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College football Power Rankings after conference championship week
It was all supposed to be so easy heading into conference championship week. USC beats Utah in the Pac-12 title game on Friday to clinch a spot in the College Football Playoff and TCU follows suit on Saturday in the Big 12 championship against Kansas State. Well, not so easy. Instead, the Trojans lost a […]
Continue readingGeorgia-Tennessee football: Is the Dawgs new-look defense ready for the Vols?
ATHENS, Ga. — It might be one of the most trite axioms in sports, but “next man up” has taken on a literal meaning for No. 3 Georgia’s defense this season. A year ago, a historically talented defense led the Bulldogs to their first national championship in 41 years. Five defensive starters — end Travon […]
Continue readingGeorgia LB Nolan Smith out remainder of season with torn pec
Georgia outside linebacker Nolan Smith, the No. 1-ranked Bulldogs’ leading pass-rusher this season, will miss the rest of the season with a torn right pectoral muscle, the school announced on Tuesday. Smith will have surgery on Thursday in Athens and is expected to make a full recovery. The senior from Savannah was hurt in the […]
Continue readingBuffalo Bills CB Dane Jackson taken to hospital for evaluation of neck injury after collision with teammate
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Bills starting cornerback Dane Jackson was being evaluated for a neck injury at a local hospital Monday night following a scary collision with a teammate during Buffalo’s 41-7 win over the Tennessee Titans. Jackson has full movement in his extremities, according to the Bills, and was getting a CT scan and […]
Continue readingDrafting college football’s best players into four superteams, position by position
But what if we had a draft featuring all college football players? We polled four writers — Andrea Adelson, David Hale, Adam Rittenberg and Alex Scarborough — to come up with their best all-22 selections (plus a place-kicker and return specialist) to create the best team of college football players possible. So, yes, Caleb Williams, […]
Continue readingHeisman Trophy winner Bryce Young among 4 Alabama players on AP preseason All-America team
Alabama stars Bryce Young and Will Anderson Jr. are among four players from the top-ranked Crimson Tide selected to The Associated Press preseason All-America team. Joining Young, the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, and Anderson, the star pass rusher, were Alabama defensive backs Jordan Battle and Eli Ricks as first-team selections. The AP preseason All-America team presented […]
Continue readingA thinned-out Georgia or tougher Texas? Assessing spring overreactions in college football
College football is headed to its offseason, which once meant exactly that, though not anymore. Sunday was the deadline for entering the transfer portal and still being eligible for this upcoming season. More than 2,000 players entered the portal during the 2021-22 school year, and not all of them have (or will) find new homes. […]
Continue readingCollege football rankings: Updated Way-Too-Early Top 25
For most college football teams across the FBS, spring practice is either over or will be winding down during the next couple of weeks. But the transfer portal, into which more than 3,600 FBS players have entered this year already, never stops churning. Coaches around the country will look to address weaknesses (and, sadly, recruiting […]
Continue readingCollege football roundtable: Who will break out in 2022?
Kenny Pickett threw more touchdowns in 2021 (42) than he had in four previous years combined (39). Aidan Hutchinson tallied 4.5 sacks in his first three years, then exploded for 14 sacks as a senior for Michigan. Those three players are among college football’s breakout stars in the 2021 season. All of them now find […]
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