College Football

BYU running back LJ Martin (27) tries to get past Arizona State defensive back Shamari Simmons (7) during the first half of the game on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, in Tempe, Ariz. | Ross D. Franklin The Big 12 has helped clear up the most likely tiebreaking scenarios for its football championship game heading into the final week of the …

Indiana’s special season ran into a brick wall Saturday afternoon as the fifth-ranked Hoosiers fell 38-15 on the road against No. 2 Ohio State. All week, questions about Indiana’s legitimacy as a Big Ten power and a College Football Playoff competitor swirled.  Curt Cignetti’s squad needed a statement answer. It leaves Columbus with a whimper after managing just 151 yards …

There isn’t much time for deep soul searching in Oxford. Because there is still football to be played. Ole Miss, coming off one of its biggest wins in program history two weeks earlier — a 28-10 win over then-No. 3 Georgia — fell at unranked Florida 24-17 on Saturday. The loss threw a major wrench into the Rebels’ (8-3, 4-3 …

USATSI Boise State star running back Ashton Jeanty is on pace for a potentially historic year. With the 2024 season’s second half underway, Jeanty is chasing a title that has become a distinct possibility: Barry Sanders’ single-season NCAA rushing record of 2,628 yards, set during his 1988 run to the Heisman Trophy. Jeanty has already eclipsed 2,000 yards on the …

Nov. 24—Following the football regional championships last Friday night, the Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the pairings and sites for this week’s state semifinal games. Tickets for all playoff games will be available on Mondays at www.ohsaa.org/tickets. OHSAA Football State Semifinal Pairings All games on Friday, November 29, at 7 p.m. Designated home team region listed first. Pairings …

Media weren’t the only ones on deadline Saturday night.  The Big 12 stepped up, big time. The college football world needed to know what was going on with the conference’s tiebreakers. The office worked overtime in getting them out. That beat the heck out of the Big Ten which took until last Tuesday to determine its best team, Oregon, had …

Sparty takes the field before Michigan State’s football game against Purdue on Friday, Nov. 22, 2024, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing. Michigan State football appears to be closing in on their newest commitment in the 2025 recruiting class, looking to flip a prospect committed to another power conference school. Terrance ‘Deuce’ Edwards is a defensive back prospect committed to …

The ballooning of conference membership, coupled with divisionless standings, have added substantial complexity to tiebreaker scenarios for conference championship game races across college football. But nowhere has it been more apparent than in the Big 12.  Nine teams are still alive to reach the Big 12 Championship Game with one week left in the regular season: Arizona State, Iowa State, …

Nov. 24—A grade card on Ohio State’s 38-15 win over Indiana: OFFENSE: B The game started badly for Ohio State’s offense when it went three and out on its first possession and followed that by Quinshon Judkins being stopped for no gain on fourth down at Indiana’s 2-yard line the second time it had the ball. After tying the game …

Chaos reigned in the SEC during Week 13. Three title contenders all went down and are likely out of the College Football Playoff race. Alabama, Ole Miss and Texas A&M, all in the top 15 of the CFP Rankings heading into Saturday, added third losses in a wild day within the SEC.  The bad news for those teams is good …

The Week 13 action of college football was as crazy as we’ve seen all year, with seven top-25 teams suffering a brutal loss, and four of those teams getting upset by undefeated teams. Fortunately for Oregon fans, the Ducks were on a bye after playing a grueling stretch of eight consecutive games against conference opponents. So while some of the …

USATSI CBS Sports will update this page each week through the end of college football’s 2024 season as an increasing number of teams became bowl eligible ahead of the College Football Playoff and the bowl selection process. For a complete breakdown of the bowl projections as they stand, check out Jerry Palm’s dedicated page. In order for an FBS team to …

Nov. 24—TICKETS Tickets for all playoff games will be available on Mondays at www.ohsaa.org/tickets. Details on state championship game tickets are posted at: https://www.ohsaa.org/news-media/articles/ohsaa-announces-football-state-championships-schedule-and-tickets OHSAA Football State Semifinal Pairings All games on Friday, November 29, at 7 p.m. Designated home team region listed first. Pairings include regional seed. Winner of the first pairing listed is the designated home team in …

The SEC would have you believe that its very existence is justification enough for up to four College Football Playoff spots in perpetuity. It’s hard to deny that the SEC is a great league, and it has largely dominated on a national scale. Adding Texas and Oklahoma’s various exploits to its already sizable war chest is only increasing its profile.  …

Oklahoma Sooners running back Xavier Robinson (21) celebrates after rushing for a touchdown during a college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the Alabama Crimson Tide at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. Oklahoma won 24-3. BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Oklahoma Sooners …