College Football

It’s preview season in the world of college football, and the Oklahoma Sooners got the spotlight this past week from Pro Football Focus in their College Football Preview (subscription required). PFF gave the Sooners just a 4% chance to win the SEC this year, but did have OU No. 13 in the nation in their power rankings. Max Chadwick and …

Longtime Centennial football coach Mike Diggins knew before the 2023 season that there was much more to the Cougars than outsiders believed. Centennial had developed a reputation as a gang of roughnecks, bruisers who trafficked in pounding on foes. The soundtrack to the typical Centennial football game was “thud.” In his 32 years as a coach at his alma mater …

Nick Lucero/Rivals.com The Rivals Five-Star, the marquee football event of the offseason, is just days away. We kick off a conference-by-conference look at which programs should be paying the closest attention to the results from Jacksonville next week. RELATED: Big 12 recruiting rankings ***** MORE IN THIS SERIES: SEC teams in spotlight | Big Ten teams in spotlight | ACC …

The Elite 11 is in the books and after days of seeing these top quarterbacks in action, Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney looks at each of the committed ones and how they’ll fit in each school’s offense. Eighteen of the 20 quarterbacks in attendance have made their pledges. ***** MORE: Florida State lands commitment of five-star QB Brady Smigiel …

Last week, College Sports Wire’s Patrick Conn named his top breakout candidate for every Big 12 football team, and wide receiver Will Sheppard was his pick for the Colorado Buffaloes. It’s hard to argue with the logic behind choosing Sheppard, as the wide receiver made many plays for the Vanderbilt Commodores over the past four years. Though Sheppard will still …

Mack Brown and the North Carolina Tar Heels’ football program might be on the verge of picking up another commitment in the 2025 recruiting class. With UNC hosting three-star athlete Julien Horton for a visit this past weekend, the Tar Heels were hoping to pull the Maryland commit away from the Terrapins. And they may have just done that. On …

Florida’s heralded 2026 high school quarterback class is quickly becoming the committed 2026 quarterback class. In the past three weeks, four of state’s top juniors have announced their college decisions and at least one more is expected to reveal his decision as soon as next month. “The big thing was just the fit,” said Cocoa quarterback Brady Hart, who committed …

Justin Garcia/Rivals.com The final weekend of official visits in June is in the books and a bunch of major camps are happening across the country, as the Recruiting Rumor Mill stays busy yet again: ***** MORE: Florida State lands commitment of five-star QB Brady Smigiel CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2026 RANKINGS: …

Wisconsin class of 2025 commit Rukeem Stroud was offered by UCF on Saturday. Stroud committed to the Badgers back on June 2 following his official visit to the program. He did not take any other official visits after committing and has not been rumored to be searching for any other college fits. The offer is of note, however, given UCF’s …

2025 four-star interior offensive line prospect Douglas Utu is a favorite to commit to Tennessee, Steve Wiltfong at On3 predicts. The 6-foot-5, 300-pound interior offensive lineman is from Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. Utu is ranked as the No. 67 prospect in the class of 2025. He ranks as the No. 2 interior offensive lineman and No. …

A top recruiting expert has projected a class of 2025 cornerback to commit to the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Bryson Webber is a four-star prospect from Ridge Point High School in Missouri City, Texas. In 2023, he finished the season with 22 tackles, two tackles for loss, and two interceptions. Webber is also an accomplished track and field athlete, running 10.56 100m …

The start of the North Carolina high school football season is a little over a month away. The Asheville Citizen Times and Hendersonville Times-News are previewing the teams in the Western North Carolina area. Here is a look at the Mountain 7 3A Conference. Three bold predictions for 2024 Pisgah wins the Mountain 7 in first season under coach Ricky …

Please consider a subscription. Much of the 2023-24 season coverage will be exclusive to subscribers. Texas high school football is still a few months away from fall practice, but excitement grows as fans, players and coaches with high aspirations anticipate the return of Friday night lights in West Texas. Despite the turnover from departing senior classes, many of the nearly 40 teams in …

It has been a rollercoaster for James Franklin and the Penn State football program on the recruiting trail this week. There was a ton of momentum going in their direction as they landed some standout defensive backs who were at the top of their list. But after thinking they had a hard commitment from running back Alvin Henderson, he flipped …

Jun. 23—*** Are you ready for the most college football ever? Twelve teams in the playoffs means eight more postseason games than before. What used to be three is now 11 to decide who is best, The favorites might dominate in the first two rounds. Or the semifinals will be filled with bottom seeds. We can only hope. Kick back, …