College Football

USATSI As the 2024 regular season nears its end almost all of the conversation surrounds the 12-team College Football Playoff. Multiple Power Four programs are making a push toward the postseason and await each precious rankings release with bated breath.  Then there’s the opposite end of the spectrum. The teams that have already been eliminated from even bowl contention, with …

Mandatory Credit: Tim Prangley | Trojans Wire Significant news emerged from USC football on Tuesday morning: USC offensive lineman Emmanuel Pregnon accepted an invitation to the East-West Shrine Bowl, signaling the end of his USC career after the Trojans’ bowl game. Pregnon thinks he can pursue his NFL dream now. Based on the season he had for USC in 2024, …

A heated in-state rivalry is set to renew when the Ole Miss Rebels host the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Friday in the 2024 Egg Bowl. The Rebels are coming off a 24-17 loss at Florida which saw their College Football Playoff hopes take a massive hit. The Bulldogs, meanwhile, limp into Friday’s contest having lost nine of their last 10 games, …

For the second time in six years, all that stands between Notre Dame and a spot in the College Football Playoff is a road trip to its rival, Southern California (3:30 p.m., CBS). When the Fighting Irish were in this scenario in 2018, when a 24-17 victory gave them an unbeaten regular season and the No. 3 seed in the …

Legendary coach Mack Brown’s second stint with North Carolina football is coming to an end. The university on Tuesday announced it is firing Brown in the sixth season of his second run with the Tar Heels after he led the program to a 44-32 record with five bowl appearances (four losses). UNC presently sits at 6-5 (3-4 SEC) with one …

Ohio State coach Ryan Day leads his team in warmups prior to their game against Michigan at Michigan Stadium. (Adam Cairns / USA TODAY NETWORK) Ohio State head coach Ryan Day seriously compared losing to Michigan to a death in the family, and we’re totally serious. To many folks, football is everything, and losing in football can ruin days, relationships …

The No. 7 Tennessee Volunteers (9-2) will try to avoid their third consecutive road loss when they face the Vanderbilt Commodores (6-5) on Saturday afternoon. Tennessee has lost to Arkansas and Georgia in its last two road games, putting the Vols in what is likely a must-win position regarding the College Football Playoff. Vanderbilt has already secured its bowl eligibility, …

. Florida football scored its fourth recruiting coup in two days on Tuesday morning when four-star running back Byron Louis reportedly flipped from his commitment with the Florida State Seminoles to the Gators. The 5-foot-11-inch, 200-pound ball carrier out of Fort Lauderdale (Florida) American Heritage in the 2025 cycle had been committed to FSU since September, but a pair of …

USATSI Can we have a 12-team College Football Playoff without Alabama? Would that be a violation of federal law? We may find out Tuesday night in the latest College Football Playoff Rankings release after the Crimson Tide took it on the chin at Oklahoma. That is their second loss of the season to a team that should not be beating …

With one week remaining in the college football regular season, the offseason’s biggest event is right around the corner: Portal Season. Over the last few offseason’s, there has been an influx of college football players (and college athletes) entering the transfer portal for a handful of reasons, including COVID-19, an extra year of eligibility, seeking more playing time elsewhere, and …

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Nov 23, 2024; Norman, Oklahoma, USA; Oklahoma Sooners flags on the field after a touchdown during the fourth quarter against the Alabama Crimson Tide at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: William Purnell-Imagn Images To say the energy in Norman is high would probably be an understatement. It is hard to truly quantify what Oklahoma’s upset of Alabama meant to …

The tumultuous relationship between the Pac-12 Conference and the Mountain West Conference spawned an antitrust lawsuit in September, but in a newly filed motion to dismiss, the MWC says the Pac-12’s case is “little more than a gripe” and asserts the Pac-12 has confused antitrust law’s protection of “competition” with the conference trying to suppress competitors. The Pac-12 sued the …

Midweek MACtion kicks off on Tuesday as the Buffalo Bulls (7-4) host the Kent State Golden Flashes (0-11). The Bulls have found a groove, winning three games in a row. Last week, they blew out Eastern Michigan 37-20. Buffalo now has a 5-2 record in the MAC. On the flip side, the Golden Flashes have yet to win a game …

Wisconsin’s current focus is its Week 14 rivalry matchup against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. The game has significant implications. Not only is it another battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe, but the Badgers’ bowl eligibility is also at stake. A loss and Wisconsin will miss a bowl game for the first time since 2001. Related: Braelon Allen, former Wisconsin players react to …