College Football

Wisconsin head coach Luke Fickell’s former top assistant coach Marcus Freeman and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish advanced to the College Football Playoff semifinal on Thursday with a 23-10 Sugar Bowl win over Georgia. Freeman was Fickell’s defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Cincinnati from 2017-20. He left for the same position at Notre Dame in 2021 before being promoted …

The 2025 Bahamas Bowl will be the final game outside the College Football Playoff of the season, as the Buffalo Bulls will take on the Liberty Flames. Buffalo went 8-4 during the regular season and was 6-2 in the MAC, while Liberty finished at 8-3 overall and went 5-3 in Conference USA. These two programs played each other in the …

Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl game day is almost here. Mount Union and North Central will square off for the NCAA Division III football national championship Sunday at Houston’s Shell Energy Stadium. Kickoff time on ESPN is 8:03 p.m. Here are eight things to know about this year’s Stagg Bowl. Mount Union’s Brandon Yanssens reacts following the NCAA Division III semifinal …

Jan 2, 2025; New Orleans, LA, USA; Georgia Bulldogs defensive lineman Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins (93) reacts on the bench in the final minute against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish during the fourth quarter at Caesars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images The Georgia Bulldogs 2024 college football season is over after UGA lost, 23-10, to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in …

The College Football Playoff quarterfinals are over, which means bowl season is nearly complete. There are a pair of non-CFP games on Friday, in matchups including Texas State, Minnesota, Virginia Tech and North Texas all in action on the second-to-last day of non-CFP games. REQUIRED READING: College football postseason rematches: Ohio State-Oregon to face again in CFP All four teams …

Peyton Manning played here. Lamar Jackson, Philip Rivers, Michael Vick, Donovan McNabb, Archie Manning and Pat Sullivan, too. But no one in 80 years of TaxSlayer Gator Bowl college football had ever matched the numbers of Jaxson Dart on Thursday night — even if that was news to Jaxson Dart himself. “Yeah, that’s pretty cool. I didn’t know that,” the …

Jalen Milroe is no longer in Alabama football’s quarterback room. But he has a better idea than most of what the Crimson Tide will have at its disposal in 2025. “When you have guys who love it as well, it’s nothing but passion that’s poured into the football field,” Milroe said Nov. 19. “That’s what we have.” One will take …

Illinois football orchestrated a turnaround season under fourth-year coach Bret Bielema, winning 10 games for the first time since 2001 — capped by a dramatic victory in the Citrus Bowl on New Year’s Eve. From preseason picks, through the regular season — all the way to the postgame Cheez-It dump — here is every story the Journal Star wrote about …

Duke football coach Manny Diaz referenced Penn State as he discussed the Blue Devils’ blowout loss to Ole Miss in the Gator Bowl on Thursday in Florida. Following Duke’s 52-20 loss to the 14th-ranked Rebels in Jacksonville, Diaz highlighted how the Nittany Lions bounced back from a double-digit loss to Ole Miss last season to become a squad that has …

Jan. 2—Good morning and welcome to another Friday edition of the Dayton Daily News Sports update! On the first day of 2025, the 2024 Ohio State football team truly looked like it was expected to all season. After crushing No. 1 Oregon 41-21, the No. 8 seed Buckeyes have a date with No. 5 Texas in Dallas next week. How …

The Matchup: No. 14 Ole Miss (9-3, 5-3 SEC) vs. Duke (9-3, 5-3 ACC) Where: EverBank Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida (67,814) TV: ESPN, 6:30 p.m. Series: First meeting Coaches – Ole Miss: Lane Kiffin, 43-18 at Ole Miss (fifth year) and 104-52 overall (13th year). Duke: Manny Diaz, 9-3 at Duke (first year) and 30-18 overall (fourth season) Notes: Ole Miss …

Following the Sugar Bowl, Dan Wetzel, Ross Dellenger and SI’s Pat Forde wrap up their thoughts on the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal round. They discuss the significant win for Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl over Georgia, and what it means for the historic football program. They also dig into the recent downturn for the SEC over the last two …

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Ole Miss redshirt freshman Austin Simmons got an example of quarterback leadership in the Gator Bowl. It just cost him a few snaps. In his final game, Rebels’ senior Jaxson Dart refused to sub out Thursday of the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl with the Rebels’ well in control against Duke in what would be a 52-20 rout. There …

The 2024 College Football Playoff is down to the final four. The new, expanded 12-team bracket started with byes for four teams and four first-round games hosted by Texas football, Penn State, Notre Dame and Ohio State. But almost a month later, just a third of those original dozen teams remain. And those top four seeds have been eliminated. BUY …

Jan. 2—GRAND FORKS — The first set of new assistant coaching additions of UND head football coach Eric Schmidt were announced by the school Thursday morning. UND will add Wyoming’s Gordie Haug, Fresno State’s Ben Watkins, Washington’s Keaton Wilkerson and San Diego State’s Tyson Maeva. Haug will coach the tight ends and receive the tag of assistant head coach, while …