College Football

COLLEGE STATION — After six weeks of games to start the season, Texas A&M football players will get a respite. Head coach Mike Elko on Monday was reflective of a good Week 6 performance versus Missouri and said his team would rest during a bye this week. “We gave the kids off Sunday. They lifted today but didn’t practice. … …

Vanderbilt football coach Clark Lea was named the Dodd Trophy National Coach of the Week after leading the Commodores to an upset of Alabama. The award, given by the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation and Peach Bowl, Inc., is given to a coach whose team had a “significant victory” during the previous week. Vanderbilt won 40-35 Saturday at …

There were a lot of positives to be found in Clemson’s 29-13 victory over Florida State on Saturday night. Despite an inability to finish drives that led to more points and weak blocking that resulted in two blocked kicks, Cade Klubnik had another impressive showing, and the Tigers’ defense held Florida State to under 200 yards for most of the …

ESPN’s “College GameDay” is tracking the unquestioned game of the week, and one that is making its debut as a conference rivalry. For the first time since the Oregon Ducks joined the Big Ten Conference, they will play the Ohio State Buckeyes, one of the blue chip powers in the conference and in college football overall. “GameDay” will be heading …

Michigan State football is reportedly making a move on a defensive back in the 2025 recruiting class out of the junior college ranks. Keshawn Davila got an offer from Michigan State just about a month ago, and now, according to a report from Rivals lead reporter Adam Gorney, the Spartans are hosting Davila on a visit for their game against …

No. 11 Notre Dame has lost another lineman to injury for the remainder of the season. Defensive end Boubacar Traore will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL in his left knee, head coach Marcus Freeman announced on Monday. Traore suffered the injury during the first half of Notre Dame’s 31–24 Week 5 win over Louisville. The …

Penn State was without one of its top players last weekend in a home win against UCLA, but head coach James Franklin says that is not expected to be the case this week against USC. Franklin provided an update on the status of star running back Nicholas Singleton during his Monday press conference, and he shared some encouraging news. “As …

It took a few weeks, but the Oregon Ducks managed to get back up to No. 3 in the Associated Press Top 25 and the US LBM Coaches Poll after the Week 6 win over Michigan State. Oregon was ranked No. 3 at the start of the year, but following two close wins over the Idaho Vandals and Boise State …

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 …

While the goal posts dry off in Nashville, the sobering reality lingers in Alabama that Kalen DeBoer just lost to Vanderbilt. If misery loves company, well, then downtrodden Alabama fans can reach out to rival Tennessee, which suffered its own upset defeat at Arkansas. Playoff projections became little more than guesswork after the wonkiest Saturday of the season. The schedule …

The Iowa Hawkeyes draw eyes and that is the case with another kickoff time that has just been announced for them this season in Big Ten play. Iowa is facing the Washington Huskies this weekend at 11 a.m. CT on Fox as part of Big Noon Kickoff. They will follow that time slot up with a primetime slot against the …

A season ago, Vanderbilt finished 2-10 and 0-8 in SEC play — losing the conference games by an average of 20.3 points. Its closest result was a 31-15 defeat to Auburn. There was no earthly reason to believe Vanderbilt football would be anything other than what Vanderbilt football has always — or most always — been. Non-competitive. Yet last offseason, …

Ole Miss dashed LSU’s playoff hopes last year with a shootout win in Oxford. LSU entered the game 3-1 with no margin for error thanks to a season opening loss to Florida State. Ole Miss led 21-7 after the first quarter and from that point on, it was a track meet. LSU cut the deficit to three and Ole Miss …

The Third Saturday in October will be contested between Tennessee and Alabama on Oct. 19 at Neyland Stadium. The Southeastern Conference announced game times for Week 8. Kickoff between the Vols and Crimson Tide is slated for 3:30 p.m. EDT. ABC will televise the SEC matchup. Tennessee enters Week 7 having defeated Chattanooga, North Carolina State, Kent State and Oklahoma. …

Oct. 7—CHAMPAIGN — The much-anticipated Illinois football home game against Michigan on Oct. 19 now has a start time. The Illini and Wolverines will kick off at 2:30 p.m. in less than two weeks at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, with CBS broadcasting the game. The No. 23 Illini (4-1, 1-1 Big Ten) and No. 24 Wolverines (4-2, 2-1) will meet …