College Football

After bouncing around like a pinball machine the past four weeks, Michigan football has held relatively steady in this week’s rankings. The Wolverines (4-1, 2-0 Big Ten) did enough to impress at times and show reasons for concern in others in their 27-24 victory over Minnesota (2-3, 0-2 Big Ten), and Michigan moved up two spots to No. 10 in …

Everyone knew, one way or another, that the coaches’ poll would shift after the No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide faced off against the No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs. The Crimson Tide won 41-34 and took the Bulldogs’ place as the No. 2 team in the nation. Texas, with their easy win over Mississippi State, remained at No. 1. With all of …

STATE COLLEGE – Penn State football coach James Franklin asked the fans for White Out energy Saturday night at Beaver Stadium. The sellout crowd of 109,911 delivered, and so did running backs Kaytron Allen and Nick Singleton and a swarming defense. Allen and Singleton combined to rush for 196 yards and two touchdowns as No. 9 Penn State opened Big …

Alabama and Ohio State football have been the standard bearers for sending college football wide receiver talent to the NFL over the last several years. However, what true freshmen Ryan Williams and Jeremiah Smith are doing for the Crimson Tide and the Buckeyes, respectively, is still catching the eyes of college football fans. Both freshman receivers lead their respective teams …

After attending his third Alabama football game, Donald Trump could be deemed a fan of the Crimson Tide. But is the Crimson Tide a fan of the former president? Although Trump winning the Yellowhammer State during the 2020 presidential election suggests yes, the reviews among social media users were mixed for Saturday’s visit to Bryant-Denny Stadium for the Alabama vs. …

Sep. 29—BOISE, Idaho — Washington State’s spotless start to the season came to an end deep in its own territory, on a chunk of blue turf, the spot the visitors needed to convert on a late fourth down in a road test against No. 25 Boise State. That’s where, trailing by just one score in the third quarter, the Cougars …

Sep. 29—BOISE — In a game largely defined by the 259-yard rushing clinic from Boise State sensation Ashton Jeanty, most of the plays and moments Washington State would prefer to have back from Saturday night’s loss at Albertsons Stadium came on long, hard-fought runs, where it wasn’t uncommon for the junior to break anywhere from three to seven tackles, pinballing …

Juggling circus catches. Building and blowing a dominant lead. Trading touchdowns on one-play drives to determine the winner. Saturday’s Alabama football game against Georgia played like a video game, with the Crimson Tide emerging with a 41-34 victory in a back-and-forth college football game. To some fans who are used to the traditional defensive games that dominated SEC football for …

All Alabama football quarterback Jalen Milroe wanted to do was give Ryan Williams a chance. Trailing by a point with fewer than three minutes to go, Milroe saw the one-on-one matchup he wanted with Williams, who had already exploited the Georgia secondary with a bobbled, circus catch for 54 yards in the third quarter. Milroe looked the safety off, threw …

Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney is joined by national recruiting analyst Sam Spiegelman, Jack Knowlton from TideIllustrated.com and Nikki Edwards of CUSportsReport.com to tackle three topics and determine whether they believe each statement is FACT or FICTION. MORE FACT OR FICTION: Jackson Arnold will start again this season for Oklahoma CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position …

Just when Florida State football looked like it was taking a step forward, it took 42 steps back at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Saturday’s loss to SMU. The Seminoles suffered a 42-16 beatdown in their first-ever ACC meeting against the Mustangs. They went back to their losing ways with three turnovers, being out-physical by SMU’s offense and out-coached by …

There’s a broad selection of descriptors that could be applied to Colin Simmons’ performance for the Texas football team Saturday, in which he collected two sacks and three tackles for loss in a 35-13 win over Mississippi State. Outstanding. Dominant. Energizing. Take your pick. But Simmons himself went in a different direction. “It felt normal,” the true freshman edge rusher …

Sep. 29—CALDWELL, Idaho — Andy Peters threw for 419 yards with two touchdowns and the College of Idaho won in overtime 45-37 to hand Montana Tech their first loss of the season on Saturday. Peters accounted for two more touchdowns on the ground, running for 90 yards as the Coyotes gained 586 total yards of offense. Montana Tech’s Landers Smith …

Sep. 29—BOISE — All it took was four touches and 89 seconds for Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty to find the end zone. On four carries, the Broncos’ Heisman hopeful accounted for all 75 yards on Boise State’s opening drive, the first of his four touchdowns and over 250 yards. No. 25 Boise State used Jeanty’s fourth career 200-yard …

The Big 12 was subject to multiple upsets in Week 5 of the college football season. The biggest, in terms of difference in rankings, came Saturday night as unranked Arizona upended No. 10 Utah 23-10 in Rice-Eccles Stadium, dropping the Utes from the ranks of the unbeaten. But they weren’t the only previously undefeated teams to suffer their first loss …