College Football

Despite the massive changing of the guard at head coach from Nick Saban to Kalen DeBoer for the Alabama Crimson Tide, the expectations are still to compete for an SEC title and playoff berth. While those may seem like lofty expectations for year one, DeBoer is well aware of what he signed up for, but more importantly, he’s cut out …

It’s time for the breakoff. It’s coming sooner or later, this tectonic shift in college athletics that will formally sever the Power Four — the SEC, Big Ten, ACC and Big 12 — into its own NCAA football division. That is, if the NCAA is even involved. It’s certainly not needed. The Power Four can just as easily buy an …

The Nebraska Cornhuskers are the latest program to extend an offer to 2026 defensive lineman Khary Wilder. The 6-foot-4, 250-pound prospect from Junipero Serra High School in Gardena, California, also holds offers from Arizona, Oregon State, San Jose State, Tennessee, USC, and Utah. Wilder received his offer after discussing it with Huskers defensive coordinator Tony White and co-offensive coordinator and …

If how to watch the new college football landscape this fall wasn’t already confusing enough. There is now another network in the mix for some of the sport’s biggest games. Throughout the season, the SEC and ACC will primarily play on ESPN and its partners, the Big Ten will play on Fox, NBC and CBS, and the Big 12 will …

Expectations are high for Ohio State heading into the 2024 season. But according to ESPN’s latest preseason projections, the Buckeyes are still sitting behind one SEC foe. Per ESPN’s Bill Connelly’s SP+ projection model, which puts a number to the returning production, recent recruiting and recent history that turns into “a tempo- and opponent adjusted measure of college football efficiency,” …

The Wisconsin Badgers will not play a conference game on Friday night in 2024. Fox announced its Friday night schedule on Wednesday. It includes nine Big Ten matchups with those games on every Friday from September 20 to November 22. The Badgers are one of only four Big Ten teams to not play in the time slot, along with Michigan, …

The Wisconsin Badgers football team offered Rico Blassingame, a three-star class of 2026 wide receiver from Tolleson, Arizona, on Tuesday. News also broke Tuesday that the talented wide receiver is set for unofficial visits to Michigan, Michigan State and Ohio State this June. The 6-foot-3, 180-pound athlete reeled in 60 receptions for 593 yards and a touchdown during his sophomore …

May 23—Seasons may change and school years may end, but in Alabama one thing never stops, and that’s football. Many schools had spring games last week to close out spring practice for 2024. Among those were three of the more successful local teams from last season: Austin (8-3 in 2022), Hartselle (9-3) and West Morgan (12-1). — Austin looking to …

The Wisconsin Badgers football team extended a scholarship offer to Keeyshawn Schneider, a 6-foot-0, 175-pound wide receiver from Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Tuesday. Schneider has now received offers from six different Division 1 programs. Those include Auburn, Colorado, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Wisconsin. To this point, the Badgers are the only Big Ten team to offer him, but that will likely …

Three-star quarterback Semaj Beals has earned an offer from the Nebraska Cornhuskers, the Pennsylvania native announced on X on Wednesday. Beals already has offers from Alabama, Boston College, Colorado, Duke, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio State, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Texas, USC, and West Virginia. Beals picked up his offer after a conversation with assistant coach Evan Cooper, …

The world of college football is rapidly changing. Revenue sharing, NIL, conference realignment and the transfer portal are at the forefront of every college administrator and coach’s mind. The Big 12 Conference is not immune to that. As its two pillar programs, Texas and Oklahoma, depart for the SEC, it will welcome four new members — Arizona, Arizona State, Utah …

Four-star offensive line recruit Cortez Smith has locked in his commitment date for July 20. Smith is one of the top recruits in the trenches in the class of 2025. The four-star is projected to commit to Georgia football, per 247Sports. However, Smith is considering Georgia, South Carolina, Miami and Georgia Tech. The 6-foot-4, 310-pound offensive line recruit plays football …

Following a solid spring and with a very strong core, the arrow appears to be pointed up Rutgers football in the Big Ten. And that very much includes the media, with conventional wisdom seeing Rutgers as an improved team in 2024. In their Big Ten power rankings this week, On3 placed the Scarlet Knights in the top half of the …

The Alabama football roster has plenty of breakout candidates, considering all the change and new faces on the team. That means there are several unknown or relatively unproven commodities. And a new coaching staff can mean new uses for players who might not have seen as big of a role in a different system. For the purpose of the following …

Feelings are all over the place about the Oklahoma Sooners. From USA TODAY Sports’ post-spring power rankings, which have the Sooners at No. 8, to On3’s, which has them at No. 24, opinion on OU is scattered as they enter year one in the SEC. Oklahoma is a talented team, but it also has questions that will only be answered …