College Football

STILLWATER — Hopes are sky-high at Oklahoma State as football season nears. The 18th-ranked Cowboys won 10 games a year ago and brought back nearly every key playmaker off that team entering the season opener against FCS No. 1 South Dakota State at 1 p.m. Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium. With a combination of talent and experience that is hard …

The 2024 Oregon football season is just around the corner. The Register-Guard has assembled a guide to the Ducks first season in the Big Ten with coverage including position previews, player and coach interviews, injury updates, and more. We’ll keep you updated during the season with in-depth stories, photos, videos, top performers and analysis. Oregon Ducks football 2024 schedule Where are the Ducks …

The best part about being a member of the SEC is the money, followed a few miles later by the fame and notoriety that comes with playing in the most elite conference in the Bowl Subdivision. The worst part about being in the SEC is playing an SEC schedule, which has gone from nasty to outright diabolical with this summer’s …

MADISON – Finally, it’s game week. The Wisconsin football team opens the season Friday under the lights of Camp Randall Stadium against Western Michigan (8 p.m. kickoff). Here is what you need to know about the Broncos, who were picked to finish seventh out of 12 teams in the Mid-American Conference preseason coaches poll released last month. Seventeen full-time starters …

ATHENS, GA – NOVEMBER 9: Free safety Thomas Davis #10 the University of Georgia Bulldogs celebrates during the SEC game against the University of Mississippi Rebels at Sanford Stadium on November 9, 2002 in Athens, Georgia. Georgia won 31-17. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) Class of 2026 four-star recruit Thomas Davis Jr. is gaining significant interest from the Notre Dame …

Free Press sports writer Tony Garcia looks ahead to Michigan football’s 2024 season opener against Fresno State on Saturday at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. Next up for the Wolverines: Fresno State Bulldogs Acting head coach Sherrone Moore of the Michigan Wolverines celebrates after an offensive touchdown against the Penn State Nittany Lions during the second half at Beaver Stadium on November …

Middle Tennessee State football and first-year coach Derek Mason will try to bounce back from last year’s 4-8 season when the Blue Raiders open the season at home Saturday against old rival Tennessee Tech. The Blue Raiders, who were picked to finish fourth in the preseason Conference USA poll, will have a lot of new faces on the field this …

BATON ROUGE – Brian Kelly enters his third year as LSU football’s head coach. At his three previous coaching stops, Year 3 was when his programs took a major step forward, winning a conference championship at Central Michigan, making New Year’s Six bowls at Cincinnati and appearing in a national title game in 2012 with Notre Dame. LSU, who is …

The Texas Tech football team begins the 2024 season Saturday when the Red Raiders host Abilene Christian at 6:30 p.m. inside Jones AT&T Stadium. The game will air on ESPN+. Joey McGuire enters his third year as head coach of the Red Raiders looking for a trip to another bowl game. Season tickets are sold out for Tech’s home games, …

Alabama football and coach Kalen DeBoer gets the 2024 season officially underway on Saturday, hosting Western Kentucky at Bryant-Denny Stadium. It will mark the first time in 17 years a new face will be leading the Crimson Tide after coach Nick Saban retired in January. Alabama wrapped up its preseason camp last week, which it began on July 31. Now, …

WEST LAFAYETTE − It’s been a decade since the Journal & Courier had the capability to simulate a Purdue football season on the EA Sports video game. Now that all the name, image and likeness issues have been resolved and College Football 25 is in stores, it was time to resume a tradition. The skinny: We simply simulated each game …

Like its peers across major college football, the ACC underwent quite a few changes since the end of the 2023 season, with Stanford, Cal and SMU now making it a 17-team league. After a turbulent offseason in which Clemson and Florida State filed lawsuits against the conference, the fight among ACC schools will soon shift to somewhere much more exciting …

Syndication: Lansing State Journal Nebraska football head coach Matt Rhule had nothing but praise for quarterback Heinrich Haarberg as the latter prepares to backup starter Dylan Raiola. It is undoubtedly a role switch from where the quarterback was last year. He went 77-of-157 on the year, throwing for 967 yards, seven touchdowns, and seven interceptions. He was thrust into the …

PROVIDENCE – On Sunday, Central Falls native Nae’shaun Montgomery announced his decision about his football future. It was another decision years earlier that helped him get to this spot. If you’re a Rhode Islander unfamiliar with the four-star recruit’s name, you’re excused. After growing up in the Ocean State and playing one season of freshman football at Hendricken, Montgomery has …

A loaded slate of high school football games in Week One also means several of the top recruits in the nation will be action during the weekend. The Broward County National High School Football Showcase includes several of the nation’s top recruits, including Bishop Gorman five-star senior wide receiver Derek Meadows (LSU commit) and Chaminade-Madonna junior five-star running back Derrek …