College Football

For all of James Franklin’s success at Penn State — and he’s had plenty of it — there’s been a prevailing narrative that the 11th year coach cannot deliver in crucial moments. The ironic moniker “Big Game James” has been thrown around to ridicule his efforts against top competition, notably in the Big Ten, a conference that he has not …

Sara Diggins / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images No. 5 Texas is dominating No. 12 Clemson in their first-round College Football Playoff matchup, commanding a 28-10 lead into halftime. The Longhorns’ offense has been relentless, piling up nearly 300 total yards and averaging eight yards per play. They scored touchdowns on four of their six first-half possessions, repeatedly exposing …

The Tennessee Volunteers make their College Football Playoff debut on Saturday as they travel as the No. 9 seed to take on No. 8 seed Ohio State in the first round. The Vols last won a national title in the 1998 season under the BCS system and they never made the four-team CFB playoff field. They rode a strong defense …

AUSTIN, Texas — With injuries decimating its running backs, Clemson football is leaning on wide receiver Adam Randall for help. Randall, a third-year wideout for the No. 12 seed Tigers (10-3), was featured in the backfield throughout drives in Clemson’s first-round CFP game vs. No. 5 seed Texas (11-2) on Saturday. He caught a 1-yard pass as a running back and burst …

Earlier this season, legendary coach Nick Saban called SMU quarterback Kevin Jennings the most underrated player in college football. For anyone who turned on the College Football Playoff, that statement might have looked a little ridiculous.  Jennings played one of the worst games of his life, a true nightmare performance in SMU’s 38-10 first-round loss to Penn State on Saturday. …

From the moment the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff bracket was revealed, a debate raged over who was and wasn’t included in the field. Should SMU, despite a loss to Clemson in the ACC championship game, have earned the final at-large berth over Alabama? Was Indiana, even with a gaudy 11-1 record, worthy of a spot despite what ended up …

Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin has been active on social media, criticizing the College Football Playoff selection committee after back-to-back blowouts in the first round. (7) Notre Dame handled (10) Indiana 27-17 on Friday night in a game more lopsided than the score indicated, and (6) Penn State, fueled by a pair of pick sixes, hammered (11) SMU 38-10 on …

Nov 9, 2024; Austin, Texas, USA; Texas Longhorns wide receiver Isaiah Bond (7) heads to the locker room before a game against the Florida Gators at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Scott Wachter-Imagn Images ORG XMIT: IMAGN-883406 ORIG FILE ID: 20241109_jla_wa5_040.jpg No. 5 seed Texas will take on No. 12 seed Clemson in the first round of the …

No. 12 seed Clemson will travel to face No. 5 seed Texas on Saturday for a first-round matchup in the College Football Playoff. The Longhorns (11-2) are the highest-seeded non-conference champion, while the Tigers (10-3) snuck into the playoff as the lowest-ranked team thanks to their ACC championship win over SMU. Texas carries legitimate national championship hopes entering the playoff. …

No. 6 Penn State scored a pair of defensive touchdowns and made a huge College Football Playoff statement with a 38-10 win against No. 11 SMU in the first round. The Nittany Lions advance to the quarterfinals in the Fiesta Bowl against No. 3 Boise State and star running back Ashton Jeanty. Penn State took a 28-0 lead into halftime …

The first year of the expanded College Football Playoff has arrived, with four first-round games unfolding weekend. No. 7 seed Notre Dame beat No. 10 seed Indiana in the lone game on Friday night to advance to the quarterfinals against No. 2 seed Georgia. The action continues on Saturday with No. 6 Penn State (-8) vs. No. 11 SMU, No. …

BATON ROUGE — There’s one week remaining in the current transfer portal window. LSU football has already done plenty of damage, attacking many of its immediate needs for next season’s team as it added 10 transfer players through the first 12 days of the portal window. Before the transfer portal window opened, LSU coach Brian Kelly estimated the Tigers would …

No. 17 BYU and No. 23 Colorado both had College Football Playoff aspirations, but they will have to settle for a meeting in the Alamo Bowl during the 2024-25 college football bowl schedule instead. The Cougars missed out on a playoff spot after losing to Kansas and Arizona State down the stretch of the regular season, while Colorado also suffered …

TAMPA — Florida quarterback DJ Lagway was not feeling exactly MVP-worthy. A true freshman already with plenty of hardware, including 2023 Gatorade Football Player of the Year while at Willis (Texas) High, took home another piece following the Gators’ 33-8 win against Tulane in the Gasparilla Bowl. But a 305-yard and 1-touchdown effort — the 19-year-old’s best yardage output to …

Ohio State and Tennessee are two of the most iconic programs in college football history, yet on Saturday night they will clash for only the second time ever in the first round of the College Football Playoff. The two teams have combined to claim 14 national championships — Ohio State with eight, Tennessee with six — yet have only played …