College Football

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 …

The 2025 SEC football schedule will be released Wednesday via the SEC Network and ESPN. The week-by-week SEC schedule will be released at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT Wednesday, with the conference opponents already known. Each team will play the same conference opponents as this past season, but with the home and away flipped from 2024. Here is the 2025 …

Life for Preston Stone is a little busy at the moment. He’s preparing for four finals ahead of his graduation from SMU with a finance degree. He’s helping the Mustangs get ready for a College Football Playoff game against Penn State. Then there’s that whole transfer portal thing, with schools lighting up Stone’s phone since his official entry Tuesday evening. …

Bill Belichick spent 48 years coaching in the NFL, nearly half of which was spent turning the New England Patriots into one of the greatest dynasties the sport has ever seen. Now, the NFL’s second-winningest coach (including playoffs) is reportedly taking on a new challenge: college football. Belichick has agreed to become the new head coach at North Carolina, according …

Legendary NFL coach Bill Belichick will be named the next coach of the North Carolina football program, sources tell CBS Sports, completing one of the biggest surprises in recent football history and pausing — if not potentially ending — Belichick’s chase for the NFL all-time wins record. Belichick has agreed to a three-year, $30 million deal, according to The Athletic, which will reportedly …

MOBILE, Ala. — Tyler Lockhart signed with two schools last week during the Early Signing Period. The four-star linebacker from the Sip was committed to Mississippi State when he woke up on National Signing Day morning to go to school. The one-time Auburn verbal committed to Jeff Lebby and the Bulldogs a month into his senior season at Winona (Miss.) …

The No. 22 Army Black Knights (11-1) will wrap up their historic season when they face the Navy Midshipmen (8-3) on Saturday with the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy on the line. Army got off to a 9-0 start for the first time since 1996 and won all eight of its conference games before blowing out Tulane in the AAC title game last …

BATON ROUGE — The NCAA transfer portal’s gates swung open earlier this week, as hundreds of college football players officially entered their names into the fray. LSU football has been one of the main actors to monitor in the early going of this open window as coach Brian Kelly has said that LSU would be “very aggressive” in seeking transfers …

No. 17 BYU and No. 23 Colorado both had College Football Playoff aspirations, but they will have to settle for a meeting in the Alamo Bowl during the 2024-25 college football bowl schedule instead. The Cougars missed out on a playoff spot after losing to Kansas and Arizona State down the stretch of the regular season, while Colorado also suffered …