College Football

It started as the same unremarkable sequence that materializes dozens of times a season on UCLA’s football practice field, a coach lingering to speak with reporters and engage in the usual give and take. Questions were asked about simplifying the defense and putting more pressure on the quarterback. Answers were given about accountability, attention to detail and putting the right …

Recruiting news is flowing fast and furious as prospects return from key visits, and Rivals national analyst Greg Smith has all the latest buzz from the Midwest. MORE RECRUITING RUMORS: Feedback rolls in after key visits CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2026 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF …

Rivals national recruiting analyst Greg Smith is joined by national transfer portal analyst Adam Friedman, Jon McNamara of BadgerBlitz.com and Eliot Clough of HawkeyeBeacon.com to tackle three topics and determine whether they believe each statement is FACT or FICTION. FACT OR FICTION: Florida won’t add commits until a coaching change is made CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | …

Billy Napier and the Florida Gators got a bye in college football’s Week 5 but their Southeastern Conference peers saw plenty of action last weekend. The results from the gridiron shook things up a bit in the updated polls and rankings after the dust finally settled. The biggest game was the Alabama Crimson Tide’s home win over the Georgia Bulldogs …

With over 26,000 votes, Tyler Reger is Section V’s Football Athlete of the Week for Sept. 23-29 presented by Faber Builders. The do-it-all Cadet contributed in all three phases in his team’s close loss to McQuaid, catching three passes for 45 yards and a touchdown on offense, had eight tackles and an interception on defense, and kicked a field goal …

DURHAM, N.C. — Within Manny Diaz’s new office here at Duke University, a commemorative football sits emblazoned with the score of a football game: Duke 45. Miami 21. On Oct. 22, 2022, 10 months after the Miami Hurricanes fired Diaz as coach, the Duke Blue Devils beat them in a stunner at Hard Rock Stadium. Diaz wasn’t a part of …

After three years of some Tennessee football fans wanting to run Tim Banks out of town, he’s got the No. 1 defense in college football. So was Banks an elite defensive coordinator all along? Or has he just been blessed this season with better players? That’ll be relevant at the end of this season when Banks’ contract expires. On this …

Don’t let the odds fool you. The Heisman race doesn’t have a clear favorite as we enter October. Alabama QB Jalen Milroe is down to +200 at BetMGM to win the award after a big first half in the Crimson Tide’s win over Georgia in Week 5. Milroe accounted for four of Alabama’s five touchdowns in the win as he …

UTEP is finding its first win of the season to be elusive and it will take another swing at that when it takes on Sam Houston State Thursday in the Sun Bowl. This is a matchup between the newest team in Conference USA and the oldest, and also the first game UTEP is going to play as a lame duck …

Oklahoma State will continue Big 12 play with a home game against West Virginia at 3 p.m. Saturday. OSU (3-2, 0-2 Big 12) suffered a 42-20 road loss to Kansas State in Week 5. West Virginia (2-2, 1-0 Big 12) is fresh off a bye week following its 32-28 home win over Kansas. Here’s how to watch the OSU vs West …

The best part about it, the absolute best part about this small town, cutthroat bubble of a world, is Auburn really is The Loveliest Village on the Plains. But slithering beneath that bucolic setting of genuine community and cooperation, that Norman Rockwell painting of Americana, lies the beast of envy. Always feeding, never satiated. “You can feel it every single …

Wisconsin (2-2) will welcome Purdue (1-3) to Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. CT. It will be the 91st all-time meeting between the two programs. The Badgers have had the upper hand to this point. The Badgers have won 17 consecutive matchups dating back to 2004 and they own a 53-29-8 all-time record against the Boilermakers. The last …

ESPN’s “College GameDay” is heading to a new location. For the first time in the show’s history, it will head to Berkley, California, to broadcast from the campus of the University of California, Berkley ahead of the Golden Bears’ ACC matchup against the No. 8 Miami Hurricanes. Miami is coming off of a wild, last second victory against Virginia Tech, …

EAST LANSING – Aidan Chiles admits the mistakes coach Jonathan Smith called “self-inflicted” have been “frustrating.” Particularly after Michigan State football showed, at least for four drives, the ability to counterpunch with Ohio State’s juggernaut offense. And after a couple near-stops on defense tilted momentum the other direction. It becomes equally tantalizing and maddening for Chiles to think about the …

UCF will face Florida on the road at 6:45 p.m. Saturday. UCF (3-1, 1-1 Big 12) suffered a 48-21 home loss to Colorado in Week 5. Florida (2-2, 1-1 SEC) is fresh off a bye week following a 45-28 road win over Mississippi State. Here’s how to watch the UCF vs Florida game, including time, TV schedule and streaming information: …