College Football

Mike Norvell, in his fourth season as Florida State football’s head coach, has dealt with challenges when developing quarterbacks. He’s focusing on transfer quarterback DJ Uiagalelei this season. Heading into Saturday’s home game against No. 25 Memphis, Uiagalelei has completed 40 of 69 passes (58%) for 465 yards with one touchdown and one interception. He has averaged 6.7 yards per …

The sorting out process of the 2024 college football season is beginning. The top six teams in the US LBM Coaches Poll didn’t move in the rankings this week, but the next 19 spots were all different. Week 3 could be just as impactful. Though there are only two games on the schedule involving two ranked teams in either national …

New Mexico State (1-1, 0-1 Conference USA) travels to Fresno State (1-1) for its first road game of the season at 8: 30 p.m. on Saturday. The Aggies are coming off their first loss of 2024 last week against Liberty, falling 30-24 at home in their CUSA opener. NM State was up 24-15 with 5:12 left to play before allowing …

There’s a top-25 game brewing in Columbia. Missouri football will face Boston College on Saturday on Faurot Field in Columbia for its third game of the season. The matchup between the Tigers and Eagles will be the first nonconference game played at Memorial Stadium between two teams that are ranked in the AP Top 25 since an Oct. 4, 1980, …

Lincoln Riley probably could not have scripted a better start to the 2024 college football season. The Trojans opened the season with a 27-20 victory in a top-25 matchup against LSU in Las Vegas and followed it up with a 48-0 win over Utah State in Week 2. Now, USC is going into its bye week, sitting at 2-0 and …

On Saturday, two of college football’s more bitter regional rivalries will add another chapter to the lengthy histories, with No. 6 Oregon traveling to Oregon State and Washington hosting Washington State. The games have long been a fixture of college football in the Pacific Northwest and for decades they had a say in helping determine who won a conference championship …

Every week, ESPN’s “College GameDay” travels to a different college town to break down the biggest storylines and games within college football. But in all this, one thing has remained constant over the last two decades. And it is not Rece Davis, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and now Nick Saban appearing on the “GameDay” desk each week. That’d be good …

EAST PEORIA — A dozen years ago, Sam Durley was an NCAA record-setting college quarterback. Now, the first-year East Peoria coach is taking his program to new heights, guiding the Raiders to their first 3-0 start in 10 years. East Peoria beat Limestone, 47-28, to open Mid-Illini Conference play Friday night at Corwin Clatt Field. “This is exactly what we …

CENTERBURG — Northmor remains the lone undefeated team in the Marion area, but it wasn’t easy staying that way Friday night in Week 4 of high school football. The Golden Knights (4-0, 1-) led 21-6 in the first quarter, but Centerburg (2-2, 0-1) rallied for 20 unanswered points to take a 26-21 lead in the third period. Northmor ended with …

The visiting Tygers of Mansfield Senior could not get out of their own way, making a slew of mistakes in every facet of the game and the Knights took advantage of most of the miscues in posting a 33-7 triumph over the Tygers in Ohio Cardinal Conference action Friday at West Holmes. “We’re a young, inexperienced team, man, and we …

It’s been a quite a while since Wisconsin has hosted a nonconference game with this kind of cachet. The No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide visits Camp Randall Saturday. It’s likely the biggest nonconference game for the Badgers since UW upset No. 5 LSU, 16-14, at Lambeau Field in 2016. If the Badgers were to pull off a similar surprise, it …

SHELBY — The Shelby Whippets offensive line answered the challenge. During a 33-14 win over Marion Harding on Friday night, the Whippets piled up 284 yards rushing and saw two players run for more than 125 yards as Shelby kicked off its Mid-Ohio Athletic title defense in fashion. The Whippets piled up 392 yards of total offense on their way …

Junior receiver Walter Jones spent much of Friday night begging St. Rita’s coaches to call a deep pass to him. Jones said he asked enough that it started to be annoying. But when the game was on the line, the coaches dialed up the deep shot and Jones delivered. “In the beginning of the game, I was telling (offensive coordinator …

MUSTANG — Here are three takeaways from Class 6A-I fifth-ranked Mustang’s 49-48 overtime victory against No. 9 Broken Arrow on Friday at Bronco Stadium. More: Prolific offenses, good memories all part of Casady’s Ty Prestidge’s 50 years of coaching Mustang 49, Broken Arrow 48 (OT) Player of the game: Trajan Williamson. The Mustang senior quarterback had five touchdowns, four rushing …

Florida State football is still searching for a win in 2024. Perhaps coach Mike Norvell can pick it up against a familiar face in Memphis. Before coming to FSU, Norvell spent 2016-19 turning Memphis into a genuine contender, reaching a bowl game in all four seasons. The coach has done a similar rebuild at Florida State, getting the Seminoles to …