The 2025 college football season is more about facing pressure than meeting high expectations for the USC Trojans and Lincoln Riley. Not too many experts are predicting the USC Trojans to be a playoff team. ESPN just released an article featuring 32 teams that have a shot to make the College Football Playoff. The Trojans were slotted as the 21st …
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The Illinois Fighting Illini extended an official scholarship offer to Wisconsin class of 2026 commit, tight end Jack Janda, on Friday. Janda is the second of Wisconsin’s 2026 commits to receive an official offer elsewhere, joining defensive lineman Djidjou Bah. As noted, Aug. 1 has always been the first date when college programs can officially extend offers to their verbal …
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Wisconsin football’s starting kicker, Nathanial Vakos, was included on the 2024 Lou Groza Award watch list on Friday. As of Aug. 1, Vakos is among five Badger playmakers to receive preseason watch list honors for positional awards. He joins punter Atticus Bertrams, linebacker Christian Alliegro, cornerback Ricardo Hallman and wide receiver Vinny Anthony. Established in 1992, the Lou Groza Award …
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Name, image and likeness payments have permanently reshaped college football — and many fans would argue it hasn’t been for the better. Critics point to big-money deals that lead to fly-by-night roster moves and power programs “buying rosters” behind the power of big pocketbooks. While those concerns are valid, there’s another side of NIL that often goes overlooked. Across the …
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LSU football added another talented piece to its 2026 recruiting class on Friday with the commitment of three-star defensive tackle Darryus McKinley. McKinley, a Louisiana product and the brother of current LSU defensive tackle Dominick McKinley, is the 17th commit of LSU’s class. LSU’s defensive line class is shaping up to be one of the best in the country, with …
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Oklahoma’s odds of making the College Football Playoff are good. They’re better odds than 104 teams who don’t stand a chance to make it, anyway. That’s according to ESPN’s playoff predictor. The network’s computers provide 32 teams with at least a 10% chance of making the playoffs. The number is higher than any since the company’s tracking began. Oklahoma has …
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A rising Husker is now on an award watchlist ahead of the 2025 season. Sophomore wide receiver Jacory Barney Jr. is now on the Paul Hornung Award Watchlist, following his record-setting freshman year. The award is in honor of football Hall of Famer Paul Hornung and is given annually by the Louisville Sports Commission (LSC) to the most versatile player …
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NORMAN — It’s hard to believe Ben Arbuckle has only been a college coordinator for three seasons. Following one season as co-offensive coordinator at Western Kentucky, where he developed quarterback Austin Reed, Washington State took a chance on a 27-year-old Arbuckle, then the youngest primary coordinator in the country. In two seasons with the Cougars, he tutored future No. 1 overall …
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The Georgia Bulldogs are riding the country’s longest home winning streak at 31 games entering the 2025 college football season. That streak is drawing lots of attention with Georgia facing a trio of challenging SEC opponents (Alabama, Texas and Ole Miss) at home this fall. The Dawgs will have to fight hard against elite competition in order to continue their …
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Clemson football has been firing on all cylinders through its first two days of fall camp. During Thursday’s press conference, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney mentioned that by treating January as the start of the season, the team’s able to jump right into practice while minimizing the preporation phase. On the other hand, having the most veteran team in the …
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The Virginia Tech Hokies picked up their first commitment for 2027 on Friday when three-star quarterback Ben Musser made it official. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound Musser is a rising junior at Prince Avenue Christian School in Bogart, Georgia. The Hokies offered Musser last month, but he’s been on their radar for a while. He is the first quarterback recruit to commit …
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It’s that time of year again. The 2025 Kentucky high school football season is officially upon us. We have tons of coverage — from team previews to players to watch and much more — to get you ready for the start of the season Aug. 22. Our list of stories, broken down by class, can be seen below. We will …
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Schedule video for the 2025 Illinois Fighting Illini football team Here is who Illinois will play in the 2025 college football season, from its opener vs. Western Illinois to the season finale with Northwestern. The National College Football Awards Association began rolling out its college football watch lists on Monday, July 28, and multiple members of the Illinois football team …
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The preseason accolades keep rolling in for Notre Dame football, and this time its an honoree along the trenches. Senior offensive lineman Aamil Wagner is one of a record 116 nominees to the 2025 Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Watch List, the foundation announced. The award recognizes college football players across the FBS who exemplify community service, academic excellence and athletic achievement. …
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One of Iowa’s favorite pastimes may be corn, but it is also the art of punting. No one does it better, or maybe more often and successfully, than the Iowa Hawkeyes. With a long lineage of strong punters that Iowa can rely on to pin teams deep, it has gone from a wasted play of giving the other team the …
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