College Football

For a night, at least, Florida football pushed a team around, playing with physicality and effort in a 24-13 win over UCF at The Swamp on Saturday. Now, the Florida Gators (3-2, 1-1 SEC) enter the crux of their 2024 schedule with some confidence after back-to-back wins over Mississippi State and UCF. The original gauntlet of the schedule was thought …

New Hampstead senior Gianna Brown made headlines last spring as the winner of the Hollis Stacy Award given to the most versatile female high school athlete in Savannah. An athlete must play three sports to be eligible for the honor, but Brown plays four. She is a standout in basketball, soccer and volleyball for the Phoenix, but her favorite sport …

James Franklin wants a bigger airport. The Penn State football coach used his weekly Monday press conference to tout the need for better cross-country access at the State College Regional Airport ahead of his team’s trip to Southern California. When asked about travel preparations for Saturday’s Big Ten game at USC, Franklin talked of how his Nittany Lions will leave …

Alabama defensive tackle Jehiem Oatis has decided to redshirt for the 2024 season and will enter the NCAA transfer portal. The junior said that decreased playing time was the primary factor in his decision. Oatis, listed at 6-foot-5 and 325 pounds, appeared in five games for the Crimson Tide this season, accumulating one tackle and one pass deflected. In his …

CU football head coach Deion Sanders, or Coach Prime, watches his team warm up before the game against CSU in the Rocky Mountain Showdown at Canvas Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Fort Collins, Colo. Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes have an excellent opportunity in Week 7 of the college football season. The No. 18-ranked Kansas State Wildcats …

OXFORD — The hole in Ole Miss football’s 2025 schedule has been filled. The Rebels will host Washington State on Oct. 11, 2025, according to a news release from Ole Miss. It is a one-year contract solely for next season. The move was necessary for Ole Miss after Wake Forest unceremoniously pulled out of its 2025 trip to Oxford earlier …

Florida football returns to SEC play on Saturday at No. 9 Tennessee at Neyland Stadium (7 p.m., ESPN). Preparing for Vols will be a challenge enough for the Florida Gators (3-2, 1-1 SEC), but it will get trickier with another hurricane bearing down on the state. Hurricane Milton, a Category 5 storm in the Gulf of Mexico, is expected to …

Vince Brown was lined up out wide and with his hands made a circular motion as if to suggest “let’s get going.” Brown’s urging a snap was just one instance from a game where play-clock issues seemed consistent throughout for the Colorado State football team. In Saturday’s double-overtime loss at Oregon State, the Rams frequently rushed to get an offensive …

Jackson State football announced that its Oct. 19 conference game against Florida A&M will be on ESPNU, the Tigers’ first nationally televised game of the season. Jackson State (4-2, SWAC 2-0) will face Florida A&M (3-2, 1-0) at 2:30 p.m. CT at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium. It will be the Tigers’ first home game since Sept. 14, when they defeated …

Utah State wide receiver Jalen Royals (1) runs past the Boise State defense on a 75-yard touchdown reception in the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Boise, Idaho. . (AP Photo/Steve Conner) | Steve Conner Nate Dreiling said it first. Then Ike Larsen followed, maybe not exactly word for word mirroring his coach …

Staying unbeaten on the year after a 31-10 win over Michigan State Friday night, the No. 3 Oregon football team will face its most complete foe yet in No. 2 Ohio State on Saturday at Autzen Stadium in a Big Ten showdown. The game is set to kick off at 4:30 p.m. “We’re getting to play a great opponent this …

The Varsity 845 football players of the week polls are online for Oct. 4-5. There will be voting in the large- and small-school divisions. Information was utilized on reports to Varsity 845. Coaches are encouraged to provide their game reports in order for athletes to be chosen; they may also nominate one player from their team by Sunday afternoon. One …

The Penn State football team will leave Thursday from Harrisburg International Airport for its game Saturday at USC. It’s a charter flight that Nittany Lions coach James Franklin would prefer to be making from State College Regional Airport. “We cannot fly out of State College,” Franklin said Monday. “Based on runway length, size of plane, weight of plane (and) fuel …

For a while under coach James Franklin, Penn State was regarded as a finesse team with outstanding speed at its skill positions on offense and among its back seven on defense. That is changing. Over the last few years, the Nittany LIons have built a mightier team dependent on more powerful and deeper offensive and defensive lines. “I think we …

Rivals rankings director and national transfer portal analyst Adam Friedman is joined by Paul Strelow of TigerIllustrated.com, national recruiting director Adam Gorney and Eric Hansen of InsideNDSports.com to tackle three topics and determine whether they believe each statement is FACT or FICTION. MORE: The 10 biggest recruiting visits this weekend ***** MORE TRANSFER PORTAL: Latest news | Transfer search | …