College Football

Syndication: USA TODAY Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love is expected to start Thursday against sixth-seeded Penn State, enabling the seventh-seeded Fighting Irish and their trademark ground game to operate at — or near — full capacity in the first College Football Playoff semifinal. Love re-injured his ailing right knee late in the third quarter of Notre Dame’s 23-10 Sugar …

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has added to his case to win a third MVP award. Jackson has become the first quarterback in NFL history to record 4,000 passing yards and 900 rushing yards in the same season. He’s also the first QB to have 4,000, 900, and 40 touchdown passes in a single year. Jackson got to 4,000 passing yards …

NCAA Football: Fiesta Bowl-Penn State at Boise State STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — It’s still too early to determine if Penn State defensive end Abdul Carter will be available when the sixth-seeded Nittany Lions (13-2) play seventh-seeded Notre Dame (13-1) in their College Football Playoff semifinal, but his teammates and coaches are optimistic. The Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year …

SOUTH BEND —Notre Dame football, Orange Bowl-bound and set to face Penn State for the first time in 17 seasons, won’t have to search very long to find star power in Happy Valley. From the Mackey Award winner in tight end Tyler Warren to the Big Ten defensive player of the year in Abdul Carter, the sixth-seeded Nittany Lions have …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Happiness was all over the faces of members of the Gophers football program on the field at Bank of America Stadium after its 24-10 win over Virginia Tech in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl on Friday night. This was outside of the hype toward coach P.J. Fleck’s mayonnaise bath, which went viral with celeb rapper Flavor Flav lending …

A centerpiece of the Alabama football defense will be back in Tuscaloosa in 2025 Deontae Lawson, a redshirt junior linebacker out of Mobile, announced Saturday he would return to the Crimson Tide in 2025, joining linebacker Justin Jefferson and defensive lineman LT Overton. “This program and the staff have been like a second home to me,” Lawson wrote in a …

Nov 9, 2024; Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide tight end Ty Lockwood (89) warms up before the game against the LSU Tigers at Tiger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-Imagn Images The departures continue for Kalen DeBoer and the Alabama Crimson Tide as TE Ty Lockwood announced today that he intends to enter the transfer portal. Senior Josh Cuevas …

When Nick Singleton committed to Penn State over Notre Dame in 2021, he never thought he’d play against the Fighting Irish. But that will happen when the Nittany Lions (13-2) meet Notre Dame (13-1) in a College Football Playoff semifinal in the Orange Bowl Thursday night at 7:30 in South Florida. “Notre Dame was obviously a good visit,” Singleton said …

Make that three transfer quarterbacks for Purdue football this offseason. Already with Malachi Singleton (Arkansas) and EJ Colson (UCF) in the fold, the Boilermakers landed a commitment from Washington State’s Evans Chuba on Saturday. Chuba, a native of Montreal, redshirted this season for the Cougars and was ranked No. 1,175 prospect in the 247Sports Composite and No. 65 QB in …

Michigan State’s Ethan Boyd, left, shakes hands with his brother Central Michigan’s Evan Boyd after the football game on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing. The Boyds attended East Lansing High School. Former East Lansing standout Evan Boyd is returning home. Boyd announced on social media Saturday night his decision to join the Michigan State football …

The Alabama Crimson Tide opened the 2024-25 college football season with the second-shortest odds to win the National Championship, but even in the newly-expanded 12-team playoff, Alabama missed out in its first season in the post-Nick Saban era. Alabama football fans aren’t known for their patience and head coach Kalen DeBoer could need a significantly stronger 2025-26 season or whispers …

The University of Georgia has released details of the settlement between the UGA Athletic Association and a former football recruiting staffer who filed a civil lawsuit after sustaining serious injuries in a Jan. 15, 2023, crash that killed two from the football program. Victory “Tory” Bowles was paid $1.5 million by UGA Athletic Association insurers “on behalf of UGAA,” according …

Jan. 4—PULLMAN — Jimmy Rogers’ first transfer as Washington State’s head coach is a familiar face. WSU earned a commitment Saturday from South Dakota State running back Angel Johnson, according to a report from ESPN, giving Rogers his first transfer since accepting the Cougars’ job last weekend. Johnson will have one year of eligibility. Playing behind the Jackrabbits’ veteran starter, …

(This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccurate headline.) Clemson football defensive coordinator Wes Goodwin will not return in that role for the 2025 season, according to multiple reports on Saturday. He could return as an analyst. He spent the past three seasons as Clemson’s defensive coordinator, taking over in December 2021 for now-Oklahoma coach Brent Venables. …

Alabama basketball’s non-conference gauntlet saw Oklahoma receive a rude welcome to the SEC. Coach Nate Oats has prepared gruesome slates since arriving in Tuscaloosa six seasons ago, but the 2024-25 docket was uglier than most. With 43 games left to be played on Saturday, Alabama’s (12-2) strength-of-schedule ranked 11th out of 364 teams in Division I basketball, per KenPom. Meanwhile, …