College Football

USC coach Lincoln Riley looks at the replay board during a 38-20 loss to rival UCLA at the Coliseum on Saturday. The Trojans ended the regular season losing five of their last six games. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) Memo to Chip Kelly, the UCLA coach on the hot seat. Scoot over. Make room for Lincoln Riley. The two …

It was time for Josh Heupel to answer the “close the gap” question on Saturday. Lane Kiffin briefly had to do it. So did Derek Dooley, Butch Jones and Jeremy Pruitt. Every Tennessee football coach since Phillip Fulmer has had to address the question that looms anytime a national champion beats the Vols this badly. Now it was Heupel’s turn …

Where does one begin when cataloging the many embarrassments, failures, and humiliations suffered by Lincoln Riley and USC football this season? There is a bowl game still to be played, but it won’t be significant in any profound sense. It will be a chance for 2024 players to get needed work and practice, particularly with a new defensive coordinator looking …

The Ohio State football team is officially 11-0 and has a date set with the Michigan Wolverines for the right to play in the Big Ten Championship. The Buckeyes rolled past Minnesota in the last game before The Game. Ryan Day’s club has continued to look like a team on a mission and seems to be playing their best football …

The No. 1 team in college football is playing like the No. 1 team. You’d say that’s obvious, but it’s not always the case. It is with Georgia, though, which continues to dominate against ranked SEC competition and put a headlock on the top spot in the US LBM AFCA Coaches Poll and the College Football Playoff rankings. After rolling …

The Iowa Hawkeyes welcomed Illinois into Kinnick Stadium for Senior Day festivities where a Big Ten West title was on the line. With a win, No. 16 Iowa would advance to Indianapolis and Lucas Oil Stadium for the Big Ten Championship game on Saturday, Dec. 2 to take on the winner of next week’s contest between No. 2 Ohio State …

Florida State football quarterback Jordan Travis looked to have suffered a serious lower leg injury in the first quarter against North Alabama on Saturday at Doak Campbell Stadium. Travis was tackled awkwardly on a 17-yard run on the third drive of the game for the No. 4 Seminoles. Travis immediately toward trainers and was down for several minutes before being …

The previous 14 Tennessee football home games taught us the Vols don’t lose at Neyland Stadium. But Georgia doesn’t lose anywhere. So, the result of Saturday’s SEC matchup shouldn’t have surprised anyone, except the oddsmakers who made Georgia only a 10-point favorite. UT’s home-field winning streak came to a screeching halt in a 38-10 defeat while the Bulldogs left Knoxville …

Penn State improved to 9-2 on Saturday afternoon after a 27-6 victory over Rutgers in Happy Valley. It wasn’t always pretty for the Nittany Lions, but they pulled out the win with their tough defense and gritty offensive performance. Penn State will end the regular season next week against Michigan State in Detroit on Friday evening. No team could get …

No. 1 Georgia easily beat Tennessee on Saturday. (Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images) (Eakin Howard via Getty Images) No. 18 Tennessee scored a touchdown on its first offensive play of the game against No. 1 Georgia on Saturday. And it was complete domination by the Bulldogs from that point onward. The Bulldogs outscored Tennessee 38-3 on the way to a …

Country music artist Dolly Parton sings to the crowd during a break in a game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Georgia Bulldogs at Neyland Stadium. It’s hard to steal the spotlight away from Peyton Manning at a Tennessee football game. Unless you’re Dolly Parton. The country music icon and Tennessee native made her way to Neyland Stadium on Saturday …

It took until the second half, but Notre Dame finally is treating Wake Forest like the inferior opponent it is. The game has been opened up, and the Irish appear they will have a successful senior day. Helping make that possible is this 2-yard touchdown run by Audric Estime, who was set up nicely by a Deacons penalty and a …

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — It wasn’t pretty, but neither was Week 12 last year. Regardless, Michigan football entered SECU Stadium at 10-0 and is leaving 11-0 with a chance to make its third-straight Big Ten Championship Game next week if it can beat Ohio State. Maryland made it difficult, however, and like last year’s game against Illinois, it took everything …

Texas A&M (7-4, 5-3 SEC) finished off their 2023 home slate in style after defeating the visiting ACU Wildcats 38-10 on Saturday afternoon, as senior day in front of the 12th Man continues to be a special outing, especially on the anniversary of the 1999 Aggie Bonfire collapse, which occurred 24 years ago to the day on Nov. 18. Honoring …

Penn State head coach James Franklin has never been one to get too deep into sharing news and updates related to player injuries, and he wasn’t about to reveal much about starting quarterback Drew Allar following Penn State’s 27-6 victory over Rutgers on Saturday. Allarv was removed from Penn State’s game against the AScarlet Knights in the third quarter after …