College Football

Phil Steele has made his projections for the 2024 college football season and where the Clemson Tigers will finish in the ACC. Steele has the Tigers edging out Florida State to finish atop the ACC. Doing so would ensure Clemson of reaching the College Football Playoff for the first time since 2020. The Playoff is expanding to 12 teams this …

Three years ago, it was something of a coup for Michigan football to manage to get a rising NFL assistant in Mike Macdonald to leave the pros to come to the college level (though many Wolverines fans were unsure of the hire at the time). Under no circumstances would any believe back then that the man who was above Macdonald, …

USATSI The Collegiate Commissioners Association (CCA) is expected to vote against a proposed June signing period for high school recruits, according to multiple reports. The CCA’s members conducted a straw poll but the notion failed to gain enough support, per ESPN’s Pete Thamel.  The proposed June window would have started in 2025 for the Class of 2026. High school coaches …

No. 1 overall seed Tennessee (58-12, 22-8 SEC) will play No. 3 overall seed Texas A&M (52-13, 19-11 SEC) in the championship series of the College World Series. The best-of-three championship series will be contested at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska. Game No. 1 is slated for Saturday at 7:30 p.m. EDT (ESPN). The two schools share a …

Wisconsin top class of 2025 edge rusher target Nicolas Clayton will announce his college commitment on June 22 at 3 p.m. EST, 2 p.m. CST, according to his recent post on X. Wisconsin is among the top contenders to land the three-star recruit, along with Florida State, Nebraska, Tulane and UCF. The Gainesville, Florida native has taken visits to each …

Wisconsin football extended an offer to standout class of 2026 running back Izaiah Wright on Wednesday. Wright, like most of the 2026 cohort to receive Badger offers on Monday, earned his collegiate opportunity after performing well during his unofficial camp visit to Madison. The rising junior joins wide receiver Dveyoun Bonwell-Witte, offensive lineman Benjamin Novak and tight end Gavin Mueller …

LSU’s star-studded 2025 recruiting class just picked up another fantastic piece. On Thursday morning, four-star interior offensive lineman Carius Curne committed to the Tigers over Arkansas and Missouri. The four-star Marion, Arkansas, product was on campus last weekend for an official visit with LSU, which was the heavy favorite to land the 6-foot-4, 320-pound recruit. On3’s industry rankings have Curne …

It’s the dawn of a new era in the SEC as Texas and Oklahoma have now jumped from the Big 12 to the SEC. That means the toughest conference in the country just got even harder. With that being said, where does Phil Steele think LSU will finish in the overall SEC rankings this fall? Steele has the Tigers finishing …

A lot has been made of the difference in recruiting at the University of Oklahoma since Brent Venables has taken over. The Sooners have had three top 10 classes during Venables’ tenure. The biggest difference might be on the defensive side of the ball, where Oklahoma’s added three five-star prospects in the last two cycles in Adepoju Adebawore, Peyton Bowen, …

Class of 2025 four-star defensive tackle Christian Evans isn’t leaving his home state, as he committed to Virginia Tech on Thursday. The 6-foot-3, 280-pound interior defensive lineman comes out of Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn, Virginia. He currently ranks as the No. 4 player in the commonwealth and the No. 18 defensive tackle in the 2025 cycle. Virginia Tech’s …

Wisconsin class of 2025 target Drayden Pavey will announce his college commitment on July 2 at 11 a.m. EST, 10 a.m. CST. The Badgers are a finalist to land Pavey — one of the program’s top remaining targets in the class of 2025. The program is listed along with Big Ten rivals Purdue and Indiana. Related: Big Ten football offensive coordinator rankings …

There is so much going on during the busy month of June that a second Recruiting Rumor Mill was needed this week. Here’s the latest from Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney. MORE RUMOR MILLS: Midwest | National MORE GORNEY: QB Dominoes | Elite 11 ***** CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2026 …

Jun. 20—CHAMPAIGN — The Illinois football staff mined the transfer portal with intent this offseason. Real positions of need to address. Like offensive and defensive line. The former was a position Illini coach Bret Bielema said he would never be caught short on again. The latter will have all three of last year’s starters, led by second-round pick Johnny Newton, …

Every year ESPN puts together its college football future power rankings. ESPN’s college football future power rankings is not a one-year projection. Instead, it sets out to predict the best in college football during the next three seasons (2024, 2025, 2026). To help put together the rankings, ESPN comprises three categories of college football future power rankings: quarterbacks, defenses and …

Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel and the Vols’ coaching staff received a commitment for its 2025 recruiting class. Offensive lineman Nic Moore announced his commitment on Thursday. “First, I would like to thank God for making this all possible because through him I am blessed to have this opportunity,” Moore said. “I would also like to thank all the coaches …