College Football

Two of Cal’s largest athletics benefactors will no longer contribute to the California Legends Collective, the program’s large third-party NIL establishment, until new general manager Ron Rivera is given full control of the football program, according to SFGATE. As things stand, Cal coach Justin Wilcox still answers directly to athletic director Jim Knowlton, while Rivera’s role is focused more on …

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Rivals national recruiting analyst Greg Smith explores the teams that should be pleased after the Rivals Camp Series stop in South Florida on Sunday. MORE RCS MIAMI: Awards | Rumor mill | Rankings impact | Asher Ghioto interview | Xavier Payne interview | Mark Matthews interview CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | …

NEW ORLEANS — Tulane transfer quarterback TJ Finley has been suspended from the team indefinitely following his arrest for alleged possession of a stolen pickup truck. Finley’s attorneys say the quarterback was defrauded by those who sold him the vehicle and is cooperating with authorities. The 23-year-old Finley was released without having to post bond after being booked with possession …

SAN ANTONIO — A decade ago, Bruce Pearl of Auburn and Kelvin Sampson of Houston were emerging from exile — two coaches who had been handed the harshest sanction imaginable by the NCAA and were looking to resurrect their once-successful careers. Now, they’re both coaching at the Final Four, the “show-cause” penalties that once stood as a scarlet letter in …

Tennessee is looking to add a coveted running back prospect to its 2026 recruiting class. Five-star running back Savion Hiter will visit Tennessee on Saturday. “Excited to be back on Rocky Top this weekend,” Hiter announced. He is also scheduled to officially visit Tennessee on June 20. His Tennessee visit will be the last between his top four schools which …

Notre Dame football has multiple top prospects considering them, and on Thursday another one named the Irish to their top group in Texas athlete Legend Bey. He cut down his list to ten schools, with teams like Oregon, Georgia, Ohio State, Oklahoma and others vying Notre Dame for his commitment. The 5-foot, 11-inch and 175-pounder does have more than a …

‘Somebody is going to get a steal’ with Tory Horton in NFL draft A look at Tory Horton at his NFL pro day, why he ran the 40 at the NFL combine and what Jay Norvell thinks of Horton’s NFL future. The first publicly known commit in the Colorado State football 2026 recruiting class is a quarterback who has put …

OXFORD – There were no big surprises for sophomore running back Kewan Lacy during his most recent courtship from Ole Miss. He had been through the same process with the Rebels rather recently. Lacy, a four-star recruit in the 2024 class out of Dallas, was heavily recruited by Ole Miss out of high school. Lacy ran for 1,513 yards and …

LSU football’s offensive line is a question mark entering the 2025 season. LSU lost four starters from its 2024 unit: Will Campbell, Emery Jones, Garrett Dellinger, and Miles Frazier. All four were impact players dating back to 2022, Brian Kelly’s first year in Baton Rouge. In 2023, the group was a finalist for the Joe Moore Award, the recognition annually …

There is no argument: College football is the nation’s second-most popular sport when factoring in ratings, attendance, hype and, of course, the billions generated. Only the NFL is bigger, but even in that space, there is a discussion to be had about passion and how to measure it. For example, there is no NFL comparison to the profound, solemn debate …

The Georgia Bulldogs have missed four-star running back Javian Osborne’s top schools group. Osborne is ranked as the No. 79 recruit in the nation, the No. 6 running back and is a top 10 recruit in Texas, according to ESPN’s recruiting rankings. The 5-foot-9 195-pound running back is a member of the 2026 recruiting cycle. He plays high school football for Forney …

Nebraska football made the top ten for class of 2027 four-star offensive tackle Hayden Ainsworth. He made the announcement via social media on Wednesday. Ainsworth is a three-star recruit. He is currently the 16th overall player in his class from the state of Mississippi, according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings. As expected, Ole Miss is in his Top Ten. Alabama, …

Boom! The Ohio State Football team is on some kind of recruiting roll. Having just secured the No. 1 safety prospect in Blaine Bradford, the Buckeyes just got a verbal pledge from another four-star safety, Simeon Caldwell. Caldwell is ranked as the No. 5 linebacker in the nation according to 247Sports although he is listed as a safety. However, he …

STILLWATER — With a new staff of offensive and defensive assistants, spring has brought a lot of change around Oklahoma State football, and not just in personnel or play calls. “Do you still have your ‘no cussing’ rule for your coaching staff?” a media member asked coach Mike Gundy prior to Tuesday’s workout. The tiny smile Gundy seemed to be …

There are a number of players on the Oregon Ducks roster who will start drawing buzz and getting hyped up over the coming weeks and months, through spring football and into the summer as we hurdle towards the 2025 college football season. With a roster as young and unproven as the Ducks currently have, often the only thing fans have …