Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman and the Fighting Irish have a lot of unanswered questions leading up to their series-opening matchup against Miami on Aug. 31. After last year’s quarterback, Riley Leonard, had to take the next steps in his football career and declare for the 2025 NFL Draft, Notre Dame is still looking for their next starting quarterback …
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Colorado football 2025 home game themes revealed
Colorado football is gearing up for its third season under Deion Sanders, and the fan interest remains at an all-time high. The Buffs unveiled their 2025 game themes Monday afternoon, with all seven regular teams having a special theme. Colorado’s opener against Georgia Tech, which is sold out, will be the first themed game scheduled to be a stripe out. …
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Texas Tech football’s OLB coach C.J. Ah You on depth at the position Texas Tech football’s OLB coach C.J. Ah You on depth at the position One of the top developments to come out of the Texas Tech football team’s first preseason scrimmage on Saturday, Aug. 9, was John Curry’s switch from inside linebacker to star, a hybrid outside linebacker/safety …
Read More »Clemson football lands three on first team ESPN All-America list
ESPN unveiled its 2025 college football All-America team Monday. The Clemson Tigers tied the Alabama Crimson Tide for the most first-team selections with three apiece. Cade Klubnik was named first team quarterback over LSU’s Garrett Nussmeier, while Peter Woods was named first team defensive tackle over Georgia’s Christen Miller. T.J. Parker was named first team defensive end over Auburn’s Keldric …
Read More »Just 5 pts separate No. 1 Texas, No. 2 Penn St. in AP preseason Top 25
No. 1 Texas and No. 2 Penn State were separated by just FIVE total points 😳 That’s the closest margin between the top two teams in the AP preseason poll since 1998. pic.twitter.com/ikXqnc8yof — ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) August 11, 2025 In the closest race since 1998, Texas is the No. 1 team in the nation in the AP Preseason …
Read More »Florida QB DJ Lagway is throwing 70 passes a day while rehabbing a strained calf
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida quarterback DJ Lagway is throwing 70 passes a day while working his way back from a strained left calf. Coach Billy Napier said Monday that Lagway is “on schedule” with his rehab but will remain “modifed for a while” in practice. The sophomore who went 6-1 in seven starts last season sat out Saturday’s scrimmage and …
Read More »AP Top 25 poll: Texas makes history as preseason No. 1, Penn State is No. 2 in college football rankings
With Monday’s AP Poll Top 25 release — the first ahead of the 2025 season — Texas made more history ahead of a highly anticipated campaign. The Longhorns came in at No. 1, earning 25 of the 65 first-place votes, for the first time ever. This latest accolade comes just one week after Texas occupied the top spot in the …
Read More »2025 Alabama Crimson Tide Fall Football Running Backs Preview
In 2023 with the Washington Huskies, Kalen DeBoer produced his first 1,000+ yard rusher as an FBS head coach when Dillon Johnson went for 1,195 yard and 16 touchdowns. In DeBoer’s first Alabama season, the decision was made that utilizing quarterback Jalen Milroe as the primary ball carrier was the best path to success. As a result, Milroe dashed for …
Read More »College football teams who play most preseason AP Top 25 opponents in 2025: Validation for SEC scheduling?
Getty Images In the age of massive conferences, schedule draws are more important than ever. Getting the right collection of teams can help guide a manageable path to a conference championship game and even help set up a national championship run. Then, there’s the other side. Some years, seemingly every bad schedule break goes your way and can elevate a …
Read More »Wisconsin 2025 Preseason AP Top 25 College Football Poll ranking
The first AP Poll for the 2025 season was released on Monday. The preseason ranking marks the first time the outlet has published a hierarchy since Jan. 20, after the Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the 2025 College Football Playoff title game. The Texas Longhorns, who fell to the Buckeyes on Jan. 10 in the …
Read More »Longhorns first AP preseason No. 1 in history to be underdog in Week 1
It has never happened before. No preseason No. 1 in the AP Top 25 has been an underdog in Week 1. But that’s exactly what the Texas Longhorns are. UT is a 2.5 point underdog to the Ohio State Buckeyes at the Horseshoe in Columbus, OH in the first week of the season, according to ESPN BET lines. According to …
Read More »Fresno State quarterback E.J. Warner, son of NFL MVP Kurt Warner, named starter for Bulldogs, per report
Getty Images Fresno State quarterback E.J. Warner, the son of former Super Bowl and two-time NFL MVP Kurt Warner, will start for the Bulldogs in their Week 0 game at Kansas, according to ESPN. This will be the third separate school that Warner has started for in four years at the collegiate level. He began his career in 2022 at …
Read More »Longhorns 5-star QB commit Dia Bell says SEC rival trying to flip him
Arch Manning heir apparent Dia Bell says he’s still being recruited by one SEC power It’s been a great summer for Texas Longhorns quarterback commit Dia Bell. The five-star signal caller was the MVP of the prestigious Elite 11 QB camp and was soon elevated to the top QB recruit in the nation by every recruiting service. The possible Arch …
Read More »AP Top 25 poll takeaways: Big Ten, SEC widen gap but parity exists among national title contenders
The preseason AP Top 25 was released Monday, and I’m sad to report that the evil voters who take part in it denied us the opportunity to have a No. 1 versus No. 2 matchup to open the season. While they followed the lead of the Coaches Poll and put Texas at No. 1, Ohio State checks in at No. …
Read More »Oklahoma Sooners DE R Mason Thomas named to Bednarik Award watch list
The Oklahoma Sooners expect to have one of the best defenses in the nation in 2025 after a breakout year in 2024. A big reason for the lofty expectations is that Oklahoma will deploy one of college football’s best pass rushers in the country, R Mason Thomas. Thomas is coming off of a season where he had nine sacks and …
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