11 months, 3 weeks ago

Michigan beats Alabama 27-20 in OT at the Rose Bowl, will face Washington in national title game

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! PASADENA, Calif. — Blake Corum rushed for a 17-yard touchdown on the second snap of overtime, and top-seeded Michigan advanced to its first College Football Playoff championship game with a 27-20 victory over fourth-seeded Alabama in the Rose Bowl on Monday. 3 TEXAS 31 NEW ORLEANS — Michael Penix Jr. passed for 430 yards and two touchdowns, and Washington held off Texas in the Sugar Bowl to advance to the College Football Playoff championship game, earning both the sixth-year quarterback with two surgically repaired knees and the beleaguered Pac-12 one more game this season. Making his first college start after Daniels, the 2023 Heisman Trophy winner, opted out to begin preparing for the NFL draft, Nussmeier completed 31 of 45 passes and tossed TD passes of 14 yards to Chris Hilton Jr. and 38 and 4 yards to Brian Thomas Jr., whose second score put LSU ahead with 3:08 remaining. Nussmeier rallied the Tigers from a 14-point second-half deficit and overshadowed Wisconsin’s Tanner Mordecai, who threw for a season-high 378 yards and three TDs for the Badgers, who played without star running back Braelon Allen.

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Milroe, No. 13 Alabama keep playoff hopes alive with 28-14 win over Auburn in the Iron Bowl

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 13 Alabama to a 28-14 victory over Auburn Saturday to keep the Crimson Tide’s playoff hopes alive. Alabama’s four turnovers — including two fumbles and an interception by Milroe — helped Auburn keep it closer. Auburn missed a field goal, failed on a fourth-down play from …

3 weeks, 3 days ago

Alabama shuts down Auburn’s Iron Bowl upset hopes: Is Playoff door still open?

New York Times

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — No. 13 Alabama rebounded from last week’s disappointment with a 28-14 win over Auburn in Saturday’s Iron Bowl, keeping the Crimson Tide’s College Football Playoff hopes alive. Alabama saw its Playoff case take a major hit last week when it was upset by Oklahoma for its third loss in Kalen DeBoer’s first season, but the Crimson Tide …

1 month ago

Arnold, Robinson run for more than 100 yards as Oklahoma stuns No. 7 Alabama 24-3

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! True freshman Xavier Robinson ran for career highs of 107 yards and two touchdowns as Oklahoma became bowl eligible and took coach Brent Venables off the hot seat. And I just appreciate their belief, their leadership, their work, their strain, their competitive spirit, the willingness to …

1 month, 1 week ago

AP Player of the Week: Alabama’s Jalen Milroe ran for career highs of 185 yards, 4 TDs against LSU

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The Associated Press national player of the week in college football for Week 11 of the season: Jalen Milroe, Alabama Milroe ran 12 times for career highs of 185 yards and four touchdowns and completed 12 of 18 passes for 109 yards in the Crimson Tide’s …

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Jalen Milroe runs for career-high 185 yards and 4 TDs as No. 11 Alabama thrashes No. 14 LSU 42-13

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! — Jalen Milroe ran through the south end zone at LSU’s Tiger Stadium with both arms raised and jumped into a gathering of jubilant, crimson-clad fans near the entrance to the visitors’ locker room. Milroe highlighted a career-high 185 yards rushing with four scoring runs, and …

3 months, 1 week ago

Chiles, Brantley lead Michigan State to 40-0 win over Prairie View A&M

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! EAST LANSING, Mich. — Aidan Chiles ran for a touchdown and threw for another, and Charles Brantley returned an interception a school-record 100 yards Saturday as Michigan State beat Football Championship Subdivision program Prairie View A&M 40-0. I feel like offensively, we had a lot of …

3 months, 1 week ago

Milroe accounts for 5 TDs as No. 4 Alabama rips Wisconsin 42-10. Badgers QB Tyler Van Dyke injured

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 4 Alabama made a rare trip north and won 42-10 over Wisconsin, which lost quarterback Tyler Van Dyke to an injury on the game’s first series. “Whenever we have an opportunity to make an explosive, it’s all about just having fun, just falling back to why …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Milroe, No. 4 Alabama pull away in 4th to beat heavy underdog South Florida 42-16

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Milroe ran for two touchdowns and threw for a pair of fourth-quarter scores to help the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide ultimately pull away to beat South Florida 42-16 on Saturday night. The Bulls bedeviled Alabama’s offense much of the way for the second straight year, this time …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Milroe, No. 4 Alabama host South Florida in rematch of low-scoring 2023 game

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! KEY MATCHUP Alabama’s explosive offense against a South Florida defense that has allowed just 17 total points in its last three games. The Tide reeled off four scoring plays of at least 39 yards in Game 1, including Justice Haynes’ 85-yard run and freshman Ryan Williams’ …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

E. Michigan controls UMass from the start to beat the Minutemen for the fourth straight year

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! — Cole Snyder threw for 241 yards and a touchdown and ran for another and Eastern Michigan beat UMass 28-14 in a season opener on Saturday. Just before the end of the first half, Snyder threw an 18-yard scoring pass to Oran Singleton who made an …

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Jalen Milroe nearly rallies Alabama back, but falls 2 yards short in OT against Michigan

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! PASADENA, Calif. — Jalen Milroe helped rally Alabama with his legs and put the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide on the verge of its seventh appearance in the College Football Playoff championship game. “At the end of the day I just trusted the guys up front for believing …

