College Football

The Wisconsin Badgers will play against former Wisconsin offensive lineman Nolan Rucci on Saturday when the team hosts the No. 3-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions. Rucci played at Wisconsin from 2021-2023 before transferring to Penn State before the 2024 season. Related: Ranking the biggest storylines entering Wisconsin’s premier matchup with Penn State The offensive lineman originally joined the Badgers program …

Things are starting to get serious in the Bowl Subdivision. Non-conference play is a thing of the distant past this season. Contenders are being chewed up in league play, with teams such as Michigan, Oklahoma and others getting erased the from College Football Playoff conversation amid multiple October losses. Another team that has been put on the verge of playoff …

Dec 29, 2022; Bronx, NY, USA; A view of the George M Steinbrenner III championship trophy after the 2022 Pinstripe Bowl between the Syracuse Orange and the Minnesota Golden Gophers at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports The Nebraska Cornhuskers took the second loss of their 2024 season this past Saturday in Bloomington against the Indiana Hoosiers but …

In most seasons, a matchup with Vanderbilt following a loss to Georgia would be viewed as the perfect tonic for a bounce back, but 2024 has changed that perception. This isn’t the same nerdy Vanderbilt the league’s other teams figuratively bullied and stuffed into the Southeastern Conference lockers in most seasons dating back to, like, forever. Texas coach Steve Sarkisian …

Louisville football is on the road this week to face another ACC opponent in Boston College. The Cardinals are coming off a home loss to Miami, which dropped them to 4-3 on the season and 2-2 in league action. U of L will face the Eagles (4-3, 1-2 ACC) at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Alumni Stadium. Bowl season is scheduled …

ORLANDO, Fla. — Sometimes college football fans, just like coaches, should be expected to make adjustments. Instead of Florida Gators fans flooding social media platforms and crippling recruiting efforts with demands that Billy Napier be fired, how cool would it be if they called an audible and demanded that he be retained? In this era of noxious negativity in which …

The Blue Wahoos are blending Halloween, football and fireworks into a unique night with their latest themed event on Friday at Blue Wahoos Stadium. It’s a combination centering around the second First City Bowl/Halloween Spectacular, presented by Cox Mobile, featuring Pensacola High against West Florida with its kickoff at 7 p.m. The pregame is a trick-or-treat experience for children and …

Welcome to the USA TODAY Network’s recruiting ladder, a statewide feature from reporter Joe Hughes highlighting prospects on the rise each week of the 2024 high school football season. Anyone is eligible for consideration, whether it be an unranked player who had a career game, a recruit with mid-level offers, or four- and five-star standouts adding to their personal highlight …

PISCATAWAY – This hasn’t been a typical week for Rutgers football. The Scarlet Knights already had a short week, but they also altered their travel schedule to head to Los Angeles on Wednesday to adjust to pacific time ahead of their game against the USC Trojans Friday night at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Needing a victory to snap a three-game …

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue wide receiver Leland Smith was living with six people inside of a crowded two-bedroom apartment in Fullerton, California, a 23-mile drive from the busy freeways of Orange County to Los Angeles. Smith gambled on himself when he left his home state of Texas in 2023 after he’d been a walk-on at TCU to join Fullerton College. …

A week and a half have passed, and Ohio State’s pain from its loss to Oregon lingers. The Buckeyes have had time to process it by now. They know that when the 2024 season is over, that game in Eugene will be viewed as a turning point. But which will it be: a wake-up call on the way to a …

Adrian wilson There has been no shortage of twists and turns in Adrian Wilson’s recruitment. Wilson, the No. 27-ranked WR in the Rivals250 out of Pflugerville (Texas) Weiss High School just outside of Austin, is incredibly talented and has been in high demand by programs across the country. Over the past two years, that’s resulted in commitments and ultimately decommitments …

Much like it was in their last meeting in Boulder in 1972, the Cincinnati Bearcats have a tall order on the football field Saturday night. The Buffaloes were ranked second in the country 52 years ago and proved it by thumping the Bearcats 56-14. UC head coach Scott Satterfield was months away from being born the last time around, but …

Oct. 23—PULLMAN — Washington State has landed its first commitment in about a month. It comes from three-star class of 2025 linebacker Jovan Clark, who announced his pledge to WSU on Wednesday, about four months after he committed to Wyoming. It’s the Cougars’ first linebacker commit in their class of 2025, which includes 17 prospects. Clark, who comes from Morgan …

(Rick Osentoski/USA TODAY Sports) College football rivalries do not get much better than this weekend’s matchup between when the Michigan Wolverines and Michigan State Spartans meet up in the Big House for a Big Ten battle. Tickets are still available for one of the most anticipated matchups of the fall, so if you are looking to get in on the …