College Football

The 2024-25 college football bowl schedule begins on Dec. 14 and continues through January, culminating with the College Football Playoff title game on Jan. 20. This year’s bowl schedule features the inaugural 12-team CFP bracket, with four first-round games taking place on Dec. 20 and Dec. 21. No. 7 seed Notre Dame is a 7.5-point favorite against No. 10 seed …

MOBILE, Ala. — Carde Smith was one of 14 recruits to ink with Colorado earlier this month. Smith, the No. 18-ranked offensive tackle in the Rivals250 for the 2025 cycle, is set to compete for playing time instantly for the Buffaloes. He will get his first crack at securing a starting role for next season on Friday, December 20, when …

Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire Former Tennessee assistant Brian Niedermeyer was named head coach at Tuscaloosa County High School in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He served as Tuscaloosa County’s defensive coordinator in 2024. Niedermeyer served as the Vols’ inside linebackers coach in 2020 under head coach Jeremy Pruitt. He was also Tennessee’s tight ends coach from 2018-19. Niedermeyer served on Nick …

Nov 17, 2024; Orchard Park, New York, USA; Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo looks on from the sideline during the first half against the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images The postseason is only a few weeks away, and the Kansas City Chiefs will attempt to become the first NFL team to win three …

Wisconsin’s efforts to bolster its wide receiver position continued on Tuesday. It extended an offer to Colorado State transfer Caleb Goodie — the second such offer in the class, joining Miami (OH) transfer Javon Tracy. Goodie entered the portal this week after two years with the Rams. He originally joined the program as a three-star recruit in the class of …

National Signing Day is often about getting the biggest names in a recruiting class but it’s also about getting the right players that fit your system. Here are five running backs that are in a great spot in this Commit Fit look: RELATED: How the top 2025 QBs fit with their future programs TEAM SPOTLIGHTS: No. 1 Oregon | No. …

They’ve used words like unsustainable and unrealistic, forecasting doom for college football and their job of coaching and developing players suddenly flush with cash and free movement. Then this new world for coaches was proven to be financially and operationally sustainable. And very realistic. And now here we are, steamrolling into a fourth year of seismic player procurement change in …

Calling someone “underpaid” when they make well into six figures — and sometimes seven — is a strange reality of college football. Of course we know that the average college football fan probably would be thrilled to make $800,000-plus, as everyone on this list does. But it’s all relative. And when it comes to competing for national championships, schools that …

Missing the inaugural 12-team playoff leaves Alabama feeling out of sorts – and evaluating its schedule. In the wake of the College Football Playoff selection committee choosing SMU over Alabama for the final playoff bid, Crimson Tide athletics director Greg Byrne indicated the football program will consider watering down its future non-conference schedules. Never mind that Alabama’s three losses came …

Georgia needs for Kirby Smart to have screwed up. See, if Smart had this correct, and Georgia played its best quarterback all along, then the Bulldogs face a spot of trouble for the College Football Playoff, because Carson Beck’s prognosis sounds concerning. Beck injured his right elbow while absorbing a hit Saturday on a Hail Mary play just before halftime …

Jan 10, 2022; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Georgia Bulldogs offensive lineman Chad Lindberg (78) against the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2022 CFP college football national championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Former Georgia Bulldogs offensive tackle Chad Lindberg is back in the transfer portal. Lindberg transferred from Georgia to the Rice Owls last …

Ahead of the ReliaQuest Bowl against Michigan, Kalen DeBoer feels the culture of Alabama football is “in a good place.” It’s a Crimson Tide program, he said, that has taken pride in its path, how it stayed the course, how it stuck together through the highs and the lows. And as Alabama prepares for its final game of 2024 against …

Recruiting It’s not just in-state athlete Mark Zackery IV coming to the Notre Dame football program as a MaxPreps state player of the Year. Irish 2025 signee Nolan James was named as New Jersey’s top player in 2024, as the 5-foot, 10-inch and 200-pound running back dominated the competition. The star carried the ball 243 times for 1,921-yards with 19 …

Joey McGuire’s always on the hunt for talent he can add to the Texas Tech football roster, so the Red Raiders’ coach will be hard at it the next three weeks in particular. The NCAA transfer portal opened Monday for a 20-day period, and McGuire says he’s in the market for at least 10 players. His wants: One running back, …

The release of the Division IV and Division V All-Ohio football teams saw 18 more Wayne County-area players earn All-Ohio distinction. Headlining with first-team selections were Orrville placekicker Kaleb Wayt (Div. IV) and Norwayne running back Mason Moyer (Div. V). Wayt had the best leg seen in the area since Dan Stultz, setting the area’s record for longest field goal …