College Football

Only one team stands in the way of Texas football making it to the College Football Playoff national title game. After beating the Arizona State Sun Devils in the Peach Bowl, the Longhorns return to the College Football Playoff semifinals. Texas, the CFP’s No. 5 seed, survived a furious comeback and overtime against ASU, the No. 4 seed, in a …

COLUMBIA — South Carolina football added former Utah State running back Rahsul Faison from the transfer portal on Tuesday. Faison confirmed the news by reposting a report that he had committed to South Carolina and wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, “I’ll be back Saturday (with a heart emoji), let’s do it !!” Faison is the No. 4 running …

DEKALB, Ill. – Back in the summer 2022, NIU Director of Athletics Sean Frazier was in his car when the news struck. USC and UCLA were going to spurn the Pac-12 and join the Big Ten. Frazier called a friend of his who works in the Big Ten about the bombshell report. Frazier had to ask: What’s going on here? …

Jan. 7—BROOKINGS — Former South Dakota State national championship-winning quarterback Mark Gronowski committed to playing college football at the University of Iowa on Tuesday. Gronowski, who was weighing potentially getting in the NFL Draft after four seasons at SDSU, will have one year of eligibility remaining. A native of Illinois, Gronowski led South Dakota State to FCS titles in back-to-back …

Jan. 7—PULLMAN — Washington State’s running back situation continues to change. WSU has signed South Dakota State transfer running back Maxwell Woods, the Cougars announced Tuesday, marking the third Jackrabbits RB to follow new head coach Jimmy Rogers to Pullman. Woods played his freshman season in 2024, giving him three more years of eligibility. On Tuesday, the Cougars also added …

. Ole Miss transfer offensive lineman Mana Taimani is taking a closer look at two Big 12 football programs amid his search for a new home. According to Adam Gorney of Rivals, Taimani will take two-day trips to both West Virginia and Colorado this week. The 6-foot-5, 305-pound OL entered the transfer portal early last month after spending two seasons …

Memphis football’s 2025 roster just got a significant boost. First team All-AAC defensive end William Whitlow Jr., who entered the transfer portal last month, announced Tuesday he would return to the Tigers in 2025. That makes him the only member of the Memphis defense that started the 2024 season opener against North Alabama who will be on the roster in …

Jul 18, 2018; Atlanta, GA, USA; An Alabama Crimson Tide helmet is shown on the main stage during SEC football media day at the College Football Hall of Fame. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports According to a report Tuesday from Matt Zenitz of 247Sports, the Alabama Crimson Tide are targeting former player and Tuscaloosa native Jason Jones for an …

Utah athletic director Mark Harlan speaks during the Utah Utes Hall of Fame 2023 Ceremony in Salt Lake City on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. | Hunter Dyke Editor’s note: First of a two-part conversation with Utah athletic director Mark Harlan. In one of his first interviews since his postgame comments following the BYU-Utah football game, Utah athletic director Mark Harlan …

CSU assistant coach Chad Savage is expected to be hired as an assistant coach with the USC football program. Colorado State football assistant coach Chad Savage is expected to leave the Rams for USC. Savage was CSU’s receivers coach and recruiting coordinator. He was ranked by 247Sports as the top recruiter in the Mountain West three seasons in a row. …

USC is finalizing an agreement with Chad Savage, a top recruiter at Colorado State, to be the Trojans’ tight ends and inside receivers coach. (Andrew Wevers / Getty Images) USC is finalizing a deal to hire Colorado State assistant Chad Savage as its new tight ends and inside receivers coach, a person familiar with the decision but not authorized to …

Jan. 7—New Mexico announced three new coaches on Tuesday, bringing the Lobos’ total number of on-field assistants under head coach Jason Eck to six. Of the announced coaches, all three have previously worked under or with Eck, hired by UNM on Dec. 14. The Lobos are notably still looking for a linebackers, wide receivers and tight ends coach, and a …

Jan. 7—Eight student-athletes from the Bemidji State football team were named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Football Team on Tuesday. Redshirt junior linebacker Colton Hinrichs, fifth-year senior defensive tackle Marco Cavallaro, senior wide receiver Brice Peters, fifth-year senior center Jake Gannon, redshirt sophomore defensive back Caden Bolte, redshirt junior wide receiver Drayton Lehman, redshirt junior offensive lineman Conor …

Jan. 7—SOUTH BEND — Fresh off last week’s 23-10 Sugar Bowl victory over the Georgia Bulldogs, a bubbly Riley Leonard interjected himself into the postgame press conference. As Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman explained his team’s execution of the fourth quarter 11-player fire-drill-like swap that caused an offsides penalty on the Georgia defense and awarded his team a key …

A postponement of the College Football Playoff semifinal between the Texas Longhorns and Ohio State was not an option being considered by the Cotton Bowl as of Tuesday night, a source with direct knowledge of the situation told the Austin American-Statesman. In an official statement issued Tuesday night, a Cotton Bowl spokesperson said bowl staff continues to “monitor” weather reports, …