College Football

The Alabama Crimson Tide football program picked up a commitment from 2025 four-star outside linebacker Dawson Merritt on Wednesday. The Kansas native chose the Crimson Tide over Nebraska. Merritt took official visits to both Alabama and Nebraska in the month of June. He was a priority target for both programs and the Crimson Tide won out for the blue-chip recruit. …

One of the nation’s top linebackers in the 2025 recruiting class has narrowed his list of potential schools to just five and Notre Dame has made the cut. Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng is rated as the nation’s top outside linebacker according to Rivals and is the brother of former Notre Dame standout Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, who now stars for the Cleveland Browns. On …

Rancho Cucamonga (California) cornerback RJ Sermons Jr. is very much in demand. USC football extended an offer to Sermons, a four-star prospect from the 2026 class. Sermons is rated as a four-star recruit by both the On3 and 247 rankings. He is the No. 18 overall player and No. 2 cornerback in the 2026 recruiting class. He also is the …

One of Auburn’s top pledges has re-opened his recruitment. Carde Smith, a four-star OT from Mobile, shared to X (formerly Twitter) Wednesday that he has backed off his pledge to Auburn and will look to sign elsewhere this cycle. Smith joined Auburn’s 2025 recruiting class on April 10, choosing the Tigers over Florida State and Mississippi State. At the time, …

EA Sports College Football continued Wednesday morning with its rankings week, and they certainly aren’t skimping on any of the fine details. The latest teaser explores the sights and sounds of the brand-new video game and how the various individuals behind it recreated college football’s greatest traditions and moments. Related: EA College Football 25 toughest places to play One moment …

The USC Trojans haven’t had a set-aside specialist to coach special teams under Lincoln Riley. The head coach didn’t think it was worth it to use up one of 10 precious spots on his on-field coaching staff for a special teams coordinator. We refer to 10 coaching spots because that’s what the NCAA allowed in terms of coaches who could …

When you talk about the greatest quarterbacks Notre Dame has ever seen it doesn’t take long to get to Brady Quinn.  The two-time Heisman Trophy finalist now works as a college football analyst on Fox Sports and recently met projected Notre Dame starting quarterback Riley Leonard for the first time. “He’s a big kid,” Quinn said of the 6-foot-4, 216-pound …

The Big 12 debuts essentially a new league in 2024. Gone are founding members Texas and Oklahoma. In the door come former Pac-12 schools Utah, Colorado, Arizona and Arizona State. Over the past two years, half the conference has transitioned.  But what the Big 12 lacks in cohesive identity, it makes up for in competitiveness. Every program in the new …

The top prospects in the nation are descending on Jacksonville on Tuesday to get set for Wednesday’s workout at the Rivals Five-Star. We take a closer look at some of those expected to compete against one-another ahead of the marquee event of the summer. WR JAIME FFRENCH vs. DB CHUCK MCDONALD This embedded content is not available in your region. …

While it looked like we were shaping up for a two-man race between LSU and Georgia for Tigers legacy and Milton, Georgia, receiver CJ Wiley, the four-star prospect threw everyone a curveball on Tuesday. Wiley, the son of former LSU and NFL defensive end Chuck Wiley, committed to the Florida State Seminoles, the third team in his list of finalists. …

The 2024 recruiting class was a dramatic one for the Florida football program, which saw its stock drop precipitously heading into the early signing period. But alas, the Gators were able to recover, and despite being among the top schools heading into the home stretch, still finished No. 15 according to 24Sports. That also landed the Orange and Blue at …

USC football has a commitment to announce. Three-star cornerback Shamar Arnoux from Georgia has declared his intent to be a Trojan. We wrote about Arnoux days ago, underscoring the point that he is a high school teammate of Julian Lewis, the elite 2025 quarterback recruit who is still committed to USC. This should relieve pressure on USC in terms of …

Michigan State added to its 2025 recruiting class on Tuesday, picking up the commitment of Maryland DB Aydan West. Another intriguing aspect of West’s commitment, was the nature in which he committed to the Spartans. The DB did a live commitment via Spotlight 39, where he picked the Spartans on YouTube. Watch the live commitment from MSU’s newest recruit: https://x.com/Spotlight39_Pod/status/1805760981542519280 …

This embedded content is not available in your region. On today’s episode, Dan Wetzel, Ross Dellenger and SI’s Pat Forde react to EA’s Sports recent list of the top 25 toughest places to play in college football ahead of the College Football 25 video game being released next month. They run through the list and share their qualms with the …

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — There were a lot of impressions coming out of Media Day at the Rivals Five-Star. Here’s the latest from Rivals national director Adam Gorney in this week’s Tuesdays With Gorney: ***** MORE RIVALS FIVE-STAR: LIVE from media day | Inside the Rivals Five-Star | All-Lobby Team | Ranking the strength of commitments | Players predict next commit …