College Football News

The North Carolina State Board of Trustees is expected to approve a contract this week making former Wolfpack quarterback Philip Rivers the football team's head coach, according to multiple reports on Wednesday. Rivers, a former college and NFL star w...

With quarterback LaNorris Sellers expected to play despite an ankle injury, No. 17 South Carolina will look to extend its four-game winning streak Saturday night when it visits Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark. Coach Shane Beamer, who was under serious h...

No. 11 Kentucky saw its six-game winning streak snapped last Saturday yet still sits above the cutoff line for the College Football Playoff, with head coach Will Stein looking for a renewed focus down the stretch. Kentucky (7-2, 5-2 in Southeastern Co...

Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz remains candid about his lack of interest in watching the College Football Selection Show each week. But the Hawkeyes keep climbing. Iowa rose four spots to No. 15 ahead of Saturday's visit from Purdue. An aggressive defense a...

Good thing for No. 24 Boise State that its offense can score a lot of points. Its defense is giving them up almost as fast as they score them. And that might be a problem Saturday when the Broncos take on Oregon State and its explosive passing game i...

No. 2 Utah can shore up its College Football Playoff resume Saturday, and even has an outside shot at clinching a spot in the Big 12 championship game, when the Utes visit No. 23 Arizona in Tucson. The Utes (9-0, 6-0 Big 12) are off to their best star...

While No. 6 Texas is trending upward as it travels to battle No. 21 LSU on Saturday in Baton Rouge, La., the Tigers are in desperation mode, needing a statement win over the Longhorns to keep alive their chances at a spot in the College Football Playof...

On Saturday when No. 18-ranked Southern California pays its first visit to Bloomington, Indiana, since 1981, the No. 9 and defending national champion Hoosiers will look to score their first-ever win over the Trojans. Indiana (8-1, 5-1 Big Ten Confere...

Ole Miss coach Pete Golding said it hasn't been difficult getting his team refocused after the Rebels suffered their third loss of the season last week, virtually eliminating them from playoff contention. "We don't control who the playoff committee se...

Three weeks ago, Oregon was out of the Associated Press Top 25, had lost two in a row, was 2-2 in Big Ten play and appeared to be out of contention for a College Football Playoff spot after getting into the tournament the past two seasons. Now, the Du...

Coach Josh Heupel sees room for improvement in Tennessee's passing game, a particularly relevant consideration for the No. 8 Volunteers given their next opponent. Texas A&M is falling short in closing out games in the fourth quarter but ranks 12th nat...

Staying in the hunt for a spot in the College Football Playoff will be the focus for both teams when No. 13 Wake Forest squares off with SMU in a crucial late-season Atlantic Coast Conference clash on Saturday in Dallas. Wake Forest climbed three spot...

Two losses in three games barely put a dent in BYU's College Football Playoff chances. The No. 10 Cougars (7-2, 4-2 Big 12) squarely are in the CFP picture heading into a showdown with Baylor in Provo on Saturday. The key shift for BYU is a dramatic r...

Texas Tech matched its season high of 53 points last weekend while Oklahoma State has averaged 57.3 over its last three contests. All signs point toward a shootout when the No. 12 Red Raiders take the field against the No. 25 Cowboys in Big 12 play on...

Since the College Football Playoff rankings began in 2014, Ohio State has never been outside the Top 25. But with the program now on its first multi-game regular-season losing streak since 2011, the No. 20 Buckeyes (6-3, 4-2 Big Ten) will need to beat...

Miami quarterback Darian Mensah and receiver Cooper Barkate face their former team. Duke coach Manny Diaz returns to his prior post as a head coach. And those are just two of the storylines when No. 7 Miami hosts Duke on Saturday afternoon in a cruci...

Alabama enters this week riding high off its statement 31-13 road win over then-No. 14 LSU Saturday night, rising to No. 3 in the College Football Playoff rankings. The Crimson Tide (7-2, 5-2 Southeastern Conference) must return to the location where ...

Miami (Ohio) drew an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Tuesday night after displaying multiple images of goalposts on a video screen behind the actual uprights while Ohio was attempting a field goal. The bizarre incident occurred with six seconds lef...

The chair of Oklahoma's Board of Regents said head coach Brent Venables' job is not in jeopardy despite a 5-4 record. "The board doesn't typically comment much on what's going on in the athletic department," Rick Nagel said Wednesday, per The Oklahoma...

Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman would like to think that his players are immune to letdown performances. However, Freeman is human, and so are his players. He knows that some level of risk exists that No. 5 Notre Dame could play with less intensity wh...

Georgia coach Kirby Smart has long been a fan of the Southeastern Conference championship game. After official word arrived about the game's future cancellation, No. 1 Georgia can take another step toward returning to the event for a sixth straight ye...

No. 14 Houston is firmly in the hunt for a College Football Playoff spot as it prepares to face Colorado on Friday night in Big 12 play in Boulder, Colo. The Cougars (7-2, 4-2 Big 12) moved up three spots after last week's 31-24 home victory over Cinc...

Sitting atop the Big Ten Conference and off to its best start in almost 30 years, No. 4 UCLA looks to stay undefeated on Friday when surging Illinois visits Pasadena, Calif. The Bruins (9-0, 6-0 Big Ten) recently moved one game shy of matching their 1...

Georgia is No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings released on Tuesday, ahead of Utah in the latest Top 25. The Utes defeated BYU and with a 9-0 record would receive a first-round bye and play the winner of BYU and No. 7 Miami in the quarterfin...

Florida canceled a home-and-home series with Notre Dame on Tuesday that had been scheduled for 2031 and 2032, according to multiple reports. The news comes in the wake of Monday's announcement that the College Football Playoff will expand to 24 teams ...

Florida State began its post-Mike Norvell era by exorcising some demons last Saturday, beating Boston College 31-24 to secure its first road victory since Nov. 25, 2023. The Seminoles now will look to make it two road wins in less than a week's time w...

Rutgers is retaining football coach Greg Schiano for 2027 despite a disappointing 2026 season, athletic director Keli Zinn said Tuesday. The Scarlet Knights (2-7, 1-5 Big Ten) are on a three-game losing streak with three games left on the schedule. "...

Oregon State quarterback Braden Atkinson, who leads the nation in passing yards, has signed a deal to return to the Beavers in 2027, ESPN reported Tuesday. The sophomore signal-caller ranks first in the FBS in passing yards (3,169) and is tied for fou...

Georgia Tech head coach Brent Key announced the firing on Monday of four assistant coaches, including first-year defensive coordinator Jason Semore, after the team's 2-7 start. The Yellow Jackets have lost four straight games to fall to 1-5 in the Atl...

The Southeastern Conference fined Ole Miss $250,000 following an incident during the Rebels' loss at home to Georgia on Saturday night when fans threw debris onto the field at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium and delayed the game for nearly 10 minutes. The de...