College Football

Kalen DeBoer was a high school football player in Milbank, South Dakota when he received his first recruiting letter. It has accompanied him on each of his seven coaching stops, including to Seattle about two years ago when he took over as head coach at the University of Washington. “This letter … sits behind my desk in a drawer usually …

Michigan vs. Washington will have a strange aura to it during Monday’s College Football Playoff championship. It’s a Big Ten-vs.-Pac-12 game for a championship, but it won’t take place in Pasadena, home of the traditional Rose Bowl meeting between the two conferences. It’s a sign that the times, they are a-changing. And they’ll be even more drastically different after this …

The No. 24 Auburn Tigers are one of the hottest teams in college basketball. Auburn smacked around Arkansas last Saturday, 83-51, for its seventh-straight win to open the SEC slate. During the stretch, Auburn has won each game by a margin of 28 points. The stretch can be credited to Auburn’s road loss to Appalachian State on Dec. 3, which …

Monday night’s game between Michigan and Washington will do more than just determine a national champion for the 2023 college football season. It will mark the end of an era in the sport. The matchup between the Wolverines and Huskies will be the final game of the four-team College Football Playoff format, a system that has been in place since …

Ohio State landed Kansas State transfer quarterback Will Howard from the portal on Thursday, putting an end to weeks of speculation after incumbent Kyle McCord transferred from the program. After years of pinpoint drop-back passers running the show for the Buckeyes offense, coach Ryan Day opted to go in a different direction with Howard.  Howard’s experience ranks among the best …

On Monday night, Michigan football will aim to capture just its second national championship since the 1948 season, and first since 1997, when it takes on Washington in the College Football Playoff title game in Houston. It will mark the end of a 2023 season that has been as turbulent as it has been successful. The Wolverines have been the …

Michigan football quarterback J.J. McCarthy is zoned in on defeating Washington in the College Football Playoff championship, but his impending draft status is still a major question mark ahead of the 2024 season. McCarthy is a junior with another year of eligibility left in his college football career. He has amassed 6,086 passing yards, 49 touchdowns and 11 interceptions in …

The final chapter of the 2023 college football season will be written Monday night in Houston. A matchup of the nation’s last two undefeated FBS programs and the champions of the Big Ten and the PAC-12 will square off in Texas for the right to be called national champion. The Michigan Wolverines have been on a mission all season long …

No. 1 Michigan and No. 2 Washington have taken different paths to the College Football Playoff National Championship, even though they share a 14-0 record and the privilege of standing as the final two undefeated teams in the sport.  The Wolverines began the year as one of the top teams in the country and have delivered on those preseason expectations …

There’s a new look to the Big 12 with conference play. Starting with Houston, there is perhaps a new top dog in the conference. A new program to challenge the likes of Kansas, Baylor, Texas and others this season. But don’t overlook BYU and Cincinnati. The trio — sorry, UCF — provided plenty of entertainment in their Big 12 openers. …

Sean Frazier is an idea guy. A former Alabama walk-on, the Northern Illinois athletic director is working overtime trying to find a place for marginalized schools like his to matter. “There has to be somewhere for those teams to pursue their dreams,” Frazier said. While the College Football Playoff will expand to 12 teams beginning next season — theoretically providing …

Former four-star cornerback Fabian Ross has decided to transfer from USC and take his talents to Hawaii. Ross spent two years at USC before transferring. During his two years of playing time at USC, Ross saw action in only three games in his freshman and sophomore seasons. Ross was ranked No. 176 in the 247Sports composite hailing from Las Vegas …

HOUSTON — On the eve of the College Football Playoff championship game, and the Wolverines are still preparing for the football fight of their collective lives. Those were coach Jim Harbaugh’s words Sunday morning in Liberty Hall, a banquet room adjacent to the JW Marriott in downtown Houston, where he and the Huskies’ head man, Kalen DeBoer, gave their final …

Following media day, Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz discusses the keys to the College Football Playoff National Championship game between the Huskies and Wolverines – and gives his pick to win it all. Video Transcript JASON FITZ: We’re standing in Houston for the College Football Playoff Championship media days, and after talking to everybody, one thing has become clear. The course …

Tennessee’s offseason is only six days old, but it has already come with some good news. The Vols got a commitment Sunday from four-star tight end Jack VanDorselaer, with VanDorselaer announcing his decision on social media. The 6-foot-4, 225-pound VanDorselaer is the No. 251 player nationally in the 2025 class, according to 247Sports’ Composite rankings, which has him as the …