College Football

Former Georgia Tech defensive coordinator Andrew Thacker will have a new role on the Georgia football staff, according to a report. Thacker will be the Bulldogs’ nickels coach, according to CBSSports’ Matt Zenitz. Support staffers are now permitted to provide hands-on coaching. A Georgia team spokesman could not immediately provide details on Thacker’s new position and if Georgia’s current 10 …

Wisconsin missed the final schools for class of 2027 quarterback Trae Taylor on Thursday. Taylor will choose from a final group of LSU, Michigan, Nebraska, Illinois and Texas A&M. He plans to announce his commitment on June 6, according to On3’s Steve Wiltfong. Wisconsin recently offered the hotly pursued quarterback on Jan. 10, just two days after the program officially …

Georgia football has entered the recruitment of four-star wide receiver recruit Dyzier Carter, a current Rutgers commit. Carter, a highly-rated prospect from Louisa County High School in Virginia, expressed excitement about the Georgia offer and acknowledged UGA’s national prominence. While committed to Rutgers, Carter remains open to exploring other options, including an official visit to Georgia. He recently received a …

With the NCAA’s winter transfer portal for undergraduates closed since Dec. 28, most college football rosters are set for the 2025 season. Spring practices are soon to get underway, with teams allowed up to 15 practices each offseason. Spring games are included in those 15 practices, although some programs are going away from, or considering getting rid of, the annual …

The Oklahoma Sooners are hoping for a much more exciting and productive offense in 2025 after a lackluster showing during their 6-7 season in 2024. Leading the charge for a revitalized offense are new offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle and quarterback John Mateer who had tremendous success at Washington State last season. A return to contention hinges on the development of …

A former Nebraska wide receiver has been hired as a college football coach. Former Husker Jordan Westerkamp has been hired as the wide receivers coach for the College of DuPage Chaparrals. Westerkamp played at Nebraska from 2012 to 2016. He ended his Nebraska career appearing in 48 games while recording 167 receptions for 2,474 yards and 18 touchdowns. The Illinois …

Ohio State football again brought in six transfers during the winter window. The portal class arrived on campus last month, floating a bit under the radar. It lacked the big names of a year ago that would help to propel the Buckeyes to a national championship. But the latest group has proven starters and others with upside who should help …

Commitments have started to pick up steam in the 2026 cycle and as a result, programs are getting a better idea of which targets are the most important moving into the spring portion of the cycle. Here are the must-get targets for each Big 12 program in the 2026 class. BIG 12 RECRUITING RANKINGS: 2025 | 2026 THIS SERIES: Must-get …

Nebraska was recently named as a finalist for one of the top quarterbacks in the class of 2027. Trae Taylor named the Huskers in his top five, along with the LSU Tigers, the Michigan Wolverines, the Illinois Fighting Illini, and the Texas A&M Aggies. Taylor has also confirmed that he plans to announce his commitment on June 6. According to …

We’ve now officially crossed into the land of willful stupidity. Seriously, what are we doing here? It’s one thing to do right by players and allow them to earn off their name image and likeness. It’s another to take it one step further by giving them free player movement. Sharing media rights revenue? Absolutely, no problem with it. But I’m …

ORLANDO — Now the fun part begins for Scott Frost. A two-month whirlwind of evaluating players in the NCAA transfer portal, hitting the road to recruit and assembling a coaching staff is finally over. UCF will have another few weeks of strength training and conditioning before hitting the field for the start of spring camp, Frost’s first since being rehired …

The early results are in, the grant of rights won and it no longer feels imminent that the ACC will lose any members anytime soon. At least, that’s the way it seems in the aftermath of ESPN’s move to extend its contract option on the ACC’s broadcast rights through 2036. The vitriol from Florida State and Clemson filing lawsuits has …

Recruiting is all about relationships, and for Notre Dame football, they have more than a few new ones since the hire of running backs coach Ja’Juan Seider from Penn State. The lateral move was a bit surprising across the country, but for many who know what the Irish have in their running back room, who wouldn’t want to coach Jeremiyah …

UCF athletics received a pledge of $1.5 million in support of the Hagle Football Gateway project from Wharton-Smith, Inc., one of Central Florida’s largest general contractors and construction firms. The Sanford-based company was key in constructing UCF’s Kenneth G. Dixon Athletics Village and contributed to FBC Mortgage Stadium, Wayne Densch Center and Roth Athletic Center. “My family and I, along …

Georgia football returns just nine starters combined off its offense and defense from its Sugar Bowl loss to Notre Dame Jan. 2 in New Orleans. That opens the door for expanded roles for players on the roster, transfer additions and freshman from the nation’s No. 2 signing class that was wrapped up in December before the February Signing Day. Georgia’s …