College Football

The Big 12 announced its 2025 football schedule with a reveal show Tuesday on ESPNU, FS2 and TruTV. Who will each Big 12 football team play in 2025? Look at the schedule for each Big 12 team in the 2025 college football season, with Kansas State and Iowa State opening up the season on Aug. 23 with a conference game …

Wisconsin football rising star general manager Max Stienecker has been hired away by the USC Trojans. The move was first reported by FootballScoop’s John Brice, then later confirmed by The Athletic’s Jesse Temple. The Badgers recently promoted Stienecker to GM in July 2024 after just one year with the program. He originally joined the Wisconsin staff as its player personnel …

Even when the “Last Dance” approach is successful, there is a downside to it. When you get the band back together for one final run at a championship, even if you succeed, you know that there almost certainly will be a stepback after the all-in approach. The most famous example is the Chicago Bulls, the focus of the “Last Dance” …

Onis Konanbanny is one of the final pieces left on the board in the 2025 class — and he is officially signed. Months after not inking with Tennessee during the Early Signing Period, the four-star defensive back originally from the United Kingdom has flipped his commitment — to Florida. He will ink with the Gators on National Signing Day on …

For the third consecutive year, Oklahoma will be the college with the most former players in the Super Bowl as the Sooners-heavy Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday in New Orleans. Five former Oklahoma players are on the Chiefs’ 53-man roster, and two more play for Philadelphia. Georgia is second on the list with six former …

With the release of the Big 12 Conference play slate on Tuesday morning, the puzzle is complete. The entire Iowa State football schedule for the 2025 season is set. The Cyclones will open the season with a conference game against rival Kansas State in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin, Ireland, on Aug. 23. Non-conference play features back-to-back …

Alabama made a huge splash when it hired Ryan Grubb as offensive coordinator, reuniting the assistant with Crimson Tide coach Kalen DeBoer. The two have worked together at the collegiate level for almost 10 years through stops at Sioux Falls, Fresno State and Washington, with it all culminating in a College Football Playoff National Championship appearance to cap the 2023 …

The Texas Tech football team will play three of its first four Big 12 games on the road in 2025, starting with a conference opener at Utah on Sept. 20. Tech has open dates the week after its conference opener and the week before its regular-season finale, meaning the Red Raiders will play seven consecutive weeks in between. In November …

Getty Images Former Texas and Washington wide receiver Johntay Cook II, the top available prospect in 247Sports’ Transfer Rankings, was arrested Tuesday on charges of property theft and interference of public duties, according to a listing in Tarrant County, Texas’ inmate database. Cook is currently being held at Lon Evans Correctional Center in Fort Worth.  Cook, a former top-40 prospect …

Michigan State football seemingly landed a home run hire when they poached Jonathan Smith from Oregon State a year ago. Smith, at his alma mater, had the Beavers as a top 25 program in America under his tutelage. During his time in Corvallis, especially in recent years, there is no doubt that he would have been considered a top-25 coach …

Georgia Bulldogs linebacker CJ Allen is set to visit with SEC commissioner Greg Sankey. He will be representing Georgia for the SEC Football Leadership Council annual meaning. The Football Leadership Council of the SEC involves 16 representatives; one representative from each team. The players will meet with commissioner Sankey to review SEC and NCAA legislative terms, engaging with football officials …

USATSI The Arch Manning hype train is rumbling down the tracks, and Xavier Worthy is the conductor. Ahead of Manning’s first year as Texas’ starting quarterback, Worthy — a former Longhorns standout and current rookie wide receiver with the Kansas City Chiefs — made a bold prediction for Manning.  “Arch is a dog, man,” Worthy said at a media appearance …

Robb Smith will be helping to run Rutgers football’s defense once again. Scarlet Knights coach Greg Schiano is hiring Smith, who’s worked on his coaching staff in two previous stints, as the team’s co-defensive coordinator along with Bergen Catholic graduate Zach Sparber. Smith was Rutgers’ defensive coordinator from 2020-21, Schiano’s first two seasons back in Piscataway. He was also on …

LSU football is building its support staff. On Monday, LSU hired ECU analyst Noah Joseph as a defensive analyst per a report from 247Sports’ Matt Zenitz. Joseph wasn’t with ECU for long. He joined the Pirates in December, but then LSU came calling. A 247Sports report said Joseph was looking to get back on the coaching side of things rather …

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