Alabama and Clemson are back on top of the College Football Playoff rankings, the ninth time over the last three seasons that the Crimson Tide and Tigers have held the first two spots in some order.
Tennessee State senior defensive end Latrelle Lee was kicked off the team and dismissed from the university after he hit Tigers head strength coach T.J. Greenstone Saturday night. Monday, the 22-year-old was expelled from the university. Greenstone, a former defensive
Baker Mayfield took command of the race yesterday as he turned in another strong performance while others lagged. At this point, it is not hard seeing any of Taylor, Love, Tate, Barkley, or Rudolph joining Mayfield in New York.
The playoff picture cleared up quite a bit this weekend, but there remains significant intrigue. Will the committee finally give the Badgers some respect?
The last time things were going this well for the Miami Hurricanes, they were dominating the Big East and playing home games in the Orange Bowl.
Kerryon Johnson and the Auburn Tigers delivered an emphatic statement to the rest of the Southeastern Conference: Don’t forget us.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s defense sucked all the drama out of the ending with stop after stop, even as injuries took their toll.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) – Brandon Wimbush passed for a career-high 280 yards, ran for two touchdowns and shook off an injury as No. 5 Notre Dame won its seventh straight, beating Wake Forest 48-37 on Saturday in a game in which Irish running back Josh Adams missed the second half because of a concussion.
NEW YORK (AP) — Georgia, Alabama, Notre Dame and Clemson are the top four teams in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season.
With just four weeks remaining, 13 or more teams possess a realistic path to the playoff. A crazy Ohio State victory over Penn State and another Iowa State shocker shook up the landscape a bit.
SEATTLE (AP) — Myles Gaskin led Washington’s running onslaught with 169 yards and one touchdown, Lavon Coleman added 94 yards and three touchdown runs and the 12th-ranked Huskies routed UCLA 44-23 on Saturday.
The Heisman field is wide open with three contenders tied at the top this week. Beyond that group, several others built a case through eight weeks and now possess a platform to build on that over the remainder of the season.
Notre Dame cracked the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time this season, coming in at No. 9, and Michigan fell out of the rankings for the first time in two years.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Ramon Richards intercepted Sam Ehlinger’s pass in the end zone in overtime and Matt Ammendola kicked a field goal, giving No. 10 Oklahoma State a 13-10 victory over Texas on Saturday.
What do Germany and Pittsburgh have in common? Other than being able to find excellent Bratwurst in either place, both Pittsburgh and Germany were the scene of NFL-style anthem protests on Saturday.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Eric Dungey threw for 278 yards and three touchdowns, Cole Murphy kicked a tiebreaking field goal in the fourth quarter, and Syracuse stunned No. 2 Clemson 27-24 on Friday night to put a damper on the Tigers’ chances to repeat as national champions.
Football players from opposing NESCAC teams at Trinity College and Hamilton College took the singing of the national anthem into their own hands Saturday when a reported failed public address system led to an announcement there would be “no anthem.”
FORT WORTH, TEXAS—Kenny Hill avoided a defender in the backfield and lunged forward through two more for a 3-yard touchdown run with 2:53 left and No. 8 TCU remained the Big 12’s only undefeated team with a 31-24 victory over No. 23 West Virginia on Saturday.
Clemson moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll, jumping Oklahoma and closing in on Alabama after beating a team ranked in the Top 15 for the second straight week.
Step aside AP Poll, get out of the way Coaches Poll. All of you traditional, lame, college ranking systems need no longer apply. Why? Because now we have the ultimate, most woke college ranking system one could ever devise: the Athletic Equality Index.
One of the most intriguing games of next weekend’s college football slate, features Texas and USC. The two will face each other for the first time since the 2006 Rose Bowl. You may remember it, Vince Young and the Longhorns shocked the world by beating the Trojans 41-38. However, if you listen to USC, they’ll tell you it never happened.
