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The College Football Playoff bracket has never been as disputed as it is in 2025, with two Group of Five programs and a three-loss team in Alabama making the cut. However, through the chaos, coaches are still doubting Ole Miss and Alabama more than any other team in the field. The majority of coaches were […]

The Oklahoma Sooners’ preparation for the College Football Playoff included encouraging news regarding quarterback John Mateer. The Sooners used the extended break between the end of the regular season and the CFP to focus on recovery and game planning for the Alabama Crimson Tide, and all eyes have been on Mateer. The 21-year-old injured his throwing […]

2025 was a disastrous season for Penn State football. The Nittany Lions came into the year with massive expectations, with fans expecting a run to the College Football Playoff. After all, Penn State returned a large part of a core that went all the way to the semifinals in 2024, coming within a few plays […]

The first round of the College Football Playoff will take place on Friday and Saturday as the rest of the quarterfinals will be filled out. On Friday, Oklahoma and Alabama will get things going before Miami and Texas A&M do battle on Saturday afternoon. This battle between the Hurricanes and the Aggies is the most […]

Duke football is set to lose one of the most important pillars of its offense as standout offensive tackle Brian Parker II has decided to forgo his final season of eligibility and enter the 2026 NFL Draft. While the move represents a major departure for the Blue Devils, it comes as little surprise given Parker’s […]

Miami (FL) football faces early odds in its first-ever College Football Playoff appearance. The Hurricanes snuck in over Notre Dame despite not winning the Atlantic Coast Conference. They get the reverberating sounds of the Texas A&M “12th man” crowd soon — but will have Keionte Scott. The valuable safety is upgraded to probable ahead of […]

James Madison Dukes’ hopes of making noise in the College Football Playoff rest squarely on the shoulders of quarterback Alonza Barnett III. The Sun Belt Player of the Year will lead the No. 12 Dukes into Autzen Stadium on Saturday night to face No. 5 Oregon Ducks, a matchup that places Barnett on the biggest […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide football team will have a key offensive weapon available as the College Football Playoff begins. The Crimson Tide received encouraging news ahead of Friday night’s College Football Playoff opener on the road vs. the Oklahoma Sooners. Josh Cuevas will play for Alabama against the Sooners in the opening round of the […]

The expanded 12-team College Football Playoff sparked controversy since its inception. Tulane and James Madison sneaking in ignited bitterness out of Notre Dame. But it also places both in this position: Becoming the potential CFP Cinderella. The odds are stacked greatly against both, though. Reigning American Athletic Conference (AAC) champ Tulane goes into Southeastern Conference […]

The College Football Playoff is here, and the first round presents a pair of blockbuster matchups with quarterfinal spots on the line. Alabama and Oklahoma will get the second 12-team CFP underway on Friday night in Norman, with the winner advancing to play Indiana in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day. The two SEC […]

Michigan Wolverines’ leadership continues to navigate a turbulent period following the firing of former football coach Sherrone Moore, with interim university president Domenico Grasso offering a detailed update on the scope and direction of the ongoing investigation. Grasso, who was appointed interim president on May 9, released a video statement, addressing the fallout from Moore’s […]

The No. 5 seed Oregon Ducks enter the College Football Playoff with questions surrounding their offensive health, as injuries to multiple wide receivers headline the latest Ducks injury report. Oregon will host No. 12 seed James Madison in the first round on Saturday at Autzen Stadium, where receiver availability could play a major role in […]

Texas A&M football enters the College Football Playoff with uncertainty swirling around Le’Veon Moss, as the matchup with Miami football looms large. According to ESPN reporter Pete Thamel, the Texas A&M tailback is expected to be questionable after missing six games with an ankle injury. Moss has returned to practice, but head coach Mike Elko […]

As Dan Lanning’s Oregon Ducks prepare for its College Football Playoff opener against James Madison Dukes, one of the Ducks’ biggest challenges isn’t talent, it’s timing. Several key wide receivers are working their way back from injury, and head coach Dan Lanning acknowledged the delicate balance required to reintegrate them without disrupting what has already […]

Oklahoma football piled four sacks the last time it faced Alabama. None came from lead rusher R Mason Thomas, though, as he sat out with an injury. Now Thomas is back — leading to a major endorsement from Brent Venables ahead of their College Football Playoff meeting. The head coach trusted his other rushers to […]

The USC Trojans football program faces a major postseason change after star wide receiver Makai Lemon declared for the 2026 NFL Draft and opted out of the Alamo Bowl on Wednesday afternoon, ending his collegiate career and reshaping USC’s postseason approach. The No. 16 ranked Trojans will face the TCU Horned Frogs in the 2025 […]

Oklahoma football hasn’t smelled the Pasadena roses since Baker Mayfield led them in 2018. The Sooners earn their shot at a Rose Bowl trip this Friday to kick off their College Football Playoff run. But familiar foe Alabama stands in the way. No doubt the Crimson Tide find themselves thinking about the previous two meetings […]

The 2025 Cricket Celebration Bowl provided an amazing kickoff to the bowl season, and the college football world was clearly tuned in. According to data released by ESPN, the Saturday afternoon matchup drew an average of 2.3 million viewers on ABC and peaked at 3 million viewers during the dramatic four-overtime broadcast. In an interview […]

Former NFL Great Marshall Faulk is off and rolling as head coach of Southern University. Faulk and his new staff are bringing in new recruits and getting ready to close out 2025 in a big way. Faulk is also being paid a hefty sum for his services, per WRBZ. The local Baton Rouge affiliate recently […]

