College Football

Duke football will try to make program history against Florida State on Friday (7 p.m., ESPN2) at Wallace Wade Stadium. Coming off an idle week, the Blue Devils (5-1, 1-1 ACC) will try to snag their first victory against the Seminoles (1-5, 1-4), who are 22-0 in the all-time series. Duke lost 21 of those games by double digits, including …

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State football sustained injuries to its defense in last week’s loss at Georgia. The Bulldogs’ injury report, released on Wednesday, lists starting defensive lineman Kedrick Bingley-Jones as doubtful, and safeties Brylan Lanier and Tyler Woodard as questionable. Mississippi State (1-5, 0-3 SEC) hosts No. 14 Texas A&M (5-1, 3-0) at Davis Wade Stadium on Saturday (3:15 p.m. …

NORMAN — OU football could get one of its best receivers back this week for the South Carolina game. Deion Burks, who missed the Sooners’ games against Auburn and Texas after suffering a soft tissue injury against Tennessee, is questionable to play against the Gamecocks. Head coach Brent Venables said Tuesday that Burks was up to 80% of his max …

Did Oregon head coach Dan Lanning purposely call for 12 defenders to take the field on Ohio State’s penultimate offensive snap Saturday — knowing that it would either be missed by the refs (thus aiding the Duck defense) or even if flagged would result in just a 5-yard penalty but cost the Buckeyes precious time on the clock because of …

Oct. 16—PULLMAN — Not even a calendar year ago, Washington State’s rushing game was mostly invisible. The Cougars couldn’t create much of a push up front, and the more opponents realized they couldn’t run with credibility, the more WSU’s offense suffered. So nonexistent was the Cougs’ rushing attack that season that Pro Football Focus handed the unit a grade of …

BATON ROUGE — There is some expectation that LSU football will get at least one of its hurt wide receivers back for its key Southeastern Conference showdown at Arkansas on Saturday night (6:00 p.m., ESPN). LSU coach Brian Kelly told reporters Monday during his weekly press conference he anticipates getting either senior wide out C.J. Daniels or junior Chris Hilton …

It looks like Alabama football will welcome Kendrick Law back to the lineup for Saturday’s border clash with Tennessee, and for the Crimson Tide, it comes none too soon. UA coach Kalen DeBoer confirmed Law is participating in practice this week and described him as “probable” to play against the Volunteers. Despite limited production this season, Law’s presence in the …

Florida football running backs Montrell Johnson Jr. and Treyaun Webb have been ruled as questionable for UF’s homecoming game Saturday against Kentucky at The Swamp (7:45 p.m., SEC Network). Webb has missed UF’s last two games with a knee injury, while Johnson left the Tennessee game after twisting his knee during the third quarter of UF’s 23-17 overtime loss at …

COLUMBIA — South Carolina football travels to Norman to face new SEC conference member Oklahoma, a team riddled with injuries since the start of the season. The wide receiver room is especially banged-up for the Sooners (4-1, 1-2 SEC), who are without four wide receivers this week, with a fifth listed as questionable. For the Gamecocks (3-3, 1-3) offensive lineman …

Army football bids for its first 7-0 season start since 1996, and a deeper hold on the lead in the American Athletic Conference when the Black Knights host the East Carolina Pirates. Army has never won in eight meetings with ECU, with all games played between 1995-2004. Both schools were members of Conference USA between 1998-2004 – now they are …

Scotty Walden, UTEP head coach, celebrates the first win of the season with his team against FIU at the Sun Bowl on Oct. 16, 2024 in El Paso, Texas. When Scotty Walden was hired 10 months ago to rebuild UTEP football, the promise was a high-flying offense that would light up scoreboards. He got his first win, a 30-21 upset …

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. Ahead of Texas A&M’s (5-1, 3-0 SEC) Week 8 road test against Mississippi State (1-5, 0-3 SEC) on Saturday afternoon, the first SEC-mandated availability report made its way to the public on Wednesday night, bringing a dose of positive, and potentially bad news for both squads. Early on Wednesday, Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko further confirmed that starting …

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The NCAA football rules committee issued guidance Wednesday to close a loophole that allowed second-ranked Oregon to exploit an illegal substitution penalty late in its victory over Ohio State to take time off the clock. With Ohio State driving on its final possession of the game and just seconds left on the clock, Oregon was flagged for having too many …