NCAA eligibility clock.  For now, he …