College Football

The No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs (4-1) will have their sights set on a blowout victory when they host the Mississippi State Bulldogs (1-4) on Saturday afternoon. Georgia bounced back from a 41-34 loss to then-No. 4 Alabama with a 31-13 win over Auburn last week. Mississippi State opened the season with a win over Eastern Kentucky, but it has dropped …

Here is a break for anyone affected by Hurricanes Milton or Helene: free tickets for Saturday night’s Florida Atlantic football game. Florida Atlantic Athletics has announced it will offer complimentary football tickets to Saturday’s home game against North Texas “for Florida residents impacted or displaced by recent hurricanes that have affected the state.” The game at FAU Stadium starts at …

The No. 7 Alabama Crimson Tide (4-1) will return home following their shocking loss at Vanderbilt when they host the South Carolina Gamecocks (3-2) on Saturday afternoon. Alabama won its first four games of the season to jump to the top of the AP poll, but the Commodores notched their first win over a top-ranked team in school history. The Crimson …

Deion Sanders is once again unhappy with Colorado’s late kickoff times. The Buffaloes host No. 18 Kansas State on Saturday night in a game that kicks off at 8:15 p.m. in Boulder That’s 10:15 p.m. ET. The game is set to be televised as ESPN’s nightcap following Florida and Tennessee at 7 p.m. ET. “Who does that? Who has the …

The Maryland Terrapins will battle the Northwestern Wildcats in Big Ten Friday night action. Maryland will be making an appearance on Friday night for the fifth consecutive season, and has won four in a row in prime time. The Wildcats (2-3, 0-2 Big Ten), who have lost three of four, are looking to defeat Maryland for the fourth time in …

The Athletic’s Scott Dochterman named the Wisconsin Badgers as a ‘dangerous trap game’ for the No. 4-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions. The two square off on Oct. 26, just two weeks from Saturday. Wisconsin first plays at Rutgers (Oct. 12) and at Northwestern (Oct. 19) before returning home for the premier showdown. Related: Big Ten Power Rankings after Week 6: …

The UNLV Rebels (4-1) look to get back in the win column in a conference matchup against the Utah State Aggies (1-4) on Friday. UNLV jumped out to a 4-0 start this season and has hopes of being the Group of 5 representative in the playoffs, but had a setback in Week 6 with a 44-41 overtime loss to Syracuse. …

BOULDER, Colo. – Shortly before kickoff this year at Colorado home football games, the stadium starts to buzz with various celebrity guests and crew for “Coach Prime” Deion Sanders. Some wear badges on the sideline in the shape of sunglasses. It’s called a “Prime Pass.” Some lug video equipment up the elevator with shirts that say they are part of …

Fresh off a loss to Vanderbilt last week, the No. 7 Alabama Crimson Tide will host the South Carolina Gamecocks on Saturday. The new 12-team format for the College Football Playoff gives some of the nation’s top programs a little leeway this season but Alabama certainly can’t afford another letdown this weekend against South Carolina. The Crimson Tide are favored …

Editor’s note: This story is part of The Tennessean’s season-long, all-access series about the Brentwood Academy football program. To follow along with the series, please subscribe to The Tennessean here. KNOXVILLE − A black Nike backpack with the word “GEORGIA” spelled out in red hung from Stephon Shivers’ substantial shoulders Thursday as he stood in line waiting to enter the …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – College Sports Inc.’s two mob bosses sat together in a show of strength Thursday, and although no horse’s head sat on the table in front of them, their message resonated. If Greg Sankey and Tony Petitti don’t get what they want, on your (horse’s) head be it. That’s especially true of the College Football Playoff. Sankey and …

Penn State’s first road game of the season in Big Ten play is here this weekend as the Nittany Lions fly west to face new Big Ten member USC. A week after taking care of UCLA at home behind a strong defensive performance, the Nittany Lions will look for the California Big Ten sweep against a Trojans team coming off …

After posting its first shutout in five years, the University of West Florida football team has to quickly turn its sights to another strong Gulf South Conference opponent. The Argos, who allowed just 7 yards of total offense against Mississippi College, now have to face a top-25 team in the Statesmen, another “historically good” team, UWF head coach Kaleb Nobles …

Nixa High School will host Waynesville in the seventh week of the 2024 high school football season on Friday night. Eagles five-star junior offensive lineman Jackson Cantwell will be the main event as Rivals.com’s No. 1 overall player in the country. Cantwell, the son of Olympians Christian Cantwell and Teri (Steer) Cantwell, is considering 14 different college programs, including Mizzou, where his …

SOUTH BEND — Even now, six years into his Notre Dame football career, All-America defensive tackle Howard Cross III still needs to rehearse. Before he can do great things on the field, Cross must be a dominant force in his mind. “Visualization for me is just (picturing) myself doing great,” Cross said this week as the 12th-ranked Irish prepared to …