NCAA Football

Ohio State football had another dominant recruiting class for the 2024 haul and landed a consensus top-five class in the country. Once again, the class features serious star power and the Buckeyes were able to snag some amazing talent on the offensive side of the ball including an intriguing homegrown interior offensive lineman from St. Edward

Monika Samek, 247Sports In Washington’s run to the College Football Playoff National Championship Game during the 2023 season, the Huskies’ two leading tight ends were seniors Jack Westover and Devin Culp. Both were recruited by Jordan Paopao, with Culp signing in 2018 and Westover walking on as a preferred walk-on the same year. The only

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterJun 25, 2024, 08:36 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions The NCAA Division I Council on Tuesday approved a rule change that will allow all football staff members to provide coaching instruction during practice and games, a change that removes

The Oklahoma Sooners 2025 recruiting class is coming together as we reach the middle of the summer, less than six months away from the early signing period. After adding a pair of four-star wide receivers over the last week, it’s the defense’s turn. Four-star defensive end C.J. Nickson committed to the Oklahoma Sooners. Nickson chose

247Sports Georgia secured another win on the recruiting trail Monday by landing five-star EDGE Isaiah Gibson, the No. 17 overall prospect in the 2025 recruiting cycle, according to 247Sports. Gibson is the top-ranked edge rusher in the class and his commitment helped Georgia jump to the No. 4 class in the recruiting rankings behind Ohio

The logo for the Big 12 Conference is painted on the field during an NCAA college football game between Sam Houston State and BYU on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023, in Provo, Utah. | Rick Bowmer After a busy weekend of recruiting, BYU football has gained another commitment from the class of 2025. Ulavai Fetuli, a

May 22, 2024, 12:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Everything that happens in sports has some additional context when viewed from a sports betting perspective. From season-changing injuries to record-setting moments and so much more, the sports news cycle will constantly and significantly affect the sports betting industry. Our betting buzz file, with contributions from

Eli Lederman, ESPNJun 22, 2024, 03:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The top remaining uncommitted quarterback in the 2025 class came off the board Saturday when four-star prospect Antwann Hill, ESPN’s No. 3-ranked pocket passer in the 2025 cycle, announced his pledge to the University of Memphis. Hill, a one-time Colorado commit from Warner Robins,

Tennessee received another commitment for its 2025 recruiting class on Saturday from four-star defensive lineman Charles House. House committed to Tennessee over Alabama and Georgia. “I chose Tennessee because of my relationship with the staff and the coaches,” House told On3. “It felt like home. I can see myself excelling there and they can develop

USATSI An expanded College Football Playoff adds a lot of intrigue to the regular season for Group of Five teams. After watching the four-team postseason tournament from the outside for a vast majority of its existence — Cincinnati was the only team to make it, once, in almost a decade  – the non-power conferences are

USATSI Oklahoma State’s Ollie Gordon II won the 2023 Doak Walker Award as the best running back in the nation. He was the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year (besting the likes of Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers for the honor), a unanimous All-American and he finished seventh in Heisman Trophy voting, the highest of

Jun. 20—Former Cleveland High School head football coach Heath Ridenour is back with the Storm, he confirmed to the Journal on Thursday. Ridenour is set to serve as Cleveland’s offensive coordinator under head coach Robert Garza. He spent the last two seasons working on the University of New Mexico’s staff, serving as the Lobos’ quarterbacks

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterJun 20, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions When the College Football Playoff was introduced more than a decade ago, and the sport’s championship evolved from two to four teams, even the system’s creators couldn’t answer some of

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJun 19, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions After an active winter and spring of coach and player movement, rosters are more or less set for the 2024 season. The Future Power Rankings series wraps up with the

Getty Images LAS VEGAS — In times of financial strife, the NCAA and its schools have always found a way to navigate murky waters.  In 1978, schools voted to split Division I into I-A and I-AA, consolidating power into the hands of legacy programs with the most brand value and TV juice. We know the

LSU had a busy recruiting weekend for the 2025 class, but it also had quite a few players from the 2026 cycle on campus as well, including three blue-chip quarterbacks in the last week. Unfortunately for the Tigers, two of those signal-callers have since committed elsewhere. Five-star Dia Bell committed to Texas on Monday, and

Boston College athletics Bill O’Brien knows how hard you think it is to win at Boston College. He’s heard it left and right since taking over the BC program in February. After spending last season as the New England Patriots offensive coordinator, O’Brien was slated to take the same role for Ryan Day at Ohio

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJun 18, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions There’s a lot of new in the Mountain West this year. Six of the conference’s 12 teams have new head coaches, and eight will have new starting quarterbacks, some more promising than others.