College Football

Here’s where LSU football is ranked in preseason Coaches Poll

BATON ROUGE – LSU football opens up the 2024 season where it finished last season in the preseason US LBM Coaches Poll. The Tigers are ranked No. 12 in the ranking that were released by USA TODAY Monday afternoon. Entering Brian Kelly’s third season in Baton Rouge and despite losing Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Jayden Daniels to the NFL, expectations …

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Tuesdays with Gorney: Latest intel on five-stars

With the July visit window closed and the season coming into focus, in today’s Tuesdays With Gorney, Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney breaks down what he’s hearing on numerous five-stars – committed and uncommitted – in the 2025 class. RUMOR MILL: Summer visits are over but buzz ramping up ***** CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position …

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Kirby Smart leads SEC football coaches but it gets tough after that

Only one man could stop Kirby Smart the past three seasons. The GOAT, they called him. Now that Nick Saban works for ESPN, who’s going to stand in Smart’s way? Maybe no one. After Saban’s retirement, Smart became the SEC’s only active coach to have won a national championship. He’s the SEC’s unquestioned overlord, while a power struggle unfolds down …

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Requiem for Rudy? College football’s future may not include walk-ons

TAMPA — The resemblance, from their names to their statures to their facial features, is striking. Five-foot-10 USF receiver Sean Atkins is a dead ringer for Sean Astin, the diminutive actor who portrayed the most famous walk-on in college football lore, Notre Dame’s Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger. Like Rudy, Atkins also arrived at his school as a walk-on with minimal opportunities …

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25 days until it is football time in Tennessee

DeSean Bishop. Tennessee Volunteers kick off spring football practices at Anderson Training Center on March 18, 2024. Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire Tennessee will kick off its 2024 football season in 25 days. The Vols will open its upcoming campaign on Aug. 31 against Chattanooga at Neyland Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 12:45 p.m. EDT and SEC Network will televise the contest. …

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Ranking the top 10 QBs in Polk County – and six more to watch for 2024

LAKELAND — Quarterbacks, last year, were The Ledger’s Big School and Small School high school football players of the year, awarded to Lakeland’s Zander Smith and Fort Meade’s Carson MontsDeOca. Will quarterbacks win the awards again in 2024? Smith returns at Lakeland, having recovered from offseason shoulder surgery and would have to be considered a favorite. MontsDeOca is now playing …

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Former Louisville coach Steve Kragthorpe dies at 59

Louisville went 15-21 in Steve Kragthorpe’s three seasons with the team. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) Former Louisville coach Steve Kragthorpe died Monday. He was 59. The longtime college football coach was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease over a decade ago. After playing quarterback at Eastern New Mexico and West Texas, Kragthorpe got into coaching in the 1990s for a career …

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Vols’ 2025 five-star tackle prospect Josh Petty announces commitment date

. 2025 offensive tackle prospect Josh Petty will announce his commitment on Aug. 12. Petty will choose between his top five schools: Tennessee, Georgia Tech, Ohio State, Florida State and Stanford. The 6-foot-5, 262-pound offensive tackle is from Fellowship Christian School in Roswell, Georgia. Petty ranks as the No. 14 overall player in the class of 2025. He also ranks …

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Nebraska ranked in Joel Klatt’s Preseason Top 25

Dec 4, 2021; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt during the Michigan Wolverines game against the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Big Ten Conference championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The national media continues to embrace Matt Rhule’s rebuild of the Nebraska football team. Fox Sports college football analyst Joel Klatt released …

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Listing SW Florida’s best juniors for the 2024 high school football season

High school football is almost here, so The News-Press and Naples Daily News are running down the top juniors in Southwest Florida entering the 2024 season. Top juniors this season include the sixth-best receiver in the nation, along with several highly recruited players on the offensive and defensive lines. But this list includes more than players who will play in power …

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