College Football

ATLANTA — A seeding structure change to the College Football Playoff format is unlikely to gain the necessary support without compromise, multiple commissioners told Yahoo Sports this week. Eliminating the format’s rule designating the top four seeds — and first-round byes — only to conference champions has been discussed as a possible shift after the first year of the 12-team …

And then there were two. The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff is set to crown a national champion on Monday as 7-seed Notre Dame takes on 8-seed Ohio State at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. This will be the ninth meeting for two of college football’s most storied programs and marks the third consecutive season the Buckeyes and Fighting Irish will face …

Sep 29, 2024; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Carolina Panthers Special Teams Assistant Daren Bates celebrates in the third quarter at Bank of America Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-Imagn Images A wise man once said, “The harder you get coached, the more we have to then . . . coach.” Well, a couple of Carolina Panthers coaches are hoping to do …

Bills quarterback Josh Allen talks with offensive coordinator Joe Brady between drills. First it was ESPN who predicted that Buffalo Bills’ offensive coordinator Joe Brady would be the Jacksonville Jaguars next head coach. Now it’s Pro Football Focus calling Brady the “best fit” for the Jaguars job. “Brady worked under Sean Payton in the past. He elevated Joe Burrow’s game …

The Sun Belt has fined Marshall for the school’s decision to opt out of the Independence Bowl. Marshall said it couldn’t play in the Dec. 28 game against Army due to a lack of players. The Thundering Herd won the Sun Belt title game over Louisiana and was set to play the Black Knights in one of the better matchups …

The Giants’ offensive and defensive coordinators will be head coaches at two of the highest profile pre-NFL Draft showcases of college football talent. Defensive coordinator Shane Bowen will lead the West team at the East-West Shrine Bowl on Jan. 30 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Tex. And offensive coordinator Mike Kafka will be the head coach of the National team …

Flag football in Arizona continues to gain exposure on a national level. Chandler Hamilton senior defensive back and wide receiver Trinity Smith and wide receiver and linebacker Mikayla Allen have been selected to represent Arizona in a high school flag football showcase at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando on Feb. 1. The rosters, comprised of senior players, …

Last June, a month after the landmark House settlement was agreed to, NCAA president Charlie Baker told a group of athletes and administrators assembled in Atlanta that he’d like to see guidance on a national standard for how Title IX fits into revenue sharing. “What we really need on this one, in particular,” Baker said, “is the feds to give …

The Ohio State Buckeyes will look to add to their storied legacy when they face the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Monday, January 20th in the CFP National Championship Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Here is everything you need to know about Ohio State’s winning history. How many times has Ohio State won the national championship? It’s important to note that …

D’Anton Lynn LOS ANGELES — Southern California has signed defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn to a contract extension after his strong debut season with the Trojans. USC didn’t disclose details of Lynn’s new deal in its announcement, but the extension should end talk of Lynn’s possible departure for other jobs. The Trojans’ defense improved sharply in its first season under the …

The No. 7 seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish and No. 8 seed Ohio State Buckeyes will square off in the College Football Playoff Championship game on Monday, Jan. 20. Notre Dame opened the playoff with wins over Indiana and Georgia before sneaking past Penn State in the Orange bowl last Thursday. Ohio State suffered a disastrous loss to Michigan in …

Texas football tight end Amari Niblack is expected to enter the transfer portal, according to multiple reports. Niblack arrived at Texas last offseason as a transfer from Alabama. He didn’t see the field much, playing just 90 snaps behind Gunnar Helm (who declared for the NFL) and Juan Davis, who got most of the workload. He’d played 358 snaps at …

By any estimation, Notre Dame is one of the standard bearers for the purely American enterprise that is college football. Perhaps it is only fitting that of any program, the first Black or Asian American coach to lead a team in a Division I national championship game will belong to this storied program led by Marcus Freeman. Freeman’s father is …

How QBs stack up | Players to watch | Keys to the game | Prediction The national championship game is nearly here. Ohio State is going for its first national title since the end of the 2014 season. The Buckeyes beat Alabama and Oregon with third-string QB Cardale Jones to win the first four-team College Football Playoff. A win on …

ATLANTA — The value of a conference championship has diminished before our eyes. Like it or not, they just don’t matter as much.  Monday’s Notre Dame-Ohio State College Football Playoff National Championship was long ago guaranteed to produce only the fourth ever national champion that did not win its conference in the championship game era.  That history goes back to …