College Football

We are less than 50 days away from the start of the 2025 college football season, and fewer than two weeks stand between us and the beginning of the Oregon Ducks’ fall camp getting off the ground in Eugene. While coaches and players wrap up their final couple of offseason weeks, we’re ready to dive back into things and take …

The Mountain West preseason poll was released on Wednesday. No surprise, reigning conference champion Boise State sat atop the list with 35 of the 39 first-place votes. The Broncos will again be a force to be reckoned with after winning the last two Mountain West titles, but they won’t be the best team after running back Ashton Jeanty left for …

During his opening statement at SEC media days Georgia head coach Kirby Smart said a quote that stuck out as of today’s state in the college football world. “We sell relationships over transactions,” said Smart. “We think the relationship still wins out because the relationship allows you to push people and demand excellence, and we’re going to continue to do …

Getty Images President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order establishing national standards for name, image and likeness initiatives, according to CBS News. Within the past week, members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced an amended bill called the SCORE Act (Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements) aiming to “protect the name, image, and likeness rights …

The Oregon Ducks football team has expectations of becoming a playoff team and competing for a national championship in 2025, building off of the success that they found a year ago. A lot of the team and their talent are well-known quantities. We know how good Matayo Uiagalelei is. We know how good Kenyon Sadiq is and others on this …

Will the SEC snap a two-year skid and assume its place atop college football’s national championship throne? Can various coaches on warming seats silence naysayers and extend their tenures? While the answers to those questions won’t be found SEC Media Days this week, we have unearthed a bold prediction for every team generated from intel gathered from around the league. It’s …

Would a sixth-place finish in the Southeastern Conference be enough to earn Brent Venables a fourth year coaching the Oklahoma football team? The SEC Media Days projected order-of-finish will be released at the conclusion of the week, but USA TODAY’s Paul Myerberg published his preseason SEC power rankings Monday. The long-time college-football writer tabbed the Sooners for sixth. “With fewer …

Florida State quarterback Thomas Castellanos’ jab at Alabama in June isn’t being shrugged off in Tuscaloosa. His pointed remarks last month in an interview with On3 stirred plenty of reaction, and now, Crimson Tide linebacker Deontae Lawson has weighed in at SEC Media Days in Atlanta. Lawson made it clear the team hasn’t forgotten the slight, hinting that Castellanos’ words have …

Seth Littrell will coach alongside Josh Heupel in 2025. He joined Tennessee’s coaching staff as an offensive analyst ahead of spring practices. Littrell played running back at Oklahoma (1997-2000) alongside Heupel. Heupel guided the Sooners to a BCS national championship in 2000 as Oklahoma’s starting quarterback. Littrell brings head coaching experience to the Vols’ staff. He served as head coach …

Florida found momentum at the end of 2024 with four straight wins — the program’s longest streak in four years. That late surge, combined with the emergence of former five-star quarterback DJ Lagway, has confidence building in Gainesville heading into 2025. Gators insider Graham Hall of Swamp247 joined Bud Elliott on the Cover 3 College Football Summer School series to preview expectations …

Earlier this offseason, new Florida State Seminoles starting quarterback Thomas Castellanos made headlines across college football due to comments made surrounding the Alabama Crimson Tide ahead of their Week 1 matchup. Well, it appears that an Alabama player has now responded to those comments from the Florida State quarterback as well, with returning inside linebacker Deontae Lawson doing so Wednesday …

SEC Network’s biggest shows will be in Atlanta for the Tennessee football 2025 season opener against Syracuse on Aug. 30. “SEC Nation” will make its 2025 debut to preview the Vols vs. the Orange in the Aflac Kickoff Game at noon ET on ABC. The show will be filmed live from Tailgate Town in the International Plaza outside of Gate …

New Oklahoma Sooners offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Ben Arbuckle liked what he saw early on in the 2026 recruiting class, specifically Celina (Texas) High School quarterback Bowe Bentley. Since then, OU’s new offensive play-caller has been able to sit back and watch as the rest of the country caught up in their evaluation of Bentley. Arbuckle offered the four-star prospect early …

Five-star defensive lineman James Johnson has flipped his commitment from the Georgia Bulldogs to the Texas Longhorns. Johnson’s decision is the second recruiting loss of the day for Georgia to Texas. The Longhorns also beat Georgia to add a commitment from five-star linebacker Tyler Atkinson. Johnson’s decision comes just under three weeks after he initially committed to Georgia on June …

Wisconsin’s top class of 2026 running back commit, Amari Latimer, was elevated to a four-star prospect on Monday.  Latimer, who committed to Luke Fickell’s program back on June 28, was widely considered a three-star prospect throughout the recruiting process. On3/Rivals elected to boost the running back’s profile, concurrently elevating him into the top 20 at his position. 247Sports, meanwhile, lists …