College Football

Wisconsin head coach Luke Fickell was placed at No. 6 in On3’s Big Ten head coach pressure rankings ahead of the 2024 season. On3’s national college football columnist Jesse Simonton placed Fickell behind only Ohio State’s Ryan Day, USC’s Lincoln Riley, Penn State’s James Franklin, Minnesota’s P.J. Fleck and Michigan first-year head coach Sherrone Moore. Fickell’s spot on this list …

NORMAN — Beginning at midnight with fireworks inside Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and continuing throughout Monday across the state, thousands of OU fans gathered to celebrate the program’s official entrance into the Southeastern Conference. OU athletic director Joe Castiglione and university president Joseph Harroz Jr., along with several coaches including Patty Gasso, began the festivities in the early …

Four-star safety recruit Rashad Johnson is projected to commit to the Georgia Bulldogs over the Penn State Nittany Lions, Louisville Cardinals and Texas A&M Aggies. Steve Wiltfong of On3 recently made the prediction. He also predicted Georgia to land another four-star safety. Johsnon, who is a member of the 2025 recruiting cycle, recently pushed back his commitment date from July …

AUBURN — Having to dip into the transfer portal each offseason is just part of a new reality for teams across the country, including Auburn football. Few, if any, programs are above it. Even the elites. Georgia and Texas have added 11 transfers this offseason; Oregon has brought in 14. Florida State has ushered in 17. Among the teams who …

Please consider a subscription. Much of the 2024-25 season coverage will be exclusive to subscribers. Texas high school football is fast approaching its first practices, and 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 the Standard-Times coverage area retained plenty of …

Independence Day quickly has become Commitment Day. Some of the top players in the state will be announcing their college decision either on July 4 or the days following. The list is headlined by Mandarin safety Hylton “Drake” Stubbs, who is ranked No. 8 on the USA Today Florida Network top 100. Stubbs, who previously was committed to USC, is …

In with the new … The college football season is right around the corner, now less than a couple of months from officially kicking off for Missouri football. If ever there was a reminder of the current landscape of the sport, Monday marked the official introduction of Texas and Oklahoma to the Southeastern Conference, along with a barrage of movement, …

FAYETTEVILLE — There are eight weekends remaining until the return of Arkansas football. The Razorbacks open the 2024 season in Little Rock against UAPB. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU) on Thursday, Aug. 29. Arkansas is coming off a disappointing 4-8 campaign that saw offensive coordinator Dan Enos get fired midseason and the eventual transfers of KJ Jefferson and Raheim ‘Rocket’ Sanders, …

Southside High School football offensive lineman Jamin Brown committed to Duke this off-season due to the strong mix of athletics and academics that the Blue Devils’ program provides. Brown is one of the top students in his class at Southside with a 4.5 GPA, so he wanted to make sure that whatever school he went to also would challenge him …

Florida football picked up a commitment from another pass catching threat over the weekend, landing a pledge from three-star wide receiver/tight end Tae’Shaun Gelsey. Per 247Sports.com composite, Gelsey is ranked as the 72nd best high school player in Florida. He caught 48 passes for 859 yards and 9 TD for Jacksonville Riverside High this past season. Gelsey chose the Florida …

Elijah Vaikona has seen his recruitment take off in recent months as the massive offensive lineman has gotten more exposure at camps and other events. After landing offers mainly from top schools across the West, the three-star from Rancho Santa Margarita (Calif.) Margarita Catholic narrowed his choices to three: USC, UCLA and Washington. The offer from the Trojans was a …

Utah State has told head football coach Blake Anderson it plans to fire him regarding an incident that took place in spring 2023, the university announced Tuesday. ESPN first reported Tuesday morning that Anderson was being placed on administrative leave. Utah State officials then announced its plans to fire him, saying it determined Anderson “violated both his employment agreement and …

When the 2024 college football season commences, it will mark Kirk Ferentz’s 26th season at the helm for the Iowa Hawkeyes. Despite an offense that ranked last nationally in total offense and second-to-last in the country in scoring offense, Ferentz and Iowa posted a 10-4 (7-2 Big Ten) record in 2023. The offensive futility did finally result in then-interim athletics …

The 2024 Big Ten Media Days are suddenly just three weeks away. That means the start of fall camp is right around the corner as well. As the final stages of summer workouts take place, outlets around the nation are sharing their final preseason predictions. Athlon Sports just unveiled its 2024 Big Ten football predictions. Per Athlon Sports’ Steven Lassan, …

In the wake of being informed that Utah State University intends to terminate his employment, Aggies football coach Blake Anderson retained the services of college sports attorney Tom Mars, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported Tuesday afternoon. In a statement to ESPN, Mars said that USU faces an “uphill battle” to fire Anderson with cause. “Stiffing a head coach by blaming him …