USA TODAY Sports wraps up its positional rankings for the 2019 college football season by breaking down the best defensive backs in the country.

Gone are the days of redshirting most of a freshman class to ensure player development and depth down the road. College football players, especially the blue ...

Here's an explanation of the new college football overtime rules.

Madden 2020 player ratings have been released, and former Iowa football players were all over the board on where they fell with their initial rating.

Alabama football coach Nick Saban thinks “the spirit” of college football's transfer portal “in and of itself is a positive thing for players.” But let's not get carried ...

New head coach Les Miles won't be the only new attraction coming to David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium this fall. University of Kansas Athletics Director Jeff ...

Five-star running back Jerrion Ealy was the biggest piece of Ole Miss' 2019 recruiting class, and Matt Luke gave some hints of how the Rebels will use him this ...

Discussing the season opener at SEC Media days, Florida RB Lamical Perine named Central Florida before mentioning the Miami football team.

Kentucky football in 2019 will play Arkansas for the first time since 2012. The Razorbacks went 0-8 in SEC play last season.

What would it take for a present-day football player to equal or surpass the sheer coolness of Barry Sanders, who turns 51 years old today? I'm not sure it's even ...

Jim Harbaugh and Michigan? Kirk Ferentz and Iowa? Ryan Day and Ohio State? The Big Ten title is there for the taking in 2019. Here's our best guess:

Let's take a look at the college football programs sporting new uniforms for the coming 2019 season.

The meaning of the most hated Oklahoma Sooners players for Texas football fans could be open to interpretation, but four or five cannot be argued.

Any college football game is better than no football game, that's pretty much a given. Here are 10 to watch.

Any coach will tell you the same thing. College football staffs love having under-the-radar assassins, players they know perform at an elite level who strike at any ...

Bronco Mendenhall has done an impressive coaching job at Virginia, and here's why you should expect the Hoos to surpass their win total again in 2019.

The 2019 college football season isn't far away. As we get closer to kickoff, we make some bold predictions for the upcoming season.

After a grueling offseason, we're finally here. Fall practice kicks off across college football two weeks from now in anticipation of the 2019 season, the beginning ...

When college football turned the page from the 1980s to the 1990s the Miami football program was a dynasty and most feared team in college football.

Like it or not, every conference championship, contending, SEC head coach must comment on Alabama football. On Tuesday, Kirby Smart tried being clever.

Julius Davis is the subject of this edition of Freshman Focus, Badger of Honor's series helping Wisconsin football fans get to know the incoming talent.

The style of tackling used in rugby may be associated with a lower force of impact than the style used in football, according to a preliminary study of college ...

Jeremy Pruitt took to the stage at SEC Media Days on Tuesday afternoon. He said a lot of things about the program and even did some recruiting.

Can Georgia get past Alabama? Is Florida ready to challenge the Dawgs? And what did South Carolina do to deserve that schedule? We dig into these ...

The college football season is inching closer and the oddsmakers at Las Vegas Sportsbooks are getting a clearer idea of where to place the lines for this ...

Las Vegas Sportsbook has the 2019 Iowa football team pegged for 7.5 wins. Here's why that's the perfect over/under projection.

Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher, who left Florida State after the 2017 season, declined to say he did anything that led to problems in the program.

With the start of Wisconsin Football's fall camp rapidly approaching, Badger of Honor takes a closer look at what fans should watch out for at quarterback.

Can Alabama weather another staff shakeup? Can LSU take the next step? Can Auburn contend with a freshman QB? We dig into these questions and more in ...

Amazon is heading to Germany for its next football fix – the SVOD *service* has scored a doc series looking at Borussia Dortmund.

Chris Maragos, a safety and special teamer who spent four seasons with the Eagles, announced Tuesday that he was retiring from football due to a knee injury.

Do NFL players keep up with what is going on with their alma mater and other colleges once they get to the pros? "Definitely," said several current pro players.

At the annual wall-to-wall football festival known as SEC Media Days this week down in Sweet Home Alabama, the votes will be tabulated, a drum roll will ...

