College Football

Dec. 8—Is intercollegiate football at the highest level worth continuing at the University of New Mexico? Probably not, but good sense has little to do with the politics of running an institution of higher learning. No university president wants to be remembered for disbanding the football team. No member of the board of regents can abide an angry earful about …

Dec. 8—SOUTH BEND — For the first time since 1991, Notre Dame and Indiana will meet on the gridiron. In the final batch of College Football Playoff rankings, the Fighting Irish (11-1), seeded seventh, and Hoosiers (11-1), seeded 10th, were matched together and will meet on Friday, Dec. 20 at 8 p.m. The winner will get No. 2 Georgia (11-2) …

Dec. 8—The Isleta New Mexico Bowl is celebrating its 19th season with a handful of firsts. TCU and Louisiana-Lafayette will meet for the first time in the New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 28 at University Stadium, just the second time in the event’s history that a Mountain West team won’t be featured. TCU’s inclusion also represents the first time a …

Alabama football has already lost its share of depth in its wide receiver room. Before the NCAA transfer portal window officially opens Monday, three wide receivers — Kendrick Law, Kobe Prentice and Caleb Odom — have each reportedly shared their interest in entering the portal and finding a new home for the 2025 season. When asked about those transfers Sunday …

Move over, brand recognition. Welcome, most-deserving team. The selection committee’s decision to sidestep Alabama (9-3) in favor of SMU (11-2) in the final College Football Playoff Rankings was a brave call — and the right decision — on Selection Sunday. The report card’s final grade is satisfactory after the committee avoided a disruptive precedent that would’ve been set had the three-loss …

For some college football players, bowl games aren’t holding the same appeal as they used to. Teams have had to get used to players opting out or going in the transfer portal before the game, leaving some squads with depleted rosters. That’s especially true for SEC teams in lower-level bowl games, where the stereotype is that the teams don’t want …

CBS Sports design The sixth and final edition of the College Football Playoff Rankings were released Sunday afternoon looking the same at the top as they have all season. Oregon ultimately went wire-to-wire maintaining its spot at No. 1 as has been the case in every set of rankings during this initial year of the expanded 12-team field. The only …

COLUMBIA — Shane Beamer revealed that athletic director Ray Tanner walked into his office on Sunday and said: “Get ready for Disney World.” Beamer gave him a bear hug in response. South Carolina football wanted to go to the Citrus Bowl if it didn’t make the College Football Playoff, and it got it. The Gamecocks will face Illinois on Dec. …

The first 12-team College Football Playoff field is set as the selection committee unveiled their final rankings Sunday afternoon, one day after an eventful slate of conference championship games. Oregon went wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team and, subsequently, earned the top overall seed after downing Penn State in its Big Ten Championship Game debut.  Elsewhere, some of the top …

. Alabama Crimson Tide offensive lineman Miles McVay is reportedly set to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal when it opens, according to reports Sunday. McVay, a redshirt freshman offensive tackle, is currently in his second year in Tuscaloosa where he has been a reserve along Alabama’s offensive front each of the last two years. This season, McVay has been a …

Marshall has hired NC State defensive coordinator Tony Gibson as its next head coach, the team announced Sunday.  Gibson replaces Charles Huff, who left for Southern Miss.  Gibson is a natural replacement at Marshall with strong ties to the state of West Virginia. He worked at in-state schools for 15 years between Glenville State, West Virginia Tech and West Virginia, including as a member of …

Dec 4, 2021; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt during the Michigan Wolverines game against the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Big Ten Conference championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Fox Sports college football analyst Joel Klatt released his top 10 college football rankings after conference championship weekend. Since the bowl games …

Getty Images Kyle Whittingham will return next season as Utah’s coach.  There has been some speculation about Whittingham’s future plans, but the 65-year-old coaching veteran announced Sunday that he has no plans to step aside. And he channeled Michael Jordan in signaling his intention to return for the 2025 season.  Whittingham has led the program since 2005 but saw a streak …

Tweets by CowboyFB Chris Low of ESPN has reported that the Oklahoma State Cowboys and head coach Mike Gundy will be hiring former New Orleans Saints defensive line coach Todd Grantham as their defensive coordinator. Grantham had moved from the defensive line coach position to a senior advisor role in early November after Darren Rizzi took over as the interim …

The most chaotic College Football Playoff selection process in the history of the event — given it is the first year of the 12-team bracket — concluded Sunday, though there was little debate as to which program would earn the No. 1 seed. Despite playing to the wire in the Big Ten Championship Game on Saturday night, Oregon (13-0) ultimately …