College Football

An expanded College Football Playoff adds a lot of intrigue to the regular season for Group of Five teams. After watching the four-team postseason tournament from the outside for a vast majority of its existence — Cincinnati was the only team to make it, once, in almost a decade  — the non-power conferences are guaranteed at least one spot in …

Tennessee received another commitment for its 2025 recruiting class on Saturday from four-star defensive lineman Charles House. House committed to Tennessee over Alabama and Georgia. “I chose Tennessee because of my relationship with the staff and the coaches,” House told On3. “It felt like home. I can see myself excelling there and they can develop me really well.” The 6-foot-3, …

Defensive lineman Charles House chose Tennessee football over Georgia, committing to the Vols on Saturday. House is a 6-foot-3, 288-pounder from North Mecklenburg High in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is rated a three-star prospect and ranked the No. 63 defensive lineman and No. 609 player overall in the 2025 class by 247Sports Composite. Charles House, a defensive lineman from Charlotte, …

Jun. 22—CHAMPAIGN — Illinois turned its first big recruiting weekend in June into a trio of commitments from in-state, three-star recruit Cameron Brooks and a pair of three-star prospects out of Indianapolis in wide receiver Davion Chandler and defensive lineman Isaiah White. The dozen prospects Illinois hosted that first weekend in June included most of the program’s committed players, including …

Oklahoma Sooners head coach Brent Venables will be staying with the Sooners long-term. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images) The Oklahoma Sooners have locked up their leadership long-term: The Sooners agreed to a six-year contract with head coach Brent Venables, per ESPN’s Pete Thamel. The deal will be worth a little over $46 million, per multiple reports. Sources: Oklahoma has agreed …

One of Nebraska’s top defensive targets in the 2025 recruiting cycle, linebacker Dawson Merritt, is being projected to land with a top SEC program. Merritt is ranked as a four-star prospect throughout the primary recruiting services. Across the recruiting industry, experts are putting in FutureCasts, Crystal Balls, and RPMs for the Kansas native to land with the Alabama Crimson Tide. …

In a pleasant surprise, Oklahoma’s top target at quarterback for the 2026 recruiting class announced on Friday that he would be moving up his commitment timeline.. 2026 four-star QB Jaden O’Neal will announce his commitment on Monday, June 24. His commitment will be a part of the College Football Recruiting Show from 247Sports and can be streamed on YouTube. On …

Current Arizona Cardinals starting quarterback and former Oklahoma Sooners star Kyler Murray doesn’t seem fond of the Wisconsin football program. Not in a rivalry sense, or anything the Badgers have specifically done. But more so when putting himself in the shoes of a top quarterback recruit looking for a college destination. Related: Big Ten football offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator rankings …

So much happens in the DFRC Blue-Gold pregame that sometimes the football seems almost secondary. The Delaware Stadium field was strewn with cheerleaders, ambassadors, band members and other participants when the football players joined them on a sultry Friday night. What followed was the usual potpourri of positive energy for an event that, since its 1956 debut, has raised nearly …

When the 2024 college football season commences, Texas Tech football coach Joey McGuire fully expects Behren Morton to open as his starting quarterback, despite lingering questions about the health of Morton’s throwing shoulder. And the Red Raiders plan to incorporate newcomer Cameran Brown, who was recruited after McGuire directed his staff to find a dual-threat quarterback in the NCAA transfer …

Jun. 21—GRAND FORKS — Grand Forks Central’s Jack Simmers always wanted to play Division I football. His plan was to walk on at UND, but when he realized the roster will likely be full heading into fall camp, leaving no spot for him, Simmers reopened his recruitment. He reached out to schools like Minnesota State Moorhead and Mayville State, which …

Nick Lucero/Rivals.com The Rivals Five-Star, the marquee football event of the offseason, is just days away. We kick off a conference-by-conference look at which programs should be paying the closest attention to the results from Jacksonville next week. RELATED: Big Ten recruiting rankings ***** MORE RIVALS FIVE-STAR: Five QBs storylines | RB storylines | WR storylines | Roster | TE …

Four-star forward Tylis Jordan — a consensus top-100 player in the 2025 class — committed to Ole Miss Friday. He chose the Rebels over offers from Alabama, Tennessee, Auburn, Georgia Tech and LSU. Jordan is the second four-star commit in the Rebels’ 2025 class, joining guard Patton Pinkins. The Rebels signed four-star center John Bol in their 2024 class in …

Madison Central tight end Micah Jones has announced his commitment to Florida. Jones, a three-star recruit, said “Home” in a social media post on Friday. “I’m super proud for Micah and his family,” Madison Central coach Toby Collums told the Clarion Ledger. “Obviously it’s a huge deal to have one of your kids that has the opportunity to commit to …

Oklahoma State’s Ollie Gordon II won the 2023 Doak Walker Award as the best running back in the nation. He was the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year (besting the likes of Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers for the honor), a unanimous All-American and he finished seventh in Heisman Trophy voting, the highest of three running backs that placed in …