College Football

The catalyst of the Iowa Hawkeyes this year has been junior running back Kaleb Johnson. The Iowa offense has gone as he has gone and that has been a recipe for success. The nation’s second-leading rusher, who is embracing the challenge to lead the nation in rushing yards, is headed home to the state of Ohio, where he played high …

Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch breaks down Michigan State’s football game at Oregon, 9:05 p.m. (ET) Friday. TV: Fox. Betting line: Oregon -23.5 1. Can MSU’s ever-improving offense give Oregon fits? MSU should enter this game knowing it can move the ball against Oregon. A Spartan offense that looked out of sorts and punchless in the opener against Florida …

Real, recognize real. Florida State football (1-4, 1-3 in the ACC) coach Mike Norvell understands the importance of team leadership. After SMU, 42-16, blew out FSU, he realized the leadership had been lost. During his weekly presser on Monday, he gave a passionate speech, challenging his Seminoles who can rise to the occasion and deliver when it matters. Here’s what …

The first SEC Student-Athlete Availability Report of week six’s action has been released, and several notable athletes from Auburn’s roster have made the cut early on. The obvious names of Tyler Scott, Brandon Frazier, and Champ Anthony, who was diagnosed with long-term injuries, remain on the list as “out” ahead of the Tigers’ road SEC game at No. 4 Georgia …

SOUTH BEND − A recruiting glow thanks to eight magical days wasn’t just going to go away, no matter what Notre Dame men’s basketball coach Micah Shrewsberry couldn’t say. He couldn’t talk in specifics about a recruiting class for the ages that he and his staff assembled in a little more than a week. Notre Dame got one commitment from …

Week 6 doesn’t have the anticipation of Week 5. The final weekend of September brought us a top-five clash that turned from a blowout into a thriller and a top-10 team losing at home as a big favorite. This week, there’s just one matchup between top 25 teams after there were four such games in Week 5. We’ll probably get …

Aug 29, 2024; Boulder, Colorado, USA; Colorado Buffaloes safety Shilo Sanders (21) during the first half against the North Dakota State Bison at Folsom Field. Deion Sanders and the Colorado football team are enjoying some well-deserved time off. The Buffaloes enter the bye week at 4-1 after an upset win over UCF in dominant fashion. A tough test awaits them …

STILLWATER — Trey Rucker’s statistics tell you all you need to know about the improvement the Oklahoma State safety has shown in his super-senior season, but if you’d rather hear it from Dylan Smith, he’s happy to oblige. “Really, this year is something I’ve never seen, never played with before,” said Smith, a sophomore safety starting alongside Rucker. “It’s kinda …

Way back in early 2019 — before the days of NIL, the transfer portal and a global pandemic — Clemson beat Alabama to become the first team to finish 15-0 since Penn in 1897. In the future, the expanded College Football Playoff may result in a national champion that goes 16-0 or even 17-0. Doing so would be a monumental …

This date in Texas history is part of a daily Longhorns newsletter put together by Texas football beat writer Danny Davis. For this and more phenomenal American-Statesman coverage delivered straight to your inbox, sign up for the newsletter here. Today is Oct. 3, 2024. And on this date in Texas history, Ricky Williams ran over the Iowa State defense. As …

AMES – It started out as a pretty simple idea. Maybe a little hokey; perhaps even a little hacky, but, hey, you try writing 10 columns a week. With 16th-ranked Iowa State football 4-0 for the first time since 2000, I thought it would be fun to ask Cyclone players, none of whom were alive to witness that historic start …

2026 defensive lineman Nolan Wilson was offered a scholarship by Tennessee. “After a great conversation with Levorn Harbin, I’m blessed to receive my second offer from the University of Tennessee,” Wilson said. Wilson is being recruited by senior defensive analyst Levorn Harbin. The 6-foot-4, 240-pound defensive lineman is from Picayune Memorial High School in Picayune, Mississippi. There are not recruiting …

The Nebraska Cornhuskers are back in the win column with a 28-10 win over the Purdue Boilermakers this past Saturday. That said, the bowl projections following Saturday’s win remain the same for the Huskers. The latest bowl projections from USA TODAY still have the Huskers projected to play in Nashville, Tennessee, in the Music City Bowl. Their projected opponent remains …

EAST LANSING – Jordan Turner dropped into coverage on the snap, backpedaling into the middle of the Michigan State football defense with his eyes trained on Ohio State quarterback Will Howard. Turner glanced to his right, seeing a double-stack of wide receivers starting their break off the line. Instantly and instinctively, the linebacker sensed what was coming. Facing third-and-4 early …

Whether the weather will be a factor during the rest of the football season, no meteorologist in Ohio is going to make that prediction, so it’s going to be up to coaches to be nimble. Last week started as it’s been for most of the season — warm and dry — but by midweek it looked like a rainy Friday …