College Football

LSU baseball, the reigning national champion, won’t be wearing the crown in the SEC this season, according to a poll of sports journalists who cover the league for the USA TODAY Sports Network. Instead, our voters have Arkansas and Florida winning their respective conferences in the 2024 season. The Gators, coming off a loss to the Tigers in the College …

Michigan State fired former football coach Mel Tucker for cause Sept. 27. While the university hopes to be off the hook for the remaining $80 million of the guaranteed 10-year contract extension Tucker signed in late 2021, the school still had to pay buyouts for its other outgoing coaches. MSU paid more than $3.3 million in January to 10 former …

The Florida A&M Rattlers are trying to emulate success on the football field of last year. But the team will look slightly different under new head coach James Colzie III and his inaugural recruiting class. Hired on Jan. 27, Colzie replaces former Rattlers head coach Willie Simmons, who left to become Duke’s running backs coach on Jan 1. As Colzie prepares for his first season of …

AUBURN — The dust has settled on phase one of the offseason. Auburn football endured some serious change since the end of the regular season, from the roster — the Tigers added nine players from the portal and saw 14 transfer out — to the staff as coach Hugh Freeze had to replace half of his on-field assistants, including both …

When the Texas Tech football team hosted then-No. 13 Oregon in September, the Ducks were the highest-ranked non-conference opponent to visit Jones AT&T Stadium since 1994 and the highest-ranked for a home opener since 1979. Red Raiders fans looked forward to it throughout last off-season. This off-season, Tech fans might look forward to the regular-season finale as much as any, …

Curt Cignetti’s first spring at Indiana is fast approaching. With the Hoosiers’ spring game set for April 18, the schedule for the next few months is taking shape. Cignetti and his staff spent December retooling what he called a “crisis roster situation,” and then they laid the foundation for recruits in the classes of 2025 and 2026. Now, it’s time …

Feb. 11—Sign up for our daily Illini football newsletter here Greetings from “Can’t Wait For Saturday,” your morning morsel of college football, courtesy of longtime Illini beat writer, AP Top 25 voter and Heisman state rep Bob Asmussen. He’ll give you his views each day on the game he loves. *** Time for a two-parter on the change at UCLA. …

Since being hired as head coach of the Chargers, Jim Harbaugh has been hard at work to build out his staff. Here’s a look at who’s onboard as it continues to take shape: Offensive Coordinator: Greg Roman Mitch Stringer-USA TODAY Sports Defensive coordinator: Jesse Minter Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Special teams coordinator: Ryan Ficken Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Quarterbacks …

LAS VEGAS — George Karlaftis is 2-for-2. The former West Lafayette High School and Purdue football standout won his second Super Bowl in as many seasons as a defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs. Karlaftis’ impact was felt immediately, recovering a Christian McCaffrey fumble to end San Francisco’s first drive. He also had a key fumble recovery in the …

At 11 a.m. MT on Sunday morning, class of 2025 linebacker Mantrez Walker took to X to announce his top five schools, which included Colorado. The three-star LB was committed to Michigan but revoked his decision in September. Now, LSU, Ole Miss, Penn State and Miami have joined the Buffs in Walker’s top five. Walker, a 6-foot, 215-pound prospect from …

MADISON – Luke Fickell has spent plenty of time since the end of his first full season at Wisconsin remaking his coaching staff. Fickell likely will have to make another move with the impending departure of defensive line coach Greg Scruggs. A Big Ten source on Sunday confirmed a report that Scruggs is expected to join the Michigan staff to …

New strength coach Craig Fitzgerald’s tenure as Florida football strength coach turned out to be short. Fitzgerald left the Florida Gators less than two months into the job on Sunday to take over as strength coach at Boston College. Fitzgerald made the move based on his close relationship with Boston College coach Bill O’Brien, who was hired on Friday. He …

Could Stanford coach Troy Taylor end up with the job at UCLA? (Jed Jacobsohn / Associated Press) UCLA has cast a wide net in its hopes of reeling in the big one for its next football coach. Athletics officials have corresponded with more than a dozen potential candidates for the vacancy created by the departure of Chip Kelly to become …

Jauan Jennings is no stranger to getting a touchdown in a big moment. The moments, however, don’t get any bigger than the one he was in on Sunday. And in the biggest game in the country’s most popular sport, he delivered. The San Francisco 49ers wide receiver, a former Tennessee football standout, threw a touchdown pass on a trick play …

Jaden Smith, a four-star recruit in the 2024 class, has requested his release from Michigan. The request by Smith was posted on Sunday afternoon. He was a four-star in the 247Sports Composite and the No. 284 overall recruit in the nation. At Michigan, he was slated to play linebacker. The 6-foot-3, 195-pound athlete from West Charlotte (Charlotte, North Carolina) played …