College Football

Penn State defensive star Abdul Carter has declared for 2025 NFL Draft, his agent Drew Rosenhaus told ESPN. Carter is regarded as a potential top-10 pick after a monster junior season in which he earned CBS Sports first-team All-America honors. Carter also earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year while finishing the season with 24 tackles for loss and …

TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA – OCTOBER 08: Jalen Milroe #4 of the Alabama Crimson Tide rushes away from Denver Harris #2 of the Texas A&M Aggies during the first half at Bryant-Denny Stadium on October 08, 2022 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) You can’t build a roster in the modern era of college football without dipping into the …

The semifinals of the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff continue on Friday with a marquee showdown in the Cotton Bowl between (5) Texas and (8) Ohio State. The winner of this game will face either (6) Penn State) or (7) Notre Dame in the national title game on Jan. 20 in Atlanta. Fresh off a dominant win over Tennessee, Ohio …

. Win this game and you’re playing for the national title. That’s what’s on the line for the Texas Longhorns Friday night as they take on the red-hot Ohio State Buckeyes. Texas is a 6-point underdog against the Buckeyes, the first time all year the Longhorns are the underdog. But Texas may have some built in advantages. The snowstorm that …

Some think of LSU as “Wide Receiver University.” while others say it’s Ohio State. The Tigers can claim Justin Jefferson, Ja’Marr Chase, Malik Nabers and Brian Thomas Jr. over the past five years. Ohio State has had 12 wideouts drafted in the past decade, including Michael Thomas, Terry McLaurin, Chris Olave, Garrett Wilson, Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Marvin Harrison Jr.  And …

Quantifying the impact that coordinators and other assistant coaches have on a college football team’s success is often challenging. For example, when Georgia won national titles with Kirby Smart at the helm at Dan Lanning as defensive coordinator, it’s hard to explicitly state how much of the defense’s success was due to Smart (Nick Saban’s former defensive coordinator at Alabama), …

Abdul Carter had one of the best seasons and careers in a Penn State football uniform, and now he’s taking his talents to the National Football League. The Nittany Lion edge rusher announced Friday morning after the College Football Playoff semifinal against Notre Dame that he was entering the 2025 NFL Draft, his agent Drew Rosenhaus told NFL insider Adam …

Carson Beck did something unusual when he got to Georgia in 2020 — he waited. When an inconsistent walk-on named Stetson Bennett IV won the starting job, he waited. When Bennett unexpectedly opted to come back for another year of eligibility, he waited. When NIL deals and the transfer portal beckoned, he waited.  Beck was ranked as the No. 13 …

Jan. 10—PULLMAN — Jimmy Rogers knew he was inheriting an isolated former Power Five program with a laundry list of challenges when he accepted the Washington State head football coach job about two weeks ago. He just didn’t know how familiar Pullman would feel. “I didn’t know how ‘midwest’ this was, because this is midwest,” said Rogers, who spent 19 …

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The injured Irish are headed to the national championship game. Bring all the bandages, braces, and balms to Atlanta — this team will need them. Nobody is 100% at this point in the season, but what Notre Dame has battled through to get here deserves recognition. Even hours before the Orange Bowl win over Penn State, …

TreVeyon Henderson and the Ohio State Buckeyes will play the Texas Longhorns in the Cotton Bowl this week. Here’s how to watch. (Jeff Speer/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) The College Football Playoffs are under way this week, and on Friday, the Ohio State Buckeyes will face the Texas Longhorns in the semifinals at the Cotton Bowl. Though the Cotton Bowl …

The No. 5 seed Texas Longhorns (13-2) will square off against the No. 8 seed Ohio State Buckeyes (12-2) in the 2025 College Football Playoff semifinals on Friday in the Cotton Bowl. The Buckeyes knocked off top-seeded Oregon, 41-21, in the Rose Bowl and the Longhorns defeated No. 4 Arizona State, 39-31, in double-overtime in the Peach Bowl on New …

AUSTIN, TEXAS – OCTOBER 19: Arch Manning #16 of the Texas Longhorns fumbles the ball as he is hit by Damon Wilson II #10 of the Georgia Bulldogs during the second quarter at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on October 19, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images) Georgia Bulldogs transfer pass rusher Damon Wilson is predicted to …

Elite programs are set to square off in the College Football Playoff semifinals when the Ohio State Buckeyes battle the Texas Longhorns in the 2025 Cotton Bowl Classic on Friday. The Buckeyes have been firing on all cylinders after suffering a surprising defeat against Michigan in the regular season finale. Ohio State throttled the top-ranked Oregon Ducks in the Rose …

Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian before the game against BYU Cougars at Royal-Memorial Stadium on Saturday October 28, 2023. It’s almost time. Ohio State and Texas are all set to matchup in a College Football Playoff semifinal in the Cotton Bowl and the whole college football world will be watching. It’s two teams that were thought to have the …