Last season's LSU-Texas A&M game accounted for most combined points (146) in NCAA history and lasted nearly 5 hours in time elapsed.

Avery Saffold felt he had to live up to an image of being a black athlete from the city. Then he decided to be himself.

Ryan Leaf, the former Washington State quarterback and No. 2 NFL Draft pick whose career was plagued by drug addiction and who served time in prison, ...

The Gators are staying afloat in the arms race that is facility renovations.

One potential weakness that Michigan football fans keep focusing on is the running game and here's why it won't be a concern in the end.

Expectations are higher than they've ever been for the Iowa State football team. But the Cyclones are trying to tune out all the attention they're getting.

Arlington, Texas — While spending the past several weeks counting down the days to their first preseason practice, Kansas football players have done all they ...

New Temple head football coach Rod Carey has the full right to name his own coaching staff. That's the way it has to work in any sport. But we all have the full ...

Breaking down East Carolina's 2019 football team, position by position, based on burning questions for each spot. We continue with the ECU linebackers. 1.

A recap of Big 12 Media Days with a look back at the best quotes from JerryWorld this week.

Clemson football has distanced itself from the rest of the ACC and that's not a great look, although a familiar one, for the league as the 2019 approaches.

Redshirt senior defensive end Neville Gallimore said Monday at Big 12 Media Days that the transition to coach Alex Grinch's system has been smooth.

Oregon coach Mario Cristobal named Kayvon Thibodeaux a “game changer” from the moment he committed to the Ducks. Undoubtedly, ESPN's No. 1 recruit in ...

One of Livonia Stevenson's star football players will be taking his talents to the next level. Carter Ackman, who played both offensive line and defensive line for ...

ESPN has announced its broadcast teams for the upcoming football season. Check out who will be calling the games.

Feleipe Franks has lofty goals and one of those is becoming the fourth Heisman-winning quarterback to play Florida football in program history.

East Kentwood 6-foot-6, 240-pound defensive end Bryce Mostella committed to Penn State over Fourth of July weekend.

BUTTE — The 73rd annual Montana East-West Shrine Game is just four days away from kickoff. The West team entered its third day of practice in Butte on ...

Editor's note: Throughout the offseason, The Athletic is celebrating the 150th anniversary of college football, one decade at a time. For more on the 1990s, read ...

Pro Football Focus doesn't seem to expect much regression for the Bears defense, at least when it comes to run defense. PFF analyst Mike Renner ranked every ...

The offseason is always time for the watch lists and the departures of players before Summer/Fall practice kicks in. Ryan Willis gets some eyeballs trained on ...

Part of what makes college football special is the in-stadium environment fans get to experience at games. A raucous home crowd can give a team an advantage ...

Football is literally in the blood of new Washington commit Sam Adams II, the fifth in his family to have that name and hopefully the third to ultimately suit up in the ...

Pat Narduzzi will open his fifth training camp as Pitt's coach Aug. 2 on the South Side. The Panthers will have the place to themselves for a few weeks until the ...

We're slowly starting to see where the Wake Forest Football Deacs are rated from a conference and national perspective, as preseason rankings and betting ...

The start of the new school year is just weeks away and in Baldwin County two "start up" high school programs will be making history, not only in academics but ...

IC's Taylor Vippolis speaks with college football analyst Phil Steele to examine UNC ahead of the 2019 season.

A former Cherry Creek High School linebacker, who has had a rocky collegiate football career, was arrested last month in Pueblo on suspicion of assault in a ...

When a football player makes 'Horns Down' gesture vs. Texas, will he be penalized? It's complicated, and Big 12 officiating chief gives little clarity.

With college football celebrating its 150th anniversary this season, equipment staffs from around across the country have been quick to show off the CFP150 ...

The Opening Ceremony of the International Children's Summer Games (ICG) saw 192 athletes take part in Ufa, the capital city of the Republic of Bashkortostan.

YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN some of the #bottlecapchallenge videos making the rounds on social media -- participants attempt to unscrew a bottle cap with their ...

Where does the program under Gus Malzahn stand?

