College Football

One of the biggest wins for Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks during the early signing period was getting a commitment from 5-star cornerback Na’eem Offord, who flipped to the Ducks from the Ohio State Buckeyes. Offord is one of the gems of the 2025 class, ranked as the No. 2 cornerback in the nation, and the No. 12 overall …

The trend of hiring former NFL players as college coaches continued as Terrell Buckley was named the head coach at Mississippi Valley State University. The 53-year-old Buckley was a decorated cornerback during his days at Florida State, winning the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation’s best defensive back. He was drafted in the first round of the 1992 NFL draft …

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Jan 20, 2025; Atlanta, GA, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish quarterback Riley Leonard (13) looks to pass the ball against the Ohio State Buckeyes during the second half the CFP National Championship college football game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images Riley Leonard’s 2024 season was something of a comeback tour from start to finish. He was a …

Oregon State Beavers run out onto the field before facing Idaho State in the season opener on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024 at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Ore. National signing day is just around the corner for the Oregon State football team, but don’t expect the Beavers to make much noise on Feb. 5. Trent Bray and the Beavers’ coaching staff …

Though the last official signing period for the 2025 college football season arrives Feb. 5, it should be fairly uneventful for an Oregon football team that did most of its work in the fall and during the early signing period in December. The Ducks signed all but one of their 21 committed recruits during the early signing period and have …

The 2024 college football season is finally a wrap. For Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, it’s been over for quite some time. We’re a month removed from OU’s loss to Navy in the Armed Forces Bowl. It’s been two months since OSU was blasted by Colorado in its season finale. Here’s a brief recap of what’s happened since then in Norman …

On Feb. 5, high school football recruits around the country still without a landing spot for next fall will start announcing their future school selections. After early signing day on Dec. 4, Iowa State football already has a sizeable number of newcomers ready to hit the field next season. Here’s a look at where the Cyclones’ 2025 recruiting class ranks …

A new era of Chicago Bears football is set to begin with the announcement that former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson has been hired as the team’s next head coach. While Johnson won’t be formally introduce until a press conference on Wednesday, the immediate conversation turns to what the coaching staff will look like for the first-time head coach. …

Devin Smith and Steve Miller watched the game at home with their families in Frisco, Texas, and Cleveland, respectively, while Doran Grant visited a friend’s house in Akron to view the highly anticipated action on TV. The three former Ohio State football teammates who were high school stars in the Akron-Canton area experienced blasts from the past as the Buckeyes …

Clemson football signed 15 freshmen on December’s national signing day, and 13 of them arrived in December and January. Tigers coach Dabo Swinney’s 2025 recruiting class, which ranks 27th according to the 247Sports Composite rankings, has all of its members on campus except three-star defensive lineman Makhi Williams-Lee and offensive lineman Tucker Kattus. Both will arrive in the summer. Many …

The year is done. All assignments have been completed, for better or worse. Sorry, but there is no opportunity for extra credit. Now that the dust has cleared on Ohio State’s national championship, it’s time to hand out report cards in the form of season grades for every team in the Bowl Subdivision. An annual tradition, the grades consider overall …

Penn State ended the 2024 college football season one win shy of playing for a national championship, but the Nittany Lions will close the books on the season with the highest AP ranking for the program under head coach James Franklin. Penn State was ranked no. 5 in the final AP Top 25 poll released on Tuesday. National champion Ohio …

Now that it’s all over and the Ohio State Buckeyes are the college football national champions, it can be definitively said: Expanding the College Football Playoff worked. The grand experiment to allow more teams to play for the national championship wasn’t perfect, but it ended up where it was supposed to: A worthy national champion with exciting, close games in …

Madrid Tucker’s recruiting picked up at a most unexpected time. The Fort Myers multi-sport athlete picked up a pair of Power 4 offers — North Carolina and West Virginia — more than a month after the early December signing period. Most Power 4 programs try to have their high school signing classes wrapped up in December, but North Carolina and …