Category: Team Sports

The '26 season is just around the corner … actually, 245 days away

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Jan. 3—CHAMPAIGN — Two years, 19 wins. Illinois football at the moment is in its happiest place ever. But not quite where it someday hopes to go: specifically, the College Football Playoff. Less than three hours from Champaign-Urbana, the folks in Bloomington are celebrating the most remarkable rise in college football history. Indiana is two wins away from its first football national title. …

Wazzu football re-signs WR Freeman for 2026 season

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Jan. 3—The Kirby Moore era is off to an encouraging start. The Washington State football team and Moore, the Cougars’ first-year coach, announced the return of starting wide receiver Tony Freeman on Friday night, one day after announcing the return of running back Kirby Vorhees. The two highlight a strong group of 13 Cougs who WSU has announced revenue sharing agreements with. There are 26 …

Multiple Montana football players enter transfer portal

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Jan. 3—As the college football transfer portal opened on Friday, Montana was dealt a blow as multiple players entered their names. Among the names leaving are freshman All-American offensive lineman Colin Amick and the Griz’s two leading tacklers in Caleb Otlewski and Diezel Wilkinson. Kyon Loud made it three defensive starters in the portal. On offense, running back Malae Fonoti entered the …

Oklahoma State quarterback Hauss Hejny enters transfer portal

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The Oklahoma State quarterback room is all but cleared out as the transfer portal opens Friday. Hauss Hejny, a redshirt freshman quarterback for the Cowboys this season, announced on social media Thursday that he is entering the transfer portal. “I want to thank Coach (Mike) Gundy for the opportunity to play for such an amazing program,” Hejny wrote in his post. “To the coaches, training staff …

Oklahoma State transfer portal tracker: Who's in, who's out

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Note: This story will be updated. The transfer portal window is officially here. The portal opened Friday and will stay open through Jan. 16. Oklahoma State’s season ended Nov. 29, and Eric Morris took over duties as the Cowboys’ new head coach that same week. Players have been announcing their intentions to enter the portal since then, and now, Morris can begin building his transfer portal …

Tracking Oklahoma State football coach Eric Morris' staff and front office hirings

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Oklahoma State head football coach Eric Morris has been busy filling out his new staff since being introduced Dec. 8. The transfer portal opens Jan. 2, which will be a pivotal period for Morris to rebuild an OSU roster that went 4-20 the past two seasons with an 0-18 mark in Big 12 play. Now, Morris’ staff and front office is starting to take shape ahead of a busy new year. Here’s a look at …

Local IU fans exult in Hoosiers' historic Rose Bowl win

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… ANDERSON — “If you want it to happen, it will happen.” That’s the lesson Susan Kilburn said she hopes young people learn from Thursday’s College Football Playoff game at the Rose Bowl, where Indiana University routed Alabama 38-3. She said that mindset can help anyone in any profession, even if football isn’t in the equation. “These players know they’re not going to be professionals,” Kilburn …

Penn State officially hires D’Anton Lynn as its new defensive coordinator

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Penn State made the expected hiring of D’Anton Lynn official Friday when it announced that the former Nittany Lions cornerback will be the defensive coordinator for new head coach Matt Campbell. The 36-year-old Lynn was a three-time All-Big Ten honorable mention pick who appeared in 47 games from 2008-11 and started 37 of his final 38 games. He finished his career with 162 tackles, seven …

Gophers add Purdue running back Jaron Thomas in transfer portal

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The Gophers added to its running back room with the addition of Purdue transfer Jaron Thomas on Friday, per 247 Sports. Thomas has four years of eligibility remaining after tallying only two carries for 14 yards in one game for the Boilermakers in 2025. That limited playing time allowed him to redshirt a season ago. The 6-foot, 210-pound tailback from Elkhart, Ind., was a three-star recruit …

As TE Trey Leckner re-signs with WSU, Cougars will return their top two players at the position

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Jan. 2—PULLMAN — On the first day of the transfer portal window, Washington State got more good news. Tight end Trey Leckner has re-signed with the Cougars, the program announced Friday morning, agreeing to a new revenue-sharing NIL deal. The 14th Cougar to do so this offseason, Leckner will have two more years of eligibility. In his second season of action this fall, Leckner played in all 13 …