College Football

STATE COLLEGE − A Penn State football offensive lineman is getting his spotlight time, once again. Redshirt sophomore guard Vega Ioane is pancaking UCLA defenders left and right for the Nittany Lions on Saturday in Beaver Stadium. But there’s more: A 6-foot-4, 350-pound guard going in motion like a receiver? That’s an intriguing, ongoing blocking wrinkle implemented by new Penn …

LSU’s top target in the 2026 recruiting cycle has now reclassified to 2025. Jahkeem Stewart, a New Orleans native who began his high school career at St. Augustine but transferred to Edna Karr ahead of the 2024 season, was initially the No. 1 prospect nationally in the 2026 class. But he’s now set to graduate a year early, he announced …

Temperatures in the upper 90s. Wind gusts potentially reaching 44 mph. It’s going to be a tough weather day for Rutgers football in Lincoln, Nebraska today, but the Scarlet Knights are going to have to fight through it if they’re going to improve to 5-0 with a win over the Cornhuskers. The game kicks off a little after 4 p.m. …

Kickoff is quickly approaching for Florida football’s matchup with the UCF Knights tonight and the College Gameday crew made their picks for the game. Former Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban, celebrity guest picker Marshawn Lynch and Kirk Herbstreit chose the Gators to beat the Knights tonight. Saban emphasized how much of a must-win game this is for Florida. …

The 2024 college football season has not gotten off to an ideal start for Florida State football. The Seminoles (1-4, 1-3 ACC) opened the season ranked No. 10 in the US LBM Coaches Poll and other national polls, but FSU has stumbled off to a rough start, coming off a 12-1 season last year. Coming off a tough road loss to SMU …

It has been confirmed by Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko that redshirt sophomore quarterback Conner Weigman will start vs. Missouri, which is his first appearance as the Aggies’ starting signal caller since A&M’s Week 2 win over McNeese. This week, Weigman made his way back to practice amid his right shoulder injury, as his rehab over the past month …

The Wisconsin Badgers host their first Big Ten game of the season Oct. 5 when Purdue comes to Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, with an 11 a.m. kickoff and coverage on the Big Ten Network. Purdue has lost 17 straight meetings with the Badgers, dating to 2003, The Boilermakers came into the year ranked dead last in the 18-team Big …

Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. Have you seen some stuff about Cal football and a “woke agenda”? And you’re very confused about that whole thing? Don’t worry. We’re here to help. These are very strange times in college football. On Saturday in Week 4, the 3-0 …

Week 6 of college football features just one matchup between top 25 teams, but there’s still plenty of teams on upset watch. That’s typically how these types of weeks work. Will a team like No. 4 Tennessee get a scare at Arkansas? What about No. 8 Miami at Cal in an ACC After Dark special? Can No. 12 Ole Miss …

Penn State running back Nicholas Singleton is off to a solid start to the 2024 season, but how much he is used on Saturday afternoon as Penn State hosts UCLA remains to be determined. Singleton was officially listed as questionable on the Penn State player availability report, which was released a couple of hours prior to kickoff. Big Ten teams …

BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA — Miami will get a big boost to its defense for its road game against California: star defensive end Rueben Bain Jr. is set to return after missing nearly the entire season so far with an injury. “He looked great in warm-ups last week,” Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal said. “He was kind of right there (where) we could …

The stage is set at Kyle Field. No. 9-ranked Missouri football and No. 25 Texas A&M will face off Saturday in College Station, Texas, in the only ranked matchup on the college football slate this weekend. The stakes are potentially season-defining on both ends. With a win, Mizzou (4-0, 1-0 SEC) cements itself as a serious contender for a berth …

Oct. 5—ROMNEY, W.Va. — No. 5 Northern took an early 7-0 lead on Hampshire, then the Trojans scored 37 unanswered points to stun the Huskies in a 37-15 victory on Friday at Rannells Field. “I thought our guys were fired up, we wanted this game tonight,” Hampshire head coach Donny Evans said. “We had a great week of practice, and …

No. 21 Texas A&M football (4-1, 2-0 SEC) hosts No. 9 Missouri (4-0, 1-0) on Saturday in Kyle Field. It is a clash between two SEC powers looking for their fifth win of the season and to prove their legitimacy in a tough SEC. With the expanded playoffs, this matchup could loom large if one of these programs were to …

Former Ohio State quarterback quarterback Kyle McCord continues to put up big numbers at Syracuse. McCord, who was 11-1 as a starter for the Buckeyes and transferred after not being promised this starting job, completed 40 of 63 passes for 355 yards, three touchdowns and one interception as the Orange topped No. 25 UNLV 44-41 in overtime. Ohio State football: …