College Football

We’re in the middle of “media season” in college football, with media day events occurring in various conferences, including USC’s new home in the Big Ten. While all of that is happening, the Pac-12 (essentially the Pac-2 of Washington State and Oregon State) and the ACC are also preparing for the new college football season. CW Network will air Pac-2 …

Conference realignment, which has pushed USC to the Big Ten after the death of the Pac-12, will create some very weird scenarios in the 2024 college football season. One such scenario pertains to bowl games. Per John Canzano at his Substack (subscription required), the Pac-12’s old bowl structure will remain, meaning that the tie-ins will still exist for the 10 …

The coming weekend is another big one for the Florida football program as four-star safety Lagonza Hayward out of Lyons (Georgia) Toombs County in the 2025 cycle gets set to make his verbal commitment. The 6-foot-1-inch, 200-pound defensive back made an official visit with the Gators in mid-June and is zeroing in on his final decision. “On my birthday, July 27, …

The upcoming Alabama Crimson Tide football season will be interesting. Not only does the team have a new coach at the helm, but there have been significant changes to the roster and the landscape of college football has evolved substantially. Soon coming are various preseason rankings, which will allow fans to gauge exactly where their favorite team stands in comparison …

You knew this was coming. With USC, UCLA, Washington and Oregon moving to the Big Ten, and with the Pac-12 essentially if not technically dead, the on-air talent at Pac-12 Network was going to have to find new homes. One prominent Pac-12 Network football analyst has landed at the Big Ten Network. Yogi Roth, the lead game analyst for Pac-12 …

The Alabama Crimson Tide coaching staff extended an offer to 2026 four-star athlete Jett Washington on Friday. Washington is the nephew of former Los Angeles Laker and NBA Hall of Fame inductee Kobe Bryant. The product of Bishop Gorman High School is one of the top dual sport athletes in the 2026 recruiting cycle. Washington plays both basketball and football …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti will make his Big Ten Media Days debut this week. Cignetti will take the stage at Lucas Oil Stadium on Thursday alongside linebacker Aiden Fisher, running back Justice Ellison and offensive lineman Mike Katic. It will be the first time the former JMU coach speaks to reporters since an NIL-related event in June. IU …

Big Ten football power Ohio State will rule the conference; newcomer Oregon will push the Buckeyes for the title; and defending national champion Michigan will take a step back in 2024, according to results of the Cleveland.com poll of media members who cover the conference. The Gophers, meanwhile, were picked to finish 12th in the Big Ten, which will have …

Auburn football is less than 50 days away from taking the field at Jordan-Hare Stadium for the 2024 season opener against Alabama A&M. But until then, it’s still talking season. That means we want to hear from you. From your own perspective, who do you think is Auburn’s biggest rival? Is it a program with rich history such as Alabama, …

INDIANAPOLIS — One year into the Ryan Walters era of Purdue football and we still don’t have clarity. The Boilermakers had some high points in 2023, but also saw winnable games against Fresno State, Iowa and Northwestern slip through the fingertips during a 4-8 season. Work to do: Where Purdue ranks in preseason Big Ten poll? Roster turnover is to …

Kirk Herbstreit is adding something else to his fall schedule. Along with his duties as the color commentator for the primetime college football game each Saturday night on ABC, the color commentator for Amazon’s Thursday night NFL broadcast and as an analyst on ESPN’s “College GameDay,” Herbstreit, a former Ohio State quarterback, has a new project with his dog Ben. …

The 2024 ACC Kickoff is underway at the Hilton Charlotte Uptown in Charlotte, North Carolina as the countdown to the start of the college football season heats up. Over the next four days, the 17 ACC football programs will speak to the media about the coming season, with Florida State head coach Mike Norvell scheduled to speak at 3 p.m. …

Jul. 22—Illinois is picked to finish 13th in a preseason poll of Big Ten football reporters conducted by , the website for The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer. The News-Gazette’s Bob Asmussen was one of 27 voters. 1. Ohio State 2. Oregon 3. Penn State 4. Michigan 5. Iowa 6. USC 7. Wisconsin 8. Nebraska 9. Rutgers 10. Washington 11. Maryland 12. …

Fall camp is coming and the 2024-25 season is on the way, the first for Jonathan Smith with Michigan State football. As many fans know going into the upcoming season, the national media is not very high on the Spartans and many think that Smith will fall flat on his face in year one. That sentiment was evident in the …

The spotlight will be on Florida State football at the ACC Football Kickoff. The annual media day, which starts at noon on Monday, July 22, and ends on Thursday, July 25, is held at the Hilton Charlotte Uptown in Charlotte, North Carolina. The four-day event features interviews with all 17 head coaches and participating players. FSU, Georgia Tech and SMU …