College Football

The 22nd-ranked Tulane Green Wave look to record their 11th consecutive victory when they host the SMU Mustangs on Saturday in the 2023 AAC Championship Game. Tulane (11-1, 8-0), which also is seeking its second straight conference title after defeating UCF last year, hasn’t lost since falling 37-20 to Ole Miss in its second game of the season. SMU (10-2, …

No. 2 Michigan football will take on No. 16 Iowa in a rematch of the 2021 Big Ten championship game,. Two years ago, the Wolverines thumped the Hawkeyes in a 42-3 beatdown, tied for the second-largest margin of victory in Big Ten championship game history. Quarterback J.J. McCarthy and his team will look for a similar outcome on Saturday at …

After new Texas A&M Football head coach Mike Elko was officially hired last Monday, the status of beloved interim head coach Elijah Robinson, who had served as the program’s defensive line coach/ ace recruiter since the 2018 season under then-head coach Jimbo Fisher. While initial optimism regarding his continued tenure with the program under a familiar face in Elko, whom …

Boise State Broncos cornerback Kaonohi Kaniho and Boise State Broncos safety Rodney Robinson celebrate during the second half against the Air Force Falcons at Albertsons Stadium. Boise State defeats Air Force 27-19. Determining the teams that would compete for the Mountain West championship was no easy task. It was so difficult in fact that league officials needed computers to step …

Florida State Seminoles wide receiver Keon Coleman (4) rushes with the ball for a touchdown breaking the tackle from Florida Gators linebacker Scooby Williams (17) during the second half at Steve Spurrier Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL on Saturday, November 25, 2023. [Matt Pendleton/Gainesville Sun] Conference championship week is here after college football regular season finale …

GAINESVILLE – The anchor down at midfield signaled the end for Buchholz. All season, the Bobcats ransacked opponents at Citizens Field, but as Trace Johnson’s final pass as a sophomore fell incomplete, the roles reversed. The defending state champions Lakeland stormed the field and threw their anchor down on the sandy grass. One side rejoiced in ecstacy, the other wept. …

SARASOTA — The celebration was just as good as the start for the Cardinal Mooney Catholic football team. The Cougars scored the first 27 points of the game and then celebrated like it was 1972 after defeating North Florida Christian Academy out of Tallahassee, 41-14, in the Class 1 Suburban state semifinal on Friday at John Heath Field at Austin …

LAFAYETTE, CA – “We’re going to be fine.” Those words echoed in every player’s, coach’s and fan’s brains on the Escalon football sidelines as the season started slipping away. The Cougars lost 49-14. Escalon traveled over an hour to take on Acalanes for the CIF State Division 3-AA Regionals and in a matter of minutes they found themselves down 14-0. …

OXFORD — Coaches always dream of bringing immediate success in their first year on the job. Making the playoffs and improving upon the previous regime are always part of it. Perhaps making a deep playoff run is, too. Heck, why not throw a state championship in there? Sure, it might be lofty, but there’s nothing wrong with dreaming, right? First-year …

Goodyear Desert Edge was down its starting tailback, starting left tackle, starting center, and, without timeouts, drove 90 yards for a touchdown as time expired. And after putting the ball in the hands of its best player, Deshawn Warner, to punch in the two-point conversion, players ran wildly around the field at Mountain America Stadium Friday night, believing they had …

LAS VEGAS – No. 5 Oregon football just can’t get over the Washington hump. For the second time this season, and for the third consecutive game, the Ducks (11-2, 8-1 Pac-12) came up short to the No. 3 Huskies (13-0, 9-0 Pac-12) by three points in the Pac-12 championship game at Allegiant Stadium Friday, 34-31. The Ducks fell behind by …

Wedged in the corner of David Hurse Stadium, on the exterior of Bradford’s (14-0) locker room, is a banner that commemorates the two state championship victories from 1965 and 1966, along with the state runner up finish from 1985. The Tornadoes will have the chance to add 2023 to that banner as they booked a trip to the Florida High …

Washington running back Dillon Johnson holds the trophy after Washington defeated Oregon in the Pac-12 championship NCAA college football game Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker) LAS VEGAS (AP) — Washington went into what likely was the last Pac-12 Championship living on the edge, and of course the Huskies were going to do it again Friday …

Getty Images USC is turning to its crosstown rival to fill a key vacancy as the Trojans have hired UCLA defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn to the same position, the school announced on Friday. Lynn oversaw a Bruins defense that ranked atop the Pac-12 and finished 11th among all FBS teams during the 2023 regular season, holding opponents to 299 yards on …

The 2023 NCHSAA football championships are set, and Fayetteville will be represented by Seventy-First, winner of Friday’s 3A East Regional final, 50-36 over Northern Nash. The Falcons will play for the fourth state championship in program history Friday against Hickory at Chapel Hill’s Kenan Memorial Stadium. Here’s a look at the complete NCHSAA football championship schedule, how to get tickets …