College Football

As we just learned during what was expected to be a relatively mundane week of college football games, some results are impossible to see coming even for the so-called experts. Your intrepid panel presses on, however, to a Week 7 slate featuring three Top 25 showdowns. Headlining the weekend is the first major test in its new conference for No. …

Sep 21, 2024; Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; James Madison Dukes quarterback Alonza Barnett III (14) reacts in the second quarter at Kenan Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-Imagn Images Get ready for an exciting week 7 of the college football season, continuing on Thursday with three thrilling matchups. Coastal Carolina ignites the night’s action against James Madison and UTEP …

When projecting whether teams possess the goods to make the College Football Playoff, we examine factors including schedule strength, quality of a depth chart, transfer haul, program pedigree and coaching momentum. Every element matters, but we tend to overcomplicate this. LSU’s Brian Kelly cut through the clutter when he boiled down the difference between college football’s haves and the have …

When the team returns to its normal schedule next week, there might be hurt feelings around the Texas Tech football coaching staff. Head coach Joey McGuire said Wednesday that while the Red Raiders (5-1, 3-0) are atop the Big 12 standings, have won four straight games and had its best defensive performance of the season in Saturday’s 28-22 win over …

PISCATAWAY – After suffering its first loss of the season on the road at Nebraska, Rutgers football will be back at home on Saturday for another Big Ten test. The Scarlet Knights will host Wisconsin at SHI Stadium looking to earn their fifth win of the season and beat the Badgers for the first time in program history. While Wisconsin, …

When you think of the Manning family and quarterbacks, that’s a pretty good combination. Army’s Bryson Daily may not have that ESPN and commercial appeal of brothers Peyton and Eli just yet, but he can claim a tie to their namesake. On Wednesday, Daily was named the Manning Award Quarterback of the Week, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Daily …

Oct. 9—MITCHELL — It’s an exciting week to the a Dakota Wesleyan University Tiger. Homecoming week is here, with the annual parade beginning at 10 a.m. on Mitchell’s Main Street and the football game at 1 p.m. on Saturday vs. Doane. DWU Athletic Director Ross Cimpl took his new position in February after 12 years as head football coach at …

Big changes are coming to the NCAA. The NCAA Division I Council is eliminating the National Letter of Intent program, which is the formal agreement between an athlete to attend a college program. And while Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer said he still has to be educated on the changes, he doesn’t expect many changes to the recruiting landscape or …

The Oregon Ducks are pulling out all of the stops for this weekend’s game against the Ohio State Buckeyes, breaking out one of the most highly-anticipated uniform combinations in recent Oregon history. With ESPN’s College GameDay in town, the Ducks announced on Wednesday that they would be debuting the all-black ‘Fly Era’ uniforms for a black-out game on Saturday night. …

Alabama football wide receivers Kendrick Law and Kobe Prentice are questionable ahead of Saturday’s game against South Carolina. On Wednesday, Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer said Law and Prentice were “on pace as we have hopes,” but are not “a full go yet” ahead of Saturday’s tilt with South Carolina. The Crimson Tide will kick off against the Gamecocks at 11 …

Georgia football’s official availability report for Saturday’s 4:15 p.m. game against Mississippi State has been released by the SEC. This is the fourth game week for Georgia under the conference’s new reporting policies. The SEC releases daily reports Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and another 90 minutes before kickoff on game day. Georgia has five players listed on this week’s report, …

Tennessee football wide receivers Dont’e Thornton, Bru McCoy and Squirrel White are on the injury list for the Florida game. Thornton is questionable on the SEC student-athlete availability report, released Wednesday night. McCoy and White are listed as probable. McCoy and White are multiyear starters, and Thornton has been UT’s most productive receiver this season. They were injured in the …

New Mexico State had 11 days to prepare for Jacksonville State. Unfortunately for the Aggies, it seemed like no amount of preparation could’ve prepared them for what happened during the game. NM State (1-5, 0-3 Conference USA) were ran off the field by the Gamecocks (3-3, 2-0 CUSA) 54-13 on Wednesday evening, extending the Aggies’ losing streak to five. Despite …

NORMAN — OU football was hoping to use its bye week last week to answer some injury questions and Texas is hoping to get quarterback Quinn Ewers back ahead of the Red River Rivalry. When the No. 18 Sooners face the No. 1 Longhorns on Saturday, they’ll need as many healthy players as possible. The SEC released the first version …

Army football bids for its first 6-0 season start since 1996, and 2024 bowl eligibility, when the Black Knights host the University at Alabama Birmingham Blazers. Army has never won in five meetings with UAB, with all games played between 2000-04 when both schools were members of Conference USA – now they are members of the American Athletic Conference. The …