College Football

Dec. 20—Even before the season began the expectations were that Ohio State would beat Michigan, get a rematch with Oregon in the Big Ten championship game and, regardless of the outcome of that game, maybe still be one of the top four seeds in the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff. So, how did that work out? Don’t ask. The question …

Getty Images The first edition of the expanded College Football Playoff bracket has been set with 12 teams now afforded an opportunity to make a run towards a national championship. The new-look CFP is more of an event than the four-team field ever was, or the BCS before it, with action expanding across a month between December and January — …

Colorado head coach Deion Sanders issued a warning to NFL teams Friday − don’t draft Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter if you won’t let him play both ways. Sanders said this on “The Rich Eisen Show” Friday and also hinted that a contract extension is in the works that could keep him at Colorado for the long term. In Hunter’s …

Getty Images After months of anticipation and hundreds of games played across the 2024 college football season, the 12-team College Football Playoff has arrived. The bracket expands this season from four teams to 12, creating a tougher path to the national championship while adding some new teams to the mix in the process.  No. 1 seed Oregon, No. 2 seed …

Photo: Isaiah Hole Michigan football has a big visit weekend lined up for transfer portal targets. The headliner is Alabama running back Justice Haynes, but Arizona cornerback Emmanuel Karnley is another top priority. And now another is set to make it to campus. Rated the second-best linebacker in the transfer portal, the Wolverines are set to host outgoing Washington LB …

The most intriguing matchup of the College Football Playoff first round takes place Saturday night in Columbus, Ohio, when No. 9 seed Tennessee goes on the road to face No. 8 seed Ohio State. The Buckeyes (10-2) come into the game reeling off a 13-10 loss to Michigan that has prompted questions about coach Ryan Day’s long-term future as the program’s …

Georgia football coach Kirby Smart offered an update to Bulldogs quarterback Carson Beck on Friday during an appearance on ESPN’s “College GameDay.” Beck, a second-year starter who suffered an injury in Georgia’s SEC championship game win over Texas on Dec. 7, didn’t play the second half of the game. Backup Gunner Stockton replaced the injured signal caller, entering in the …

(5) Texas is set to host (12) Clemson in the first round of the College Football Playoff on Saturday. The Longhorns will become one of the first programs to host a home CFP game when the teams vie at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.  The Longhorns went 11-1 in the regular season and earned a trip to the SEC Championship …

BATON ROUGE — Garrett Nussmeier and Whit Weeks have been eating good lately. One night, Weeks is ordering Fish Acadia from Ruffino’s, the next night Nussmeier is getting the steak at Stab’s. LSU football’s starting quarterback and linebacker have both been heavily involved in the visits the transfer portal players the coaching staff and team have been targeting since the …

Getty Images Now that the college football regular season has come and gone and the conference champions have been crowned, the attention turns to the postseason with a loaded slate of bowl games set to grace our television sets this holiday season.  There may not be a more anticipated season in college football history. In addition to the usual schedule …

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – SEPTEMBER 01: Zachariah Branch #1 of the USC Trojans runs against the LSU Tigers in the second quarter of the Vegas Kickoff Classic at Allegiant Stadium on September 01, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Trojans defeated the Tigers 27-20. (Photo by Candice Ward/Getty Images) Elite transfer portal wide receiver Zachariah Branch is visiting the Georgia …

No. 7 seed Notre Dame hosts No. 10 seed Indiana to kick off the 12-team College Football Playoff era in South Bend, Indiana in what will be a historic moment as the landscape across college football changes. Though both schools are located in the state of Indiana and are separated by around 200 miles, this will be the first meeting between in-state …

WEST LAFAYETTE − Cornell Ford makes another member of UNLV’s coaching staff who’ll be with Purdue football in 2025. Barry Odom, who already lured former Rebels defensive coordinator Mike Scherer and special teams coordinator James Shibest to the same positions in West Lafayette, now has brought over UNLV’s receivers coach, and shortly after announced Vance Vice, formerly UNLV’s offensive line …

Norfolk State has hired former NFL star Michael Vick as its next coach, the school announced on Friday. Vick, 44, has no previous experience as a college or professional coach. Vick was hired by the Atlanta Legends of the Alliance of American Football in 2019 as offensive coordinator but resigned before coaching a game due to other commitments. He ended up …

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – DECEMBER 7: The Clemson Tigers offensive line huddle before a play against the SMU Mustangs at Bank of America Stadium on December 7, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images) It’s just over 24 hours until kickoff time in Texas, where the Clemson Tigers will meet the Texas Longhorns in a first-round College …