College Football

Following a season where Rutgers finished with a winning record and beat Miami in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl, there is definitely heightened anticipation about the Scarlet Knights. This is reflected in the release of the ESPN FPI this week. Rutgers is No. 45 in the ESPN FPI. The projected win total for Rutgers is 7.2, as set by …

With the wide-open offensive attacks in high school football, the running back role becomes that much more valuable. A team needs to be able to run the ball to open up the pass. One-dimensional teams don’t go far. Coaches know it. And the game needs it. In Arizona, there are so many good backs — some that are able to …

Penn State entered its first official visit weekend that just wrapped up with many of the top targets coming to Happy Valley to get a better look at the program. As one of the first dates on the calendar for multiple recruits in this crop, this served as an important time for the Nittany Lions to cement themselves at the …

According to On3, the LSU staff made significant progress with a blue-chip defensive end over the weekend. The Tigers hosted four-star Damien Shanklin for an official visit over the weekend. Following the visit, LSU looks to be in a good spot. “Everything was great about the visit. Nothing but positive energy,” Shanklin told On3’s Steve Wiltfong. Wiltfong, along with On3’s …

The bar at which head coaches and coaching staffs used to be measured by was strictly on recruiting. With the use of the transfer portal, it became another measuring stick but also a tool for coaches to turn around their team in a single offseason. The Texas Longhorns are among those teams using the portal to restock their roster. For …

LSU has a loaded SEC schedule in the first year of the league’s expansion to 16 teams, but the tough contests will start before conference play begins. The Tigers open the season against USC in Las Vegas on Labor Day Sunday in what could be a fascinating matchup between teams that had struggling defenses in 2023 and lost a lot …

Brian Kelly’s first two years at LSU have been largely successful. After leaving Notre Dame, where he’s the winningest coach in program history, he has turned in a 20-7 record in two years in Baton Rouge, featuring back-to-back 10-win seasons as his program produced a Heisman-winner in 2023. In spite of that, there have been some questions surrounding Kelly and …

ORLANDO — UCF’s biggest recruiting weekend of the summer paid instant dividends Sunday afternoon when one of the Knights’ prized 2025 offensive line targets verbally committed inside Gus Malzahn’s office. Gavin Blanchard, who recently transferred to Wiregrass Ranch from Tampa Jesuit, told Malzahn, offensive line coach Herb Hand and director of high school relations Jeris McIntyre that he was “all-in, …

Jun. 4—The 2025 College Football Hall of Fame ballot includes a current Ohio State assistant coach, a former Ohio State head coach and six players who went on to play for the Cincinnati Bengals. A pair of former Ohio State assistants who led national championship teams are also on the ballot (Nick Saban and Larry Coker), but Urban Meyer headlines …

Jun. 4—The 2025 College Football Hall of Fame ballot includes a current Ohio State assistant coach, a former Ohio State head coach and six players who went on to play for the Cincinnati Bengals. A pair of former Ohio State assistants who led national championship teams are also on the ballot (Nick Saban and Larry Coker), but Urban Meyer headlines …

The Texas Longhorns have plenty of talent on the offensive side of the ball led by the quarterbacks. Heading into the 2024 college football season the two-deep depth chart has a pair of former five-star prospects at the top. Quinn Ewers is the returning starter with Arch Manning serving as the backup and future of the program. All eyes seem …

Earlier this year, Oregon Ducks legend Kenjon Barner was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame, an honor he said on the Bleav in Oregon podcast that he never expected, but would cherish for the rest of his life. Now, an even more prestigious accolade could be on the horizon for Barner, who was named to the 2025 College …

Emaree Winston, a 2025 four-star tight end, visited Auburn last week and left with a good impression. The Texas commit, who hadn’t visited the Plains since middle school, explained his re-kindled relationship with the Auburn staff, including tight ends coach Ben Aigamaua, in an interview with Auburn Undercover. “We had never talked. Now we talk every day. I wake up …

If you’re unhappy about USC football playing an 8 p.m. game in Los Angeles against Utah State on Sept. 7, you might not be alone in that regard. However, being unhappy should not mean that you should be surprised. You had to know this was coming, right? The Big Ten and Fox wanted this chance to put games on in …

2025 four-star safety prospect Lagonza Hayward set his commitment date. Hayward will announce his commitment on Aug. 7, he told On3. Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Florida State, South Carolina, Georgia and USC are finalists in his recruitment. Hayward will make four official visits during June after visiting Georgia on May 31. He will visit USC this weekend, Florida on June 14 and Tennessee on …