College Football

Colorado State is in the game. College football made its glorious return to the video game world this week with the release of EA Sports College Football 25. It’s the first college football video game since the 2014 edition. Current players are in this game, as those who signed up to participate are basically part of a mass NIL deal …

The Wisconsin Badgers are promoting top special teams analyst Eric Raisbeck to assistant special teams coordinator, according to a report from FootballScoop’s Doug Samuels. Wisconsin hired Raisbeck back in March for an analyst position. He had previously signed on as UC-Davis’ new special teams coordinator before accepting the position on Luke Fickell’s coaching staff. Related: Reasons why Wisconsin football will or …

Tennessee will kick off its 2024 football season in 43 days. The Vols will open its upcoming campaign on Aug. 31 against Chattanooga at Neyland Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 12:45 p.m. EDT and SEC Network will televise the contest. 2024 will be the fourth season for Tennessee under head coach Josh Heupel. In his first three seasons, Heupel is 27-12 and guided the …

Alabama’s football field is reportedly set to bear Nick Saban’s name. According to a report from ESPN, Alabama’s board of trustees will consider a resolution to name the field at Bryant-Denny Stadium for Saban on Friday. The longtime Alabama coach retired in January and has been replaced by Kalen DeBoer. The resolution will surely pass, and a ceremony honoring Saban …

Florida Gators head coach Billy Napier called former Wisconsin Badgers QB Graham Mertz ‘one of the best quarterbacks in America’ at SEC media days this week. Mertz is entering year two with the Gators after spending the first four years of his college career at Wisconsin. Badgers fans have tracked his career and progress closer than anybody after he initially …

Wisconsin’s Camp Randall Stadium landed at No. 8 in ESPN’s latest ranking of the top 25 college football venues on Thursday. The Badgers’ home turf was ranked just above Alabama’s Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium and Clemson Memorial Stadium. The playing grounds for five Big Ten rivals landed higher than UW’s gridiron including UCLA’s Rose Bowl Stadium, Michigan’s Michigan Stadium, …

The Wisconsin Badgers boast the 14th-most appearances in the College Football Playoff rankings since the format began 2014. UW has entered a given week ranked within the ranking’s top 25 on 32 occasions since 2014. For reference, Oregon holds 38 appearances while Penn State has reached the ranking system 36 times. The Badgers’ football program has experienced its fair share …

The University of Colorado gave an unusual discretionary bonus of $250,000 to football coach Deion Sanders late last year for the national recognition the university received during Sanders’ first year on the job, according to records obtained by USA TODAY Sports. The bonus hasn’t been made public until now and was unusual for at least a couple of reasons: ∎ …

At long last, University of Miami football fans can play as the Hurricanes with the release of College Football 25. The last time EA Sports released a college football video game was 2013 with NCAA Football 14. Back then, gamers couldn’t play as Duke Johnson: Instead, RB #8 was in the backfield for the U. Now with NIL rules in place, player names and likenesses are in …

Editor’s note: Steve Doerschuk spent months researching quarterbacks. The result is three waves of a series, “Year of the Quarterback.” The first wave revolves around tremendous high school QBs fighting to find the field in college. This is the fourth article in the first wave. Matt Campbell isn’t in the middle of nowhere, but being in the middle of Iowa …

NORMAN — When OU’s Board of Regents approved a new six-year contract scheduled to be worth at least $51.6 million for head coach Brent Venables on June 21, his performance bonuses included a significant increase from his original agreement. In addition to the $250,000 bonus for winning the SEC Championship Game — up from $150,000 for winning the Big 12 Championship Game in his …

Nixa football star Jackson Cantwell, the No. 1 offensive line prospect in the 2026 class, said it felt like the right time to focus on the schools he could see himself attending. With over two dozen offers from the biggest college football programs in the country, Cantwell narrowed his list down to 14 heading into his junior season. “I wanted …

LAWRENCE — Kansas football coach Lance Leipold spoke on a wide range of topics last week, during Big 12 Conference media days in Las Vegas. Here are five more takeaways from what he had to say, as fall camp nears for the Jayhawks: Lance Leipold highlights newcomers, including running back Harry Stewart III Kansas does not lack veteran talent at running …

In just over a month, ACC football will kick off in Ireland, with Florida State and Georgia Tech opening the 2024 season in Dublin. Before games start Aug. 24, the ACC’s 17 teams will head to Charlotte for a four-day media event as part of ACC Kickoff, which will be televised Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday on the ACC Network. …

USC football is getting talked about a lot — but not in a consistently positive way. It’s clear that the Trojans have to earn back respect and trust. Ducks Wire offered this appraisal of the Trojans heading into the 2024 season: “the Trojans are going to have a difficult time competing with the elite teams of their new league, at …