College Football

Sep 3, 2016; Atlanta, GA, USA; Georgia Bulldogs running back Nick Chubb (27) runs for yards during the 2016 Chick-Fil-A Kickoff game against the North Carolina Tar Heels at Georgia Dome. Georgia won 33-24. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to four-star edge rusher Zavion Griffin-Haynes. The four-star recruit, who is a member …

Wisconsin cornerback Xavier Lucas is ranked No. 8 among ProFootballFocus’ highest-graded true freshmen through the first three weeks of the 2024 season. The Pompano Beach, Florida, native was sandwiched between Texas linebacker Colin Simmons and Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith with an overall grade of 79.9. Texas wide receiver Ryan Wingo took the top spot with a 90.6 mark, …

Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire No. 13 Oklahoma (3-0) will play its first Southeastern Conference game as a league member on Saturday. The Sooners will host No. 7 Tennessee (3-0) at Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. Rankings reflect the US LBM Coaches Poll. Kickoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. EDT. ABC will televise the contest and Chris Fowler, Kirk …

Vaughn Dalzell breaks down his Week 4 College Football card that includes a top 15 matchup between Oklahoma State and Utah, plus Iowa at Minnesota and more! #22 Iowa (-2.5) at Minnesota: O/U 35.5 Minnesota won 12-10 at Iowa last season to break an eight-game winning streak in the series for the Hawkeyes. Despite blowing Week 2 with a loss …

EDITOR’S NOTE: Months of research led to a series, “Year of the Quarterback,” being presented in three waves. The first wave — 10 articles covering the volatile new world of the transfer portal — was published recently. This is the fourth story in the second wave, which tracks then-and-now journeys of 10 Stark County quarterbacks. Ohio State quarterback Justin Zwick on the …

As the college football calendar turns to Week 4, we find more and more of the games on the weekend slate begin to count in conference standings. Indeed, there are numerous important early league contests across the country, as well as a few remaining non-conference tilts, that should keep viewers entertained from Friday night into the wee hours of Sunday …

The Penn State football starters may be on the sideline before halftime. At least that’s what the previous details − and the mammoth point spread − would seem to indicate against overwhelmed Kent State. The Golden Flashes lost one game by 71 points and another to an FCS opponent at home … what will the rested Nittany Lions possibly do …

. The Nebraska Cornhuskers are facing the Illinois Fighting Illini this weekend, and if you’re wondering how to watch the action, we have the answers. Nebraska enters the game with a 3-0 record, while Illinois also enters Friday’s game with a 3-0 mark. This will be the 22nd game between these two programs. Nebraska holds the series lead with a 14-6-1 …

No. 7/8-ranked Missouri football faces Vanderbilt on Saturday in Columbia, where the Tigers will have a chance to open the season 4-0 for the second straight campaign. The Commodores are coming off a road loss against Georgia State last Saturday, but have a power-conference win on their resume already this season, having knocked off Virginia Tech in Week 1. More: …

WEST LAFAYETTE − Dillon Thieneman stood before the defense, pointed the finger directly at himself and told his Purdue football teammates he was owning last Saturday and promised to be better. That’s what All-Americans do when situations like what happened to Purdue against Notre Dame surface. “Everyone had to accept what happened,” Thieneman said this week, referring to Purdue’s 66-7 …

LAWRENCE — Kansas football will attempt to end a two-game losing streak Saturday on the road against West Virginia. The Jayhawks (1-2) are coming off of a 23-20 loss at home against UNLV. The Mountaineers (1-2) are coming off of a 38-34 loss on the road against Pittsburgh. It’s the first time these two sides have matched up since Kansas …

The ingredients for an Inter-County Conference South classic will be present Friday night in Boswell. Week 4 Stat Leaders Windber will bring one of the area’s top rushing attacks into this meeting of 3-1 teams at North Star. Senior back Luke Hostetler and senior quarterback Lucas Oleksa front a deep backfield with 10 different players combining for nearly 1,500 rushing …

AUBURN — Auburn football will host Arkansas at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday in its first SEC game of the 2024 season. Auburn leads 20-12-1 in the series with Arkansas. They defeated the Razorbacks 48-10 last season in Fayetteville and lead 9-6-1 in games played at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Here’s our scouting report on the Razorbacks, and a score prediction for the …

Oklahoma will welcome Tennessee to Norman this weekend for what will make one of the weekend’s biggest matchups both on the field and in recruiting. The visitor list headed to Norman is expected to be one of the more stacked groups they have hosted in years. Here are my five most important visitors at Oklahoma this weekend: 1. 2026 DT …

The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (2-1, 0-0) will play their third-straight road game on Saturday (Sept. 21) when they travel to San Antonio to take on the Incarnate Word Cardinals (1-2, 0-0 Southland conference). Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. MST. The Lumberjacks haven’t played their first conference game, but their two wins (Lincoln (CA) and Utah Tech) and one loss …