College Football

Kansas and coach Lance Leipold have agreed to a new contract that will put his annual salary above $7 million, the school announced Wednesday. The deal solidifies Leipold’s status as one of the three highest-paid coaches in the Big 12, falling in the same range as Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy and Oklahoma’s Brent Venables — at least until the Sooners …

INDIANAPOLIS—Michigan rolled through its schedule 15-0 last season to win its first national championship since 1997. The Wolverines did it during a year when they prepared in practice with a mindset for something that never happened—a rematch with Georgia football. The Bulldogs were seeking a three-peat title after winning in 2021 and 2022 including a national semifinal win in the …

BIRMINGHAM — Alabama basketball will be getting a visit from one of the top players in the state when they host Tennessee basketball on Saturday. After dominating the AHSAA Final Four Class 6A boys semifinal, Buckhorn’s Caleb Holt told the Tuscaloosa News he plans on being in Tuscaloosa when the Crimson Tide takes on the Volunteers. Holt, a 2026 prospect, …

Kansas head coach Lance Leipold leads his team onto the field before an NCAA college football game against Missouri State Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, in Lawrence, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Former University of Wisconsin-Whitewater coach Lance Leipold is getting quite the raise as head football coach at the University of Kansas. Leipold signed an updated contract Wednesday that increased his …

INDIANAPOLIS–The only schools with more players represented at the NFL combine this week than Florida State’s 12 are the teams that played for the national championship: Michigan with 18 and Washington with 13. That could be viewed as another slap for a Seminoles team that was unbeaten but still left out of the four-team playoff. Georgia football walloped undermanned Florida …

As the presumptive No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, Caleb Williams is on the precipice of a huge payday, with a lucrative contract that will come with the responsibility of being the new face of whatever franchise selects him. As it turns out, he wasn’t doing too poorly for himself in college, either. In a Wednesday story …

Kansas went 9-4 in 2023 and won a bowl game for the first time since the conclusion of the 2007 season. (Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images) Kansas now has one of the highest-paid football coaches in the Big 12. A decade ago, the sentence above would be incomprehensible. But in February of 2024, it’s one that makes perfect sense given …

These second-year players are now just fitting into their Penn State football positions, roles and expectations — on and off the field. Some in this 2023 recruiting class figure to be future stars, beginning with spring practice in two weeks. A handful certainly will be relied on heavily during this season featuring a new, expanded Big Ten and College Football …

LAWRENCE — Kansas football coach Lance Leipold reportedly has another new deal, as the Jayhawks’ momentum in the early years of his tenure continues to move the program forward. Leipold, who took over at Kansas ahead of the 2021 season, has taken the team to back-to-back bowl games — in 2022 and 2023 — for the first time in more than …

INDIANAPOLIS − The NFL combine is supposed to feel overwhelming. Players know they’ve arrived at a pivotal moment in their careers. However, for a number of former Michigan football standouts − the Wolverines set a new NFL combine record with 18 invitees to this year’s event − after having put their heads down to train for the event for more …

The Georgia Bulldogs have been one of the most successful college football programs in recent years, winning a national title in two of the last three seasons. Success often brings turnover, which is the case for Kirby Smart’s staff. The Bulldogs lost running backs coach Dell McGee, who took the head coaching job at Georgia Southern, this offseason. McGee was …

Nick Saban is no longer the coach of Alabama football, but he isn’t gone by any means. Far from it. New Crimson Tide defensive coordinator Kane Wommack shared Wednesday that he and Saban have met twice recently to talk defense. The second in-person meeting happened Wednesday morning before Wommack joined “The Next Round” and discussed these conversations. “I was promptly …

Big expectations follow Deion Sanders like a shadow. Few are more adept than the Colorado coach at building hype and energy around his program, no matter what the circumstances may be. His first season in Boulder certainly gave fans a glimpse of what could be on the horizon.  Colorado started the 2023 season scorching hot; a debut win over TCU …

Caleb Williams was potentially making NFL-level money over his final two seasons at USC. The 2022 Heisman Trophy winner could have made in the neighborhood of $10 million in endorsement deals according to the Athletic. If that number is accurate — and it’s very plausible that it is — Williams was likely the highest-compensated player in college football over the …

It was never going to be easy formalizing the moment the Big Ten and SEC were partners. Certainly, the leagues themselves wouldn’t always admit to being chummy. For a long time, the conferences were rivals in every sense — recruiting, championships, TV contracts. In a famous 2007 letter to fans, former Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany’s took a not-so-veiled shot …