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Oregon football head coach Dan Lanning has reeled in nine future defenders for the 2026 class. Each defender is between 5-foot-10 to 6-foot-5 — giving Lanning a strong mixture of size. All must bring one major trait, though, to thrive in his scheme. A trait one future Lanning defender told ClutchPoints in an exclusive one-on-one. […]

Ohio State football isn’t settling on just Matt Patricia to boost the NFL experience. Head coach Ryan Day is adding a former Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator as Patricia adjusts to the college football game. ESPN college football insider Pete Thamel dropped an update Saturday on who’s heading to OSU. “Ohio State is expected to add […]

Notre Dame football is 22 days away from facing national contender Miami in the 2025 opener. But the Fighting Irish and Marcus Freeman are still working behind the scenes in landing future talent. Including securing a crucial four-star commitment Saturday. Head coach Freeman and his staff won over one of the top uncommitted players left. […]

With the 2025 regular season quickly approaching, the Notre Dame football team are in the midst of preseason camp. 2024 was pretty successful, but ultimately a failure. The Fighting Irish are focused on competing for national championships each season. While they came close, the Notre Dame football program fell short in the College Football Playoff […]

As the college football season gets underway, Michael Vick and DeSean Jackson are set to return to the city that embraced them before they embark on their HBCU coaching journey. The former teammates, now head coaches in the MEAC, will host a press conference following the Super Bowl champions’ practice on Tuesday, August 12th. The […]

The highly anticipated football game between the North Carolina Central Eagles and the reigning MEAC Champions, the South Carolina State Bulldogs, has been moved to a national ESPN broadcast. This shift is a major development for both programs and the conference as a whole, giving the storied rivalry a significant national spotlight. The two conference […]

Hugh Freeze and the Auburn Tigers won another recruiting battle over their SEC counterparts, landing the commitment of receiver Jase Mathews. Mathews announced his commitment to the Tigers on Friday, per On3 insider Hayes Fawcett. He chose the squad over the likes of the Texas A&M Aggies, LSU Tigers and Ole Miss Rebels. “Can’t wait […]

On Friday, former Colorado football standout Shedeur Sanders scored his first NFL touchdown. It came in the second quarter of the preseason matchup between the Cleveland Browns and the Carolina Panthers.  A game in which Sanders was entrusted as the starter.  Nobody was prouder than his father, Deion Sanders. He took to his X page […]

Auburn football enters the 2025 season with massive expectations. Head coach Hugh Freeze went on a spending spree to get an enormous class from the transfer portal and in the 2025 recruiting class. However, off-field distractions have popped up, with former four-star recruit Hollis Davidson III getting arrested for a felony drug charge as fall […]

While an 8-5 record is good for some programs, it doesn’t cut it for the Michigan football team. As the team looks to improve in head coach Sherrone Moore’s second season, it’s clear that a few positions could use more help. Luckily, more help is on the way for defensive coordinator Wink Martindale’s unit. According […]

There has been a lot of turmoil surrounding Tennessee football this offseason with the stunning departure of Nico Iamaleava, but now Josh Heupel and company are moving on and focusing on the future. One of the biggest components of that is getting the best players healthy and on the field for the Volunteers as they […]

South Carolina football has been inconsistent. Still, under Shane Beamer, the Gamecocks have an identity and steadily claim to be one of the SEC’s better programs. They play an entertaining brand of football, and they are primed for a big 2025 season. They are also making strides off the field with some big moves in […]

Although the current College Football Playoff format allows for teams to stumble once or twice and still squeeze their way into the field under certain circumstances, it is vitally important that LSU gets off to a strong start this season. The Tigers head to Clemson and hoist Florida in two of their first three games […]

The Colorado Buffaloes are preparing for their first season where Deion Sanders won’t be the head coach of his son, Shedeur, or two-way phenom Travis Hunter. With both players in the NFL, Sanders realizes that the program will have to play differently without his son or Hunter on the roster. Sanders, who is 57 years […]

The Michigan football team has a very talented recruiting class coming in, and we all know of one freshman that is likely to earn a starting role. That player is quarterback Bryce Underwood. Underwood was the #1 overall player in the 2025 recruiting class, and he will probably end up winning the QB battle. There […]

One of the top players in the 2026 recruiting class will be announcing their decision soon, and the Michigan football team is one of the top schools. Five-star running back Savion Hiter is committing on August 19th, and the competition seems to be between Michigan and Tennessee. Hiter is the top RB in the 2026 […]

The Michigan football team didn’t get a lot of production from its wide receivers last season, so that was a big thing that needed to be addressed in the offseason. The Wolverines didn’t bring in a ton of new talent in the transfer portal, but one intriguing addition is Indiana transfer Donovan McCulley. McCulley is […]

The Ohio State football program is gearing up for one of its most intriguing quarterback battles in recent memory, with redshirt sophomore Lincoln Kienholz and Alabama transfer Julian Sayin locked in a neck-and-neck race. As the Buckeyes prepare to defend their 2025 College Football Playoff national championship, all eyes are on the quarterback competition—and Kienholz […]

Glenn Schumann understand the hole Jalon Walker left in the Georgia Bulldogs’ defense after he moved on to the professional level of the NFL. He knows replacing him will be difficult going into the 2025 season. Walker represented the Bulldogs for three seasons. Throughout 43 career appearances, he racked up 89 tackles, 19 TFLs, 12.5 […]

James Franklin is looking forward to having the Penn State Nittany Lions running back unit succeed in the 2025 season. He is also anticipating the return of Cam Wallace, who went through injuries last year. Going into the fall, the Nittany Lions have nine players at the position, including Wallace. Nicholas Singleton, Kaytron Allen, Jabree […]

