College Football

No. 11 Notre Dame has lost another lineman to injury for the remainder of the season. Defensive end Boubacar Traore will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL in his left knee, head coach Marcus Freeman announced on Monday. Traore suffered the injury during the first half of Notre Dame’s 31–24 Week 5 win over Louisville. The …

Penn State was without one of its top players last weekend in a home win against UCLA, but head coach James Franklin says that is not expected to be the case this week against USC. Franklin provided an update on the status of star running back Nicholas Singleton during his Monday press conference, and he shared some encouraging news. “As …

It took a few weeks, but the Oregon Ducks managed to get back up to No. 3 in the Associated Press Top 25 and the US LBM Coaches Poll after the Week 6 win over Michigan State. Oregon was ranked No. 3 at the start of the year, but following two close wins over the Idaho Vandals and Boise State …

Alabama defensive tackle Jehiem Oatis has decided to redshirt for the 2024 season and will enter the NCAA transfer portal. The junior said that decreased playing time was the primary factor in his decision. Oatis, listed at 6-foot-5 and 325 pounds, appeared in five games for the Crimson Tide this season, accumulating one tackle and one pass deflected. In his …

While the goal posts dry off in Nashville, the sobering reality lingers in Alabama that Kalen DeBoer just lost to Vanderbilt. If misery loves company, well, then downtrodden Alabama fans can reach out to rival Tennessee, which suffered its own upset defeat at Arkansas. Playoff projections became little more than guesswork after the wonkiest Saturday of the season. The schedule …

The Iowa Hawkeyes draw eyes and that is the case with another kickoff time that has just been announced for them this season in Big Ten play. Iowa is facing the Washington Huskies this weekend at 11 a.m. CT on Fox as part of Big Noon Kickoff. They will follow that time slot up with a primetime slot against the …

A season ago, Vanderbilt finished 2-10 and 0-8 in SEC play — losing the conference games by an average of 20.3 points. Its closest result was a 31-15 defeat to Auburn. There was no earthly reason to believe Vanderbilt football would be anything other than what Vanderbilt football has always — or most always — been. Non-competitive. Yet last offseason, …

Ole Miss dashed LSU’s playoff hopes last year with a shootout win in Oxford. LSU entered the game 3-1 with no margin for error thanks to a season opening loss to Florida State. Ole Miss led 21-7 after the first quarter and from that point on, it was a track meet. LSU cut the deficit to three and Ole Miss …

The Third Saturday in October will be contested between Tennessee and Alabama on Oct. 19 at Neyland Stadium. The Southeastern Conference announced game times for Week 8. Kickoff between the Vols and Crimson Tide is slated for 3:30 p.m. EDT. ABC will televise the SEC matchup. Tennessee enters Week 7 having defeated Chattanooga, North Carolina State, Kent State and Oklahoma. …

Oct. 7—CHAMPAIGN — The much-anticipated Illinois football home game against Michigan on Oct. 19 now has a start time. The Illini and Wolverines will kick off at 2:30 p.m. in less than two weeks at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, with CBS broadcasting the game. The No. 23 Illini (4-1, 1-1 Big Ten) and No. 24 Wolverines (4-2, 2-1) will meet …

Vanderbilt football beat a top-five team for the first time ever on Saturday with its 40-35 win over AP No. 1 Alabama. In the postgame jubilation, Commodores fans stormed the field and tore down the south end zone goalpost, marching it all the way to the river. Quarterback Diego Pavia played a large part in the upset, throwing for 252 …

The “Third Saturday in October” has a kickoff time and a TV assignment. Alabama football will take on Tennessee at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 19 at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. The game will be broadcast on ABC. Alabama will first take on South Carolina at 11 a.m. Saturday from Bryant-Denny Stadium on ABC. The Crimson Tide has two SEC wins …

Five-star EDGE Anthony Jones in the 2026 cycle visited Gainesville and watched Florida football defeat the UCF Knights, 24-13, in the Swamp last weekend. Jones, a prospect out of St. Paul’s Episcopal School in Mobile, Alabama, and the second-ranked recruit in the state according to 247Sports, was pleased to see the Gators’ defense perform well against the Knights. “It was …

Penn State football is preparing for its most critical challenge yet in 2024. A cross-country trip to Los Angeles. A meeting with traditional power and new Big Ten member, USC. A Nittany Lions’ highly-regarded defense vs. a budding superstar quarterback. The Lions and their new top-five ranking and building College Football Playoff aspirations will be on the line Saturday afternoon. …

Auburn football dropped its third-straight game on Saturday, falling to the No. 4 Georgia Bulldogs in Athens, 31-13. Auburn’s position in the USA TODAY Sports re-rank was already low, and it continued to drop after its most recent loss. Heading into the bye week, Auburn checks in at No. 82 in Paul Myerberg’s weekly rankings, down one spot from last …