College Football

With the college football season in the books, our panel of experts was faced with plenty of difficult decisions when convening to select the 2024 CBS Sports / 247Sports All-America team. Experts from CBS Sports and 247Sports joined forces once again to honor the players who shined the brightest on the gridiron over the last three-plus months. Unanimous selections generally play a …

Nov 23, 2024; Austin, Texas, USA; Texas Longhorns left tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. (78) blocks Kentucky Wildcats player during the second quarter at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Patzke-Imagn Images Texas Longhorns offensive tackle Kelvin Banks has won the prestigious Lombardi Award, given to the most ‘outstanding college football lineman, whether on offense or defense, who displays …

The 2024-25 college football bowl season will kick off on Saturday when South Alabama takes on Western Michigan in the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl at 9 p.m. ET. Over the course of the next five weeks, there will be 46 bowl matchups (including all College Football Playoff games) and the college football bowl schedule includes some stylistically intriguing battles. …

Dec. 11—Former New Mexico quarterback Devon Dampier will transfer to Utah, he announced via a post on social media Wednesday. The 5-foot-11, 200-pound first team All-Mountain West quarterback is set to reunite with offensive coordinator Jason Beck and quarterbacks assistant Koy Detmer Jr., who both left UNM for Utah at season’s end. Dampier, the most prominent of UNM’s 30-plus portal …

Garrett Nussmeier will be back at LSU for his senior season. Nussmeier, who threw for 3,739 yards and 26 touchdowns in his first season as LSU’s starting quarterback, announced Wednesday night that he will return to Baton Rouge for his final season of eligibility. Nussmeier spent two seasons as the backup to Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels before moving into …

Dec. 11—Fynn Ridgeway, the decorated Whitefish High School quarterback who spent the past two seasons at Division II Moorhead (Minn.) State, has committed to the Montana Grizzlies. It’s been an interesting three weeks for the 215-pounder. On Nov. 19 he announced via Twitter/X that he was entering the NCAA Transfer Portal. “This decision was not easy and I have valued …

The SEC released its 2025 conference football schedule on Wednesday, giving all 16 league members a glimpse of what the upcoming season will look like. Though league opponents were locked in for SEC teams in 2025, there were still a few things to settle when the conference announced the schedule. Every team will play the inverse of its 2024 schedule, …

Florida State football landed its quarterback in the transfer portal, per reports. After taking his official visit on Wednesday, Thomas Castellanos decided to commit to the Seminoles. After losing freshman quarterback Luke Kromenhoek to the portal, adding Castellanos gives FSU a guaranteed quarterback option following a 2-10 season. One factor in Castellanos’s decision to join the Seminoles is reuniting with …

North Carolina football has been at the center of the entire sports landscape — not just at the collegiate level — for much of the last week as it pursued Bill Belichick to be its next coach. The return of the six-time Super Bowl-winning coach to the sidelines was always going to be a large-scale media event if it happened, …

Dec. 11—GRAND FORKS — Eric Schmidt’s path in college football came full circle Wednesday, speaking where it all started — at the site of old Memorial Stadium around the likes of Dale Lennon and Bubba Schweigert. As a player, Schmidt captained UND to a 2001 NCAA Division II national championship. As an assistant coach, Schmidt helped UND win the 2016 …

The multi-day melodrama that played out between Bill Belichick and North Carolina blunted a bit of the shock of the Tar Heels hiring the 72-year-old, six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach, but industry consensus was nonetheless stunned/shocked/surprised as the two sides barreled closer to the goal-line. The news finally saw daylight Wednesday. North Carolina officially announced Belichick as coach Dec. 11, with …

Texas Longhorns defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski answer questions from the local news media during the first press conferences for the 2023 football season on August 1, 2023. Texas Longhorns Defensive Coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski has been named one of the top five finalists for the Broyles Award, recognizing the best assistant coach in college football. The Broyles Award committee revealed the …

Legendary NFL coach Bill Belichick is set to take over at North Carolina, bringing perhaps the greatest professional coach in history to a new frontier. Belichick is the all-time leader with six Super Bowl wins and one of only three coaches — along with Don Shula and George Halas — to win more than 300 games in the NFL.  However, …

Oct 5, 2024; Corvallis, Oregon, USA; Oregon State Beavers offensive lineman Luka Vincic (63) and long snapper Jackson Robertson (40) watch a game tying field goal that forced overtime during the fourth quarter against the Colorado State Rams at Reser Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Craig Strobeck-Imagn Images Michigan State might be tapping into a familiar well via the transfer portal, hosting …

Getty Images Rich Rodriguez appears to be on the verge of returning to West Virginia, CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd confirms. Rodriguez, who has been at Jacksonville State for the past three seasons, coached the Mountaineers from 2001-07, winning four Big East titles in the process.  During that span, he amassed a 60-26 record with a 34-14 mark in conference play …