College Football

Year 4 of the college football report card got off to a rousing start last week with promises of shenanigans and tomfoolery throughout the year. The same goes for grading from last season: High marks will only be given to the spectacular, and failing grades have no chance of being reversed. MORE: College football winners and losers for Week 2 …

For the second season in a row, No. 3 Texas went on the road in nonconference play and beat a top-10 team. Last year, it was a huge upset over Alabama. This time, the Longhorns bullied the reigning national champions, No. 10 Michigan, in a 31-12 win. Michigan allowed 24 points in the first half, which equals the high of …

That was not the performance anyone was expecting from the Oklahoma Sooners, but they came away with a hard-fought 16-12 win over the Houston Cougars on Saturday night. It was a game where the offense struggled to move the football against an underrated Houston defense. But the OU defense bailed them out throughout the game. But the defense won’t be …

USATSI No. 16 Oklahoma State and No. 17 Kansas State both survived shaky starts to preserve the Big 12’s positioning. Kansas State needed a red zone stop with seconds remaining to survive a 34-27 road test against Tulane. Meanwhile, Oklahoma State went to overtime against Arkansas, but a missed Razorbacks field goal set up a 34-31 victory against the SEC …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Will Brooks couldn’t hide if he wanted to. The Tennessee football safety was swallowed by a throng of media members in a tunnel at Bank of America Stadium on Saturday. His teammates still spotted him and yelled out, shouting “Willy B,” “No. 1 roommate” and “yeah, Brooksie!” That’s life when you make the play of the game …

Penn State may not have turned in the kind of overall showing you would have liked to see against Bowling Green in Week 2, but expect the Nittany Lions to be moving up in the updated national rankings when the polls are updated on Sunday. Penn State will be likely to move up thanks to some help from a major …

Longtime rivals are set to square off when Matt Rhule and the Nebraska Cornhuskers (1-0) host Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes (1-0) on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. The Huskers used a solid performance from highly-touted freshman quarterback Dylan Raiola to notch a 40-7 Week 1 win over UTEP. The Buffs kicked off year two under Coach Prime …

Kansas State’s football team lost its share of battles against Tulane, but ultimately it was the Wildcats who won the culture war. At least that was K-State coach Chris Klieman’s explanation after the Wildcats were outplayed for most of the game Saturday before rallying for an improbable 34-27 victory over the Green Wave at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans. “Great …

The CW Network There have been a lot of really good catches early in the 2024 college football season, but Marshall wide receiver Christian Fitzpatrick channeled program legend Randy Moss and just snagged one of the best receptions yet.  Working in one-on-one coverage against a Virginia Tech defensive back, Fitzpatrick leapt into the air while he was being grabbed and …

. USC football, looking like a very competent and highly-ranked team, had an easy time of it against Utah State. There was a reason this game was scheduled after LSU, on a short week after a draining win against a top SEC program. USC was able to manage just fine with only five days between games. The late kickoff was …

Getty Images Colorado safety Shilo Sanders left the Buffaloes’ Week 2 game against Nebraska with a possible broken forearm, according to his coach and father Deion Sanders. Sanders will not return and could be out for an extended period of time.  Sanders went to the locker room early in the first half after recording two tackles in the first quarter. …

Caroline Fenton, Jason Fitz & Adam Breneman take a dive into the biggest results from college football Week 2 including Texas’ toppling of Michigan, a narrow Penn State win vs. Bowling Green and unexpected heroics from Northern Illinois against Notre Dame. Do the Fighting Irish have any chance of making the College Football Playoff now? The trio share three things …

College football didn’t produce many stunners to open the season, but Week 2 delivered some tremendous anxiety. The first AP top-five team of the season fell and five ranked teams fell overall. Even out of the teams that survived, elite programs like No. 4 Alabama and No. 8 Penn State were shockingly pushed to the wire.  For that reason, the …

A week ago, the college football world celebrated Notre Dame’s road win at Texas A&M as one of the toughest of the weekend and, given their remaining schedule, christened the Irish as one of the favorites to reach the College Football Playoff. So, about that schedule… Week 2 brought us a few Saturday hangovers, none bigger than Notre Dame’s loss …

Auburn coach Hugh Freeze said he just couldn’t bring himself to spend big money on a transfer portal quarterback this offseason. After watching Payton Thorne throw four interceptions in a 21-14 loss to Cal inside Jordan-Hare Stadium, maybe he should have! Rather than upgrade a position that clearly held Auburn back during Freeze’s 6-7 first season on the Plains, Freeze, …