College Football

No. 12 seed Clemson will travel to face No. 5 seed Texas on Saturday for a first-round matchup in the College Football Playoff. The Longhorns (11-2) are the highest-seeded non-conference champion, while the Tigers (10-3) snuck into the playoff as the lowest-ranked team thanks to their ACC championship win over SMU. Texas carries legitimate national championship hopes entering the playoff. …

No. 6 Penn State scored a pair of defensive touchdowns and made a huge College Football Playoff statement with a 38-10 win against No. 11 SMU in the first round. The Nittany Lions advance to the quarterfinals in the Fiesta Bowl against No. 3 Boise State and star running back Ashton Jeanty. Penn State took a 28-0 lead into halftime …

The first year of the expanded College Football Playoff has arrived, with four first-round games unfolding weekend. No. 7 seed Notre Dame beat No. 10 seed Indiana in the lone game on Friday night to advance to the quarterfinals against No. 2 seed Georgia. The action continues on Saturday with No. 6 Penn State (-8) vs. No. 11 SMU, No. …

BATON ROUGE — There’s one week remaining in the current transfer portal window. LSU football has already done plenty of damage, attacking many of its immediate needs for next season’s team as it added 10 transfer players through the first 12 days of the portal window. Before the transfer portal window opened, LSU coach Brian Kelly estimated the Tigers would …

No. 17 BYU and No. 23 Colorado both had College Football Playoff aspirations, but they will have to settle for a meeting in the Alamo Bowl during the 2024-25 college football bowl schedule instead. The Cougars missed out on a playoff spot after losing to Kansas and Arizona State down the stretch of the regular season, while Colorado also suffered …

TAMPA — Florida quarterback DJ Lagway was not feeling exactly MVP-worthy. A true freshman already with plenty of hardware, including 2023 Gatorade Football Player of the Year while at Willis (Texas) High, took home another piece following the Gators’ 33-8 win against Tulane in the Gasparilla Bowl. But a 305-yard and 1-touchdown effort — the 19-year-old’s best yardage output to …

Ohio State and Tennessee are two of the most iconic programs in college football history, yet on Saturday night they will clash for only the second time ever in the first round of the College Football Playoff. The two teams have combined to claim 14 national championships — Ohio State with eight, Tennessee with six — yet have only played …

Everything was going awry for SmU on Saturday. The football team was down 14-0 in the first half. Some of the biggest boosters for the team weren’t able to get to the game on time because their private jets were diverted to Williamsport with the State College airport packed. And the SMU band might as well have played on a …

The College Football Playoff schedule continues on Saturday evening when No. 5 seed Texas hosts No. 12 seed Clemson and No. 8 seed Ohio State hosts No. 9 seed Tennessee. Texas is coming off an overtime loss to Georgia in the SEC Championship, giving the Longhorns a chance to host a playoff game. Clemson earned the final spot in the …

Nick Saban hosts the ESPN College GameDay show before the first round of the College Football Playoff between Notre Dame and Indiana on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, in South Bend. The Alabama Crimson Tide are spending the weekend before the Christmas break preparing for their bowl game matchup against the Michigan Wolverines in Tampa, Fla., on New Year’s Eve. No, …

The conclusion of the first-ever on-campus game in the College Football Playoff has set the stage for our first quarterfinal matchup in the new 12-team format. Notre Dame will advance to face Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1 after a decisive 27-17 win over Indiana in South Bend on Friday night. The Irish led 27-3 late into the …

SOUTH BEND — Surging Notre Dame football (12-1) has earned a New Year’s Night date in New Orleans with No. 2 Georgia (11-2) in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal matchup. Third-year coach Marcus Freeman’s seventh-seeded Irish, winners of 11 straight games, stopped the Cinderella season of in-state rival Indiana with a 27-17 win on Friday night at Notre Dame Stadium. …

After seemingly endless debate, the 12-team College Football Playoff has arrived, and the first game of Saturday’s three-game slate will take place at Penn State’s Beaver Stadium where the No. 6 seed Nittany Lions host ACC runner-up and No. 11 seed SMU. It’ll take four wins for either of these teams to win the national championship, and it’s a tough …

While all eyes were on Penn State getting ready for their first round College Football Playoff matchup against SMU on Saturday, they were able to improve their team for next season. Having already earned a commitment from USC transfer wide receiver Kyron Hudson, the Nittany Lions were able to strike again. Per Hayes Fawcett of On3, former Texas A&M edge …

(6) Penn State is set to host (11) SMU in the first round of the College Football Playoff on Saturday. Both the Nittany Lions and the Mustangs are making their playoff debut after benefitting from the expanded 12-team selection process.  Penn State went 11-1 in the regular season, with its lone loss at home against fellow playoff team Ohio State, …