College Football

The Oklahoma Sooners need a bounce-back season in 2025. OU went 6-7 overall in head coach Brent Venables’ third season last year, which included a 2-6 league record in their first season in the Southeastern Conference. They’ve retooled the offensive side of the ball to go with what was a strong defense in 2024. Although they were picked to finish 10th …

Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti hopes NIL clearinghouse better policies tampering An unspecified Indiana football player was offered $1.5 million to transfer during the spring portal window: LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti told reporters at Big Ten Media Days on Tuesday that starting left guard Drew Evans has been fully cleared for fall camp. Evans went down …

Ole Miss came up agonizingly short of a berth in the 12-team College Football Playoff a season ago, finishing 14th in the final CFP poll despite wins over two top-15 teams – including SEC champion Georgia. In addition to the introduction of revenue sharing, the CFP’s format moving forward was one of the main topics of conversation at SEC Media …

Something just wasn’t right for the first two-thirds of the season for the Michigan football defense in 2024. There were lapses made, big passing plays, and while the defense would stand tall for two downs, it allowed drives to be extended by the better offenses they faced. To some degree, PFF thinks that the Wolverines have what they need to …

The coach of the team that won the most recent College Football Playoff said not to call his new squad the defending national champions. “We’ve said it before: We’re not defending national champions because now we’re not defending anything,” Day said. “You know, they can’t take the trophy away, so we’re looking to attack and win a championship with this …

LAS VEGAS – Jeremiah Smith was an instrumental part of Ohio State’s national championship last year as a freshman. Entering the 2025 season, the wide receiver is considered perhaps the best player in college football. It would be easy for a 19-year-old in his position to become complacent. That’s simply not in Smith’s DNA. “I come from humble beginnings,” Smith …

What Bret Bielema said about former Purdue football coach Ryan Walters Before Purdue hired Ryan Walters as head coach, he was a defensive coordinator under Bret Bielema at Illinois. LAS VEGAS ― Bret Bielema had never met Ryan Walters before conducting a two-day interview for an open defensive coordinator position at Illinois five years ago. Walters impressed Bielema so much …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jim Phillips stood in the same spot Tuesday morning that he did exactly one year earlier as he officially opened the Atlantic Coast Conference’s preseason football media days. Only now, the message and tone is far different. The league has successfully quelled a rebellion in the form of the lawsuits by member schools Clemson and Florida State, …

SIOUX FALLS — The 11-win season and an unprecedented trip to the national semifinals were the high points in the 2024 University of South Dakota football season. And the Coyotes will hit the field on Aug. 28 at Iowa State as a likely top-five team in the FCS preseason rankings to start the 2025 campaign, doing so with their quarterback …

Indiana Hoosiers coach Curt Cignetti listened last season as his team was criticized for a “soft” schedule ahead of its inclusion in the College Football Playoff over SEC teams such as Alabama and Ole Miss. Now, Cignetti and the Hoosiers are facing a new round of criticism after cancelling a 2027-28 home-and-home contract with Virginia. Removing the Virginia series leaves future …

Notre Dame eyes playoff return after title game loss Notre Dame looks to rebound from last season’s national title game loss with Marcus Freeman leading a new era. Carson Beck feels like he made the right decision. After his 2024 season with Georgia prematurely ended due to an ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injury in the SEC championship game, the former …

Scott Frost stirred up the Cornhusker Crazies earlier this month when he seemed to suggest Nebraska was the “wrong job” for him. The remarks frustrated many fans, particularly given Frost’s struggles during his tenure, which included a 16-31 overall record in four-plus seasons at his alma mater. But current Huskers coach Matt Rhule took a more measured approach Tuesday at …

The Fighting Irish and Trojans are known for their rivalry. Another publication has ranked the best college football rivalries of all time, and once again, Notre Dame-USC makes the list. This list, unlike one from a few weeks ago, is only 10 deep, so there was only room for one Notre Dame rivalry. Sorry, Michigan. The others on the list, …

David Braun is having a rough day. Tuesday morning, CBS Sports’ Cody Nagel ranked the Northwestern head football coach worst in the Big Ten Conference and 64th of 68 Power 4 coaches. Two hours later, a verbally committed linebacker in the Wildcats’ very average 2026 recruiting class (ranked No. 62 nationally) received an attractive competing offer from Oklahoma and the …

Penn State may have the highest preseason expectations of any Big Ten team headed into the 2025 season. After returning almost all of their prolific starters from last year, they have consistently been ranked either No. 1 or in the top 5 in the country in many preseason rankings. As the Big Ten media day spotlight approaches, more questions will …