College Football

No. 7/8-ranked Missouri football faces Vanderbilt on Saturday in Columbia, where the Tigers will have a chance to open the season 4-0 for the second straight campaign. The Commodores are coming off a road loss against Georgia State last Saturday, but have a power-conference win on their resume already this season, having knocked off Virginia Tech in Week 1. More: …

WEST LAFAYETTE − Dillon Thieneman stood before the defense, pointed the finger directly at himself and told his Purdue football teammates he was owning last Saturday and promised to be better. That’s what All-Americans do when situations like what happened to Purdue against Notre Dame surface. “Everyone had to accept what happened,” Thieneman said this week, referring to Purdue’s 66-7 …

LAWRENCE — Kansas football will attempt to end a two-game losing streak Saturday on the road against West Virginia. The Jayhawks (1-2) are coming off of a 23-20 loss at home against UNLV. The Mountaineers (1-2) are coming off of a 38-34 loss on the road against Pittsburgh. It’s the first time these two sides have matched up since Kansas …

The ingredients for an Inter-County Conference South classic will be present Friday night in Boswell. Week 4 Stat Leaders Windber will bring one of the area’s top rushing attacks into this meeting of 3-1 teams at North Star. Senior back Luke Hostetler and senior quarterback Lucas Oleksa front a deep backfield with 10 different players combining for nearly 1,500 rushing …

AUBURN — Auburn football will host Arkansas at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday in its first SEC game of the 2024 season. Auburn leads 20-12-1 in the series with Arkansas. They defeated the Razorbacks 48-10 last season in Fayetteville and lead 9-6-1 in games played at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Here’s our scouting report on the Razorbacks, and a score prediction for the …

Oklahoma will welcome Tennessee to Norman this weekend for what will make one of the weekend’s biggest matchups both on the field and in recruiting. The visitor list headed to Norman is expected to be one of the more stacked groups they have hosted in years. Here are my five most important visitors at Oklahoma this weekend: 1. 2026 DT …

The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (2-1, 0-0) will play their third-straight road game on Saturday (Sept. 21) when they travel to San Antonio to take on the Incarnate Word Cardinals (1-2, 0-0 Southland conference). Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. MST. The Lumberjacks haven’t played their first conference game, but their two wins (Lincoln (CA) and Utah Tech) and one loss …

Jackson State football enters Week 4 after a win over rival Southern. Jackson State (2-1) plays at SWAC opponent Grambling (2-1) at Eddie G. Robinson Memorial Stadium on Saturday (6 p.m., ESPN +). But it isn’t counting as a conference game because Grambling rotated out of Jackson State’s list of SWAC opponents for 2024. Grambling comes off a 35-28 overtime win …

Sep 14, 2024; Gainesville, Florida, USA; Florida Gators defensive end Ja’Markis Weston (9) tackles Texas A&M Aggies running back Rueben Owens (2) during the second half at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Pendleton-Imagn Images The Texas A&M football team had an opportunity for redemption on national television this past weekend in the swamp and a thrashing was delivered. …

BATON ROUGE — There’s been a slight change in Chris Hilton’s status for LSU football’s matchup with UCLA this weekend. LSU coach Brian Kelly told reporters following the team’s practice Thursday that the junior wide receiver is now “probable” to play against the Bruins on Saturday (2:30 p.m., ABC). Hilton, the Zachary native, has missed the first three games of …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti announced on his weekly radio show that the targeting call on defensive tackle CJ West was rescinded after a review by the Big Ten offices and he will be allowed to play the entire game against Charlotte on Saturday. West was called for targeting on the first play of the second half of a …

Jan 1, 2024; Pasadena, CA, USA; From left: Desmond Howard, Rece Davis, Pat McAfee, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit on the ESPN College Gameday set at the 2024 Rose Bowl college football playoff semifinal game at Rose Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports ESPN’s “College GameDay” has decided what college campus it is going to for Week 4 of …

Utah State Aggies wide receiver Jack Hestera (14) scores against Utah in Logan on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News Three games into the 2024 season, the Utah State Aggies still have plenty of football ahead of them. Nine game weeks, plus two bye weeks to be exact. It still the middle of September after all. …

Mark Philbrick When BYU’s 1996 football team reunites to ‘Light the Y’ prior to Saturday night’s game against Kansas State, it will be like a classic rock band getting back together. Time and events may have scattered the roster, but once back on the field together, it will be as if they never left. “We had great camaraderie back then …

The Coach Jim Doyle Pavilion was dedicated to the late coach at Triton Regional High School on Thursday. RUNNEMEDE – Jim Doyle made a lasting impression on many of the athletes he coached and students he taught at Triton Regional High School. Now, Doyle’s legacy has a permanent spot in the school’s history. Before Thursday’s football game, Triton honored the …