It’s never too early to start thinking about the College Football Playoff field. With this season’s playoff expanding to 12 teams, we’ll be laying out the projected playoff field each week as the season goes on. Yeah, the official playoff rankings won’t be released until Nov. 5, but that won’t stop us from making our own guesses. Without CFP rankings …
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Joel Klatt ranks his top 10 teams after Week 4
Dec 27, 2023; San Diego, CA, USA; Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt at the Holiday Bowl at Petco Park. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Fox Sports college football expert Joel Klatt released his top 10 college football rankings after Week 4. His top 10 includes five SEC schools, three Big Ten teams, one ACC team, and one squad from …
Read More »Indiana basketball star Jalen Haralson down to 3 schools, will announce decision Wednesday
The clock is ticking on Jalen Haralson’s college decision. The 6-7 Haralson, a five-star prospect and the No. 14 overall recruit in the country in the 2025 class by 247Sports, will make his college announcement at 7 p.m., Wednesday at La Lumiere School in LaPorte. Haralson will be selecting from a final three of Indiana, Michigan State and Notre Dame. …
Read More »Several former USC players and coaches are now on the Wisconsin sideline
Wisconsin begins Big Ten play on Saturday with a road trip to No. 13 USC. The game is one of several tough matchups that await the Badgers during their challenging Big Ten slate. Given the team’s slow start to the season, there aren’t many that appear more important than the opener against the Trojans. Related: Wisconsin updated depth chart for …
Read More »Is MWC dissolution coming? UNLV now holds keys to future in fight between Pac-12 and Mountain West
In a matter of hours on Monday, during one of the wildest days in college sports realignment history, the Mountain West went from surviving with its eight football members together in a binding grant of rights to now on the brink of complete dissolution. The Pac-12’s rebuilding effort could, ultimately, result in the destruction of its sister conference if UNLV …
Read More »Tennessee football projected to play Georgia twice in 2024
ATHENS, GEORGIA – NOVEMBER 05: Head coach Josh Heupel of the Tennessee Volunteers and head coach Kirby Smart of the Georgia Bulldogs meet on the field after their game at Sanford Stadium on November 05, 2022 in Athens, Georgia. (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images) The 2024 college football season enters Week 5. Bowl season will begin on Dec. 14 and …
Read More »Sam Taylor: COMMENTARY: Making sense of Pac-12 conference realignment after Monday’s madness
Sep. 24—Two-Pac, six-Pac, red-Pac, UConn-in-the-Pac? Are you confused yet? Monday featured a stream of conference realignment news, the details of which will likely have changed by the time you read this. So that we’re on the same page, here is what happened. The Pac-12 Conference, spearheaded by Washington State and Oregon State with four new members from the Mountain West …
Read More »Wisconsin faces ACC opponent in Action Network bowl prediction ahead of Week 5
The Action Network’s Brett McMurphy released his bowl predictions ahead of Week 5 of the 2024 college football season on Monday. The outlet’s preseason prediction had Wisconsin facing Texas A&M in the Music City Bowl on Dec. 30. Now, Brett McMurphy forecasts the Badgers to land in the Bad Boy Mowers’ Pinstripe Bowl against the Boston College Eagles on Dec. …
Read More »Southeast Spotlight: Four programs that have surprised in recruiting
The 2024 football season is in full swing and programs across the country are working to close out the 2025 recruiting cycle on a high note. Here are four programs that are punching above their weight in the Southeast. RELATED: Four Midwest programs that have surprised in recruiting CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS …
Read More »SEC teams gets squeezed out in latest College Football Playoff bracket projection
Someone from the SEC is going to get squeezed out of the College Football Playoff. Probably. Maybe? While getting three teams into the 12-team field seems guaranteed and landing four looks pretty likely, there will be a fifth team from this power conference with a playoff case left outside the postseason picture. Mathematically, there’s a plausible scenario where these five …
Read More »Bowl projections: James Madison, Iowa State move into College Football Playoff field
The college football season enters its final week of September, and the constant narrative around the postseason picture is change. This week’s College Football Playoff projections see two unlikely newcomers added to the field as the first full week of conference play started to sort out pretenders and contenders. One of the weekend’s surprise results, however, was a non-conference game …
Read More »Tennessee’s leaders for receiving yards after Week 4
Tennessee Volunteers wide receiver Dont’e Thornton Jr. (1) celebrates after scoring a touchdown during a college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the Tennessee Volunteers at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Tennessee (4-0, 1-0 SEC) enters its first of two open dates during the 2024 regular-season in Week …
Read More »Oklahoma State football stock report: Bryan Nardo, Pokes defense on rise after Utah game
STILLWATER — Oklahoma State football hit both ends of the spectrum with its play in Saturday’s 22-19 loss to Utah. The best defensive performance of the season, and an offensive collapse that is hard to wrap one’s head around. And the offensive ineptitude created some difficult situations for the defense, like the second quarter, when Utah back-to-back possessions of 11 …
Read More »What Matt Rhule said in preparation for Purdue
Nov 18, 2023; Madison, Wisconsin, USA; Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach Matt Rhule walks the sidelines during the fourth quarter against the Wisconsin Badgers at Camp Randall Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports Nebraska head football coach Matt Rhule met with the media on Monday afternoon. The Huskers are looking to rebound after a 31-24 overtime loss to Illinois last …
Read More »Vote now for your Bay County midseason football player of the year
It feels almost like a dream, but we’ve reached the midway mark of the football season. Mosley (5-0) remains the only undefeated team in the county and is led by an offense that averages 43 points per game. Arnold is not far behind, shocking the Panhandle with a complete program turnaround in just under a year of new management. The …
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