College Football

Traditional powers from the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference will meet at Ohio Stadium in the first round of the first 12-team College Football Playoff. Who will Ohio State play in CFP? Ohio State, the No. 8 seed, will face No. 9 Tennessee. Both teams are 10-2. Tennessee running back Dylan Sampson (6) leaves Georgia defensive back Dan Jackson (17) …

Dec. 10—It may have been a bittersweet ending to the 2024 UTPB football season but considering all the Falcons had to deal with, head coach Kris McCullough and his players still have reasons to be positive from this year. The Falcons fell to No. 25 Central Missouri in Saturday’s Heritage Bowl in a double-overtime thriller, 39-37 in Corsicana. With the …

Florida is headed to Tampa to face Tulane Dec. 20 in the Gasparilla Bowl. The Gators’ appearance in the 2021 game occurred under much different circumstances, with an interim coach and Billy Napier waiting in the wings to replace Dan Mullen. Florida now seeks its first four-game winning streak under Napier. Meanwhile, the Green Wave’s starting quarterback entered the transfer …

The college football postseason is a little different this year with the 12-team playoff, but it doesn’t change one indisputable fact — it’s bowl season, and that means it’s time to pick some winners. For the ninth year, I am employing my “Quality Game” system to help me pick the bowl games and the playoff games. Who is going to …

The Texas A&M football program reportedly gained a veteran signal-caller Tuesday night after the transfer portal opened a day earlier. Former UAB quarterback Jacob Zeno will join his third team and play with the Aggies in 2025, per On3’s Hayes Fawcett. The 6-foot-2, 211-pound quarterback has appeared in 30 games in his collegiate career, most recently playing in four games …

Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter continues to pad his resume this season. On Tuesday, Carter was named the Associated Press Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year. Carter was named the Big Ten’s Nagurski-Woodson Defensive Player of the Year and the Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year last week by the Big Ten, so receiving the AP’s top defensive …

Jalen Milroe added to his legacy as an Alabama football quarterback Tuesday night. The Alabama redshirt junior was named as the 35th recipient of the William V. Campbell Trophy by the National Football Foundation. Known as the “Academic Heisman,” is an award given to the player who best combined academic success, football performance and leadership. Alabama offensive lineman Barrett Jones …

Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin criticized the NCAA for keeping the transfer portal open between the end of the regular season and bowl games. “It really is a dumb system,” Kiffin said Tuesday during a conference call with reporters to promote the Gator Bowl. “Think about what we’re talking about: a quarterback (Duke’s Maalik Murphy) going in the portal. …

Dec. 10—Tony Gibson, who spent two formative years of his college coaching career at Cumberland in the 1990s, will be introduced for his first head coaching job later this week at Marshall University, the school has announced. Gibson coached defensive backs on Herschel Moore’s CU staff in 1997 and ’98. Now 52, he broke into Division I coaching at West …

Photo: Isaiah Hole After Michigan football upset then-No. 2 Ohio State on Nov. 30, the Wolverines did what they had done two years prior: took the flag from the cheer team and went to plant it at midfield. However, the home team in Columbus didn’t much appreciate that, and several Buckeyes rushed the celebrating maize and blue team. Now a …

Two-dozen UCF football players have publicly stated intentions to enter the transfer portal since Gus Malzahn resigned as head coach, but the Knights suffered arguably their biggest potential loss late Tuesday night. Tight end Randy Pittman Jr., who has played 25 consecutive games for the Knights and was the team’s second-leading receiver as a true sophomore, plans to enter the …

Dillon Gabriel, Travis Hunter, Ashton Jeanty & Cam Ward are the 2024 Heisman finalists. But who deserves to take home the trophy? Caroline Fenton, Jason Fitz & Adam Breneman make the case for each finalist and make their final predictions of who will win it all. The College Football Playoffs begin next weekend so the trio shares their players to …

. The transfer portal has not been kind to the UNC football team in its early stages, snatching up several starters and a couple key reserves. North Carolina’s greatest losses are star linebacker Amare Campbell, who emerged as a reliable starter and replacement for now-Tennessee Titan Cedric Gray, quarterback Conner Harrell and defensive lineman Travis Shaw. The Tar Heels will …

Dec. 10—New Mexico football, a little over a year after its last coaching search, is right back to the drawing board. After Bronco Mendenhall was hired by Utah State, the Lobos are looking for their third head coach in as many years. UNM Athletic Director Fernando Lovo said the search will be a “national process,” but didn’t shed much light …

Getty Images Northern Illinois is considering an offer to join the Mountain West Conference as a football-only member, according to CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd. The Huskies have been continuous members of the MAC since 1997, and it’s unclear where their remaining sports would play should NIU leave the league.  If NIU accepts the offer, the Mountain West would be up …