College Football

NORMAN — Taylor Goodman was excited to go to OU football’s season opener against Temple. Two of his cousins, Cody and Caleb Henderson, are recently out of the military and the trio planned on making it a family event. After the April announcement that the game would be played on Friday, Goodman was even more excited. “I was gonna take off …

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – SEPTEMBER 04: Andrew Mukuba #1 of the Clemson Tigers tackles Brock Bowers #19 of the Georgia Bulldogs during the second half of the Duke’s Mayo Classic at Bank of America Stadium on September 04, 2021 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) The No. 1-ranked Georgia Bulldogs open the season on Saturday, Aug. 31. …

Can you feel it in the air? Football is almost here. Well, in some cases, it has already started, but mostly it has been teases with NFL preseason and some Week 0 action in the college game. Maybe it’s the Detroit Lions being Super Bowl competitors, maybe it’s the new coaches for both Michigan football and Michigan State football, or …

CHICAGO — Welcome to the 2024 college football season. The transfer portal is closed, preseason camps are over and there soon will be a slight chill in the air. Regional conferences are no more, with the Big Ten having officially expanded from 14 to 18 schools with a footprint that now stretches from coast to coast. To help you prepare …

(Photo by Darren Abate/Getty Images) As we approach the start of the 2024 college football season, USA TODAY has released its postseason projections, and the Cornhuskers are going bowling. Nebraska is projected to face Georgia Tech in the Pinstripe Bowl. The Pinstripe Bowl will be played on Saturday, December 28, at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. The Huskers hope this …

PISCATAWAY – Greg Schiano didn’t hide the fact that Rutgers football was going to be without some key players for its season-opening game against Howard. The Scarlet Knights had a tough training camp. Multiple key players got banged up. The availability report, released two hours before kickoff, reflected that. The Bison might’ve been an FCS opponent. But still, Rutgers was …

After spending all week previewing this weekend’s Penn State season opener, it is time to push our chips on the table and show our cards. Our staff has come together once again to share our predictions for every game around the Big Ten this weekend as the college football season formally kicks off for the conference, but now it is …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football opens the 2024 season against FIU on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Will the new look Hoosiers bring the same winning mentality as their new coach Curt Cignetti? The long suffering fanbase is eager to find out. Cignetti overhauled two-thirds of the roster and hopes the 13 transfer he brought over with him for JMU will help …

Alex Smith, Utah Football’s first inductee into the Ring of Honor, is honored at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News When Mark Harlan’s number popped up on Alex Smith’s phone, the former Ute quarterback initially thought Utah’s athletic director was calling to ask for money. By the end of …

Another Central Texas high school football power is opening its season against a solid program from the Dallas area, and fans can stream it live. Travis Lake football, the No. 2 team in our preseason countdown, is traveling to Arlington to face Martin High School for a 7 p.m. Friday battle between two 2023 Class 6A playoff teams. The two met last …

A popular ESPN personality and Centerville High School alum will be honored before Friday night’s football game. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Centerville will host St. Xavier on Friday night and we will have a LIVE preview today on News Center 7 at 5. ESPN College Football analyst Kirk Herbstreit played quarterback for the Elks …

Brighton’s football team has seen enough of the Carr brothers the last two years. A year ago, the Bulldogs faced current Notre Dame quarterback CJ Carr, who threw for 308 yards during Saline’s 42-3 victory. On Thursday, junior Tommy Carr threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as Saline beat Brighton, 41-20, in a season opener. Carr’s 3-yard scramble …

It’s Year 2 for Purdue football coach Ryan Walters, and the Boilermakers hope greater stability yields more wins. They went 4-8 last season (3-6 Big Ten) and Hudson Card returns as the starting quarterback. Purdue has seven games at Ross-Ade Stadium, including an early-season matchup with Notre Dame, and Big Ten newcomer Oregon. ▶ BoilerUpdate: Sign up for our Purdue …

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Noah Burnette made four field goals, three of them after quarterback Max Johnson was carted off with a knee injury, and hit the go-ahead 45-yarder with 1:44 left to lift North Carolina past Minnesota 19-17 in the season opener for both teams on Thursday night. Dragan Kesich, whose 30-yarder with 3:40 to go gave the Gophers the …

ORLANDO — Shaking off a sloppy first quarter in its home debut, UCF nearly smashed a school record Thursday night in demolishing New Hampshire. The Knights rushed for 454 yards, averaging 8.4 per carry, to pull away from the visiting Wildcats in a 57-3 rout. Only once before had UCF (1-0) piled up more yards on the ground in program …