Texas football is hearing the constant Arch Manning hype. But the incoming quarterback will need Quintrevion Wisner to ease his starting transition. Wisner himself delivered a key sacrifice to prepare for the 2025 season. Wisner is an avid lover of trash talking defenses plus feasting on McDonald’s. But he tossed one out  this fall, he […]

Ohio State football will bank on Sonny Styles to lead the linebackers. All while athletically gifted safety Caleb Downs mans the backend. But Styles raved about one other “crazy athlete” on the Buckeyes. Downs earns NFL Draft praise on this unit. Styles returns following collecting 100 tackles for the national champs. But the LB encouraged […]

The Michigan Wolverines will be entering the 2025 season with one less running back following the departure of CJ Hester. Hester announced that he will leave the program and plan to enter the transfer portal, per On3 insider Pete Nakos. He makes this decision in the midst of fall camp, deciding to look elsewhere to […]

The Houston Texans suffered a massive blow via CJ Gardner-Johnson. The prized NFL Free Agency addition left Texans practice Thursday with a devastating injury. Signs originally pointed to the new safety missing the entire 2025 season. However, the AFC South franchise and incoming defender received a huge break. NFL Network insider delivered a pivotal update […]

2025 is year two of the Sherrone Moore era with the Michigan football program. As the team looks to improve on Moore’s first year mark of 8-5, there are a number of positions that can be improved upon from last season. One of those positions is quarterback. Luckily for Moore and his staff, they landed […]

Nebraska football comes into the 2025 college football season as a wildcard with some expectations to keep improving. The Cornhuskers have had such bad luck in recent years, but they broke through last season and made a bowl game in Matt Rhule’s second season and won it. The Cornhuskers are primed for a big year […]

Bill Belichick is arguably the most successful head coach in the history of the NFL. He won six Super Bowls as the head coach of the New England Patriots. While his tenure with the Patriots came to an unceremonious end when he was let go by team owner Robert Kraft, Belichick is back in the […]

Oregon football has flown past the vaunted blur offense of Chip Kelly. Dan Lanning leans into Will Stein now for that side of the ball. But that doesn’t mean the scheme lacks “explosive” tendencies. The returning head coach Lanning spoke about Oregon’s offensive nature Thursday. Lanning must replace one integral figure from 2024 in Dillon […]

Penn State football earned a massive offseason win over rival Ohio State. James Franklin tabbed former Buckeyes defensive coordinator Jim Knowles as his new DC. Is Knowles already taking shots at the champs and Ryan Day? The new leader of the Nittany Lions defense revealed the difference in “culture” between both schools. Dropping some telling […]

There are great expectations around the Notre Dame football program this season. Head coach Marcus Freeman led his team to a 14-2 record last season, and it seems quite likely that the Fighting Irish will be at the same level in the 2025 season. Notre Dame opens the season on the road against Miami, and […]

One of the biggest stories in college football this season is what will happen to the North Carolina football program and Bill Belichick. It was easily the most significant offseason hire, but the Tar Heels are a massive question mark as we get closer to the season. The Tar Heels have talent and one of […]

A pair of Lone Star State universities immediately are courting a rising 2028 California quarterback. Texas Tech football has its eyes on Jaxson Carper out of St. Bonaventure High in Ventura. But same with SMU. The 6-foot-2, 160-pound dual-threat exploded on the college football recruiting trail after 2024. He took over the starting reins at […]

Texas Tech football is showing its mettle on the college football recruiting trail. The Red Raiders shook up the landscape by grabbing the top-ranked 2027 prospect Thursday. Five-star LaDamion Guyton is Lubbock bound. Guyton chose TTU over Florida State, Tennessee and Georgia per Hayes Fawcett of On3/Rivals. He’s the outlet’s No. 1 overall talent for […]

Even as the football season nears, Tony Carter is still loading up his inaugural Central State coaching staff with plenty 0f NFL experience. After hiring former Steelers great Santonio Holmes, Carter’s latest additions are Leon Washington as offensive coordinator and Quintin Demps as Defensive Pass Game Coordinator. Both Washington and Demps have extensive NFL experience […]

Steve Sarkisian has been the head coach of the Texas football team for four seasons now, and he is about to enter his fifth year. This isn’t Sarkisian’s first head coaching job, as he led Washington and USC back in the day. Much of Sarkisian’s career has been spent as an assistant, however, and he […]

Greg McElroy is much higher on the 2025 Clemson football than most. With the college football preseason rankings soon to be released, the ESPN analyst had Dabo Swinney’s team ranked No. 1, ahead of Ohio State, Notre Dame and Penn State. Three weeks ahead of the 2025 college football season, McElroy released his shocking preseason […]

The Ohio State football team enters the 2025 college football season loaded after winning the national championship. The Buckeyes reloaded across the board and have enough talent to contend and potentially repeat. The most significant advantage that Ohio State has is that Jeremiah Smith is still on this roster out wide and has a chance […]

Fresh off their SWAC Championship and Celebration Bowl victory, Jackson State finds itself regarded as one of the best teams in the FCS. Stats Perform recently revealed their FCS Top 25 list, with Jackson State being listed at #17. Their 2025 preseason ranking is higher than where they finished last season, which was at #18. […]

In his second year as Alabama’s head football coach, Kalen DeBoer has been tasked with adjusting to a team without former starting quarterback Jalen Milroe. While Ty Simpson has taken a strong lead over the offseason, the Crimson Tide have been thoroughly impressed with freshman Keelon Russell. Since Russell joined the team in the spring, […]