College Football

Getty Images Oregon wide receiver Evan Stewart is putting the NFL Draft on hold and returning to school for the 2025 season, he announced on social media Tuesday. Stewart ranked as the No. 69 overall player and the No. 7 wide receiver in the CBS Sports NFL Draft prospect rankings. “Wake up, and get it, gotta finish the mission,” his post read. The …

Former Wisconsin wide receiver Markus Allen committed to Mississippi State on Tuesday. The former Badger entered the portal on Dec. 10 after playing the 2024 season at Eastern Michigan. There, he tallied a career-best 43 catches, 651 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Allen now commits to the Bulldogs with two years of eligibility remaining. Related: Where Wisconsin football transfers have signed …

USATSI The Mountain West Conference has announced the addition of Northern Illinois in football after the school’s board of trustees approved the move on Tuesday. Northern Illinois, which will begin competing in the conference in 2026, has long been a target of the Mountain West as the league looks to bolster its ranks following the latest wave of conference realignment.  …

Wisconsin transfer cornerback Jace Arnold committed to Sam Houston State on Tuesday. Arnold is the second now-former Badger to commit to the Bearkats, joining QB Mabrey Mettauer. The two players follow former Wisconsin offensive coordinator Phil Longo, who was recently hired as Sam Houston State’s new head coach. Related: Where Wisconsin football transfers have signed so far Arnold entered the …

College football’s newfound parity has been a major talking point through the 2024 season. For a multitude of perfectly sensible reasons, the good teams aren’t as good at the power conference level, and some of the bad teams aren’t as bad. We saw multiple high-profile upsets from double-digit underdogs and embraced the chaos — a year without a true “monster” …

The College Football Playoff semifinals are this week with Notre Dame vs. Penn State on Thursday in the Orange Bowl and Ohio State vs. Texas on Friday in the Cotton Bowl. Caroline Fenton, Jason Fitz & Adam Breneman preview both matchups starting with Notre Dame vs. Penn State. With both of these teams so alike in almost every category, what …

No. 7 seed Notre Dame and No. 6 seed Penn State will face off in the Orange Bowl on Thursday night in the first of two College Football Playoff semifinal matchups. On the line is a spot in the College Football Playoff National Championship as both programs are hunting for their first national title in almost 40 years.  This will …

Alabama State Hornets defensive back Adrian Maddox (14) and Tyree Saunders (13) pressure Bethune-Cookman punter Max Tulen (43) as he punts during their game on the ASU campus in Montgomery, Ala., on Saturday October 7, 2023. The Georgia Bulldogs have flipped a transfer commitment from the Florida Gators. UAB Blazers transfer safety Adrian Maddox originally committed to Florida, but later …

Something has to give in the 2025 Orange Bowl on Thursday as No. 6 Penn State faces No. 7 Notre Dame. Not only is a spot in the CFP National Championship Game on the line, but these programs are deadlocked in all-time matchups. The series is tied 9-9-1, and this will be their first-ever meeting with both teams in the …

. ESPN’s top college football analyst, Kirk Herbstreit, is here to set the record straight. With Texas being the sole remaining team from the elite SEC, ESPN’s Herbstreit addressed the apparent bias ESPN shows towards the SEC. “We couldn’t have asked for a better final four with Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, and Texas. The only team missing is …

247Sports Former highly touted quarterback prospect Ty Thompson is exiting the transfer portal and returning to Tulane, where he’s expected to make the switch to tight end, Matt Zenitz of 247Sports reports. The former Oregon and Green Wave backup struggled to find the field as a quarterback during his first four years of college football and would have faced a …

Nov 23, 2024; Norman, Oklahoma, USA; Oklahoma Sooners running back Xavier Robinson (21) runs during the second quarter against the Alabama Crimson Tide at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: William Purnell-Imagn Images The 2024 NCAA college football season is almost over, as just three games remain on the schedule. With the Division I FCS, Division II and Division III …

As college football’s 2025 transfer portal cycle works through January, the winter window is in the books with North Carolina front and center among 247Sports’ five burning questions. The Tar Heels entered Tuesday at No. 33 in the transfer portal team rankings, leaving some to wonder why Bill Belichick and company haven’t been the most aggressive. North Carolina currently has 12 incoming transfers …

Nov 25, 2023; Auburn, Alabama, USA; Auburn Tigers safety Zion Puckett (10) closes in on Alabama Crimson Tide wide receiver Malik Benson (11) during the first quarter at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John Reed-USA TODAY Sports A former Alabama Crimson Tide wide receiver who transferred to the Florida State Seminoles last season, Malik Benson is back on the move again, …

When five-star Malachi Nelson signed with USC out of high school, a trip to the Sun Bowl probably wasn’t on his bucket list. El Paso is one of America’s finest cities and the Sun Bowl is a historic game, but he followed Lincoln Riley to Los Angeles to follow Baker, Kyler and Caleb into the Riley Heisman factory.  Instead, Nelson …