College Football

Utah quarterback Cameron Rising warmed up before the Utes’ matchup with Oklahoma State, but his hand injury prevented him from playing. (AP Photo/Mitch Alcala) No. 12 Utah began its first season in the Big 12 with a tough 22–19 win over No. 14 Oklahoma State on a 100-degree Saturday afternoon in Stillwater. Quarterback Cameron Rising’s status with a hand injury …

CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA – SEPTEMBER 07: Head coach Mack Brown of the North Carolina Tar Heels watches his team during the first half of their game against the Charlotte 49ers at Kenan Memorial Stadium on September 07, 2024 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) North Carolina suffered one of the worst losses in the history …

SOUTH BEND — Saturday was officially the last day of summer, as the 86-degree heat at kickoff could attest. Notre Dame football, ranked 18th in the US LBM Coaches Poll, took a while to warm up, but order eventually was restored in a 28-3 win over winless Miami (Ohio). Notre Dame improved to 3-1 with the win over a four-touchdown …

Michigan football didn’t have one of their best players for one of the final moments against USC Saturday at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. Cornerback Will Johnson went to the locker room at the start of the fourth quarter with a staffer during a timeout with the Wolverines up 20-17. Johnson was the catalyst of the biggest play for Michigan …

Believe it or not, there was some good news for UNC and N.C. State on a comically embarrassing college football Saturday. Starting with a breakdown of the bad news, UNC suffered an epic letdown in a 70-50 loss to James Madison, matching the Tar Heels’ worst defensive performance in program history as the Dukes became the first opponent to reach …

AUBURN — Auburn football benched quarterback Hank Brown after a three-interception first half during the Arkansas game Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Payton Thorne got the second half start after being benched for Brown the previous week against New Mexico. Auburn finished with 72 passing yards in the first half as it trailed 7-0 at the break. Thorne, a team captain, produced …

USA TODAY High School Sports’ Friday Night Notes is a weekly high school football recruiting recap that looks at the latest news from around the country—from the Class of 2025 to ’26 and beyond. Florida won, possibly taking some of the heat off head coach Billy Napier, but the Gators’ 2025 class continues to slide. Meanwhile, Illinois is rolling thanks to the play …

London Jemison The Alabama men’s basketball team had a lot of success on the hardwood last season and is expected to have similar success in 2024. Off the hardwood, the Alabama coaching staff continues to impress. On Saturday, 2025 four-star power forward London Jemison announced his commitment to Alabama over Kansas and Louisville. Jemison is the second prospect to commit …

Week 4 of the college football season wraps up with one of the most highly anticipated games on the 2024 schedule: No. 14 Oklahoma vs No. 7 Tennessee. The two undefeated top-25 teams will kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET from Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma on Saturday. It’s the first SEC game of the season …

Rancocas Valley’s Eddie Yarngo had a key pick-6 in the fourth quarter that paved the way for the Red Devils’ 42-21 home win over Shawnee on Saturday. MT. HOLLY – Eddie Yarngo jumped at the chance to be the teacher. After a wild 42-21 victory over Shawnee on Senior Day, Yarngo busted out the dance moves, showing defensive coordinator Mike …

Maddux Trujillo hit a 64-yard field goal against Utah State on Saturday. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images) Temple kicker Maddux Trujillo hit the longest college football field goal in years at the end of the first half on Saturday. Trujillo nailed a 64-yard kick as time expired in the second quarter against Utah State. He drilled it from the right …

Vanderbilt football has its quarterback in the 2026 class. Michael Mitchell Jr., a 3-star from Archbishop Riordan High School in San Francisco, announced his commitment to Clark Lea and the Commodores on Saturday via social media. Currently ranked the No. 32 quarterback nationwide in the 247Sports Composite, Mitchell had other SEC offers from Arkansas and Ole Miss, as well as …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football showed no signs of slowing down on Saturday. The Hoosiers improved to 4-0 for the first time since 2020 with a 52-14 win over Charlotte. The offense continued to look unstoppable as the team set a program record for most points scored in a four-game stretch. It was also the first time since 2019 the offense had …

For the second time in the first month of the 2024 college football season, West Virginia is dealing with a weather delay. The Mountaineers’ game against Kansas Saturday was suspended with 10:43 remaining in the fourth quarter due to inclement weather in the Morgantown, West Virginia area. Coach Neal Brown’s team has been used to such stoppages. West Virginia’s season-opening …

Penn State will be without one of its top defensive players on the roster this weekend when the Nittany Lions host Kent State for a mid-Saturday afternoon non-conference matchup. Head coach James Franklin announced this week that the team will be without safety, Kevin Winston Jr., for an extended period of time due to a long-term injury. This week’s player …