College Football

The No. 5 Texas Longhorns (12-2) and the No. 4 Arizona State Sun Devils (11-2) are set to battle in the 2025 Peach Bowl on Wednesday. The Longhorns started off the playoffs hot, defeating No. 12 Clemson 38-24 at home in the first round. The Sun Devils enter this matchup on a six-game winning streak, including beating Iowa State in …

LOS ANGELES – Coach Ryan Day will need no introduction to the Rose Bowl when his No. 8-seeded Ohio State Buckeyes play the No. 1-seeded Oregon Ducks Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the College Football Playoff. “When you’re at the Rose Bowl, you’re like on sensory overload,” Day said Tuesday during a news conference. “The grass is greener, the sky is …

The seventh-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish will battle the second-seeded Georgia Bulldogs in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the 2025 Sugar Bowl on New Year’s night. The winner of the game will then face the winner of sixth-seeded Penn State and third-seeded Boise State in the semifinals. The Fighting Irish (12-1), who have won 10 in a row, are …

GLENDALE, Ariz. – The Penn State Nittany Lions grew weary the last two weeks of hearing about Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty, the nation’s leading rusher. Offensively, they wanted to show off their running backs, Kaytron Allen and Nick Singleton. Defensively, they wanted to make sure Jeanty didn’t break Barry Sanders’ 36-year NCAA record for rushing yards in a season. The …

Rich Rodriguez is receiving a hero’s homecoming from most West Virginia football fans in his return as head coach nearly 20 years after leaving for Michigan following the 2007 season. The excitement is warranted since in Rodriguez’s 18 years as a head coach at four different schools, he’s only had four losing seasons. After going 3-8 in his first season …

TAMPA, Fla. — The cannon blast behind the makeshift stage on the Raymond James Stadium field that sent down a cascade of maize and blue confetti was so loud it nearly drowned out the message from Michigan football head coach Sherrone Moore. According to oddsmakers (and the betting public), the Wolverines were expected to lose their final two games by …

Cameron Ward’s halftime exit from the Pop-Tarts Bowl created a media firestorm.  Everyone from Ringer NFL Draft analyst Todd McShay to College Football Hall of Fame head coach Steve Spurrier criticized the move, joining thousands of others on social media as Ward stood on the sidelines during the second half a 42-41 loss to Iowa State. From one perspective, it …

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – DECEMBER 07: Carson Beck #15 of the Georgia Bulldogs lays on the ground after an injury as Barryn Sorrell #88 of the Texas Longhorns grabs for the ball during the second quarter of the 2024 SEC Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 07, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Butch Dill/Getty Images) Georgia Bulldogs quarterback back Carson …

After a perfect season and a conference championship in their first season in the Big Ten, the Oregon Ducks earned the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff, and now Dan Lanning’s squad will begin their title pursuit coming off a first-round bye. However, the CFP bracket ultimately did them no favors, as they’ll take on the No. 8 …

NEW ORLEANS − You didn’t have to look too far or think too hard to see the irony. When Notre Dame football met the media Monday in advance of the Allstate Sugar Bowl matchup with Georgia on New Year’s Day, Irish players were arranged at round tables of six by position. All the quarterbacks sat together. All the running backs were …

Miami fired defensive coordinator Lance Guidry after two years with the program, coach Mario Cristobal announced Tuesday. The decision comes after Guidry’s defense struggled in a 42-41 loss against No. 18 Iowa State in the Pop Tarts Bowl.   The Hurricanes, who went 10-3, ranked a respectable No. 27 nationally in total defense, but 46th in yards per play allowed. …

GLENDALE, Ariz. − Much of this Penn State football Fiesta Bowl locker room was a back-slapping, photo-posing, cigar-smoking celebration deep in this desert night. The Nittany Lions, indeed, had just reserved their place in the College Football Playoff semifinals, winning for a school-record 13th time. They earned their shot at another big-time opponent, on a grand stage next week in …

No. 11 Alabama faces off against Michigan in the 2024 ReliaQuest Bowl, which serves as a rematch of the 2024 Rose Bowl Game. When these teams last played, Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy diced Alabama to the tune of 221 yards and three touchdowns to win 27-20 in overtime en route to a national championship. Both teams are quite different than …

Texas football returns to Atlanta after competing in the SEC championship game there on Dec. 7, and this time the fifth-seeded Longhorns are playing in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal against No. 4 Arizona State, the Big 12 champion. Can the Longhorns (12-2) cool off a red-hot Sun Devils squad that has soared to rare heights under second-year coach Kenny Dillingham? Arizona …

Two of the most productive passing offenses in the country clash at the historic Sun Bowl as Washington faces off against Louisville on New Year’s Eve. The Huskies turned over much of the roster after a trip to the CFP National Championship a year ago but managed to reach bowl eligibility after beating USC and UCLA in the final weeks …