College Football

The Upstate is full of talented high school football running backs. Here’s a chance for fans to vote for their favorites. Polls will close at 5 p.m. Friday. Multiple votes are allowed. Here are 10 candidates listed in alphabetical order: Aiden Gibson, Woodruff: Gibson had three 100-yard games last season as a freshman. He finished with 765 yards (4.8 per …

On ESPN college football reporter Bill Connelly’s final 2024 preseason SP+ rankings – “a tempo- and opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency” that predicts the best teams in the sport heading into the season – Ohio State remains near the top. Connelly has the Buckeyes as his second-ranked team behind No. 1 Georgia and ahead of No. 3 Oregon, No. …

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz looks ahead to the upcoming season in the Atlantic Coast Conference – highlighted by a 17-team roster that is led by Clemson and Florida State. View more Video Transcript The theme for the AC C in college football this season might be quantity over quality. And no, that’s not a Misspeak for once. For me. It’s …

Winning your conference is very important in the era of the expanded College Football Playoff. The top four conference champions will receive byes to the second round of the 12-team postseason. With just four power conferences remaining following the demise of the Pac-12, a conference title is essentially a guaranteed off week. With the 2024 season quickly approaching, here’s a …

Oklahoma’s Billy Bowman Jr. (2) runs on to the field before the college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and the University of Central Florida Knights at Gaylord Family Oklahoma-Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Oct., 21, 2023. Preseason [autotag]watch list[/autotag] season rolls right along this summer, as we count down the days to the beginning of the …

Auburn Tigers offensive coordinator Derrick Nix during practice at Woltosz Football Performance Center in Auburn, Ala., on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. The Ole Miss Rebels did not become one of college football’s top offenses by playing with a slow tempo. New offensive coordinator [autotag]Derrick Nix[/autotag], who spent the previous 16 seasons with the Rebels, has been coached several high-octane offenses …

Michigan is the defending national champion in college football. The Wolverines also are an outlaw program. Two things can be true at once. No one can fictionalize UM’s title. Even if the college football police try to confiscate the trophy – and they won’t – Wolverines fans know the Maize and Blue defeated four consecutive ranked opponents last season, and …

NAPPANEE — In some ways, the expectations around the NorthWood football team heading into the 2024 season mimic that of 2017. Seven years ago, the Panthers were coming off a 14-1 season that ended with a loss in the Class 4A state championship game to Indianapolis Cathedral. It was a senior-laden team with a quarterback in Trey Bilinski that set …

Luke Schuermann often gets “the look” whenever he mentions his last football stop. It can be a quizzical expression or a blank stare based on the level of knowledge of the words just spoken. Johns Hopkins? Wait, give me a second. Oh, you mean the school known for producing renowned journalists, doctors and scientists? That’s right. That one. Among its …

Dylan Widger-USA TODAY Sports The Nebraska football 2024 season is drawing closer, and more players are being named to award watchlists. The most recent is Nebraska defensive tackle Nash Hutmacher, who was named to the Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List on Monday. The Bednarik Award is presented annually to the outstanding defensive player in college football. Hutmacher helped anchor a …

The Tennessee high school football season is almost underway. The Tennessean has assembled its guide to the TSSAA football 2024 season with wall-to-wall coverage of Nashville area programs, from top players to top teams and top games. We’ll keep you updated during the season with unmatched coverage, from in-depth stories, to photos, video, top performers and expert analysis. If you …

The Oklahoman recently ranked the top linebackers heading into the 2024 Oklahoma high school football season, and now the fans have a chance to have their voices heard. The Oklahoman’s poll for the state’s best high school linebacker is now live and will be available until noon Monday. Cast your vote and check out all of our coverage heading into another OSSAA football …

SEC logo seen during SEC Media Days at the Hyatt Regency in Hoover, Ala., Monday, July 19, 2021. [Staff Photo/Gary Cosby Jr.] Sec Media Days The Georgia Bulldogs have lost a commitment from four-star defensive line recruit Christian Garrett. Garrett’s decommitment stings for the Bulldogs because he was Georgia’s top ranked defensive line commitment. Now, Georgia has 22 total commitments …

For all the hoopla around the transfer portal, traditional recruiting remains the biggest key to winning national championships. And while it can often take two or more years for teams to see the full benefit of a single recruiting class, several Bowl Subdivision programs are set for an immediate boost from prospects signed last winter. That includes some of the …

As we prepare for the start of the 2024 Ohio high school football season, we’re breaking down the top players by position. Throughout the preseason, we’re ranking the top 10 Greater Canton quarterbacks, running backs, receivers/tight ends, offensive linemen, defensive linemen, linebackers, defensive backs, specialists and two-way players. Today, we look at the top 10 two-way players, starting with a …