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The 2025 Florida State football season has gotten off to a great start on the field with wins against Alabama and East Texas A&M, but off the field, the season started with tragedy. Freshman linebacker Ethan Pritchard was shot on Aug. 31 while inside a vehicle outside the apartments in Havana, Florida, visiting family. He is […]

Auburn football puts its perfect record on the line in Week 3 as it plays host to South Alabama. Auburn has continued to climb in the SEC power rankings as they have started strong this season. South Alabama enters the game at 1-1 on the year, but has yet to play on the road. They […]

Notre Dame football, after a season-opening loss to Miami and a bye week, is back in hopes of repeating last year’s win over Texas A&M. The Irish defeated the Aggies 23-13 in College Station last season in the teams’ respective season opener, but the scenario is a little different this time around. Specifically, unlike last […]

Darian Mensah knows that he has a long season ahead, but few games will be more important to him than the one that lies ahead in Week 3. The Duke quarterback will be placed under the spotlight when he leads the Blue Devils on the road against Tulane, his former college football team. Mensah was […]

As Ohio State football prepares to take on Ohio, its President is looking long ahead to something else. On Thursday, Ohio State president Ted Carter spoke about what the future of athletics looks like regarding revenue sharing in the Big Ten, per Steve Berkowitz of USA Today. In an interview, Carter mentioned how he didn’t […]

Leading the Colorado football team to a 31-7 win over visiting Delaware was the culmination of a journey for redshirt sophomore quarterback Ryan Staub. After spending the last two seasons backing up Shedeur Sanders, Staub stuck with head coach Deion Sanders and the Colorado football program. Despite additions at the position, it looks like Staub […]

True freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood has now played in two games for the Michigan football team, and he has shown a lot of promise. Underwood led the Wolverines to a win in Week 1 against New Mexico with an impressive performance, but the offense sputtered in a Week 2 loss at Oklahoma. The offensive issues […]

The No. 7 Texas Longhorns are back in action in Week 3 when they host UTEP, the third of four consecutive non conference games on their schedule. Things didn’t go so well in the season opener on the road against No. 3 Ohio State. Texas fell 14-7 to the Buckeyes, dropping their No. 1 ranking. […]

Michigan football faces multiple challenges in its Week 3 matchup with Central Michigan. Despite entering the game as four-touchdown favorites, the Wolverines will be without head coach Sherrone Moore, which forces them to prepare for an unorthodox Chippewas offense shorthanded. While fans expect Michigan to run through Central Michigan, Wolverines linebackers coach Brian Jean-Mary admitted […]

With the USC football team taking on the Purdue Boilermakers in Week 3 of the college football season, the program has been led by quarterback Jayden Maiava, who has been exceptional to start the season. While the USC football offensive line isn’t set in stone, the main goal is to protect Maiava, who revealed the […]

The Michigan football team is now 1-1 after losing on the road against Oklahoma last weekend. The Wolverines are hoping to bounce back this weekend with Central Michigan coming to town. This is the last non-conference game of the season for Michigan, so it’s important for the team to get some confidence before Big Ten […]

Georgia football coach Kirby Smart knows a thing or two about the rivalry with Tennessee. The current Bulldogs head coach was once a Bulldogs player, having played at UGA from 1995 to 1998. In that time, Georgia, despite becoming one of the conference’s better teams toward the end of Smart’s career, never beat Tennessee. But […]

When Jalen Milroe declared for the 2025 NFL Draft, many Alabama football fans thought that Keelon Russell would become his immediate successor. Instead, Kalen DeBoer never wavered from Ty Simpson as his quarterback, leaving the star freshman third on the Crimson Tide’s depth chart, behind backup Austin Mack. While DeBoer immediately recognized Russell’s talent, he […]

As the Texas football team looks to overcome “immaturity,” as head coach Steve Sarkisian puts it, part of reaching the standard the program wants to achieve is through the culture inside the locker room. With the Texas football team coming off the Ohio State debacle in Week 1 and then beating San Jose State in […]

Ahead of the Rutgers game, Norfolk State head coach Michael Vick revealed an interesting quarterback shakeup in his weekly press conference. Vick stated that Otto Kuhns will be the starting quarterback for the Spartans in Saturday’s game. “We’ll start the game this week with Otto. We’ll give him a chance to go out there and […]

Nebraska football has one final tune-up before conference play opens as it hosts FCS-level Houston Christian. While Nebraska is a heavy favorite in this game, head coach Matt Rhule is not taking the opponent lightly. As the Cornhuskers prepare to face Michigan in Week 4, they still have a game to be played this week, […]

Two games into the 2025 college football season, Utah quarterback Devon Dampier has quietly emerged as one of the best playmakers in the country. Although he is still not receiving as much media attention as some of his peers, his early success has been reflected by the Heisman Trophy betting odds. Dampier began the season […]

College Football 26 Title Update 4 has arrived, bringing improvements to gameplay while fixing several bugs across various modes. Additionally, the developers left notes for some of the changes, explaining their reasons why. From Pass Blocking to Coverage and catching, many gameplay improvements have been made in this update. Without further ado, let’s take a […]

Despite its big win over ULM in Week 2, Alabama’s 2025 college football season is still being marred by its opening loss to Florida State. Crimson Tide head coach Kalen DeBoer wants his team to internalize that energy entering another pivotal matchup with Wisconsin in Week 3. DeBoer is aware that Alabama needs to soundly […]

