College Football

Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame football pulled off an upset when they defeated No. 2 Georgia 23-10 in the Sugar Bowl on Thursday. There’s also a chance he takes on his alma mater in the national championship game. Freeman needs a win over No. 6 Penn State in the Orange Bowl and an Ohio State win over Texas in the …

USATSI Indiana quarterback Kurtis Rourke finished top 10 in the Heisman Trophy voting and led the Hoosiers to their first College Football Playoff appearance in program history in 2024. He played well enough to work his way enter the 2025 NFL Draft conversation, where many projections have him as a potential Day 3 pick.  And he did it all after …

Jan. 3—Back on Oct. 5, Jordan Hein found himself in an unfamiliar position. He stood on the sideline opposite the Bemidji State football team. Hein had spent his collegiate career with the Beavers, both as a player and a coach. He played quarterback for BSU from 2014-17, racking up a collection of accolades, including an All-NSIC First Team nod and …

Not a single team that won its conference championship game advanced to the semifinals of the College Football Playoff as teams seed Nos. 5-8 each kept their postseason runs alive after failing to earn first-round byes. Theories will abound about how Texas, Ohio State, Penn State and Notre Dame benefitted from hosting first-round games while their quarterfinal opponents sat at …

The College Football Playoff semifinals schedule begins with the Orange Bowl between No. 7 Notre Dame and No. 6 Penn State on Thursday, Jan. 9. It concludes with the Cotton Bowl between No. 8 Ohio State and No. 5 Texas on Friday, Jan. 10. Who is going to be calling each game in the CFP semifinals? Check out the College …

Alabama football has reportedly made a change on its defensive coaching staff. Colin Hitschler, the Crimson Tide’s co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach, will not return to Alabama in 2025 according to a report by ESPN and multiple other outlets. Hitschler had one year left on his contract with the Crimson Tide. Hitschler was the safeties coach at Cincinnati in …

IU football quarterback Kurtis Rourke finished ninth in the Heisman Trophy voting… with a torn ACL. The Hoosiers QB threw for more than 3,000 yards and 29 touchdowns this season, leading IU to the College Football Playoff, all on a torn ACL, per his agent Casey Muir. Muir told NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero that Rourke re-tore his ACL in August …

. LSU football received a commitment from a blue-chip defensive lineman on Thursday. JaReylan McCoy (2026) chose the Tigers over Tennessee, USC, and Alabama, according to On3’s Hayes Fawcett. He announced the decision at the 2025 Under Armor All-American game in Orlando, FL. McCoy’s commitment brings LSU’s 2026 class to six recruits and puts it at No. 4 in the …

NEW ORLEANS — Georgia prided itself over the last decade as one of the big bullies in college football, but on Thursday at the College Football Playoff, the Bulldogs were pushed aside by a bunch of misfits from Notre Dame. The heartfelt label of “misfits” given by Marcus Freeman for this group of football-obsessed power players and head hunters staked their …

. Lane Kiffin might be King Troll on the internet, whether it’s out loud or on his always-entertaining X (formerly Twitter) account. We might have gotten another example on Thursday night as his Ole Miss team beat Duke in the Gator Bowl. MORE LANE KIFFIN: He won’t stop being weird about the College Football Playoff In an ESPN interview, he …

The Texas State Bobcats and North Texas Mean Green are set to take center stage on Friday when they meet in the 2025 First Responder Bowl in Dallas. Texas State finished the regular season with a 7-5 overall record, including a 5-3 record in Sun Belt Conference play. North Texas enters with a 6-6 overall record, including a 3-5 record …

Oregon Ducks defensive lineman Derrick Harmon forces a fumble from Idaho Vandals quarterback Jack Layne as the Oregon Ducks host the Idaho Vandals Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024 at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore. Oregon will once again have a significant presence in the NFL draft come April with players like Tez Johnson, Dillon Gabriel, Jabbar Muhammad, Jordan Burch and Ajani …

One of the more entertaining non-CFP bowl games takes place on Friday between Minnesota and Virginia Tech. It’s the 2025 Duke’s Mayo Bowl, and per tradition — as well as sponsorship arrangement — the winning coach will get a giant jar of mayonnaise dumped on his head. It could be either Minnesota’s P.J. Fleck, who has led his team to …

Wisconsin head coach Luke Fickell’s former top assistant coach Marcus Freeman and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish advanced to the College Football Playoff semifinal on Thursday with a 23-10 Sugar Bowl win over Georgia. Freeman was Fickell’s defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Cincinnati from 2017-20. He left for the same position at Notre Dame in 2021 before being promoted …

The 2025 Bahamas Bowl will be the final game outside the College Football Playoff of the season, as the Buffalo Bulls will take on the Liberty Flames. Buffalo went 8-4 during the regular season and was 6-2 in the MAC, while Liberty finished at 8-3 overall and went 5-3 in Conference USA. These two programs played each other in the …