College Football

Today we kick off another Rivals Rankings Week, as the 2025 class receives a refresh following a busy spring camp season. As always, we begin with a countdown of the 2025 five-stars, with recruiting director Adam Gorney’s thoughts on each. ***** RIVALS RANKINGS WEEK MONDAY: Who should be No. 1? TUESDAY: Five-Star Countdown WEDNESDAY: New Rivals250 unveiled | Gorney goes …

Dabo Swinney and his Clemson coaching staff have consistently excelled in recruiting, and their efforts have remained strong with the Tigers’ 2024 class. Unlike other programs that rely on both the transfer portal and recruiting, Clemson focuses solely on recruiting, making it crucial to secure top talent. Fortunately for Clemson supporters, Swinney and his team have proven time and again …

We are talking to Rutgers Wire editor Kristian Dyer about the Scarlet Knights’ two Fox Big Ten Friday Night Football specials against two of the new teams in the Big Ten Conference, Washington and USC. It’s part of the new world we are entering at USC in the Big Ten. Rutgers is now a conference opponent. How is a Rutgers …

We are talking to Rutgers Wire editor Kristian Dyer about the Rutgers-USC football game on Friday night, Oct. 25. We have noticed that in addition to playing USC in late October, Rutgers is also scheduled to face Washington in a separate Friday night Fox Big Ten football game in late September. With USC and Washington both playing Rutgers on a …

Wisconsin safety Hunter Wohler was listed among ProFootballFocus’ top 10 safeties to know for the 2025 NFL draft. Wohler still stands out in a talented 2025 safety class that also includes Georgia’s Malaki Starks, Penn State’s Kevin Winston Jr., Iowa’s Xavier Nwankpa, Notre Dame’s Xavier Watts, Michigan’s Rod Moore, Alabama’s Keon Sabb, West Virginia’s Aubrey Burks, Ohio State’s Sonny Styles …

Summer recruiting efforts continue to heat up this week as a four-star SEC commit plans to visit the Plains. Emaree Winston, a 2025 four-star tight end from Calhoun, Georgia, has scheduled an official visit to Auburn. According to Jeffrey Lee of On3, the Texas commit will begin his visit on Friday, May 31, lasting until Sunday. The news of Winston’s …

For Kirk Herbstreit, Ohio State football was his “everything.” A former five-star quarterback out of Centerville High School and a Buckeye legacy, Herbstreit remembered the expectations that were placed on him heading into his Ohio State career, from starting for four years to winning multiple Rose Bowls. But during his appearance on “The Mental Game Podcast,” Herbstreit, who is now …

According to On3, Oregon wide receiver Evan Stewart has signed a deal with the football equipment company NXTRND. Stewart was one of the top players that entered the transfer portal after this past season and Oregon was aggressive in signing the receiver from Texas A&M. He was also a five-star receiver when recruited and signed by the Aggies. In his …

A class of 2025 wide receiver has named the Nebraska Cornhuskers in his top three. Rahim Hutchins named Nebraska, Memphis, and Houston as the finalists. Hutchins plans to visit Lincoln officially on June 21. On3 and 247Sports consider him a three-star prospect. ESPN ranks him a four-star prospect and top-200 player nationally, while Rivals does not yet have the Pearland, Texas native …

Georgia leads USA TODAY’s list of post-spring college football rankings.  USA TODAY has a top five that features Ohio State, Texas, Oregon, and Notre Dame, respectively. On the reasoning for the Bulldogs taking the top spot, USA TODAY’s Paul Myerberg writes, “Led by one of the nation’s top quarterbacks in Carson Beck, the Bulldogs left spring practices, looking the part …

A Nebraska quarterback recently discussed his ‘welcome to college football’ moment. Freshman Daniel Kaelin appeared on ‘The Let It Fly Show‘ and was asked by host Mike’l Severe about the process of adapting to college football and the difference between high school and college football. A few people have asked me that, and at first, I didn’t really think of …

Wisconsin football received a low grade in The Athletic’s recent re-rank of the class of 2020 recruiting cycle. The Badgers were among the ‘honorable mention’ category, ranked at No. 33 overall with an average point rating of 1.98, a 27-19 record with the class on campus and only 45% attrition. Related: Where every member of Wisconsin’s record-breaking recruiting class of …

Three-star TE Nizyi Davis (No. 755 player in class of 2025, No. 36 TE, No. 11 recruit from Indiana) Contact/Follow @TheBadgersWire on X (formerly Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Wisconsin Badgers news, notes, and opinion. Wisconsin football is set for the busiest month on the recruiting calendar. The program will welcome most of its …

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. – The annual Steve Clarkson QB Retreat was held over the weekend just steps from the Pacific Ocean and some of the best quarterbacks in California worked out there. In today’s Tuesdays With Gorney, Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney offers some thoughts from the big quarterback event. ***** CLASS OF 2024 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | …

Southern Miss football assistant coaches will cumulatively make just shy of $1.75 million in 2024 — $1,746,650 to be exact — according to contracts obtained by the Hattiesburg American through a public records request. That’s up $73,200 from 2023 with a coaching staff that hired five new assistants. All 10 of the assistant coaches are on contracts that expire after …