The Michigan football program has unexpectedly had a head coaching opening pop up after Sherrone Moore was fired for cause. He was fired suddenly for an alleged relationship with a staffer. The sudden firing has shifted the college football landscape, and depending on the hire, the dominoes could continue to affect many programs around the […]

Colorado football immediately is looking overhauled for 2026. Top wide receiver Omarion Miller is on his way out. But safety Tawfiq Byard is drifting from Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes too. The defender joins Miller in entering the College Football Transfer Portal on Wednesday, with his decision announced nearly 30 minutes after the WR’s. “Coach […]

Details leading up to the controversial and abrupt end of Sherrone Moore’s tenure as head coach of Michigan football continue to emerge. The fired Wolverines head coach reportedly had a “long history of domestic violence” against the staffer with whom he allegedly had a relationship, according to The Athletic. From The Athletic: “Former Michigan football […]

Michigan State football is opening up the quarterback position for 2026. Right after Aidan Chiles opted to leave East Lansing for the portal amid Pat Fitzgerald replacing Jonathan Smith. Chiles is among a deep list of College Football Transfer Portal quarterbacks for the upcoming cycle. His Monday exit decision placed him in a pool already […]

Momentum on the recruiting trail gave Deion Sanders a needed lift this week, with the Colorado football team landing four-star brothers Xavier McDonald at wide receiver and Dolph McDonald at cornerback, a quick-hit win that added both skill depth and a future secondary building block. Hayes Fawcett reported on X that Colorado starting wide receiver […]

Tulane’s NIL fund was the recipient of a very generous, six-figure donation, which could be newsworthy by itself, but considering the donation came from new Florida football coach Jon Sumrall, it is all the more of an interesting development. The head football coach of Tulane for the past two years, Sumrall and his family vowed […]

The 2025 Indiana football season has been nothing short of magical. They finished the year undefeated and won the Big Ten championship game over the Ohio State Buckeyes. It also helped that Curt Cignetti led the Hoosiers as head coach and Fernando Mendoza under center. Mendoza won the Heisman Trophy and has a chance to […]

It’s not uncommon for college football coaches to briefly have two jobs, but Jon Sumrall’s situation is certainly unique. Because Tulane, the team he has coached for the past two years, made the College Football Playoff (CFP), Sumrall is splitting his time coaching the Green Wave and simultaneously building his coaching staff at Florida, which hired […]

The 12-team College Football Playoff allows for more time for NFL Draft prospects to boost their stock. March Madness leads to breakout performances in basketball, and football’s postseason can serve a similar function. The opposite can be true, too, because if players falter under the bright lights of the biggest football games of the season, […]

On Saturday, following Chennis Berry and South Carolina State’s remarkable victory over Tremaine Jackson and Prairie View A&M, Berry addressed the media in the Celebration Bowl post-game press conference. He was candid, direct, and far more pointed in his remarks than he normally is during media availability. He specifically spoke about how it appeared that […]

The budding political career of former Alabama football star A.J. McCarron may be over before it started, as the former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback dropped out of the lieutenant governor race in the state where he played college football. McCarron made the announcement on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, that he was dropping out of the Alabama […]

When Bill Belichick wrapped up a miserable 4-8 debut in Chapel Hill, he didn’t pretend it was anything else. The North Carolina football team has a ton of work to do, and fast. The offseason was already going to be about rebuilding credibility and talent, but the portal just took a real bite out of […]

The College Football Playoff era promised clarity. Expanded access, fewer subjective debates, and a postseason that rewarded what happened on the field. It has come at the expense of balanced schedules, Conference Championship Game excitement, appreciation for matchup variance value, and competitive spirit. At issue is not the existence of conference title games, but how […]

There are plenty of terms that are overused or misused in sports, but it’s not every day that ‘win or go home’ can be used incorrectly. The term is pretty self-explanatory; you win, or you go home. But for Alabama defensive coordinator Kane Wommack, it apparently has a different meaning, and fans let him hear […]

The college football transfer portal is once again heating up, and Nebraska Cornhuskers quarterback Dylan Raiola is shaping up to be one of the most discussed names of the 2026 cycle. While speculation has swirled around several potential destinations, new reports suggest one popular program can be crossed off the list. On3 reports fueled early […]

The Ole Miss football community suffered a big blow when Lane Kiffin left for LSU at the end of November, but the program is proudly moving forward with new head coach Pete Golding. The former defensive coordinator is hoping to ease this transition by assembling a respectable staff, and that includes hiring people who worked […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide continue reshaping their coaching staff during a critical postseason stretch, and the program’s latest move reinforces that direction. With the College Football Playoff approaching, the No. 9 ranked Crimson Tide addressed a key vacancy as they prioritize stability and continuity during the most important phase of the season. The Crimson Tide […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide may be getting a crucial offensive piece back at the perfect time. Bama football’s offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb sounded optimistic on Tuesday about the availability of running back Jam Miller ahead of Friday night’s College Football Playoff matchup against Oklahoma in Norman. Miller, Alabama’s leading rusher, missed the SEC Championship Game […]

In perhaps the biggest shock of the early part of the off-season, Teddy Keaton is out as Clark Atlanta University head coach. His departure comes only a year after the Panthers made the SIAC Championship versus Sam Shade’s Miles College Bears. A source indicated to me that a change was coming at Clark Atlanta, with […]

It will take a long time for Michigan football to recover from the Sherrone Moore scandal. The now former head coach was fired for having an inappropriate relationship with a female staffer. Then, he was charged with stalking, assault, and breaking and entering after allegedly trying to break into the home of a woman with […]