College Football

WEST LAFAYETTE — Barry Odom found Purdue football’s new offensive coordinator within the Big Ten. Josh Henson spent the past three seasons at USC, where he was the offensive coordinator and helped coach a team that produced Heisman Trophy winner and NFL No. 1 overall draft pick Caleb Williams. Now Henson assumes a new challenge with the Boilermakers, who failed …

Jacksonville State football and new coach Charles Kelly have found their defensive coordinator, again. Kelly and the Gamecocks will hire Brian Williams, a source with direct knowledge of the hire told the Gadsden Times on Monday. Williams was defensive coordinator and defensive line coach at Maryland, holding that role since 2022. Williams is a alum of Florida A&M and started …

This is officially the time of the year where prospects in the upcoming recruiting class start to schedule, and lock in official visits for the upcoming summer. Now, it is the 2026 recruiting classes turn. Michigan State has done a good job getting a bunch of their top priorities to schedule official visits so far, and on Sunday, they added …

Alabama alumni cumulatively scored more points this NFL season than any college football program’s players have ever scored. The total of 886 points scored by NFL players who played in college at Alabama is by far the most ever by any school in any NFL season, according to AL.com. The old record was 705 points scored by former Florida State …

OXFORD — Ole Miss basketball took a step back in the polls after a home loss. The Rebels are unranked in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll released Monday. Ole Miss is No. 24 in the AP poll. The Rebels (19-7, 8-5 SEC) were No. 23 in the coaches poll last week. Ole Miss lost 81-71 at home to Mississippi State …

Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images With March approaching and the offseason in full swing, P.J. Fleck and his staff are back to work on the recruiting trail for the Minnesota Gophers. After wrapping up last season with a win over Virginia Tech in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl on January 3rd, the focus has …

FORT WORTH, Texas — While Cam Ward hasn’t decided if he will throw at the NFL combine next week, the quarterback knows how he will answer any scouts or team personnel who ask him if he quit on the Miami Hurricanes team by not finishing his final game with them. “Okay, you’re either going to draft me or you’re not,” …

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Former Temple coach Stan Drayton has found a new job coaching Penn State’s running backs. Penn State coach James Franklin announced the hire. Drayton went 9-25 in three years at Temple before getting fired last November with two games left in the season. Drayton spent 2017-21 on the staff at Texas, where his roles included assistant …

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on Rivals.com, the leader in college football and basketball recruiting coverage. Be the first to know and follow your teams by signing up here. Justin Hopkins spent the last few weeks moving toward his college decision, and now it’s in. Hopkins, a three-star defensive back out of Tennesseee, committed to Minnesota on Monday. The Gophers beat …

Football evaluation and talent acquisition is a year-long process at every level. For the Oklahoma Sooners, the search has taken them to the OU Wrestling team, where they’ve added Jacob Henry, the son of WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry. Jacob, a former three-star prospect in the 2024 recruiting class posted a picture of his name above an Oklahoma Football …

Expectations are rising for Penn State football in 2025 after coming up one win shy of playing for a national title. The pressure is also rising for head coach James Franklin, who believes his program will grow from the experience of the College Football Playoff run and competing for a Big Ten title last season while ultimately falling shy of …

Kansas State football coach Chris Klieman has filled the final vacancy on his 2025 coaching staff. Klieman announced Monday that Luke Wells, a coaching veteran of more than 20 years and former offensive assistant at three other Big 12 programs, will coach the Wildcats’ tight ends. He replaces Brian Lepak, who last week switched over to the offensive line. “Luke …

On a recent podcast, former Ohio State cornerback Denzel Burke detailed some of the highs and lows of the Buckeyes’ season that ended in a national championship. Burke spoke with former Ohio State players Bryant Browning and Chimdi Chekwa on their “Bleav in Buckeye Football” podcast and said the players’ meeting with coach Ryan Day after the stunning loss to …

Two of the most dominant conferences in college athletics are taking control of the College Football Playoff both pushing for significant changes to the postseason format. The move comes just days after USA TODAY Sports analyst Blake Toppmeyer suggested that CFP tensions stem from SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey’s influence. Toppmeyer argued that Sankey set this shift in motion with the …

It’s hard to believe, but there are only three active college football coaches that have won a national championship. With the retirement of Nick Saban from Alabama, only Clemson’s Dabo Swinney, Georgia’s Kirby Smart and now Ohio State’s Ryan Day have raised the big trophy at the end of the season. The odds are that group will grow in 2025. …