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College football post-spring Top 25 power rankings

Alabama, the defending national champion, had six players selected in the first round of last week’s NFL draft, tying the Miami Hurricanes’ record set in 2004. Alabama and Ohio State each had 10 players drafted overall, the most of any program in this year’s draft. Georgia was third with nine draft selections, the most in […]

Spring football 2021: Juiciest QB competitions, coaching situations, transfers

But the FBS fellas are back on the field after the strangest, most trying year. We know you’re hungry for some football and hopefully a little proper tailgating, judging by your reaction to Lincoln Riley’s brisket. Let’s pitch it around a little bit with David Hale, Harry Lyles Jr. and Dave Wilson: Lyles: College football […]

College football’s most compelling spring storylines

Shoulder pads popping. Whistles chirping. Coaches shouting. After a one-year hiatus due to COVID-19, college football’s spring practices are back as teams slowly begin to resume more normalcy amid the worldwide pandemic. What hasn’t changed since a year ago are the teams at the top of the sport’s upper echelon — Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, […]

The 2021 Way-Too-Early college football top 25

Even in a 2020 college football season that featured more starts and stops than Los Angeles traffic, there were a handful of near certainties, such as Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State reaching the College Football Playoff. Even a pandemic couldn’t balance power in the most top-heavy sport. Will we finally see those heavyweights fall back […]

Texas Longhorns put their trust in offensive guru Steve Sarkisian

Steve Sarkisian’s patience as an offensive playcaller was surpassed only by his patience over the past year when other schools would come calling. After being hired at Texas to replace Tom Herman, who was fired on Saturday, Sarkisian’s patience will be tested by a job that’s often defined as much by its off-the-field challenges as […]

Texas Longhorns QB Sam Ehlinger exits Valero Alamo Bowl with shoulder sprain

It’s unclear when exactly Ehlinger suffered the injury. He was sacked on back-to-back plays on the Longhorns’ penultimate drive of the first half. The Longhorns ran one play, a handoff to Bijan Robinson, on their final second-quarter drive to run out the clock. Ehlinger, a four-year starter, emerged from the locker room in the third […]