College Football

The Wisconsin Badgers were omitted from ProFootballFocus’ ranking of the top offensive lines in college football entering the 2024 season. The top 10 list instead comprised of Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Texas, Oregon, Ohio State, Missouri, Miami, Florida State and Florida. Related: Where every Big Ten team ranks in ESPN’s 2024 College Football Power Index This ranking comes after the Badgers …

Wisconsin was among the Big Ten’s leaders in rushing yards before contact during the 2023 season, according to numbers from Sports Info Solutions. Specifically, 29.7% of the Badgers’ carries had the running back gain three or more yards before contact with a defender, a mark good for No. 5 in the now-expanded conference. Related: Where every Big Ten team ranks …

Durr becomes the latest 2026 target to receive an offer from UW, joining interior offensive lineman Samuel Simpson and athlete Rico Blassingame over the past few weeks. The 6-foot-1, 170-pound cornerback represents Mount Tahoma High School in Tahoma, Washington. 247Sports has Durr as the nation’s No. 49 cornerback and No. 10 recruit from Washington for the class of 2026. Durr received …

In need of his first quarterback commitment as Alabama’s coach, Kalen DeBoer turned to a Texas high school football district where the competition is so rugged, it’s known as the “District of Doom.” There, DeBoer found a quarterback in full bloom. Keelon Russell isn’t DeBoer’s first commitment at Alabama, but he might well be the one we remember most from …

Between 2012 and 2014, Louisville football was in three different conferences: the Big East (2012), American Athletic Conference (2013) and ACC (2014). The Cardinals’ final football season in the Big East ended with a conference co-championship and 11-2 record. Their lone season in the AAC included a second-place finish in the league standings for the program’s second 12-win season. Bobby …

MASSILLON — Nolan Davenport has decided to go from Massillon to Madison. The Tigers’ standout offensive lineman verbally commited to the University of Wisconsin and head coach Luke Fickell on Thursday. Davenport, ranging from a 3- to 4-star recruit depending on the scouting service in the class of 2025, is the second Stark County high school football player to commit …

The Michigan Panthers will have multiple goals Saturday when they face the Birmingham Stallions in the USFL Conference title game: win a playoff game for the first time in three seasons, make it to the inaugural UFL championship and get payback for last week’s last-second loss in the regular-season finale. The Panthers and Stalions face off at 3 p.m. Saturday …

The 2024 AutoZone Liberty Bowl will take place at 6 p.m. CT on Friday, Dec. 27, it was announced Thursday afternoon. The game — which will be televised by ESPN — has typically been played at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. The expectation is that it’ll still be played there this season even as the stadium is being renovated. “That’s our …

There’s a massive contradiction playing out in major college sports. Administrators are worried about money as they prepare to begin sharing revenue with players. “We have to make challenging financial decisions at Alabama every single year,” Crimson Tide athletic director Greg Byrne said. “So if we have to do that, don’t you think most everybody else does, too?” Of course. …

The new 12-team College Football Playoff has forced some reshuffling of some of the bowl games, including the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl which moves to New Year’s Eve this season. It’s only the second time since 1986 that the game, which features the top teams from the SEC and Big Ten conferences next featured in the playoff, has been played before …

Only two weeks after receiving an offer from Colorado football, class of 2026 tight end Heze Kent named the Buffaloes to his top 10 on Thursday. The Georgia Bulldogs, Texas Longhorns, Ohio State Buckeyes, Miami Hurricanes, Kentucky Wildcats, USC Trojans, Florida State Seminoles, Tennessee Volunteers and Florida Gators joined Colorado in Kent’s list of top schools. Kent, nicknamed “Superman” on …

Who will make the 2024-25 College Football Playoff? FanDuel Sportsbook has released odds for the expanded CFB Playoff in the upcoming college football season, with Ohio State, Georgia, Oregon and Texas among the favorites in the new format, which increases from four teams to 12 teams. The 12 teams in the playoff will consist of the five highest-ranked conference champions …

Jun. 6—Almost one year after verbally committing to Ohio State, Tavien St. Clair wouldn’t have it any other way. “You know, it’s really just been it’s been a major blessing,” the Bellefontaine quarterback said Tuesday. “I’ve gotten to meet former players and former coaches from Ohio State and really just build relationships with some of the players I grew up …

MADISON — Determined to rebuild the team’s offensive line depth, Wisconsin has landed an oral commitment offensive tackle Nolan Davenport for the 2025 class. Davenport, from Massillon, Ohio, announced his commitment Thursday. The 6-foot-6, 275-pound Davenport held offers from Penn State, Missouri, Michigan State, Cincinnati, Indiana, Kentucky, Northwestern, Purdue and others. Davenport, who visited last weekend, is the fourth offensive …

When James Franklin began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Kutztown University in 1995, college football – and athletics in general – looked very different. Players who chose to transfer had to sit out one season. Recruiting was more seasonal than a year-round endeavor. No one had heard of Name, Image and Likeness. If college athletes were paid, …