College Football

Michigan State football coach Jonathan Smith, left, shakes athletic director Alan Haller’s hand during an introductory press conference on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. Jonathan Smith opened his tenure as the head coach of Michigan State football with a 16-10 win over Florida Atlantic on Friday night. The win, the first in the Smith …

A preseason No. 1 ranked team in the coaches poll last lost its first game of the season 34 years ago. Georgia football, top-ranked in the US LBM Coaches Poll, is a 13 ½ point favorite Saturday against No. 14 Clemson. The Tigers will try to do what BYU did to No. 1 Miami in 1990 when it took down …

NORMAN — OU football wide receiver Jalil Farooq broke his foot Friday vs. Temple and will undergo surgery and miss six to eight weeks, head coach Brent Venables said postgame. Farooq limped off the sideline into the locker room during the first quarter. Farooq caught a 47-yard pass from Jackson Arnold in the first quarter. Farooq was the second Sooners …

BYU coach Kalani Sitake reacts on the sidelines during a game against Sam Houston State Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023, in Provo, Utah. Sitake will lead his team into Year No. 2 in the Big 12 this fall. | Rick Bowmer, Associated Press During the dog days of preseason training camp, after his BYU football team had completed another practice in …

Alcoa football beat Bearden 24-22 on a 40-yard field goal as time expired by Kyrin Tyson on Friday. The Alcoa field goal was set up by a 43-yard kickoff return by quarterback Eli Graf, who made his way to Bearden’s 23-yard line with three seconds remaining. Before the kick return, Bearden (1-1) scored a 2-yard rushing touchdown and converted on …

Freshman quarterback Michael Hawkins Jr. made his OU football debut during a season opener against Temple on Friday. The former four-star prospect replaced starting quarterback Jackson Arnold as the Sooners held a 37-3 lead with 13:47 left in the fourth quarter. Arnold ended the day with 141 passing yards and four touchdowns on 17-for-25 passing. Hawkins was rated by ESPN …

Aug. 30—PULLMAN — There is a reason why Washington State is projected to top FCS Portland State by multiple scores in Saturday’s game. To open the season, the Cougars are hosting a Vikings team that was picked to finish 10th of 12 teams in this year’s Big Sky Conference. A season ago, PSU won five games, and the Vikings lost …

Jan 1, 2022; Pasadena, California, USA; From left: Desmond Howard, Rece Davis, David Pollack and Kirk Herbsteit on the ESPN College Gameday set during the 2022 Rose Bowl at Rose Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Ahead of Texas A&M’s 2024 prime time season opener vs. No. 7 Notre Dame on Saturday night, ESPN’s College GameDay has descended upon …

Sherrone Moore is set to make his debut as Michigan’s full-time head coach on Saturday against Fresno State. He will do so without a contract, according to USA Today. Moore and the Wolverines reportedly have yet execute a contract that would lock in Moore as coach, a rarely seen situation at the sport’s top level where coach compensation and security …

Aug. 30—STORRS — Mystery surrounds the 2024 UConn football team heading into the season. The roster has undergone a makeover with the addition of 51 new players, including an injection of talent and experience from the transfer portal. A new quarterback will be at the helm. The Huskies have a new offensive and defensive coordinator. There’s a renewed enthusiasm and …

Recruiting Notre Dame football hosted Mississippi safety [autotag]Bralan Womack[/autotag] over the summer and offered him a scholarship. When that happened, it looked like the Irish were in the driver seat of his recruitment, but that might not be the case anymore. The 5-foot, 11-inch and 185-pound star has since been to multiple other campuses and this weekend he will see …

Michigan State’s quarterback Aidan Chiles during camp on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, at the indoor practice facility in East Lansing. At the 11:15 mark of the second quarter, Michigan State scored their first touchdown of the Jonathan Smith era. The touchdown increased MSU’s lead to 9-0, after the first points of the game came on a safety, and came courtesy …

Wisconsin’s Week 1 opponent Western Michigan will be without its top offensive weapon tonight. That is star wide receiver Kenneth Womack, who has reportedly been ruled out of the contest with a broken hand — according to to SB Nation’s Steve Helwick. Related: Wisconsin releases pregame injury report for Week 1 vs. Western Michigan Womack led the Broncos in receptions (76) …

BOULDER, CO – SEPTEMBER 14: Head Coach Pete Carroll of the Southern California Trojans talks with the lineman during a timeout against the Colorado Buffaloes in the first half September 14, 2002, at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. USC defeated Colorada 40-3. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images) Big Ten Network’s Yogi Roth, host of the new show The Y-Option, sat down with …

Tim Prangley – Trojans Wire Woody Marks played for Mississippi State. Now he plays for USC. In a fascinating twist of fate, Marks’ first game for USC won’t come against a Big Ten team or against a team USC used to face in the Pac-12. Marks’ USC debut will come against another SEC team, the LSU Tigers on Sept. 1. …