College Football

It’s only been over a month since we ranked college football’s top 100 players in the 2024 season, but so much has happened in the industry that it feels like a decade.  Nevertheless, with everything but actual football dominating the headlines — even video games are having their moment in the sun — we decided college football fans deserved a …

Tashard Choice strikes again. Four-star running back James Simon announced his commitment to Texas on Wednesday. He’s the second RB recruit in the 2025 class and the 10th recruit overall. Simon chose the Longhorns over LSU and Notre Dame. He also had a few choice words for Texas’ rival across the Red River. A Shrevport, Louisiana product, Simon goes to …

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. – Josh Heupel got (very unofficially) inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Heupel spoke with reporters during a break in the second day of the SEC’s spring meetings. In between Heupel’s answers on some pretty heavy, off-the-field topics about the direction of college football, an Oklahoma-based reporter congratulated Heupel on his Hall of …

This embedded content is not available in your region. On today’s episode, Dan Wetzel, Ross Dellenger and SI’s Pat Forde react to the news of the House v. NCAA settlement being approved by the power conferences at the end of last week. They discuss how the new funds to recruit players will impact the college football landscape and which football …

Florida football coach Billy Napier received support from his athletic director and a former SEC football coach on Wednesday in regard to the pending lawsuit against him filed by Georgia quarterback Jaden Rashada. When asked about the Rashada lawsuit at SEC spring meetings in Destin on Wednesday, Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin came to Napier’s defense. Napier, former Florida Gators …

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla.—In the 48 hours before a high-stakes game with major playoff implications last December, both Georgia football coach Kirby Smart and then Alabama coach Nick Saban fielded questions about whether key offensive players would be able to go. There may be less uncertainty about injured players in the SEC’s future. The conference is talking about rolling out “availability …

Yahoo Sports national columnist Dan Wetzel and senior college football reporter Ross Dellenger are joined by Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde to discuss the effects of the NCAA’s settlement on the competitive balance in college football. Hear the full conversation on the “College Football Enquirer” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript …

One of the nation’s top running backs is off the board as four-star Louisiana blue-chipper James Simon has gone public with his decision. Simon committed to Texas over Texas A&M, LSU, Alabama and Notre Dame after making a spree of spring visits to each of his finalists, including two trips back to Austin. After originally toying with the idea of …

What were you doing 20 years ago this month? Some of you reading this weren’t even born yet while many of us were certainly living much different lives. Personally, I had just graduated high school and was looking forward to leaving for college in the fall. That’s what Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman was doing, too.  Freeman was a …

So, it begins. Michigan football will start the summer recruiting frenzy this upcoming weekend, first by partaking in the SoundMind SoundBody camp on Thursday before hosting a slew of official visitors the following day. The past few years, the Wolverines have — with the exception of last year — usually counted heavily upon the June visitors to fill out the …

Wisconsin football’s legendary tradition ‘Jump Around’ was omitted from EA Sports College Football 25 due to licensing issues, according to a recent article from The Athletic’s Chris Vannini. That and Virginia Tech’s ‘Enter Sandman’ are the two most notable college game day traditions that the video game was unable to replicate. Related: Predicting Wisconsin 2024 player ratings in EA Sports …

By now, you have likely seen the Saturday Down South report on USC football trying to get out of its 2024 season opener against the LSU Tigers. Everyone has an opinion on how scared Lincoln Riley is — or isn’t — and on how confident the Trojans are about their football program in the post-Caleb Williams era. All those opinions …

The USC Trojans don’t look good right now, given the report from Saturday Down South that the school wanted to back out of its Week 1 2024 college football game against the LSU Tigers in Las Vegas. It never looks good when a school wants to get out of a big-game contract. You know the “Lincoln Riley is scared!” articles …

This is not going to be a fun topic to discuss at USC over the next several days. Matt Hayes of Saturday Down South cites multiple sources as saying the USC Trojans tried to get out of their 2024 Week 1 college football game against the LSU Tigers in Las Vegas. Here’s one small excerpt from the piece: Another source …

Although coaches aren’t allowed to speak about players until they sign with their schools, that doesn’t mean that they won’t talk directly to recruits about how they feel about them. It seems like Notre Dame football offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock really loves what he sees from 2025 quarterback commit Deuce Knight. The future Irish quarterback is currently participating at On3’s …