College Football

Michigan State football will be hosting an intriguing safety prospect in the 2026 class in April. Kaai Connelley of Washington, D.C. announced on Friday that he intends on visiting Michigan State for spring ball. Connelley stated on his social media X account that he’ll be at Michigan State on April 19. Connelley is currently an unranked prospect on Rivals and …

SOUTH BEND — Former Notre Dame football quarterback Riley Leonard, fresh off a 16-game season and a runner-up finish in the College Football Playoff, wants to show he can go deep. Leonard intends to throw at the NFL Scouting Combine on Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium, but he will save the sprinting and other on-field testing for Notre Dame’s pro …

MADISON – The first date of the 2029 Wisconsin football season is set. The Badgers will face Illinois State on Sept. 8, 2029. The matchup will be the second in the history of the two programs. The Badgers scored a 38-0 victory over the Redbirds to open the 2022 season. Here is a look at the opponents for UW over …

INDIANAPOLIS — A behind-the-scenes video clip released in the aftermath of Ohio State’s national championship last month offered a snapshot of Emeka Egbuka’s savviness as a receiver. It showed Egbuka proposing the Buckeyes run a go route against Notre Dame cornerback Christian Gray late in the College Football Playoff final. While reviewing a previous play on a tablet on the …

AMES, Iowa — Jamie Pollard, the Iowa State athletic director since 2005, has received a five-year contract extension through 2030, the university announced Friday. The Cyclones have had unprecedented success in the major sports in 2024-25. The football team had its first 11-win season and the ninth-ranked men’s basketball team has been in the top 10 all season and achieved …

Dale Smith applied for the New Hope-Solebury football coaching job when Jim DiTulio resigned after the 2020 season but didn’t get it. Four years later, Smith became the Lions’ football coach when he was confirmed at Thursday night’s New Hope-Solebury School Board meeting. Smith, 46, was DiTulio’s run game coordinator for the final six (2015-20) of DiTulio’s 14 years as …

Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze was diagnosed with prostate cancer recently, the program announced Friday via social media. Freeze, entering his third season with the Tigers, is expected to make a full recovery and continue coaching through the 2025 season, per the team’s announcement. “Thankfully, it was detected early and his doctors have advised that it is very treatable and …

Hugh Freeze has been Auburn’s head football coach since 2023. (Photo by Jeff Moreland/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, the school announced Friday. The school said in a statement that the cancer was caught early. “Recently, Coach Freeze was diagnosed with an early form of prostate cancer. Thankfully it was …

The top-ranked athlete in the nation scheduled an official visit with Penn State. Five-star prospect Brandon Arrington announced Thursday afternoon that he will visit Happy Valley for an in-depth look at the Nittany Lions program. Arrington, the No. 11 recruit in 247Sports Composite 2026 rankings, is also taking official visits to Texas A&M, Oregon and USC this summer. In his …

Memphis football’s full 2025 schedule is now set. The Tigers know exactly what they’ll have to do to get to the AAC title game for the first time. Though Memphis was picked to win the AAC ahead of the 2024 season, the Tigers finished fourth in the conference and went 11-2. While the 2024 season felt like the culmination of …

Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore on Thursday backed the Big Ten and SEC’s push for both conferences to have automatic qualifiers for the College Football Playoff. Moore, who called the Big Ten the best conference in college football, said both conferences should have automatic qualifiers in the 12-team CFP, which debuted for the 2024 season. “I think our conference and …

It’s finally time to start making travel plans. The American Athletic Conference released the specific schedules for its football members, providing dates – kickoff times will be updated as the season progresses, based on the weekly needs of the TV partners. ESPN is the primary TV partner with the AAC but Army still has time remaining on its existing deal …

A rising offensive lineman prospect from New Jersey has locked in an official visit to Michigan State in June. Roseby Lubintus of Sicklerville, N.J. announced on Friday that he will be taking an official visit to Michigan State in June. According to Lubintus’ post on social media platform X, he will visit Michigan State on June 15. Lubintus is a …

Cape Henlopen has hired Chip Knapp, the longtime Wesley College coach, as its next football head coach. Knapp, who last coached at Dover High School from 2021-23, replaces Mike Frederick, the former NFL player who stepped away from Cape Henlopen in late January. Knapp spent the fall away from football for the first time in more than three decades. He …

INDIANAPOLIS — Jalen Milroe’s first year as the full-time starting quarterback at the University of Alabama coincided with Tommy Rees being his offensive coordinator. Could Milroe’s first year as an NFL quarterback, starter or not, reunite him with Rees? “That would definitely be great,” Milroe said Friday at the NFL combine. “Me and Coach Rees had a great relationship while …