Category: College Sports

Gophers football: Top JUCO receiver Derrick Salley de-commits from the U

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… One-third of the Hutchinson Community College trio of commitments to the Gophers football program has altered course. Receiver Derrick Salley Jr., who 247 Sports considers the top JUCO wideout in the 2026 class, said Tuesday he will flip his commitment from Minnesota to Kansas State. He pledged to the U after a campus visit earlier this month. “After thoughtful consideration and conversations …

Kewan Lacy named first Doak Walker Award finalist in Ole Miss history

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Ole Miss sophomore running back Kewan Lacy has been named one of three finalists for the Doak Walker Award, given annually to the top running back in college football. He is the first Ole Miss player to ever be a finalist for the award. Notre Dame’s Jeremiyah Love and Missouri’s Ahmad Hardy are the two other finalists. Lacy, a Dallas, Texas native, is a first-year transfer who began his career …

UConn receiver Skyler Bell named one of three finalists for Biletnikoff Award

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… UConn wide receiver Skyler Bell was named one of three finalists for the 2025 Biletnikoff Award, as announced on Tuesday by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club. The first UConn player to ever become a finalist for one of college football’s top awards, Bell is firmly in the running for the nation’s top receiver alongside USC’s Makai Lemon and Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith. The winner will be …

Preview: USD football hosts Drake in first round of FCS playoffs

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 25—VERMILLION, S.D. — Winners in six of their final seven regular-season games, the No. 11-seeded University of South Dakota football team opens the FCS playoffs with a home rematch against Drake on Saturday. How to watch South Dakota vs. Drake and what to know about both programs: FCS First Round: No. 11 South Dakota Coyotes (8-4) vs. Drake Bulldogs (8-3) When: Noon, Saturday, Nov. 29 …

Preview: USD football hosts Drake in first round of FCS playoffs

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 25—VERMILLION, S.D. — Winners in six of their final seven regular-season games, the No. 11-seeded University of South Dakota football team opens the FCS playoffs with a home rematch against Drake on Saturday. How to watch South Dakota vs. Drake and what to know about both programs: FCS First Round: No. 11 South Dakota Coyotes (8-4) vs. Drake Bulldogs (8-3) When: Noon, Saturday, Nov. 29 …

Eastern New Mexico risks its reputation in hiring scandal-tainted Art Briles as football coach

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… What’s the going price for success? Eastern New Mexico University is about to find out. News that the school was finalizing a deal to bring in Art Briles as its next football coach leaked into the ether Sunday night. By Monday morning, the school was preparing a press conference to roll him out. By the lunch hour, ENMU was trending as one of the top stories in college football, making …

Sunk-Cost Football: UMass’ Faltering Quest to Belong in the FBS

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… What’s there to lose? That was Nelson Lacey’s thinking in 2011, when the University of Massachusetts Amherst—a consistent force in the second tier of NCAA Division I—decided to make the leap to the premier Football Bowl Subdivision. A professor of finance, Lacey twice co-chaired the school’s faculty athletic council and also helped lead an ad …

Oakdale grad Dom Nichols working to stand out for 18th-ranked Wolverines

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… COLLEGE PARK — At 6-foot-5 and 255 pounds, Dom Nichols doesn’t stands out as much as he once did. At Oakdale High School, where he helped lead the Bears to a state title as the star defensive end/tight end in 2023, he was a man among boys, an athletic marvel. But now at the University of Michigan, where is a sophomore and in the defensive line rotation as a backup, a lot more people look and …

Cats rolled by Commodores but remain alive

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… NASHVILLE Following a dismal performance against No. 14 Vanderbilt, Kentucky’s bowl-game aspirations now hinge on the Wildcats’ last game of the season. UK, riding a three-game winning streak, fell behind 45-3 and never put up a fight in an eventual 45-17 loss at FirstBank Stadium. The loss dropped the Cats to 5-6 overall, meaning they’ll need to win their final contest — next week’s …

USD football set to face Drake in the opening round of FCS playoffs

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 23—VERMILLION, S.D. — After a full week of waiting to learn their postseason fate, the University of South Dakota football team has its FCS playoff path and a familiar opponent standing in the way. The No. 11-seeded Coyotes (8-4) will host Drake (8-3) for the second time this season in the first round, kicking off at noon on Saturday, Nov. 29, at the DakotaDome. The Coyotes are hosting a …