College Football

The 2024-25 college football bowl schedule began on Dec. 14 and continues through January, culminating with the College Football Playoff title game on Jan. 20. This year’s bowl schedule features the inaugural 12-team CFP bracket, with the College Football Playoff quarterfinals already rolling. No. 6 seed Penn State won and covered against No. 3 Boise State on Tuesday, becoming the …

Kickoff for the 80th TaxSlayer Gator Bowl on Thursday at EverBank Stadium has been moved back to 8:05 p.m. because of the schedule change involving the Sugar Bowl game between Georgia and Notre Dame in New Orleans. The Gator Bowl, matching 14th-ranked Mississippi and Duke (both are 9-3) was to have kicked off at 7:30 p.m. But the terrorist attack …

The 2024-25 college football postseason brings in a new era for the sport as the 12-team College Football Playoff is underway. The four higher-seeded home teams won in the first round, setting up the CFP quarterfinals, which began on Tuesday. Penn State won and covered against Boise State to become the first team to advance to the semifinals. The latest …

PASADENA, Calif. — For the majority of the regular season, Oregon looked like the best team in the country. They took a few games to figure it out, but once the Ducks clicked, they were a scary sight. With an explosive offense capable of scoring at will, it looked like they were destined to win their first national championship and …

In the hours after New Orleans officials announced that at least 15 people had been killed and 30 were injured in an attack on a crowd of New Year’s revelers, Chicagoans with ties to the city, and the Sugar Bowl college football game that it was due to host, said they were still struggling to process the events. In the …

With first-round matchups completed, the 2024-25 College Football Playoff bracket advanced to the quarterfinals on New Year’s Eve and No. 6 Penn State has punched the first ticket to the semifinals with a win over No. 3 Boise State. The action continues with three games on Wednesday, beginning with No. 4 Arizona State vs. No. 5 Texas in the Peach …

Ohio State coach Ryan Day holds up the Leishman Trophy after the Buckeyes defeated Oregon 41-21 in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., on Wednesday. PASADENA, Calif. — With a 1-4 record against rival Michigan and no Big Ten title since 2020, Ohio State coach Ryan Day has faced plenty of pressure this season from his own fan base. It’s …

PASADENA, Calif. — All it took for Ohio State was complete and utter embarrassment 32 days ago. In the same afternoon at The Shoe on that brisk Nov. 30, Michigan first stuck it to the Buckeyes, then stuck its flag in the ground. Never has a pepper spray-filled postgame brawl been so … inspirational. At least for the team that …

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Tom Allen has been in James Franklin’s shoes as a college football head coach. Allen competed against Franklin when he was at Indiana and now works for him at Penn State. The Nittany Lions defensive coordinator believes that his boss is and has been underappreciated. “All the dude does is win and then you’re criticizing him?” Allen …

NEW ORLEANS — No one knew what to do in the fog of uncertainty and fear, so they sought normalcy. The jovial party city of New Orleans was upended early on New Year’s Day when a man intentionally rammed a pickup truck through a crowd on Bourbon Street, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens more shortly after 3 …

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – JANUARY 01: Texas Longhorns players hold up a sign after defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils 39-31 during the second overtime in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on January 01, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Butch Dill/Getty Images) No team has ever done it … until New Year’s Day 2025. The Texas Longhorns are …

Getty Images Ohio State star receiver Jeremiah Smith needed barely more than one quarter to set a new career high in receiving yards as part of a record-setting performance in the Buckeyes’ 41-21 Rose Bowl victory over Oregon on Wednesday. The freshman phenom finished with seven receptions for 187 yards and two touchdowns and was lethal early as the (8) …

Oregon head coach Dan Lanning looks down during the second half as the Oregon Ducks face the Ohio State Buckeyes Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in the quarterfinal of the College Football Playoff at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. The Ohio State football team is playing its best ball at the end of the season, and that’s great for a …

Blowouts were inevitable in the expanded College Football Playoff as 12 teams reached the postseason for the first time. Certainly, no one expected the No. 1 overall (and undefeated) Oregon Ducks would be among those getting blasted out of the field. But in a lopsided 41-21 rout at the hands of Ohio State, Oregon looked the part of a sacrificial lamb.  In …

Dec 29, 2023; Arlington, Texas, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes mascot Brutus reacts to a missed field goal by place kicker Jayden Fielding during the third quarter of the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic against the Missouri Tigers at AT&T Stadium. Ohio State lost 14-3. Texas emerged victorious in a double overtime thriller against Arizona State on Wednesday, securing a 39-31 win. …