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College football recruiting outlet On3 announced its final top 10 class of 2024 athlete rankings and Colorado signee Kamron Mikell was slotted at No. 3. Ahead of Mikell was Penn State signee Liam Andrews (No. 2) and Texas A&M commit Terry Bussey (No. 1). The 6-foot-1, 180-pound Mikell committed to the Buffs on Nov. 23 before signing the following month. …

Feb. 5—With its 2024 recruiting class finished, Ohio State has been able to turn full attention toward 2025. The early results are promising. Five-star cornerback Na’eem Offord became the eighth player to join the class when he announced his verbal commitment Sunday. He is the top-ranked cornerback in the country and No. 5 overall in the 247Sports Composite rankings. Snagging …

NORMAN — OU senior special teams analyst Jay Nunez is leaving to join Kalen DeBoer’s staff at Alabama as the Crimson Tide’s special teams coordinator, according to multiple reports Monday. Parker Thune of Rivals.com first reported Nunez’s departure. Nunez spent the last two seasons in the role on Brent Venables’ staff. Nunez is an Alva native who joined Venables’ staff after …

New Florida A&M head football coach James Colzie III’s contract is a done deal. On Monday, FAMU Vice President and Director of Athletics Tiffani-Dawn Sykes presented Colzie’s three-year, $720,000 agreement previously reported by the Tallahassee Democrat to the university’s Board of Trustees. The FAMU Board of Trustees approved the contract. Colzie’s escalating base salary starts at $230,000 the first year, increases to $240,000 the second year, and …

The first pitch of the 2024 softball season is almost here, and the SEC is looking like the deepest conference in the country again. The SEC has nine teams in the NFCA preseason rankings, with Tennessee softball at No. 2, behind reigning national champion Oklahoma. After the way the top teams in the SEC reloaded in the transfer portal and …

This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to The College Football Enquirer Dan Wetzel, Ross Dellenger & SI’s Pat Forde examine the fallout from SEC & Big Ten commissioners Greg Sankey and Tony Petitti creating a new partnership on the future of college football. Don’t call it an alliance, the SEC and Big Ten are now jointly …

Jim Harbaugh’s decision to leave Michigan to take the Los Angeles Chargers job continues to shake up Michigan football recruiting in Ann Arbor. He took defensive coordinator Jesse Minter and strength and conditioning coach Ben Herbert with him to Los Angeles, leaving new head coach Sherrone Moore without several key assistants. Another domino fell when Wolverines safeties coach and special …

Bear is choosing the Tree. Class of 2025 star quarterback Bear Bachmeier, from Murrieta Valley (Calif.) High School, announced his commitment to Stanford on Monday. Ranked as the No. 11 quarterback on the 247Sports Composite, Bachmeier chose the Cardinal over 18 other schools that offered him, including Oregon, Arkansas and Michigan State, according to 247Sports and ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Bachmeier …

The Georgia Bulldogs hosted numerous elite football recruits over the first weekend of February. Georgia, which has signed the No. 1 recruiting class in 2024, is primarily focused on future recruits in the class of 2025 and 2026. However, the Bulldogs still may be looking to sign a three-star wide receiver in the 2024 cycle in Jeremy Bell. Bell is …

Michigan State football picked up a commitment from three-star defensive lineman Mikeshun Beeler from Chicago on Monday afternoon. Beeler, rated as the 1,058th recruit and 115th defensive lineman in the 2024 class in the 247Sports Composite rankings, announced his commitment to the Spartans during a presentation at his high school, Chicago Simeon, on Monday evening, which was broadcast by 247Sports. …

The Pac-12 basketball season has unfolded in ways no one anticipated. Remember: USC and UCLA were both picked to finish in the top three of the standings and be solid, comfortable NCAA Tournament teams. The Trojans and Bruins will finish nowhere near those standards. It has been an upside-down year in most of the conference. Arizona is the leader, but …

After 17 seasons as the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide and 28 years running college football programs overall, Nick Saban announced his retirement last month. To their credit, the Alabama athletic department acted quickly to land Kalen DeBoer, who just led Washington to the College Football Playoff national championship, as the next Crimson Tide head coach. Now, DeBoer …

College football is in the offseason, with teams adding new talent through recruiting and the transfer portal as they prepare for their upcoming 2024 seasons. This Clemson Tigers team has talent and a top-tier coaching staff, with aspirations to make their long-awaited return to the College Football Playoff. To do so, Clemson will need to be excellent in 2024. That …

On Jan. 8, the morning of the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship, the commissioners and conference presidents who oversee the organization (known as the CFP Management Committee) met in Houston to finalize what was thought to be a formality. The goal: address the final access point for the expanded 12-team playoff field starting next season. In the wake of …

Two weeks after new Indiana coach Curt Cignetti reoffered a scholarship to Evan Parker, the Carmel junior offensive lineman became the second player — and second offensive lineman — to commit to the Hoosiers in the 2025 class. Carmel offensive lineman Evan Parker The 6-4, 295-pound Parker, a Class 6A Junior All-State selection by the Indiana Football Coaches Association, announced …