Last week, we brought you the story of Charlene Sumlin, wife of Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin, who brought to light a racist letter that was delivered to her family’s home after Texas A&M’s collapse at the hands of UCLA. That letter, used racial slurs and threats, against Kevin Sumlin, who is black, telling him that he should quit, “or else.”
DETROIT (AP) — Matthew Stafford threw two of his four touchdown passes to rookie Kenny Golladay in the fourth quarter Sunday, helping the Detroit Lions rally to beat the Arizona Cardinals 35-23.
Three of the top six teams from last week defeated other ranked teams on Saturday, creating an early shake-up near the top of the AP Top 25. The Sooners jumped three spots after winning 31-16 at Ohio State. The last time the Sooners were this close to being No. 1 was 2011.
A loose ball bouncing like a greased pig became the focus of one of the most bizarre college football plays ever seen, as Louisiana Tech faced Mississippi at Joe Aillet Stadium on Saturday.
Hurricane Irma kept Florida State and Miami on the sideline this week — and will do so again next weekend.
The powerful storm has already forced the postponement of the annual Seminoles-Hurricanes showdown, which was scheduled to be played on Florida State’s campus in Tallahassee on Sept. 16.
Jalen Hurts set the tone for Alabama early in the week and again to start the game. The top-ranked Crimson Tide needed to play better Saturday against Fresno State, he told his teammates. Hurts certainly did.
Trace McSorley threw for three touchdowns, including Saquon Barkley’s 46-yard catch-and-run, and No. 4 Penn State pulled away from Pittsburgh for a 33-14 win on Saturday.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A September nonconference game on the campus of a team that went 4-8 the previous season has surely never before drawn this amount of interest from Georgia fans.
f there was a safety word, someone should have screamed it. A Division III football game concluded on Saturday with a score that seemed, a bit unusual. St. John’s defeated St. Scholastica by a final score of 98-0.
Josh Rosen faked a spike and threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Lasley with 43 seconds remaining and UCLA overcame a 34-point deficit to stun Texas A&M 45-44 on Sunday night.
Quinn Nordin became the first Michigan kicker to make two 50-yard field goals in the same game, one of them in a quick go-ahead spurt after halftime, and the 11th-ranked Wolverines won 33-17 Saturday to hand 17th-ranked Florida its first season-opening loss in nearly three decades.
When Tom Herman took the field for the first game of the season last year, his team rose to the challenge and knocked off an opponent from a major conference. When Tom Herman’s squad took the field for the opener this year, none of those things happened.
Wyoming Cowboys freshman punter Tim Zaleski had a rough start to his college career Saturday when his team faced off with the Iowa Hawkeyes. Down 7-3 late in the second quarter, Zaleski handled the snap from the 37-yard line perfectly,
Things could get very interesting if Clemson and Ohio State face each other again in the playoffs. Clemson honored their 2016 national championship team during the halftime ceremonies of their opener against Kent State on Saturday.
It’s no secret that the sports media attempts to interject race, and racism, into every story. However this is a little extreme, even for them.
The result of the Alabama-Florida State could be a topic of conversation all season, especially among the College Football Playoff selection committee.
In an interview with Barstool Sports for their “Pardon My Take” podcast, retired sports announcer Brent Musburger said he was “very upset” with the controversy surrounding University of Southern California’s horse mascot, Traveler. USC Black Student Assembly co-director Sophia Jackson pointed out
ESPN’s President Jon Skipper sought to straighten some things out on Wednesday, regarding the network’s decision to pull Asian-American broadcaster Robert Lee from a game he was scheduled to broadcast in Charlottesville. That move, made due to concerns that Lee’s name, similar to that of non-Asian confederate General Robert E. Lee, would offend some viewers.
Alabama is No. 1 in the preseason Top 25, the first program in 12 years to take the top spot two years in a row.
The Crimson Tide will start the season ranked in the top five of The Associated Press preseason media poll for the ninth consecutive time.
