College Football

Southside High School will have a new face spearheading its football program for the 2025 season. Southside has hired William “AJ” Millis as its next head coach. “It is with great pride and excitement that I step into the role of head football coach at Southside High School. I have dedicated my career to developing athletes and raising the standard …

CLEMSON — Clemson football took the field Friday for the first time since losing to Texas in the first round of the College Football Playoff. The Tigers went 10-4 last season to win the ACC championship and end their three-season CFP drought. They have greater expectations for 2025 and beyond after they retained multiple key starters, including quarterback Cade Klubnik, …

Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe plans to throw at the Scouting Combine this weekend. Top quarterback Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders do not plan on throwing, so Milroe will as will Ole Miss’ Jaxson Dart and Texas’ Quinn Ewers. “It’s a dream come true,” Milroe said Friday. “I remember watching the combine, so now having a firsthand experience of what all …

“Hard Knocks” will follow one of the greatest NFL coaches ever to college football. According to Ryan Glasspiegel of Front Office Sports, after the HBO show that follows an NFL franchise through an offseason could not find any NFL team to participate, it landed on the University of North Carolina and first-year coach Bill Belichick as a destination for this …

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney met with the media on Friday afternoon before the Tigers officially began spring practice, providing injury updates on several key players who will be sidelined. Defensive tackle Stephiylan Green, a redshirt sophomore, is recovering from sports hernia surgery and will miss the spring as he continues his rehab. “He’s doing great and working his way …

CLEMSON — Dabo Swinney had no conversations about canceling Clemson football’s spring game despite other programs doing so. Clemson will host its spring game on April 1 (1 p.m. ET) at Memorial Stadium as other prominent Power Four programs have canceled or changed theirs. Some schools cited college football changes, including those regarding tampering, for their spring game alterations. “Canceling a spring game …

To Jaylen Mbakwe, the move from Alabama football defensive back to wide receiver was simple. In a video for his “New Wave” podcast that normally pairs him with teammate Ryan Williams, Mbakwe, who just finished his freshman season with the Crimson Tide, explained a move that proved to be the talk of bowl season for Alabama, a move that was …

Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze was recently diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer, the program announced on Friday. The announcement said doctors caught the cancer early, and Freeze is expected to make a full recovery. The post didn’t specify when Freeze was given the diagnosis. He will still maintain all coaching duties for 2025. “Thankfully, it was detected early and his …

Memphis football will have to wait a while for some revenge. The Tigers will host Navy during the final week of the 2025 regular season. That matchup — a rematch of a game the Midshipmen won in Annapolis in 2024 — will take place either on Thanksgiving Day or Black Friday. The AAC released its full conference schedule on Friday …

Michigan State football will be hosting an intriguing safety prospect in the 2026 class in April. Kaai Connelley of Washington, D.C. announced on Friday that he intends on visiting Michigan State for spring ball. Connelley stated on his social media X account that he’ll be at Michigan State on April 19. Connelley is currently an unranked prospect on Rivals and …

SOUTH BEND — Former Notre Dame football quarterback Riley Leonard, fresh off a 16-game season and a runner-up finish in the College Football Playoff, wants to show he can go deep. Leonard intends to throw at the NFL Scouting Combine on Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium, but he will save the sprinting and other on-field testing for Notre Dame’s pro …

MADISON – The first date of the 2029 Wisconsin football season is set. The Badgers will face Illinois State on Sept. 8, 2029. The matchup will be the second in the history of the two programs. The Badgers scored a 38-0 victory over the Redbirds to open the 2022 season. Here is a look at the opponents for UW over …

INDIANAPOLIS — A behind-the-scenes video clip released in the aftermath of Ohio State’s national championship last month offered a snapshot of Emeka Egbuka’s savviness as a receiver. It showed Egbuka proposing the Buckeyes run a go route against Notre Dame cornerback Christian Gray late in the College Football Playoff final. While reviewing a previous play on a tablet on the …

AMES, Iowa — Jamie Pollard, the Iowa State athletic director since 2005, has received a five-year contract extension through 2030, the university announced Friday. The Cyclones have had unprecedented success in the major sports in 2024-25. The football team had its first 11-win season and the ninth-ranked men’s basketball team has been in the top 10 all season and achieved …

Dale Smith applied for the New Hope-Solebury football coaching job when Jim DiTulio resigned after the 2020 season but didn’t get it. Four years later, Smith became the Lions’ football coach when he was confirmed at Thursday night’s New Hope-Solebury School Board meeting. Smith, 46, was DiTulio’s run game coordinator for the final six (2015-20) of DiTulio’s 14 years as …