College Football

Omari Thomas. Tennessee Volunteers versus Alabama Crimson Tide at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on October 21, 2023. Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire The 2024 college football season enters Week 6. Bowl season will begin on Dec. 14 and the college football season will conclude on Jan. 20, 2025 with a College Football Playoff national championship game. Tennessee seeks …

Oct. 1—Sorry, Illinois fans, but only five Big Ten teams remain undefeated. Plenty are still in the mix for a College Football playoff spot. Some others? Not so much. Sports Editor Matt Daniels tackles his latest Big Ten football power poll: 1. Ohio State (4-0) ➜ Previous ranking: No. 1 Jeremiah Smith is the next great wide receiver for the …

The ball dropped in the Big Apple, the kick hooked in Atlanta, the clock struck midnight on the East Coast, and Kirby Smart claimed a victory that cemented our perception that Georgia’s coach stands as a resolute winner. When Ohio State’s field-goal attempt in the final seconds of the 2022 Peach Bowl sailed left while the calendar rolled into a …

It’s never too early to start thinking about the College Football Playoff field. With this season’s playoff expanding to 12 teams, we’ll be laying out the projected playoff field each week as the season goes on. Yeah, the official playoff rankings won’t be released until Nov. 5, but that won’t stop us from making our own guesses. Without CFP rankings …

Texas football may not have a game this Saturday, but that doesn’t mean head coach Steve Sarkisian and his staff will have a free weekend. Like every other staff in the country, the Longhorn coaches will spend an open weekend on the recruiting trail. And a 5-0 record and a No. 1 ranking in the US LBM Coaches Poll helps …

Iowa (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten) is getting set for a monster road test at No. 3 Ohio State (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) this weekend. With a win, the Hawkeyes would capture their first win in the Horseshoe since 1991. It figures to be the largest test of the regular season for Iowa. Win or lose, though, Iowa will need to …

The El Paso Times will honor high school athletes this year every week that you, the readers, help determine. We will be taking weekly nominations and will release a list of finalists for the El Paso Children’s Hospital High School Athlete of the Week at 7 a.m. each Tuesday. Students in all varsity sports are eligible to be nominated. The poll will close at …

Wisconsin head coach Luke Fickell met with the media on Monday to discuss the state of the team entering Saturday’s Week 6 matchup against Purdue. One topic of discussion was the running back room. Wisconsin has yet to see a clear top running back emerge, with Chez Mellusi and Tawee Walker mostly splitting snaps and carries. Fickell was clear in …

Wisconsin and Purdue enter Saturday’s matchup both badly in need of a victory. Wisconsin, first, has lost two straight games in blowout fashion. It fell 42-10 to now-No. 1 Alabama, then 38-21 to No. 11 USC. The team sits 2-2 (0-1 Big Ten) on the season. Given the challenging schedule that lies ahead, a win on Saturday is almost a …

INDIANAPOLIS – One of Purdue football’s projected offensive weapons in the 2025 class rescinded his commitment Monday night. Hammond Morton receiver Lebron Hill announced on social media he has decommitted. The three-star, top-1,000 prospect had flipped his commitment from Louisville to the Boilermakers on June 25. Morton declared his recruitment “100% open.” More: Purdue athlete ratings of Boilers facilities, support …

The Purdue Boilermakers enter Saturday’s matchup with the Wisconsin Badgers after a rocky start to the season. Ryan Walters’ team began the year with a 49-0 win over Indiana State, signaling the program could be moving in the right direction entering his second year in charge. Three straight losses then followed. The Boilermakers fell 66-7 to Notre Dame, 38-21 to …

Purdue head coach Ryan Walters named analyst Jason Simmons his team’s new play-caller entering Saturday’s matchup with the Wisconsin Badgers. The information came as Walters met with the media for his game-week press conference on Monday. It follows the program’s decision to fire former offensive coordinator Graham Harrell after Saturday’s 28-10 loss to Nebraska. Purdue enters Saturday’s game in Madison, …

Ohio State continues to look like the class of the Big Ten Conference, though the toughest portion of its schedule is still on the horizon. The same could be said for second-tier teams Oregon, Penn State and Michigan, who all remain in the top 10 of the US LBM Coaches Poll. Indiana also remains on its rapid rise up the …

There was always going to be significant changes needed to the College Football Playoff bracket this week with Georgia and Alabama facing off in the final Saturday of September. The win by the Crimson Tide moved them into the top seed of the field and dropped the Bulldogs into a first-round matchup. Both these teams could meet again with the …

AUBURN, Ala. — J.J. Hester had been quiet to start the season. With a wide receiver corps struggling with injuries and the buzz that Hester generated just before the start of the season, Hester’s lack of production through four games stood out. But in OU’s 27-21 win over Auburn on Saturday, Hester broke out. His 60-yard catch from freshman quarterback Michael …