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One College Football Playoff pairing witnessed a shakeup. But this one arrived in the Fargodome — as powerhouse North Dakota State took a massive upset against Illinois State 29-28. And the Bison’s loss comes nearly two weeks after locking in a seven-year contract for head coach Tim Polasek. The Bison have built themselves as a […]

BYU head coach Kalani Sitake knows his team is firmly on the College Football Playoff bubble with another loss to Texas Tech in the Big 12 Championship Game. But despite his team’s 31-point loss dropping their record to 10-2, Sitake believes the Cougars still belong in the 12-team bracket. Sitake knows the five-score loss severely […]

BYU has already lost its first player to the college football transfer portal just moments after its devastating loss to Texas Tech in the Big 12 Championship Game. The Cougars will proceed in the postseason without freshman receiver LaMason Waller, who confirmed his decision to leave the team on Saturday. Waller will enter the transfer […]

The No. 4 Texas Tech Red Raiders earned a massive win over the No. 11 BYU Cougars in the Big 12 Championship. Now that the program is the conference champion, the team can focus on the College Football Playoff. After the victory, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes shared his excited reaction. Mahomes, who is […]

Patrick Mahomes voiced what everyone else was thinking during the 2025 Big 12 Championship Game. The Kansas City Chiefs star loves watching his team’s offense, but was in lockstep with every other college football fan lauding Texas Tech defensive coordinator Shiel Wood during the Red Raiders’ dominant performance against BYU. Texas Tech announced during the […]

Nebraska’s football team, reset under Matt Rhule, has gone from painful losses to painful decisions. After closing a 7-5 season with back-to-back blowout defeats to Penn State and Iowa, Rhule already fired defensive coordinator John Butler and handed the bowl game to interim Phil Snow while searching for a new long-term defensive voice. All of […]

The Colorado Buffaloes football program added some major recruiting momentum on Saturday, as efforts from head coach Deion Sanders secured two four-star prospects from Mississippi. The Buffaloes recruiting class strengthened when wideout Xavier McDonald and cornerback Dolph McDonald announced their decisions, giving the Buffaloes a mix of immediate help and long-term potential. Rivals’ and On3Sports’ […]

Texas Tech fans can only be pleased with what the Red Raiders have done through the first 30 minutes of the Big 12 Championship Game against BYU. The same can clearly not be said, however, about country singer Jon Pardi’s halftime performance. Pardi, whose career has surged over the last three years, was brought to […]

Alabama has been living on the edge of the injury report for weeks. Before the Iron Bowl against Auburn, the Tide opened rivalry week with a long list of concerns: eight players ruled out for the game, including versatile defender Dre Kirkpatrick Jr., and both tight ends, Josh Cuevas and Danny Lewis Jr., were sidelined. […]

The BYU Cougars went into halftime down 13-7 to the Texas Tech Red Raiders, as the team continues to fight for a potential spot in the College Football Playoff. Head coach Kalani Sitake is pulling all the stops, as he called a fake punt play in the second quarter. However, it failed miserably, and the […]

The No. 11 BYU Cougars face the No. 4 Texas Tech Red Raiders in the Big 12 Conference Championship, with the winner guaranteeing a spot in the College Football Playoff. With everything on the line, the Cougars managed to record the first points of the contest with an impressive opening-drive touchdown. That score snapped a […]

Since his retirement from coaching, Nick Saban has been vocal about what he doesn’t like about college football. And the seven-time national champion is now throwing out two suggestions that he feels would solve some of the chaos that has reigned over the sport in recent years. In the aftermath of Lane Kiffin’s controversial departure […]

As teams take the field for their conference championships, Miami Hurricanes football supporters are taking their case for playoff inclusion to the skies. Saturday, as the College Football Playoff debate reaches its final stages, Hurricanes fans funded a banner flight near the CFP Selection Committee’s hotel in Grapevine, Texas. The message was clear and simple […]

UCLA Football is in the middle of a lost season, but hope is around the corner. After a 0-3 start, the Bruins fired head coach Deshaun Foster, ending his tenure after just 15 games. They subsequently named special assistant Tim Skipper the interim head coach, with plans to begin a more in-depth coaching search throughout […]

The LSU Tigers football program has dominated headlines since hiring head coach Lane Kiffin, and one familiar voice just added fuel to the story. Former Alabama Crimson Tide and LSU coach and current ESPN College GameDay analyst Nick Saban broke down the chaotic transition in Baton Rouge, offering rare insight into Kiffin’s mindset during one […]

The UConn football program has a new head coach, after losing Jim Mora. UConn is hiring Toledo head coach Jason Candle to lead the Huskies, per the school. Candle was a hot name in the group of 5 coaching pool, after winning a bowl game over Pittsburgh in 2024. In 2025, he went 8-4 as […]

From the moment Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele made his stellar debut with California, fans have been linking his name to college football transfer portal rumors on social media. The star freshman quarterback officially shut down those discussions on Saturday by committing to return to the Golden Bears in 2026. The former five-star recruit confirmed to those close […]

The Iowa State football team lost its most successful coach on Friday, as Matt Campbell departed to take the Penn State job. Campbell’s departure from Ames drew an emotional reaction from fans, as well as school officials. Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard reacted to the news with sadness. “I get it, I have done […]

The Memphis Tigers football program is moving fast as it closes in on its next major hire, narrowing its head coaching search down to Charles Huff, the dynamic leader who engineered a rapid Southern Miss football turnaround in just one season. The shift places the Tigers at the heart of this winter’s AAC coaching carousel, […]