After getting an encouraging update last week, Wisconsin football faces a major setback as quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. will likely miss the game when the Badgers visit No. 19 Alabama on Saturday. ESPN’s Pete Thamel reports that Edwards sprained his knee in the season opener against Miami University and remains week-to-week. While he plans to […]

Once projected to be one of the top college football teams in the nation this season, Dabo Swinney’s Clemson squad has not looked good in the first two weeks of the season. They dropped their season opener against rivals LSU two weeks ago. Then, against Troy, the Tigers had to mount a comeback from 16-0 […]

Former Appalachian State offensive lineman and UCF football assistant coach Shawn Clark was embroiled in a medical emergency on Tuesday. The program’s official X handle announced that the 50-year-old, who is in his first season as the offensive line coach at the UCF Knights, has received appropriate care and is now in a “stable condition.” […]

Florida coach Billy Napier is in hot water once again after the Gators lost at home to South Florida for the first time in history, 18-16, on Saturday. Fans have been questioning Napier’s tenure, and their dissatisfaction keeps mounting. Many raised eyebrows when Florida signed him to a seven-year deal worth $51.8 million in 2021. […]

Colorado football opens Big 12 play this week against Houston in prime time on Friday night, and the Buffs are still looking to steady themselves after dropping the season opener to Georgia Tech at home and then looking shaky at times in a comfortable win over Delaware on Saturday. The Buffs were one game away […]

The Sunshine State is the sight for the most nationally anticipated Week 3 college football contest. Miami (FL) football or South Florida will earn the title of best Florida CFB team of 2025 — in this showcase of unbeatens. Star power is behind center between Byrum Brown of USF and Carson Beck of Miami. Early […]

The Michigan football team has some good talent on its offense this year with quarterback Bryce Underwood and running back Justice Haynes making for an impressive duo. However, the Wolverines struggled to get anything going on Saturday against Oklahoma. Michigan was only able to muster 13 points, and the offense did not meet the expectations […]

Colorado football returned to the win column on the eve of Big 12 play. Houston, meanwhile, can spark top 25 conversations if it knocks off the Buffaloes Friday. The latter is rolling in at 2-0 overall. Houston is likely welcoming a good number of recruits for the primetime showdown. Which also bodes well for Deion […]

Florida football has a lot to prove coming off of a shocking upset loss at the hands of South Florida on Saturday in Gainesville, but the schedule isn’t getting any easier for Billy Napier and company. Now, the Gators have to hop right into SEC play and take on No. 3 LSU in Death Valley […]

Week 2 wasn’t the most convincing performance for Ole Miss football, but any SEC road win is a good one. Despite looking sluggish and struggling on offense for most of the day, Lane Kiffin and company pulled out a gritty 30-23 win over Kentucky in Lexington. Late in that game, Ole Miss suffered an injury […]

The Big 12 features the nation’s only 3-0 power conference team in No. 14 Iowa State. But does that make the Cyclones the No. 1 team this week in unveiling the new power rankings? ISU indeed shakes up last week’s rankings, which features other big movers especially two teams making a jump five spots. 1. […]

The 2025 Syracuse football team has some big questions, especially now that we are two weeks into the season. They struggled against Tennessee at a neutral site but had to come from behind to beat UConn. The win against UConn prompted Fran Brown to take out his frustration on the Orange, forcing them to stay […]

The 2025 Oregon football team is already demonstrating that it might be one of the best teams in the entire country. The Ducks beat Montana State easily, but the big win was how they absolutely demolished Oklahoma State at home. The Ducks have arguably looked like the best team in the country through two weeks […]

South Florida football head coach Alex Golesh has created an electric atmosphere at USF. His star quarterback Byrum Brown described the feeling. Now Golesh is aiming to shrink the gap on Florida’s powerhouses this week. The 41-year-old head coach has led the Bulls to two epic upsets already. USF toppled a previously ranked Boise State […]

South Florida football and Byrum Brown have risen as the beloved breakout story of college football. Taking down Boise State and Florida to put the CFB world on notice. Except victories like that coincide with a “standard” Brown helped explain Wednesday. Brown sat down with ESPN’s College Football Live discussing the ascension of the No. […]

The college football season is still very young as only a couple of weeks have played out, but there are still players that are beginning to separate themselves from the rest of the pack. It’s a bit early to get too wrapped up in Heisman Trophy odds, but it’s also fun to look at where […]

Colorado football will attempt to attract millions of viewers with its primetime Friday game. The Big 12 showdown versus Houston can also lure recruits in, per the words of Deion Sanders. “Coach Prime” garners a reputation for building the Buffaloes off College Football Transfer Portal talent. But Sanders shared via Buffs247 that “H-Town” is a […]

The Georgia football team has gotten off to a bit of a shaky start to the 2025 college football season. Although they sit at 2-0 heading into the third week of the year, the Bulldogs have played their games against Marshall and Austin Peay, struggling for three quarters to put the latter away on Saturday. […]

The Atlantic Coast Conference brings eight unbeaten teams into Week 3 — second most among FBS conferences. One unbeaten is No. 5 Miami under Mario Cristobal, who has a huge showdown this Saturday against South Florida. The Hurricanes lead the new power rankings for the ACC, except the top five has become rearranged. 1. Miami […]

In life, you always have to be prepared for any opportunity, and Collette V. Smith seized hers in 2017. Smith has lived a remarkable life filled with purpose and a deep love for football, which led her to play for the women’s professional football team, the New York Sharks. Often opportunity comes as a result […]