College Football

First Down This is the danger of overreaction, of penciling in favorites and roaming blissfully unaware through the minefield that is the college football regular season. A week ago, Notre Dame had a clear path to the College Football Playoff. Now there’s wild uncertainty under the Golden Dome after a 16-14 loss to Northern Illinois. A week ago, Irish quarterback …

Deion Sanders is used to doing what’s considered conventionally impossible. Play in the NFL and MLB on the same day? Sure, he can do that. Become the greatest cornerback of all time? Done. Win as a head coach with zero college ore even high school head coaching experience? Yep. Did that at Jackson State. But he can’t challenge every convention. …

Maybe Michigan should have outbid Syracuse for Kyle McCord? It’s never too early to talk about The Game, and UM’s ugly 31-12 home loss to Texas has to have Ohio State fans breathing a little easier. Not that the Wolverines were supposed to be anything close to the Connor-Stalions-at-your-service team that won the 2023 national title, but Saturday showed that …

USATSI CBS Sports Network’s continued coverage of the 2024 college football season features quadruple header of Saturday games for the Week 2 slate. For the second straight week, all three service academies are in action. Army gets things started at noon in its first game as an American Athletic Conference member against Florida Atlantic. The Black Knights made the move from …

Sep. 7—A defensive performance for the ages, punctuated by Xavier Slayton’s sack of Wyoming quarterback Evan Svoboda on the final play to stop what could have been a game-winning drive propelled Idaho to a 17-13 win against the Cowboys. It allowed Idaho to even its record at 1-1, gave it a victory against a Football Bowl Subdivision opponent this season …

No. 7 Oregon hosts Boise State in a late-night affair this Saturday as the Ducks are looking to bounce back from a sub-par performance in their season-opener against Idaho. Oregon won 24-14 but led by only three points as late as the fourth quarter as the offense struggled to finish drives and put the Vandals away. They’ll certainly need to …

. Ohio State football was shot out of a cannon this week against the Western Michigan Broncos and are heading to halftime with a satisfying 35-0 lead. There was a lot of complaints, and rightfully so, of the slow start by the Buckeyes last week against the Akron Zips and tonight they put those concerns to rest. Western Michigan came …

A week after No. 5 Notre Dame was praised for its toughness and big plays in a huge, season-opening win, the Irish folded again at home under coach Marcus Freeman — and likely disintegrated what seemed a week ago like a sure-fire path to the College Football Playoff. Northern Illinois 16, Notre Dame 14.  It was not just a hiccup Saturday, …

5/22/2017: Former Notre Dame quarterback Malik Zaire (9) has yet to announce which school he’ll attend next season. Tribune photo/ROBERT FRANKLIN11/30/2016: Notre Dame’s Malik Zaire (9) waves as he exits the field following Notre Dame’s 45-27 loss to Southern Cal last Saturday. Zaire reportedly will request his release from the school.Notre DameÕs Malik Zaire (9) waves as he exits the …

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Steve Sarkisian, that old offensive genius, spent three-plus years preparing for this moment. Just don’t ever expect him to admit as much. The Texas coach didn’t get to the point of marching up and down the rows of the training table making sure his linemen got enough protein.  He didn’t have to.  They grow ’em big …

Scranton Prep tries to stay undefeated and make it two in a row over quality nonconference opponents. On Saturday, the Cavaliers host Canisius from Buffalo, New York, in a battle between private school programs at 2 p.m. at Dunmore Veterans Memorial Stadium. Scranton Prep (2-0) is coming off a victory over Loyola Blakefield, a state-ranked big-school team from Towson, Maryland. …

USATSI No. 5 Notre Dame was stunned 16-14 by Northern Illinois on Saturday in what stands as the biggest upset of the 2024 season so far. The Huskies are the first MAC team to ever beat an AP top-five opponent, snapping a streak of 51 straight losses by the conference.  Notre Dame had a chance to ice the game in the fourth quarter, …

Sep 2, 2023; Bloomington, Indiana, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes place kicker Jayden Fielding (38) gets a high five from Ohio State Buckeyes offensive lineman Donovan Jackson (74) after kicking a field goal during the second half of the NCAA football game at Indiana University Memorial Stadium. Ohio State won 23-3. The Ohio State football team has released its availability report …

The Northern Illinois Huskies upset Notre Dame Fighting Irish 14-13 in South Bend to pull off the biggest win in the program’s history. The team was 0-14 against top-10 ranked teams prior to Saturday’s victory. Notre Dame is ranked No. 7 in the LBM Coaches Poll but is expected to see a significant drop as a result of the loss. …

In 2023, Michigan rode an outstanding defense and an offense that could’ve been called “third-and-J.J.” to a national title. On Saturday, in the Big House, Quinn Ewers and the No. 3 Texas Longhorns gave the No. 10 Wolverines a taste of their own medicine in a 31-12 throttling. Ewers made mincemeat of a Michigan defense that didn’t look nearly as intimidating as …