College Football

Rivals national recruiting analyst John Garcia Jr. is joined by national recruiting director Adam Gorney, national recruiting analyst Sam Spiegelman and CanesCounty.com’s Marcus Benjamin to tackle three topics and determine whether they believe each statement is FACT or FICTION. MORE FACT OR FICTION: Jahkeem Stewart would be No. 1 in 2025 class as well ***** CLASS OF 2024 RANKINGS: Rivals250 …

2025 five-star edge prospect Isaiah Gibson scheduled an official visit to Tennessee after canceling a visit to Florida. Gibson will officially visit the Vols on June 14, where Josh Heupel and Tennessee will attempt to flip his commitment to USC. Gibson will also visit Georgia on Friday, South Carolina on June 7, Auburn on June 12, Ohio State on June 18 …

Three-star 2025 defensive lineman prospect Charles House announced his top three schools, according to Chad Simmons of On3. House’s three finalist schools are Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. The 6-foot-3, 288-pound defensive line prospect is from North Mecklenburg High School in Huntersville, North Carolina. House ranks as the No. 600 overall prospect in the class of 2025. He also ranks as …

Wisconsin football begins a critical month in the class of 2025 recruiting cycle this weekend. It is the first big official visit weekend of the cycle, and sees the Badgers welcome some of the top players in the class. The Badgers enter June with 247Sports’ No. 19-ranked recruiting class in the nation with 11 total players committed. The group has …

The NCAA did what it swore it would never do. The people making the decisions in the power conferences of college sports — commissioners, university presidents, media partners, the biggest boosters, and of course, the lawyers — they all got together and agreed the price of clinging to the antiquated notion of amateurism was going to be a lot more …

Most of the football teams in Northwest Louisiana conducted spring practices and/or spring games. Find out what some of them had to say about the progression of their team in this first of two stories. Airline “I thought we were able to solidify a few spots on both sides of the ball while our No. 1s continued to play and …

When Lincoln Riley left Oklahoma for the USC Trojans, there was speculation that the former Sooners head coach wasn’t too excited about the Sooners move to the SEC. He denied those rumors in May of 2022, but the idea lingered. Late Tuesday night, Saturday Down South’s Matt Hayes reported Riley and the Trojans have been working for two years to …

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. — The good news for college football coaches, athletics directors and university presidents, among others? The topic of scheduling − whether to play eight or nine conference games each year − has finally taken a backseat at SEC spring meetings. The bad news? A new and perhaps even more polarizing issue has arisen. The NCAA, SEC, Big …

DESTIN — Florida football coach Billy Napier said he’s “comfortable” with his role in the recruitment of former signee Jaden Rashada. Rashada is suing Napier, among others, seeking $10 million in damages for a failed name, image and likeness deal worth more than $13 million that became a black eye for the Gators and spurred an NCAA investigation subsequently put …

May 28—Recruiting never stops for college football teams, but some periods are busier than others. Early summer is one of those times, and this year figures to be no exception. Recent changes to the recruiting calendar accelerated the pace of recruiting as players now are able to take official visits rather than having to wait until the start of their …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football offensive lineman Carter Smith was one of the rare returning players on the team’s roster who didn’t get displaced by a transfer. He didn’t even have to fend off one to retain his starting job. Smith was penciled in the starting lineup at left tackle the minute he withdrew his name from the portal back in …

The end of the Pac-12 is making us nostalgic. Let’s taste some misty, watercolor memories of the way we were at USC. When we think of the Trojans’ best moments, we obviouly start with the Rose Bowl wins and the national championships, followed by the conquests of Notre Dame and UCLA. Yet, there’s a whole conference USC competed against, not …

For the past decade, the college football playoffs have consisted of the four best teams meeting in two national semi-finals. However, in one of the many changes coming to the sport in 2024, the most notable will be the expansion of the playoffs to include 12 teams. The hope is that the expansion will include several different fan bases as …

Notre Dame football is continuing to look for the right final pieces of its 2025 recruiting class and it’s looking like North Carolina safety JaDon Blair could be one of them. The 6-foot, 4-inch and 190-pound member of the secondary has set his commitment date for July 5th, but before that he will make his official visits. One of those …

The ink is barely dry on Blake Baker’s contract as LSU’s defensive coordinator, but he could quickly find himself in the mix for head coaching gigs after the 2024 season. Baker’s reputation precedes him after turning Missouri’s defense into one of the best in the country over the last two seasons, and the former LSU linebackers coach returns to Baton …