College Football

For the most part, you only see top-25 rankings for the upcoming college football seasons, but Phil Steele annually puts out an extensive preview and has Notre Dame nearly at the top of his all-school preseason rankings. The long-time college football writer has just Penn State above the Irish, followed by Texas at No. 3, Alabama, then Ohio State. Other …

Former Texas A&M quarterback Conner Weigman never lived up to his five-star recruiting billing during his three seasons with the Aggies, primarily due to injury issues, which included missing all but three games during the 2023 season. In 2024, Weigman entered the season as the starter. Still, a shoulder injury, combined with a lack of reliable receiving options, led to …

Few weak links among SEC football stadiums, but Florida’s Swamp, LSU’s Tiger Stadium and Neyland Stadium at Tennessee stand out as tough, hostile venues. Kirby Smart on college football’s future Kirby Smart urges leaders to prioritize the game’s future over personal or conference agendas in playoff talks. They say college football means more in the SEC. They’re underselling it. It …

Wisconsin football extended a pair of offers to two promising class of 2027 prospects on Monday.  Amid its 2026 recruiting efforts, UW’s recruiting brass offered three-star defensive lineman Carter Blattner and three-star wide receiver Cam Wade on Monday evening. Blattner, who attends Northern Highlands High School in New Jersey, has received nearly 10 offers thus far. Wake Forest, USC, Rutgers, …

Colorado coach Deion Sanders hasn’t been shy about building his roster through the transfer portal and helping players get paid in name, image and likeness deals. But he believes college football desperately needs limits on that. Sanders said at Big 12 media day that college football should have a salary cap to protect teams from developing players only to have …

TAMPA — The wounds remain discolored in Kathy Miller’s psyche, as raw and acute as the day they were inflicted. More than 15 years have elapsed since her youngest son, Joel, was thrust into a scandal of which he wanted no part. Nearly eight have passed since she found him dead in his bedroom at age 29. The passage of …

In 49 days, there will be a definitive answer. Either Beau Pribula or Sam Horn will lead the offense out onto Faurot Field in Missouri football’s season-opening game against Central Arkansas on Thursday, Aug. 28, and the Tigers officially will have their new starting quarterback. But until the new season begins — now just seven weeks away as of Tuesday, July …

Deion Sanders spent Big 12 Football Media Day trying to take the focus off his health and onto his Colorado Buffaloes football program. One of the main topics he addressed was his ever-expanding coaching staff. Coach Prime explicitly asked Rick George and CU’s administration to add two specific names from the NFL world: Byron Leftwich and Mike Zimmer. “He also …

For the second time in as many days, Tennessee football landed a commitment from a player attending Kell High School in Marietta, Ga. On Wednesday afternoon, Kell three-star Class of 2026 defensive back Jowell Combay committed to the Volunteers during a ceremony at the school. Combay’s announcement came on the heels of his teammate, incoming senior linebacker Brayden Rouse, deciding …

Former Indiana State football running back Vincent Allen will have his No. 26 jersey retired by ISU prior to a Sept. 6 home game against Eastern Illinois at Memorial Stadium. “My journey as a football player has been truly amazing,” Allen said in a statement provided to ISU. kAm“pD x C67=64E @? H92E E96 82>6 @7 7@@E32== 92D >62?E E@ …

College Football 26 is here. This is the second iteration of the beloved college football franchise, as EA Sports brought it back with College Football 25. While fans had their decade-long prayers answered in 2024, this year’s game was expected to propel the franchise forward and take it into a new era. The fan-favorite dynasty mode is back, with gamers …

FRISCO, TX — In a typical year, Mike Gundy’s late-July vacation arrives with some clarity about his team.  “I’d have a really good idea of who our two-deep was gonna be, and in most cases, who the starting quarterback was gonna be,” the Oklahoma State coach said Wednesday during Big 12 football media days at The Star.   “I’m gonna try …

Shedeur Sanders opened up the most scrutinized quarterback battle across college football. His departure creates an epic two-person race for Colorado football between Julian Lewis and Kaidon Salter. The latter arrives as a prized college football transfer portal addition. As Salter chose Colorado in Dec. 2024. Lewis represents Deion Sanders and Colorado’s top college football recruiting piece. He flipped from USC …

Syracuse just picked up quite the name in its 2026 recruiting class. Really, it’s both a full name and nickname win for the Orange and second-year head football coach Fran Brown. The new commitment comes from Roseby Lubintus. He’s a 3-star offensive tackle from New Jersey. And he has the nickname Purgatory. I’M HOME 🏡🍊🍊 pic.twitter.com/lTwRk2oll9 — Roseby “Purgatory” Lubintus …

The Colorado football program is currently preparing for a 2025 season that will be filled with expectations. The Buffaloes are coming off of their most successful season in years, having finished 9-3 in 2024 and earning a spot in the Valero Alamo Bowl, where they lost to BYU. This past offseason, Colorado head coach Deion Sanders has seen some key …