College Football

The final college football game of 2024 will determine the first semifinal participant in the College Football Playoff. Date: Dec. 31 | Time: 7:30 p.m. ET | TV: ESPN | Line: Penn State -11 | Total: 54 The Nittany Lions dominated SMU in the first round of the playoff with three first-half interceptions, two of them returned for touchdowns. The …

The 12-team College Football Playoff continues Wednesday when (4) Arizona State faces (5) Texas in the Peach Bowl. This game marks only the second all-time meeting between the programs. Texas defeated Arizona State 52-34 in the 2007 Holiday Bowl in their first and only matchup. The Longhorns held off a late rally from Clemson in their first-round CFP matchup to …

All hell broke loose in the third quarter of the Cheez-It Bowl on Tuesday. It wasn’t the players. It was South Carolina coach Shane Beamer going after Illinois’ Bret Bielema. An Illinois DB was injured on a long pass play by South Carolina. Bielema came across the field to check on his player. When the Illini coach came across and …

No. 11 Alabama came into the ReliaQuest Bowl against Michigan with a lot of attention after ending the year as the first team out of the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff. With a first round filled with blowouts, the conversation quickly shifted to whether the Crimson Tide should have been included in the bracket.  But from the opening snap in …

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Rivals has the latest recruiting buzz from Tuesday’s practice for the Under Armour All-America Game. MORE FROM ORLANDO: Top performers, observations from Tuesday’s practice | Five-star Dakorien Moore can’t wait to get started at Oregon | Commitment timetable comes for four-star WR Tristen Keys | Ranking questions after Monday’s practice | Stock risers after Monday’s …

LSU travels to the Lone Star State to face off against Baylor in the 2024 Texas Bowl. The Tigers experienced a three-game losing streak in the second half of the season to ruin any postseason dreams they had in a disappointing season. LSU failed to win 10 games for the first time under coach Brian Kelly.  To the contrary, Baylor …

It’s time to look ahead to the Michigan football 2025 season, which features six teams that made a bowl in 2024 (though only one nonconference bowl-eligible foe). The Wolverines wrapped up the 2024 season in the ReliaQuest Bowl against No. 11 Alabama with a 19-13 victory, finishing with three straight wins for an 8-5 record. Here’s what you need to …

Getty Images The first round of the 12-team College Football Playoff didn’t feature many thrilling games, but on-campus atmospheres helped set the tone for the new system. It was a clean sweep for the favorites in the first round, as all four home teams picked up key victories.  (5) Texas outlasted (12) Clemson and (6) Penn State pounced on miscues …

Dec 31, 2024; Tampa, FL, USA; Michigan Wolverines wide receiver Fredrick Moore (3) celebrates after scoring a touchdown against the Alabama Crimson Tide in the first quarter during the ReliaQuest Bowl at Raymond James Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images ORG XMIT: IMAGN-884341 ORIG FILE ID: 20241231_nrs_fo8_0015.jpg Alabama football and its fans felt slighted after not making the College …

Getty Images Dillon Gabriel is one of the best college football players in the country, and he has some ideas to make the game even better. Ahead of Oregon’s College Football Playoff game against Ohio State at the Rose Bowl, Gabriel excitedly advocated for some improvements. Speaking to KOIN News, Gabriel said the Rose Bowl has all the makings of …

BYU’s blowout win over Colorado drew a significant number of viewers. ESPN said an average audience of 8 million people watched the Cougars win the all-Big 12 matchup over the Buffaloes on Saturday night. The audience for the game is the biggest for a game outside of the College Football Playoff or a New Year’s Six game since Michigan played …

LOS ANGELES — Tez Johnson can’t help but gush. Being the leading wide receiver for the unanimous No. 1 team in the country isn’t necessarily the reason why, it’s simply that this charming human spigot does not turn off.  The words come tumbling out of Johnson like rain drops. The assertions drop like those audio greeting cards.  You’re not offended, …

TAMPA, Fla. − Michigan football quarterback Davis Warren’s afternoon in the ReliaQuest Bowl appears to have been cut short. The senior signal caller left the game early in the third quarter with the help of a pair of Michigan staffers after he appeared to sustain an injury to his leg when he was sacked on a third down play with …

The No. 6 seed Penn State Nittany Lions will try to keep their national championship hopes alive when they face the No. 3 seed Boise State Broncos in the Fiesta Bowl during the 2024 College Football Playoff quarterfinals on Tuesday night. Penn State lost to Oregon in the Big Ten Championship, but it responded with a 38-10 win over No. …

To call Alabama’s first quarter vs Michigan in the ReliaQuest Bowl a disaster would be a kindness. The Crimson Tide offense was an absolute mess to start the game, turning the ball over three times and losing the ball on downs once to fall into a 16-0 hole to end the first quarter. The offense finished with -2 yards in …