College Football

ROSEMONT, Ill. — Within Big Ten headquarters in this Chicago suburb this week, the industry’s most powerful leaders gathered: the Division I conference commissioners. But next month, in Nashville, Tennessee, perhaps an equally influential group convenes: the Big Ten and SEC athletic directors. In what is viewed as a continuation of their announced partnership in February, the top school administrators …

The recruiting trail has been understandably quiet over the past several weeks as the college football season got underway, but Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks made a major splash on Thursday morning. As many Oregon fans were waking up and getting their coffee, Lanning sent out his famous duck emoji on Twitter with the words “Good morning.” His team …

WORCESTER — In its first four games, Holy Cross is 1-3 against three CAA opponents and the two-time defending Ivy League champion, but the Crusaders’ greatest test of the season lies ahead Saturday at Syracuse. HC has, in recent years, certainly been up to the task against its FBS foes, with wins over UConn and Buffalo in 2021 and 2022, …

With conference play now in full swing as we reach Week 5 on the college football calendar, we’re beginning to get more ranked-on-ranked matchups among the US LBM Coaches Poll Top 25. That means more opportunities to challenge the acumen of our staff prognosticators. There are four such contests on the docket, including the much-anticipated SEC showdown between No. 1 …

Sep. 26—GRAND FORKS — Murray State will come to Grand Forks for the first time with a 1 p.m. Saturday kick at the Alerus Center to take on the No. 9 Fighting Hawks, who are playing in a fourth-straight home game. Here are eight things to know about the Racers. Murray State quarterback Jayden Johannsen is familiar with UND and …

The Pac-12 — which as of a week ago was just the Pac-2 of Oregon State and Washington State — went for the power move. The goal was to surgically add the best of the rest of the football programs in the country. That would set itself up as the most competitive conference outside of the Power Four — the …

The biggest game of the season (so far) is upon us. No. 2 Georgia visits No. 4 Alabama in the first top-five matchup of the season on Saturday night. It’s the first game between the schools without both Kirby Smart and Nick Saban on the sidelines since Mark Richt was coaching Georgia in 2015 and the first game against Georgia …

The 2024 football season is in full swing and programs across the country are working to close out the 2025 recruiting cycle on a high note. Here are four programs that are punching above their weight in the state of Florida. RELATED: Four Midwest programs that have surprised in recruiting | Southeast | Mid-South CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | …

Travis Hunter should be the Heisman Trophy front-runner and if he continues to dominate like he’s done this season then he should win college football’s most prestigious award. Picking a quarterback like usual would not be difficult and Miami’s Cam Ward and Ole Miss’ Jaxson Dart are worthy candidates. Both are having great seasons. But if the Heisman is truly …

This date in Texas history is part of a daily Longhorns newsletter put together by Texas football beat writer Danny Davis. For this and more phenomenal American-Statesman coverage delivered straight to your inbox, sign up for the newsletter here. Today is Sept. 26, 2024. And on this date in Texas history, Ricky Williams had a historic performance against the Rice Owls. As Texas improved to 2-2 …

Former top-10 prospect Bear Alexander doesn’t want to use a year of eligibility this season. The USC defensive tackle is set to redshirt for the rest of the 2024 season after he didn’t play a major role on USC’s defense through the first three games of the season. Alexander was the No. 2 defensive tackle and No. 9 prospect overall …

Week 5 of the college football season is here, and ESPN’s “College GameDay” is headed to a clash between titans. No. 4 Alabama (3-0) is hosting No. 1 Georgia (3-0, 1-0 SEC) on Saturday in Tuscaloosa, marking the first time the two programs have met in a game outside of the SEC championship or national championship game since 2020, when …

SEC football: It means more. There was a time when people in these parts would hear that slogan and react with a roll of the eyes or a slight chuckle. Steve Sarkisian will coach in his first SEC game since serving as an assistant at Alabama in 2020. The Longhorns host Mississippi State on Saturday. But underneath it all, they …

Oklahoma coach Brent Venables celebrates with Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Dillon Gabriel (8) after the Red River Rivalry college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the University of Texas (UT) Longhorns at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. Oklahoma won 34-30. In late November of 2021, the unexpected departure of then-head coach Lincoln Riley …

Wisconsin starting cornerback Max Lofy was seen at practice with his right hand in a club entering the Badgers’ big Week 5 matchup at USC. Lofy was mic’d up for Wisconsin’s ‘(WI)red’ video series. It sees select players or coaches wear a microphone at practice while the video team follows. Some highlights are cut together into a 3-minute video that …