College Football

Getty Images Louisiana Tech has officially accepted an invitation to join the Sun Belt, CBS Sports’ Brandon Marcello reports. The Sun Belt’s CEOs voted to extend an invitation to Louisiana Tech on Monday morning, according to ESPN.  Louisiana Tech is set to leave Conference USA and replace Texas State, which is departing for the Pac-12 in 2026, as the Sun Belt’s …

The latest round of conference realignment that watched the SEC and Big Ten strengthen their brands with the top programs from the Big 12 (Oklahoma and Texas to the SEC) and Pac-12 (Oregon, UCLA, Washington, and USC to the Big Ten) sparked conversation of the future of college football featuring a “super conference,” one that would be made up of …

Getty Images College sports are entering uncharted territory with the recent approval of the House v. NCAA settlement, a landmark move expected to reshape the financial framework of amateur athletics. It’s a step towards much-needed structure, but as several Big 12 football coaches expressed last week at the conference’s media days, the transition brings uncertainty. Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy voiced …

FRISCO, Texas — Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire already had completed his portion of Big 12 football media days when Colorado’s Deion Sanders was asked if he has been paying attention to what the Red Raiders did in the transfer portal. The gist of that question was really about all the money for Texas Tech athletes, which widely is reported …

Getty Images LSU wide receiver Nic Anderson received medical treatment Friday night after involvement in a car accident, Tigers coach Brian Kelly told The Advocate at SEC Media Days. Anderson is not expected to miss significant time and will likely return to the practice field for the start of training camp.  “It wasn’t quite as bad as (quarterback) Colin Hurley’s, which …

His state-of-the-league address, an annual commencement for the SEC Football Media Days, contained the requisite gristle — an acknowledgement of conference attendance figures, sprawling viewership, and championships won over the recent academic year. Then, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey cut into the meatier issues Monday morning. Among them: the ongoing deliberations of whether his league should move from an eight- to …

Getty Images It has been 18 months since Nick Saban announced his retirement from coaching. In that time, he joined ESPN to serve as a TV analyst, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and even had Alabama’s field renamed after him. While the Crimson Tide are moving forward with Kalen DeBoer, is Saban truly done with coaching? …

The 2025 college football season unofficially kicked off Monday for Southeastern Conference teams. SEC media days is taking place, Monday-Thursday, at Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park and the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, Georgia. Tennessee will take part in SEC media days on Tuesday. Head coach Josh Heupel and student-athletes Arion Carter, Miles Kitselman and Bryson Eason will represent the Vols. …

It has never been done before, but impossibilities rarely enter Shane Beamer’s vocabulary. Whatever coach-speak directions South Carolina’s head coach planned for SEC Media Days went out the window Monday when Paul Finebaum interrupted a pre-podium discussion and asked if winning a conference championship was “doable” with the Gamecocks. For a program without a conference championship since 1969, long before …

LSU football head coach Brian Kelly met with the media on Monday at SEC media days. This event serves as an annual reminder that the college football season is getting closer and closer. Kelly’s statement at the main stage addressed a variety of topics, from LSU’s current team to the state of college sports. Kelly has been around a long …

“Let me be clear — college athletics is not broken, but it is strained,” SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said during his opening address to kick off the conference’s media days in Atlanta Monday morning.  As the college sports landscape undergoes rapid changes, Sankey explained his main goal has not changed as he tries to put his conference in the best position …

Over the last 25 years, the Oregon Ducks have been one of the single best teams in all of college football, sitting near the top of the sport for the better part of a quarter-century.  Since 2000, Oregon has compiled an overall record of 239-83 (.742), with just two losing seasons during that span. They’ve been to 24 bowl games, …

Getty Images The Sun Belt Conference’s CEOs voted to extend an invitation to Conference USA’s Louisiana Tech Monday morning, according to ESPN. Louisiana Tech is set to replace Texas State, which is departing for the Pac-12 in 2026, as the Sun Belt’s 14th member. ESPN also notes that Louisiana Tech will accept a buyout that is at least $5 million …

LSU made the top five for five-star offensive lineman Darius Gray, per a report from Rivals’ Hayes Fawcett on Sunday. South Carolina, Clemson, Tennessee, and Ohio State also made the cut for the Richmond, VA native. He has made eight official visits since April and cut Virginia Tech, Virginia, and Georgia from his list of suitors. 247Sports is the highest …

Hello there, sports fans! It’s Austin filling in for Zach, and I hope everyone had a great weekend. This is an article version of the CBS Sports HQ AM Newsletter, the ultimate guide to every day in sports. You can sign up to get it in your inbox every weekday morning here. JANNIK SINNER For the first time in his …