College Football

MADISON – The Wisconsin football team continued to fill its defensive front Saturday. Nicolas Clayton, a 6-foot-5, 215-pound defensive end from Buchholz High School in Gainesville, Florida, announced his commitment to the Badgers on X. He chose Wisconsin after narrowing his choices to the Badgers, Central Florida, Florida State, Nebraska and Tulane. Clayton is considered a consensus three-star prospect. He …

USC has usually had Michigan’s number when the two schools have played in the Rose Bowl. Michigan did beat USC in 1989, but that was the exception and not the norm. Just one example: 1977. “Ricky Bell was the top running back on the 1976 Trojans, but a freshman named Charles White scored a fourth-quarter touchdown for USC to power …

Wisconsin football landed a commitment from three-star edge rusher Nicolas Clayton on Saturday. Clayton chose the Badgers over other top contenders including Florida State, Nebraska, Tulane and UCF. Wisconsin appears to have won a down-to-the-wire battle with Florida State for the Florida native’s commitment. The Seminoles recently received a crystal ball prediction to land the edge rusher after his visit …

LSU’s already strong 2025 class got even better on Saturday. The Tigers reeled in a commitment from four-star Robinson (Tampa) edge rusher LaJesse Harrold, the No. 100 player in the nation according to On3. The 6-foot-5, 207-pound prospect is also the No. 15 edge rusher nationally and the No. 14 recruit in the state of Florida. Harrold’s commitment comes just …

In recent seasons, the Alabama Crimson Tide football program has had plenty of success recruiting wide receiver talent out of high school and through the transfer portal. The development of that talent is also noteworthy, as numerous receivers found their way into the NFL via early rounds of the draft, and cemented themselves as high-quality players at the professional level. …

An expanded College Football Playoff adds a lot of intrigue to the regular season for Group of Five teams. After watching the four-team postseason tournament from the outside for a vast majority of its existence — Cincinnati was the only team to make it, once, in almost a decade  — the non-power conferences are guaranteed at least one spot in …

Tennessee received another commitment for its 2025 recruiting class on Saturday from four-star defensive lineman Charles House. House committed to Tennessee over Alabama and Georgia. “I chose Tennessee because of my relationship with the staff and the coaches,” House told On3. “It felt like home. I can see myself excelling there and they can develop me really well.” The 6-foot-3, …

Defensive lineman Charles House chose Tennessee football over Georgia, committing to the Vols on Saturday. House is a 6-foot-3, 288-pounder from North Mecklenburg High in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is rated a three-star prospect and ranked the No. 63 defensive lineman and No. 609 player overall in the 2025 class by 247Sports Composite. Charles House, a defensive lineman from Charlotte, …

Jun. 22—CHAMPAIGN — Illinois turned its first big recruiting weekend in June into a trio of commitments from in-state, three-star recruit Cameron Brooks and a pair of three-star prospects out of Indianapolis in wide receiver Davion Chandler and defensive lineman Isaiah White. The dozen prospects Illinois hosted that first weekend in June included most of the program’s committed players, including …

Oklahoma Sooners head coach Brent Venables will be staying with the Sooners long-term. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images) The Oklahoma Sooners have locked up their leadership long-term: The Sooners agreed to a six-year contract with head coach Brent Venables, per ESPN’s Pete Thamel. The deal will be worth a little over $46 million, per multiple reports. Sources: Oklahoma has agreed …

One of Nebraska’s top defensive targets in the 2025 recruiting cycle, linebacker Dawson Merritt, is being projected to land with a top SEC program. Merritt is ranked as a four-star prospect throughout the primary recruiting services. Across the recruiting industry, experts are putting in FutureCasts, Crystal Balls, and RPMs for the Kansas native to land with the Alabama Crimson Tide. …

In a pleasant surprise, Oklahoma’s top target at quarterback for the 2026 recruiting class announced on Friday that he would be moving up his commitment timeline.. 2026 four-star QB Jaden O’Neal will announce his commitment on Monday, June 24. His commitment will be a part of the College Football Recruiting Show from 247Sports and can be streamed on YouTube. On …

Current Arizona Cardinals starting quarterback and former Oklahoma Sooners star Kyler Murray doesn’t seem fond of the Wisconsin football program. Not in a rivalry sense, or anything the Badgers have specifically done. But more so when putting himself in the shoes of a top quarterback recruit looking for a college destination. Related: Big Ten football offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator rankings …

So much happens in the DFRC Blue-Gold pregame that sometimes the football seems almost secondary. The Delaware Stadium field was strewn with cheerleaders, ambassadors, band members and other participants when the football players joined them on a sultry Friday night. What followed was the usual potpourri of positive energy for an event that, since its 1956 debut, has raised nearly …

When the 2024 college football season commences, Texas Tech football coach Joey McGuire fully expects Behren Morton to open as his starting quarterback, despite lingering questions about the health of Morton’s throwing shoulder. And the Red Raiders plan to incorporate newcomer Cameran Brown, who was recruited after McGuire directed his staff to find a dual-threat quarterback in the NCAA transfer …