College Football

USATSI Even though Tennessee is playing more than 350 miles away from Knoxville, the Vols might just feel right at home in Columbus for their first-round College Football Playoff game against Ohio State.  Less than an hour ahead of kickoff against the Buckeyes, plenty of Tennessee orange has flooded into Ohio Stadium.  Photos and videos posted by reporters in attendance …

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – NOVEMBER 30: Trey Moore #8 of the Texas Longhorns celebrates his strip sack with Alfred Collins #95 during the fourth quarter against the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field on November 30, 2024 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images) Texas is heading to the Peach Bowl. The Longhorns defeated the Clemson Tigers on …

North Carolina made the biggest splash of the 2024-25 coaching carousel when it hired NFL legend Bill Belichick, who brings eight Super Bowl wins to Chapel Hill. Though Belichick has earned his stripes as a guaranteed Pro Football Hall of Famer, this is his first stint as a collegiate coach, entering at a time when the sport is in a …

The South Dakota football team will have to wait at least one more year to reach its ultimate goal. The Coyotes saw their season come to an end Saturday with a 31-17 loss to top-ranked Montana State in the FCS semifinals. It always appeared to be a tall task, taking on the undefeated Bobcats for a trip to the national …

For all of James Franklin’s success at Penn State — and he’s had plenty of it — there’s been a prevailing narrative that the 11th year coach cannot deliver in crucial moments. The ironic moniker “Big Game James” has been thrown around to ridicule his efforts against top competition, notably in the Big Ten, a conference that he has not …

Sara Diggins / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images No. 5 Texas is dominating No. 12 Clemson in their first-round College Football Playoff matchup, commanding a 28-10 lead into halftime. The Longhorns’ offense has been relentless, piling up nearly 300 total yards and averaging eight yards per play. They scored touchdowns on four of their six first-half possessions, repeatedly exposing …

The Tennessee Volunteers make their College Football Playoff debut on Saturday as they travel as the No. 9 seed to take on No. 8 seed Ohio State in the first round. The Vols last won a national title in the 1998 season under the BCS system and they never made the four-team CFB playoff field. They rode a strong defense …

AUSTIN, Texas — With injuries decimating its running backs, Clemson football is leaning on wide receiver Adam Randall for help. Randall, a third-year wideout for the No. 12 seed Tigers (10-3), was featured in the backfield throughout drives in Clemson’s first-round CFP game vs. No. 5 seed Texas (11-2) on Saturday. He caught a 1-yard pass as a running back and burst …

Earlier this season, legendary coach Nick Saban called SMU quarterback Kevin Jennings the most underrated player in college football. For anyone who turned on the College Football Playoff, that statement might have looked a little ridiculous.  Jennings played one of the worst games of his life, a true nightmare performance in SMU’s 38-10 first-round loss to Penn State on Saturday. …

From the moment the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff bracket was revealed, a debate raged over who was and wasn’t included in the field. Should SMU, despite a loss to Clemson in the ACC championship game, have earned the final at-large berth over Alabama? Was Indiana, even with a gaudy 11-1 record, worthy of a spot despite what ended up …

Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin has been active on social media, criticizing the College Football Playoff selection committee after back-to-back blowouts in the first round. (7) Notre Dame handled (10) Indiana 27-17 on Friday night in a game more lopsided than the score indicated, and (6) Penn State, fueled by a pair of pick sixes, hammered (11) SMU 38-10 on …

Nov 9, 2024; Austin, Texas, USA; Texas Longhorns wide receiver Isaiah Bond (7) heads to the locker room before a game against the Florida Gators at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Scott Wachter-Imagn Images ORG XMIT: IMAGN-883406 ORIG FILE ID: 20241109_jla_wa5_040.jpg No. 5 seed Texas will take on No. 12 seed Clemson in the first round of the …

No. 12 seed Clemson will travel to face No. 5 seed Texas on Saturday for a first-round matchup in the College Football Playoff. The Longhorns (11-2) are the highest-seeded non-conference champion, while the Tigers (10-3) snuck into the playoff as the lowest-ranked team thanks to their ACC championship win over SMU. Texas carries legitimate national championship hopes entering the playoff. …

No. 6 Penn State scored a pair of defensive touchdowns and made a huge College Football Playoff statement with a 38-10 win against No. 11 SMU in the first round. The Nittany Lions advance to the quarterfinals in the Fiesta Bowl against No. 3 Boise State and star running back Ashton Jeanty. Penn State took a 28-0 lead into halftime …

The first year of the expanded College Football Playoff has arrived, with four first-round games unfolding weekend. No. 7 seed Notre Dame beat No. 10 seed Indiana in the lone game on Friday night to advance to the quarterfinals against No. 2 seed Georgia. The action continues on Saturday with No. 6 Penn State (-8) vs. No. 11 SMU, No. …