College Football

CBS Sports revealed the first half of its 2024 coach rankings Tuesday, leaving one group of program leaders with the dubious distinction of bottom 10. That list includes three of the four first-time coaches, as expected. It also features familiar names like former Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott and longtime coach Scott Satterfield.  Colorado coach Deion Sanders is the biggest name …

Usually when Michigan football and USC face off against each other, more often than not, the Wolverines and Trojans are battling for conference supremacy in the Rose Bowl on January 1. However, this year, things will be a little different for the two storied programs. USC is joining the Big Ten in 2024 and is making its way East, set …

Michigan football and the University of Southern California have been scheduled to meet this fall for the first time as Big Ten foes since last November, but the kickoff time and TV channel were not made public. That changed Tuesday, when it was announced the Wolverines will play the Trojans in Week 4 on Sept. 21 at 3:30 p.m. on …

Getty Images One of the highlights of the 2024 college football season features the Big Ten moving into the iconic 3:30 p.m. ET slot on CBS Sports on a full-time basis as the new-look conference evolves into an 18-team league. On Tuesday, two of the game selections for the first month of the season were unveiled, and these matchups spotlight …

The two remaining Pac-12 football teams — Oregon State and Washington State — will have their home games broadcast to a national audience. The partnership will air 11 of the Pac-12’s 13 home games on FO or FS1. Unlike typical scheduling, which is announced two weeks before the game, nearly all of the kickoff times will be announced at the …

A new era of Alabama Crimson Tide football will begin on Aug. 31, 2024 as the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers take on the Kalen DeBoer-led Tide in Bryant-Denny Stadium to kickoff the 2024 season. With Nick Saban announcing his retirement at the conclusion of the 2023 season, fans are not sure how to feel about DeBoer, who was previously at the …

With Rutgers football having named Athan Kaliakmanis as the starting quarterback two weeks ago, one of the most interesting depth chart competitions is settled. But the battle for the backup role behind Kaliakmanis is a potentially fascinating one, featuring rising sophomore Ajani Sheppard and true freshman A.J. Surace. Gavin Wimsatt, the starting quarterback for Rutgers last year, entered the transfer …

The Oklahoma Sooners are at an interesting inflection point two and a half months from the beginning of the 2024 college football season. The Sooners are entering year three of the Brent Venables era in Norman. After he was hired to be OU’s next head coach in December of 2021, a disappointing 6-7 campaign in 2022 followed. Oklahoma rebounded in …

Oregon State and Washington State will have most of their home games on broadcast television in 2024. The two remaining Pac-12 teams will have 11 total games on the CW for the upcoming season. Fox Sports will televise one home game for each of the two teams on either Fox or Fox Sports 1, while the remaining games will be …

The summer quickly approaches, which means that college football’s official visit season as well as the commitment dates for many top prep prospects in the 2025 class. The latter category is what concerns the Florida Gators when it comes to its current recruiting efforts. Four-star cornerback Mark Zackery IV out of Indianapolis (Indiana) Ben Davis is a top recruit that …

68 DeShaun Foster: Somebody has to be ranked last, and as is usually the case, it’s a newcomer who has yet to coach a game. Foster is in a unique spot. He was the choice to replace Chip Kelly at UCLA, and not only is he stepping into the head coaching spot for the first time (he’s been an assistant …

One of the biggest selling points a football program can offer a recruit or transfer portal prospect is how their facilities look, which the University of North Carolina ranks top 30 in that field according to 247Sports. The publication delivered its 2024 top 30 for nicest football facilities, which saw UNC placed 23rd. Ironically, placed at the number Tar Heel Michael Jordan …

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Apr 27, 2024; Boulder, CO, USA; Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders during a spring game event at Folsom Field. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Colorado will play its first two games of the 2024 season on national television. The Buffs open year two of the Deion Sanders era with a 6 p.m. MT kickoff against North Dakota State …

Kalen DeBoer’s first real test as the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide will come in Week 3 as the Tide travel to Madison, Wisconsin to take on the Wisconsin Badgers. With the Badgers being a consistent top-25 team and it being the first road game of the DeBoer era, it will be a challenge. Fortunately, Alabama avoided a …