College Football

College football crowned its newest national champion on Monday night, as Ohio State beat Notre Dame to become the first team to win a title in the 12-team College Football Playoff era. As we sit here at the end of the longest season in the sport’s history, it feels like a good time to reflect on all that we’ve experienced …

SOUTH BEND — Three more Notre Dame football reserves entered the transfer portal on Wednesday, including second-year offensive lineman Sam Pendleton. While senior wide receivers Jayden Thomas and Deion Colzie depart as graduate transfers, Pendleton went from starting the first seven games of 2024 at left guard to a reserve role when starting right guard Billy Schrauth returned from a …

© Melina Myers-Imagn Images One year after making a valid argument to be included in the College Football Playoff, Florida State collapsed in mind-boggling fashion and finished this season 2-10. Losses to Georgia Tech, Boston College and Memphis started the year from hell. There were blowout losses and some close defeats in ACC play. The Seminoles finished the season by …

Catholic Memorial’s Mekhi Dodd, JD Rayner and Xaveiran’s Micah Amedee are among Massachusetts top high school football recruits in the class of 2025, according to 247Sports. Dodd and Rayner each helped lead the Knights to their second Division 2 Super Bowl win in three seasons against King Philip. Amedee helped the Hawks capture back-to-back Division 1 titles with a victory …

Iowa has now invaded Dunlap for a visit with Mack Sutter. The Class of 2026 four-star tight end welcomed Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz to the high school on Wednesday where he reportedly watched Sutter practice basketball. Hawkeyes tight ends/fullbacks coach Abdul Hodge also made the trip from Iowa City with Ferentz to see the 6-foot-6, 225-pound two-time, all-area football …

Ohio State has never repeated as a national champion. But after winning the College Football Playoff on Monday night, it will attempt the feat next season. The Buckeyes are in position to reload and maintain one of the more talented rosters in the sport. 2025 College Football Playoff odds BetMGM has the Buckeyes as early favorites to win the title …

Jim Knowles coming back to Oklahoma would be outstanding. And I’m not even talking in terms of football. Knowles, who spent four years as the defensive coordinator at Oklahoma State before leaving for the same job at Ohio State, was such a treat to cover during his time in Stillwater. He could be funny and sarcastic, witty and thoughtful, introspective …

There were so many elite junior days over the weekend and a lot of top prospects back on the road so Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney has a second Recruiting Rumor Mill this week. MORE: Five-star prospects who began the 2025 cycle as three-stars CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2026 RANKINGS: …

The Colorado athletic department decided to stop livestreaming its weekly coaches show with Deion Sanders and also removed two episodes of the show from YouTube last fall after the name of a prominent football recruit was mentioned on it in violation of NCAA rules, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY Sports. This minor violation happened in November, when the …

The Texas Tech football program took a dip in high-school recruiting this cycle, at least on paper. After signing top-30 classes in back-to-back years, the current crop isn’t viewed as favorably by recruiting services. The class of high-school signees Tech landed in December shows up on the 247Sports composite index at No. 43 in the nation and No. 6 in …

Another National Signing Day has arrived for the Texas Tech football team and Lubbock area athletes. Football players who did not utilize the early signing period in December can sign and make their pledges official. Most of Texas Tech’s 2025 recruiting class has already arrived on campus ahead of the spring practice schedule, which begins in March. Here’s when National …

The majority of Florida football’s incoming freshman class will get a chance to show its potential this spring. In all, 19 of the 25 freshmen that signed with the Florida Gators during the early period in December have enrolled this semester. They will be eligible to take part in spring drills in March and take part in UF’s spring game, …

Alabama football has all but wrapped up its 2025 recruiting class. Crimson Tide coaches have been nationwide searching for members of the 2026 recruiting class, one that only includes Alabama four-star cornerback Zyan Gibson. The majority of Alabama’s 2025 recruiting class is already on campus as early enrollees and are preparing for spring practice. But the window to add to …

Around this time last year, so much of the news surrounding Rutgers football’s defense centered on the number of stars and high-impact contributors announcing they’d return for 2024. Each announcement was a major boon for a unit that looked poised to be the team’s strength under a highly regarded coordinator. But each return meant there would be another hole to …

We watched from start to finish Monday night as Ohio State beat Notre Dame for the national championship, bringing an end to the newly expanded 12-team College Football Playoff. All in all, I’d call the new format a success. Way more teams got their chance than in the past, four-team playoff, and that made everyone happy. Everyone but Alabama and …