List of the Pac-12 football student-athletes selected to National Collegiate Football Awards Association (NCFAA) preseason watch lists ahead of the 2019 ...

Notre Dame football has no questions at quarterback entering fall camp. In fact, Ian Book could bring home some hardware at season's end.

Former Bedford High School varsity football coach Sean Williams stands in handcuffs after a judge sentenced him to six years in prison for sexually abusing a ...

An official Louisville football depth chart made its rounds on social media last night, and there is plenty to react to. We provide three key takeaways from the ...

Ben Gretch plots quarterback Average Draft Positions against the skill position players on their teams to find situations to target in Fantasy drafts.

As the Southeastern Conference convenes for Media Days, non-conference scheduling and athletic department budget cuts should draw more attention.

The Cincinnati Bearcats are the favorite to knock UCF out of the top spot in the AAC heading into Luke Fickell's third season.

Folks might debate which state produces the best talent, but it's hard for anyone to match a team of the best players in the history of the Keystone State.

If it's 1,000 degrees and crazy humid outside, it means we're well into summer. Around OTE it means that we're getting close to the end of the 2019 B1G Football ...

Big 12 Media Days is officially here and Texas football fans can know that the coming regular season is just around the corner.

Did the NCAA run former MSU head football coach Jackie Sherrill out of coaching? A jury will decide.

WEST CHESTER TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Lakota West football coach Tom Bolden has no doubt the Firebirds will win this season. It's just a matter of whether ...

Geno Stone collected four interceptions last year and has the talent to be the next Iowa football defensive back to win the Jim Thorpe Award.

Keep an eye out for who gets the nod at backup QB.

The last TV series Urban Meyer watched was “Seinfeld.” “Before that,” he says, “ 'Cheers.' ” Advertisement. The guy's knowledge of pop culture probably rivals ...

Akira Nishino, who guided Japan to the last 16 at the 2018 World Cup, is officially named head coach of the Thailand national and under-23 men's teams.

The FaceApp challenge is sweeping the nation right now. After going viral in 2017 when it launched, the FaceApp is blowing up again, thanks to the FaceApp ...

Washington football lands their next great running back, and he's going to be the next hometown hero in the backfield! Sam Adams is committed!

The Hawkeyes have been no stranger to preseason honors during this offseason. Iowa has three of the most talked-about linemen in the country in edge rusher ...

PERTH, Australia -- Romelu Lukaku was omitted from the squad again as Manchester United beat Leeds United 4-0 at Optus Stadium. The striker is being ...

Penn State football players Pat Freiermuth and Jonathan Sutherland express how good the team is looking and working on July 12, 2019.

A second Beaverton teen and Southridge High School graduate died Saturday, succumbing to injuries from a car crash that killed his passenger on Thursday.

That's part of this business,” Fisher says of the criticism. “You move on.”

The selections are in. Marshall gets the nod in the East, while UNT is projected to win the West.

One early game could be pivotal in how the season plays out for Rutgers football.

Training camp for Rutgers football begins in two weeks, but the first true event of the 2019 season takes place this week with Big Ten Media Days. Here is a full ...

The governor said Cary Booker has done great work in New Jersey after co-founding a failed charter school in Tennessee.

When Randy Edsall and four UConn football players show up at American Athletic Conference media day in Newport, R.I. on Tuesday, the may find themselves ...

Nick Saban does not hit SEC Media Days until Wednesday but Alabama football was discussed on Monday anyway, particularly by Ed Orgeron.

The newest Georgia Tech football roster shows the departure of two players in safety Jarrett Cole and offensive line Boe Tufele.

If anybody thought Ohio State would slip in recruiting with Urban Meyer stepping down from the head coaching position they were wrong.

Ed Foley, who was entering his 12th season as a Temple football assistant coach and was seen as one of the faces of the program, is leaving to join former Owls ...

MACON, Ga. -- The Mercer football program is seeking host families throughout Middle Georgia to participate in its seventh annual Feed The Bears event on ...

You can count on the fact that as sports talk ramps up speculating on the 2019 national championship contenders, the Alabama and Oklahoma football teams ...