College Football

For all the respect Kansas State football received in Big 12 preseason polls going into Tuesday’s media day in Las Vegas, the Wildcats did not get much love individually. It is hard to fathom, even in an expanded 16-team league, that the Wildcats were picked second behind Utah and yet did not have a single player named to the media’s …

For the first time since 2017 and just the second time since Missouri football joined the Southeastern Conference, Auburn will visit Columbia this season. The season is getting close. Mizzou will send three players to SEC Media Days in Dallas, with quarterback Brady Cook, wide receiver Luther Burden III and defensive tackle Kristian Williams set to join coach Eli Drinkwitz …

WEST LAFAYETTE − Offensive line depth was a concern last Purdue football season. The Boilermaker staff tried to shore that up with the 2024 incoming class and through the transfer portal. With an eye on the future, however, Purdue has three verbal commitments for the 2025 recruiting class. This after Centerville, Ohio, product Kuol Kuol announced Wednesday night that he’s …

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Jesse Simonton of On3 recently ranked what he believes will be the top 10 games within the SEC this season. LSU has two games that have cracked the top 10. Coming in at No. 6 on the top 10 list is LSU’s game against Ole Miss. Last season, the Tigers traveled to Oxford, Mississippi, with a 3-1 record after losing …

Among the targets on Hubert Davis and the North Carolina Tar Heels’ 2025 recruiting big board is five-star forward Nate Ament. The Tar Heels joined the recruitment a little late for the forward, offering him in May after watching him for months. Davis and his staff eventually liked what they saw in him to extend the offer and now the …

Here’s a pretty effective snapshot of the current landscape of college football: Former Wisconsin Badgers defensive coordinator and current Baylor Bears head coach Dave Aranda spoke bluntly at the ongoing Big 12 media days about how his program has found recent success on the class of 2025 recruiting trail. “We’re paying players,” Aranda said. Related: Ranking every wide receiver corps …

I don’t need the gift of clairvoyance to know Georgia football will be picked No. 1 when the media vote next week to predict the SEC standings. Kirby Smart’s Bulldogs are the new Alabama, especially with Nick Saban retired. Pencil in UGA at No. 1. No need to overthink this. The better question is, which team will be ranked No. …

OXFORD ― Talking season does not award championships. If it did, coach Lane Kiffin would already have Ole Miss football’s trophy cabinet bursting at the seams. Still, Kiffin’s mastery of the microphone has helped lift the Rebels into the national spotlight ‒ and his recent results have done the same. Ole Miss is coming off the first 11-win season in …

When it comes to roaming the defensive secondary and cracking down on would be wide receivers, not many do it better than Captain Shreve’s Tre Fuller. The 6-foot-1, 175-pound safety has the world at his feet thanks to his ability to cover and hit with authority. The senior currently holds offers from Missouri, Mississippi State, Florida State, Louisiana Tech, Houston …

TOPEKA — Two students, that’s the difference for Cair Paravel this fall when the Lions will be playing 11-man football for the first time in their school’s history. They will be playing in Class 1A with their student population exceeding the threshold by two students. “We know there is going to be a big change and it’s going to be …

OLSH’s Vann Kavals celebrates a touchdown during the first half against Shenango Friday night at Moon High School Stadium in Moon Township. MOON TWP. — Our Lady of the Sacred Heart senior Vann Kavals has had a less-than-ideal first three years of his high school career, suffering back-to-back season-ending injuries during the 2022 and 2023 seasons, respectively. But over those …

LAS VEGAS — There’s no need to ask Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels how he is doing. It’s a question he’s answered every day for months.  “I try not to ask Jalon Daniels more than once a week how is he doing because I know everybody asks him that,” Kansas coach Lance Leipold said. “Of course, we keep wearing out a …

Austin Moore may be leaving Kansas State football at the end of the 2024 season, but the family name lives on. Louisburg High School linebacker Ashton Moore, Austin’s younger brother, announced his commitment to the Wildcats on social media Wednesday, becoming K-State’s 15th pledge for the 2025 recruiting cycle. “I’m excited to announce my commitment to Kansas State University,” he …

Jul. 10—LAS VEGAS — Jake Dickert turned around, footsteps echoing in a hallway somewhere inside the Bellagio Hotel and Casino, and greeted the guy he thought for sure was gone. Striding his way was Ron Stone Jr., the former Washington State edge rusher who played his sixth and final season last fall for Dickert, and embraced him. The two men …