College Football

A once-promising Texas A&M’s football season came to a disappointing end. A 7-1 start ended with a three-game losing streak, including a 35-31 loss to USC in the Las Vegas Bowl to end Mike Elko’s first season as head coach. Had the Aggies upset the Texas Longhorns in the Lone Star Showdown the final week of the regular season, the …

Rivals national recruiting analyst Greg Smith has three predictions on Kansas’ 2026 class, a future USC decommitment and the finish to the 2025 team rankings. MORE PREDICTIONS: NFL carousel, Ohio State-Notre Dame, Jordan Campbell CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2026 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2027 RANKINGS: …

The College Football Playoff expanded from four teams to 12 this season and now an exciting postseason will culminate with the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship game on Monday, Jan. 20 at 7:30 p.m. ET. Ohio State cruised to victories of 14 points or more over Tennessee, Oregon and Texas to make the title game, while Notre Dame beat Indiana, …

The Oklahoma men’s basketball team will continue SEC play with a home game against Texas at 9 p.m. Wednesday. OU (13-3, 0-3 SEC) is still searching for its first conference win following a 72-62 road loss to Georgia on Saturday. Texas (11-5, 0-3 SEC) is in the same position following its 74-70 home loss to then-No. 1 Tennessee on Saturday. …

The inaugural 12-team field is down to two and the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship game is set for Monday, Jan. 20 between the No. 8 Ohio State Buckeyes (13-2) and No. 7 Notre Dame (14-1). Ohio State breezed past Tennessee and Oregon in the CFP bracket before grinding out a 28-14 win over Texas in the semifinals thanks in large part …

Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman has done one of the best jobs in college football this season, leading the Fighting Irish to the national championship game in his third season at the helm. With such success, comes interest from a multitude of other teams. REQUIRED READING: ‘Trust your doctors,’ Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman says after Riley Leonard scare Among …

STILLWATER — Though he lived his entire childhood on Chicago’s South Side, Bryan McCoy’s family has some country roots, too. That’s why the former Akron linebacker sees Stillwater as an ideal location for his final year of college football. Enough of a city feel to meet his needs, but also easy access to the country for his downtime hobbies. “I …

On Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, I made an appointment to meet with former Colorado football coach Bill McCartney at a Starbucks inside a Safeway supermarket near Denver. I was a reporter with USA TODAY, same as now, and wanted to interview him about his life and health after being diagnosed with late-onset dementia/Alzheimer’s disease. McCartney, then 77 years old, agreed …

It’s all Carson Beck’s fault. He’s selfish, wasn’t a good teammate, wasn’t the same, dependable player after signing an NIL deal and driving a Lamborghini around Athens. There, feel good, Georgia fan? Now, some harsh truth: when Beck, the former Georgia quarterback, decided last week to enter the transfer portal after initially declaring for the NFL draft, the first team …

It didn’t take long after Tommy Rees arrived at the University of Notre Dame for Chuck Martin to realize that the quarterback understood the game of football at a higher level than most. “Probably about 30 seconds after you start a conversation with him,” Martin, now the head coach at Miami of Ohio, recalled to the Beacon Journal. “It wasn’t …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On Monday, in a conference room at the convention center here, several coaches explored one of the hottest of hot-button topics in the world of college football: faking injuries. In fact, the meeting even featured in-game clips of players (allegedly) dropping to the field in the middle of a drive in an effort, defensively, to slow an …

WEST LAFAYETTE — Prior to finding Purdue football’s latest coach, athletic director Mike Bobinski made it public knowledge the hire would not only be someone with a proven background, but also a coach who could rebuild a roster quickly through the transfer portal. Barry Odom was the man tasked with doing so. And now, the Boilermakers have a revamped roster …

WEST LAFAYETTE − Prior to finding the next Purdue football coach, athletic director Mike Bobinski made it public knowledge the hire would not only be someone with a proven background, but also a coach who could rebuild a roster quickly through the transfer portal. Barry Odom was the man tasked with doing so. And now, the Boilermakers have a revamped roster that includes …

Defensive lineman Smith Vilbert will become the first seventh-year Penn State football player. The top backup, who grew up in Haiti, announced on social media that he intends on returning for the 2025 season. He used his fifth season as a redshirt in 2019, received an extra sixth season of eligibility with the COVID pandemic and successfully petitioned for an …

Matthew Scott is familiar with facing Edinboro University’s football team. The West Allegheny graduate was a defensive lineman for Indiana (University) of Pennsylvania from 2004-07. Now, Scott will experience what it’s like coaching the Crimson Hawks’ PSAC West Division rival. Edinboro announced Scott’s hire as its next football coach on Tuesday. He succeeds Jake Nulph, who last month resigned to …