Georgia football is enjoying a phenomenal season. Currently the No. 3-ranked team in the nation, Georgia has a stake to the best team in college football claim. They are 11-1 and will surely be a favorite in the College Football Playoffs. Yet, the Bulldogs have to get past the No. 9-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide to […]

The Penn State football team finally has a new head coach, after hiring Matt Campbell on Friday. Campbell leaves Iowa State after a solid tenure as the Cyclones head coach. Penn State athletic director Pat Kraft is overjoyed to have found his new coach. “Coach Campbell is, without a doubt, the right leader at the […]

Kalen DeBoer’s coaching will be put to the test in his first SEC Championship Game appearance. Although Alabama has already all but locked up a College Football Playoff bid, the Tide have the odds stacked against them in their rematch with Georgia, with star running back Jam Miller trending in the wrong direction. Miller had […]

Mississippi State is unsurprisingly making staff changes after another frustrating campaign in the 2025 college football season. Ahead of a potential make-or-break year three, head coach Jeff Lebby fired defensive coordinator Coleman Hutzler and is in talks to reunite with former Bulldogs head coach Zach Arnett. After going just 5-7 in 2025, Mississippi State informed […]

The Boise State football team is on top once again. Boise State won the Mountain West conference championship on Friday, with a win over UNLV. Boise State won its third consecutive conference title, following the 38-21 win. “We got the best players in the country! We got the best staff in the nation! We got […]

The Tulane football team lost its head coach in recent days, but that hasn’t stopped this Green Wave team. Tulane is headed to the College Football Playoff, after knocking off North Texas in the AAC championship game. Tulane’s win was noted by NBC Sports reporter Nicole Auerbach. “The GREEN WAVE ARE GOING TO THE COLLEGE […]

The Kennesaw State Owls claimed the Air National Guard Conference USA Championship with a 19–15 win over the Jacksonville State Gamecocks on Friday night at AmFirst Stadium. In just one year under head coach Jerry Mack, Kennesaw State transformed a 2–10 record into a first league championship, completing a seven-win turnaround. The Owls (10–3) controlled […]

LSU Tigers head coach Lane Kiffin confirmed Friday night that defensive coordinator Blake Baker will remain in Baton Rouge, ending a week of uncertainty that saw Baker interview for head-coaching openings at Tulane and draw significant interest from Memphis. Kiffin announced the news through a late-night post on X (formerly Twitter), after spending the day […]

James Madison Dukes won their first Sun Belt Conference championship in program history, defeating the Troy Trojans 31-14 on Friday at Bridgeforth Stadium in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The Dukes reached new heights with the victory, hitting a school-record 12th win this season, and improving JMU’s record to 12-1 in just its fourth FBS season. Carrying the […]

The No. 21 Tulane Green Wave pulled off a tush push touchdown play in their matchup against the No. 20 North Texas Mean Green in the American Conference Championship Game on Friday night. Tulane entered the matchup with a lot at stake. They shined as one of the best teams in the country, excelling in […]

Four-star offensive lineman Bryson Cooley has flipped his commitment from LSU to Alabama. The 6-foot-6, 315-pound lineman from West Jones High School in Laurel, Mississippi, committed to the Tigers in July but signed with the Crimson Tide on Friday, the final day of the early signing period. Cooley is one of the top offensive line […]

After missing out on several potential coaching candidates, the Penn State Nittany Lions finally found their new head coach in Matt Campbell. With the new coach in place, it appeared that interim Terry Smith was in the mix for the jobs at either UConn or Memphis. However, it sounds like Smith has other plans. Reports […]

Less than a week after capping off their 2025 season with a third consecutive win, the Iowa State football program now has a new leader. After longtime head coach Matt Campbell left Ames to take over at Penn State, the Cyclones have hired Washington State head coach Jimmy Rogers as his replacement. ESPN’s Pete Thamel […]

Penn State fired James Franklin mid-season. While Franklin found a new job at Virginia Tech, the Nittany Lions have been looking for a new head coach, as Penn State struck out on other top candidates like Kalen DeBoer. Now, Penn State has found the man to lead the future of the program, hiring Matt Campbell. […]

BYU landed a major recruiting win as Lone Peak twins Jaron and Kennan Pula, the state’s top two wide receivers, flipped from Utah to the Cougars on the final day of the early signing period. The twins had previously been committed to Utah since July, following an earlier pledge to UCLA, but delayed signing on […]

It was a disaster of a season for Colorado football, as they lost their last five games of the regular season. Colorado finished 3-9, and just 1-8 in Big 12 play. As Deion Sanders looks to turn around the program, he took a step in that direction on the recruiting trail, bringing in a former […]

With the regular season now complete, the 2025-2026 College Football Playoff debate primarily centers around two bubble teams: Miami and Notre Dame. As the only head coach to face both teams, Pittsburgh’s Pat Narduzzi feels strongly that only one should get in. Narduzzi’s Panthers lost to both teams in the final three weeks of the […]

The 2025 LSU football season had so much promise, but ended up being a disaster. Brian Kelly was fired, but the Tigers made the best hire of the offseason by prying Lane Kiffin away from Ole Miss. The move was the biggest of the offseason and has not been without scrutiny. The Rebels are in […]

As the Lane Kiffin era for the LSU football program has officially started, there is no doubt that it was a controversial exit from the Ole Miss Rebels that had the sports world abuzz. With many predicting whether Kiffin will win a national title with the LSU football team, some wanted him to stay with […]

Kentucky is starting a new era in its football program. After 13 seasons with Mark Stoops leading the Wildcats, Kentucky has introduced Will Stein as the new head coach. Now, Stein has just scored a major win, flipping a 4-star receiver to join the program. According to Hayes Fawcett of Rivals, four-star receiver Kenny Darby, […]