College Football

HILLSDALE COUNTY — Having a standout rushing game has proven once-again to be an effective winner for both 8-player and 11-player football in the state of Michigan. It is even more thrilling to win in such a manner when it is Homecoming night against a rival conference team. More: Chase Schaedler and John Milks earn Week 4 Football Awards; Vote …

Ashton Jeanty has been nothing short of dominant through four games. The Boise State running back has carried his team to a 3-1 record, with its one loss coming in narrow fashion 37-34 to No. 6 Oregon in Week 2. His play has even put him firmly on Heisman Trophy watch, as he’s been the most productive running back in …

HENDERSONVILLE – The Midstate’s leading passer had another typical night at the office Friday night. Battle Ground Academy quarterback Kaedyn Marable was nearly perfect through the air, completing 14 of 15 passes for 215 yards and three touchdowns. The junior added 41 yards and another touchdown on six rushing attempts. He did it all without so much as putting his …

Who doesn’t love a good whodunnit? On Friday night, the eve of Missouri football’s ranked matchup against Texas A&M on Saturday morning in College Station, one of the Tigers appears to have received a not-so-welcoming gift. Theo Wease Jr., Mizzou’s leading receiver this season, posted a story to his Instagram account from what appears to be the Missouri team hotel, …

Oct. 4—MOSCOW, Idaho — Northern Arizona (3-2, 1-0) will look to defeat another Big Sky Conference foe and ranked opponent. In its homecoming game, Idaho (3-2, 0-1) will look for its first Big Sky win. The Lumberjacks upended Sacramento State 34-16 a week ago. The Hornets were ranked 10th at the time in the American Football Coaches Association Football Championship …

Oct. 4—Next week, the Bemidji State football team will finally have a Saturday off. This year’s bye week arrives at essentially the halfway point of the season, with no game scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 12. “For our kids, (it’s) certainly a little bit of a reprieve, break, back off — however you want to look at it — to get …

Tennessee football’s injury report is unchanged while Arkansas has major questions at tight end ahead of Saturday’s game. Arkansas tight end Andreas Paaske is out. Tight ends Ty Washington and Luke Hasz are listed as questionable on the SEC student-athlete availability report, which was updated Friday night. Washington and Hasz have accounted for two of the Razorbacks’ five TD catches …

On Friday afternoon, less than 24 hours before Texas A&M hosts the 9th-ranked Missouri Tigers on Saturday afternoon, Aggies’ head coach Mike Elko sat down with SEC Network lead analyst Paul Finebaum to preview the matchup. Throughout the week, Elko has dealt with the looming question of who will start the quarterback position against the Tigers after it was revealed …

Oct. 4—LOCATION — Rentschler Field, East Hartford Kickoff: 3:30 p.m. (CBS Sports Network) Records: UConn 3-2, Temple 1-4 Last game: UConn beat Buffalo, 47-3, Saturday; Temple lost to Army, 42-14, Sept. 26 Series: UConn trails, 14-6, losing the last meeting 49-17 in Philadelphia in 2019. Players to watch: UConn, r-jr. WR Skyler Bell (21 catches, 500 yards, 4 TDs), r-so. …

LSU football has a week to prepare for its first conference matchup with a ranked opponent this season. Fresh off a 42-10 drubbing over South Alabama, the No. 12 Tigers (4-1, 1-0 SEC) have Week 6 off before hosting No. 11 Ole Miss (4-1, 0-1), who takes on South Carolina on the road after dropping a home game 20-17 against …

Ravell Call, Deseret News Editor’s note: First in an occasional series exploring BYU’s 1984 national football championship. In the beginning, there was no more of a grand scheme to become the top-ranked team in America than there was to light a match to the way national champions had been decided for more than a century. Truth was, legendary and revolutionary …

Just six days after an extremely tough test against No. 3 Ohio State, Michigan State football has no time to catch its breath as the Spartans returns to the gridiron to face No. 6 Oregon on the road. The Spartans are feeling the full wrath of the new Big Ten, taking on two likely playoff teams in a matter of …

Oct. 4—Kirk Ferentz is in his 26th season as Iowa’s football coach. He has won 199 games with the Hawkeyes and got his 200th career win, including three years at the University of Maine, last season. He’s had a Hall of Fame type career, but among the few boxes left unchecked in his career is winning a game in Ohio …

EUGENE, Ore. − Nick Marsh is back. But there’s more good news for the Spartans. Left tackle Stanton Ramil is also off the injury report, putting Michigan State football as close to full strength as it can get going into Friday night’s showdown at No. 6 Oregon. Marsh, the Big Ten and national freshman of the week after the Spartans’ …

Georgia football coach Kirby Smart’s $130 million, 10-year contract that runs through the end of the 2033 season is fully guaranteed if he were to be fired without cause through the end of 2028. It’s 85% percent guaranteed thereafter, according to a new amendment to the contract obtained by the Athens Banner-Herald — which is part of the USA TODAY …