College Football

Penn State will get a slightly surprising chance to play for the Big Ten championship next weekend in Indianapolis after finishing off an 11-1 regular season and getting a big helping hand from Michigan to drop Ohio State into two-loss territory. A win next weekend against undefeated Oregon may be considered a bit surprising as well, but it would be …

No. 5 Notre Dame will travel to the West Coast to face traditional-rival USC for their annual game Saturday on CBS. This matchup will mark the 95th all-time meeting between the historic programs. The two rivals have played each other every season in football since 1926, except during World War ll (1943-45) and the COVID-19 shortened season in 2020. The Fighting Irish …

ATHENS, GEORGIA – NOVEMBER 29: Georgia governor Brian Kemp hands off the Governors trophy to head coach Kirby Smart of the Georgia Bulldogs and Warren Brinson #97 following the 44-42 victory over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in eighth overtime at Sanford Stadium on November 29, 2024 in Athens, Georgia. (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images) The No. 8 Georgia Bulldogs …

Getty Images Duke has been one of the best stories in college football this season, and its regular season got a fitting end. The Blue Devils beat Wake Forest with a walk-off touchdown as time expired. With eight seconds left in regulation, Duke and Wake Forest appeared to be headed for overtime. The Blue Devils had the ball at the …

BLOOMINGTON — No one saw this coming. That’s the common refrain for those discussing Indiana football’s remarkable turnaround from Big Ten basement dweller to College Football Playoff contender, but it hasn’t caught everyone off guard. Mikail Kamara is one of those exceptions. “I feel like the first few games we’re going to be underlooked, but I’m certain once we get the …

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State saved its best fight for last. Unfortunately for all that is Scarlet and Gray, when the Buckeyes finally started throwing punches — or something close to them — time had expired here Saturday afternoon. On the game. Perhaps on the season. The resulting postgame melee between Ohio State and Michigan laid bare the worst parts of …

ATHENS, GEORGIA – NOVEMBER 29: The Georgia Bulldogs react after winning 44-42 over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in eighth overtime at Sanford Stadium on November 29, 2024 in Athens, Georgia. (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images) The Texas Longhorns dominated the Texas A&M Aggies offense in a 17-7 win to secure a berth in the SEC championship. Week 14 was …

LSU will play host to Oklahoma on Saturday in the first meeting between the two teams as members of the same conference. This will also be the first showdown between the Tigers and the Sooners since 2019’s College Football Playoff, when Ed Orgeron’s historic Tigers downed Lincoln Riley’s Oklahoma to advance to the CFP National Championship.  The Tigers hold a 2-1 advantage in the series, …

Bowl Subdivision conference championship matchups are finally settled after weeks of uncertainty, setting the stage for the final weekend of the regular season and the final College Football Playoff rankings. The nine championship games will be played on Friday and Saturday. The playoff rankings and bracket will be released early on Sunday afternoon. Nearly every game will have some sort …

Florida State is set to host Florida on Saturday evening in the 68th meeting between the in-state rivals. The Gators and Seminoles have played every year since 1958, except for 2020 when leagues around the nation adjusted their schedules to include conference-only games in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Florida leads the series with a 37-28-2 record, but modern games …

BYU and Houston head coaches Kalani Sitake and Willie Fritz talk together prior to their teams’ matchup on Saturday Dec. 1, 2024 in Provo. | BYU Photo While his team may have fallen to BYU in the regular season finale, Houston head coach Willie Fritz was plenty impressed with the scene in Provo Saturday night. “It was really good crowd,” …

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Money can cure problems, but sometimes it compounds a man’s underlying stressors with crippling interest. No. 2 Ohio State paid the price — again — Saturday in its shocking 13-10 loss to unranked Michigan, thrusting the Buckeyes’ Big Ten title hopes into the ether and prompting questions about the direction of a proud program following an unimaginable …

BYU wide receiver Chase Roberts runs after a long catch against the Houston Cougars in Provo on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News BYU beat Houston 30-18 in a freezing cold, sloppy mistake-fest late Saturday night that featured seven fumbles. It was the final regular-season game in a unique and unpredictable campaign. After starting the season …

Getty Images Planting a flag on the logo of your rival — or at least trying to do so — is all the rage in college football these days, apparently. Though flag-planting isn’t a new concept, it was prolific throughout Week 14’s rivalry games.  Four contests ended with one team trying to slam a flag into the ground of another …

Against all odds, unranked Michigan beats Ohio State, putting the Buckeyes’ head coach Ryan Day in a sticky situation despite a great Big 10 record. Caroline Fenton, Jason Fitz & Adam Breneman break down that game as well as the renewal of the epic rivalry between Texas and Texas A&M now that they’re both in the SEC. The trio share …