College Football

May 23—Ohio State is No. 2 in a preseason college football projection published this week. SP+, an advanced metric that takes into account play efficiency, explosiveness, recruiting rankings and past production to look ahead at what teams could be among the best in the country this fall, has the Buckeyes behind Georgia. The Bulldogs, who missed a chance to win …

We’re less than 100 days away from Colorado football’s season opener vs. North Dakota State on Thursday, Aug. 29. It will be fans’ first live glimpse at a handful of new Buffaloes who joined the program via the transfer portal this offseason. Many of those newcomers will play a big role in the success of Deion Sanders’ second year in …

Four-star wide receiver Jayvan Boggs has named his top four schools. Boggs, who decomitted from Ohio State on March 26, considers Georgia, UCF, USC and Missouri to be his top schools. The elite wide receiver plans to announce his commitment on July 4. The 6-foot, 190-pound receiver plays high school football for Cocoa High School in Cocoa, Florida. Boggs is …

The Dabo Swinney disrespect continues to mount after another season where the Clemson football program failed to make the college football playoff.  Swinney is one of the most polarizing figures in college football for a reason, for a lot of good and what some perceive to be negatives. Opinions are opinions, and people have many of them.  Recently, College Sports Wire’s Patrick Conn ranked the …

The College Football Playoff will have a non-ESPN television presence after all. In March of this year, reports emerged that ESPN would be the sole outlet for the playoff. If true, that would have cemented ESPN’s grip on the playoff and limited the way the playoff was covered. It was important for other outlets to be part of the playoff …

The new 12-team College Football Playoff format will make its debut this season, bring wide-ranging changes to how we talk about, analyze and ultimately decide the champion in the sport.  Proponents of the format routinely point to the benefit that increased access will have for all of college football: more teams being in the mix to make the playoff later …

Ohio State’s 2024 season is 100 days away. The Buckeyes will start from scratch at Ohio Stadium Aug. 31 after finishing the 2023 regular season with their third-straight loss to Michigan, and finishing the season with a Cotton Bowl loss to Missouri. Here’s what you need to know as Ryan Day and company prepare for 2024. When is Ohio State …

Stop for a moment and think about Pac-12 college football win leaders in the 21st century. USC has rarely been relevant since the NCAA brought about the end of the Pete Carroll era nearly 15 years ago. USC had a lot of rough and difficult seasons. Oregon has made multiple national title game appearances since then, and the Ducks have …

After a successful offseason recruiting campaign, the Auburn Tigers are beginning to trend in a favorable direction. USA TODAY Sports’ Paul Myerberg released his latest re-rank, which lists all 134 FBS programs and has placed Auburn at No. 44 following the spring session. The placement is a giant leap forward from Auburn’s No. 59 ranking ahead of its Music City …

USC finally added much-needed defensive tackle depth when Wyoming transfer Gavin Meyer joined the Trojans on Wednesday. The 6-foot-4, 285-pound redshirt senior defensive lineman chose USC over Cal and Big Ten  schools Wisconsin and Illinois.  He appeared in nine games his first two seasons with the Cowboys, but saw his playing time increase with a significant role on the defensive …

Florida has been after former Georgia offensive line commit Micah Debose since he reopened his recruitment at the end of 2023, but the Gators will have to wait a bit longer to get him in town for an official visit. According to Swamp247, DeBose’s planned official visit at the end of May is no longer happening. Instead, he’ll be at …

Despite the massive changing of the guard at head coach from Nick Saban to Kalen DeBoer for the Alabama Crimson Tide, the expectations are still to compete for an SEC title and playoff berth. While those may seem like lofty expectations for year one, DeBoer is well aware of what he signed up for, but more importantly, he’s cut out …

It’s time for the breakoff. It’s coming sooner or later, this tectonic shift in college athletics that will formally sever the Power Four — the SEC, Big Ten, ACC and Big 12 — into its own NCAA football division. That is, if the NCAA is even involved. It’s certainly not needed. The Power Four can just as easily buy an …

The Nebraska Cornhuskers are the latest program to extend an offer to 2026 defensive lineman Khary Wilder. The 6-foot-4, 250-pound prospect from Junipero Serra High School in Gardena, California, also holds offers from Arizona, Oregon State, San Jose State, Tennessee, USC, and Utah. Wilder received his offer after discussing it with Huskers defensive coordinator Tony White and co-offensive coordinator and …

If how to watch the new college football landscape this fall wasn’t already confusing enough. There is now another network in the mix for some of the sport’s biggest games. Throughout the season, the SEC and ACC will primarily play on ESPN and its partners, the Big Ten will play on Fox, NBC and CBS, and the Big 12 will …