College Football

Rivalry games are of utmost importance. The Texas Longhorns have two of perhaps the ten best rivalries in college football with the Oklahoma Sooners and Texas A&M Aggies. For the first time since 2011, they will face both this season. Respected Texas football analysts Bobby Burton and Gerry Hamilton sparked a debate over which game is more important for the …

Auburn has made quite an impression on a four-star guard from Loganville, Georgia. Kayden Allen, a four-star guard from the 2026 recruiting cycle, recently caught up with Jamie Shaw of On3 to discuss his recent unofficial visits to UCF, Georgia Tech, and Auburn. When discussing Auburn, he tells Shaw that Bruce Pearl and the atmosphere around campus stands out to …

Florida’s recruiting staff lost the race for blue-chip offensive lineman Solomon Thomas last month, when he committed to Florida State, but the Gators aren’t giving up just yet. Thomas visited Florida in January, according to Swamp247, and are one of the few teams that are still pushing hard for him after the commitment. “I would say most schools are still …

USATSI Syracuse wide receiver Damien Alford, the team’s leading pass-catcher in the 2023 season, is no longer with the team, a program spokesperson confirmed to Syracuse.com. The 6-foot-6 Alford was “dismissed” by first-year coach Fran Brown, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, following a breakout campaign in which Alford hauled in 33 catches for 610 yards. His three touchdown receptions also …

The transfer portal has transformed several rosters. Ohio State, Oregon and Texas are three of the biggest beneficiaries of the portal. They rank highly in one pre-spring Top 25. On3 Sports’ Jesse Simonton ranks the Top 10 in the following order: Georgia, Ohio State, Oregon, Texas, Alabama, Ole Miss, Notre Dame, Michigan, Penn State and Missouri. Other notable rankings in …

LSU already has the makings of an elite 2025 recruiting class, and it continues to push for top talent in the cycle. One out-of-state player it’s been trying to sway is four-star Wayne County (Jesup, Ga.) linebacker Tavion Wallace. A top 50 recruit nationally per the On3 Industry Rankings, Wallace recently went in depth with the site about his top …

Former Michigan Wolverines two-sport standout Joey Velazquez has found a new home and while many U-M fans sent him well-wishes on his way out, they likely won’t be too pleased with where he’s landed. Velazquez, a linebacker and special teams player for the football team and outfielder on the baseball team, can be seen in a social media post watching …

While the on-field coaching staff is now complete, the shake-up in LSU’s off-field administration continues. On Monday, Football Scoop reported that Tigers assistant director of operations Harris Bivin would be leaving to become a senior offensive analyst at Notre Dame. He will work with former LSU offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock, who left to take the same role with the Fighting …

Now that signing day has come and gone, most of the major transfers have made their decisions, and the coaching carousel has died down, it’s much easier to qualify where top teams like Ohio State stand. 247Sports Brad Crawford along with help from a few of his cohorts, did exactly that, as they have updated their way-too-early top 25 for …

With the Senior Bowl all wrapped up, we can start putting together the first big board on where these players stand. With more and more tape study and players making a name for themselves during the start of the pre-draft process, things become more and more clear. Here is Natalie Miller’s first Big Board of the year through the top …

With signing day and the first transfer portal window in the rearview, 2024 rosters are beginning to take shape. That means we’re starting to get a better grasp of what schedules mean for team’s in 2024. Moves are still being made that will have an effect on LSU’s schedule. UCLA is in the middle of a head coaching search and …

The Michigan football program continues to deal with adversity after its coaching staff was shuffled. Jaden Smith, a four-star linebacker from North Carolina who was signed as an incoming freshman, requested a release from his national letter of intent (NLI), he wrote in a social media post Sunday night. The West Charlotte High standout is rated the No. 284 overall …

UCLA has hired program legend and longtime assistant DeShaun Foster as its new coach just three days after the sudden departure of Chip Kelly. Foster, who played running back for the Bruins and later worked as an assistant under both Jim L. Mora and Kelly, was hired as the running backs coach for the Las Vegas Raiders 10 days ago. …

The curse of the No. 2 spot in the AP Top 25 lives on. For five straight weeks, the No. 2 in the AP Top 25 has lost. Iowa fell victim to the curse for a second time after getting upset by Nebraska on Sunday. It happened to Kansas State last week and UCLA the two other times – whichever …

In recruiting it’s never easy to keep Florida commits, but it looks like that will be the case for Notre Dame and running back Justin Thurman. The 5-foot, 11-inch and 185-pound runner is one of the best prospects in the country, ranking as the No. 24 player at his position and 292nd overall according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings. Thurman …