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Alabama’s Jalen Milroe says he overcame naysayers including Bill O’Brien to lead the Tide to the CFP

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! So who gets the last laugh?” That would be Milroe, who went on to become Bryce Young’s successor and a determined, highly competitive quarterback who has led the Crimson Tide all the way to the College Football Playoff. That’s the biggest thing, trying to learn as …

1 year ago

No. 8 Alabama knocks off No. 1 Georgia 27-24 for SEC title. Both teams await postseason fate

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ATLANTA — After handing Georgia its first loss in nearly two years, Alabama mixed a raucous celebration of its latest Southeastern Conference championship with a whole lot of lobbying for a College Football Playoff spot that no one could’ve envisioned in September. “Georgia is number one, …

1 year ago

Georgia’s Beck, Alabama’s Milroe lead teams to SEC title game after replacing big-name QBs

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “We’ve been able to pick up steam as the season has gone along.” Beck has thrown for 3,495 yards and 22 touchdowns against six interceptions, while completing 72.4% of his passes. Georgia coach Kirby Smart compared Beck to “a bigger, physical version” of Baltimore Ravens quarterback …

1 year ago

Milroe’s TD pass to Bond on fourth-and-31 rescues No. 8 Alabama in 27-24 win over Auburn

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! AUBURN, Ala. — Jalen Milroe stood in the pocket for what felt like an eternity before spotting Isaiah Bond and launching the pass that kept Alabama’s playoff hopes alive. “But it still comes down to ability to execute.” Bond said he was just thinking “it’s mine” …

1 year, 1 month ago

Henderson, McCord combine for 4 TDs as No. 3 Ohio State beats Minnesota 37-3 with Michigan up next

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Ohio State coach Ryan Day said he “might have” watched some of his archrival’s game prior to his own game, but once Buckeyes took the field all attention was on Minnesota. “So, to be in kind of the same position that we were last year with …

1 year, 1 month ago

Milroe, No. 8 Alabama roll past FCS team Chattanooga, 66-10 for 9th straight win

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Everyone was communicating, and that allowed us to keep stacking good plays.” Milroe led Alabama to a 38-7 halftime advantage to continue his own personal hot streak, including 13 total touchdowns in the past three games. With Auburn awaiting and after a string of SEC games, …

1 year, 1 month ago

Alabama QB Jalen Milroe shakes off benching, growing pains to account for 10 TDs the past 2 games

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I think experience is the best teacher,” said Milroe, who has started the past seven contests for the Crimson Tide. I’m not a finished product.” Even so, Milroe has led Alabama to another West Division title, an achievement that looked shaky after that 34-24 loss to …

1 year, 1 month ago

Jalen Milroe has 6 touchdowns, No. 8 Alabama blows out Kentucky 49-21 to clinch SEC West title

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Jalen Milroe had a career-high six touchdowns, three each rushing and passing, and Alabama cruised past Kentucky 49-21 on Saturday to claim the Southeastern Conference West Division title. “This team has come a long way,” said coach Nick Saban, who reached his 10th SEC title game …

1 year, 1 month ago

Milroe runs, passes No. 8 Alabama to 42-28 victory over No. 13 LSU, Daniels leaves with injury

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Milroe matched big plays both running and passing with the Tigers’ Heisman Trophy candidate Jayden Daniels and the Tide moved closer to locking down an SEC West title. “Probably as close to a complete game as we’ve played all year and we needed to play a …

1 year, 2 months ago

Jalen Milroe, Jermaine Burton lead No. 11 Alabama past Texas A&M 26-20 to take control of SEC West

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “We weren’t at our best in the first half today, but for our guys to pull themselves to overcome adversity and resiliency, this is a great win for our team.” Max Johnson, who took over as the starting quarterback after an injury to Conner Weigman two …

1 year, 3 months ago

Milroe has 5 TDs -- 3 passing, 2 rushing -- to lead No. 4 Alabama past Middle Tennessee, 56-7

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Milroe threw three long touchdown passes and ran for a pair of scores, including one where he turned a potentially huge loss into a dash to the end zone, to lead No. “I think he’s more confident, doing a good job in the passing game,” Alabama …

1 year, 3 months ago

Jalen Milroe records 5 total TDs in season opener: Evaluating the Alabama QB’s performance

New York Times

Alabama starting quarterback Jalen Milroe recorded five total touchdowns in the Crimson Tide’s season opener against the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium. — Smith GO DEEPER Alabama's Jalen Milroe makes a statement at quarterback Back seven flashed elite potential The expectation was that the back seven would be the strength of Alabama’s defense, and it showed on …

2 years, 2 months ago

Jalen Milroe, No. 1 Alabama escape Texas A&M, 24-20

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “When you don’t have your quarterback out there and the second-teamer has to play, everybody’s got to play better.” But the Aggies were in a similar boat, albeit with a more experienced quarterback sub. Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher wasn’t buying any narrative that the Aggies …

3 years, 1 month ago

College football: No. 8 Michigan State stuns No. 6 Michigan; No. 5 Ohio State wins

LA Times

Kenneth Walker rushed for 197 yards and five touchdowns, helping No. Walker’s fifth touchdown — a 23-yard run — lifted Michigan State to a 37-33 lead with 5:08 remaining. After a roughing-the-passer penalty gave Michigan the ball at midfield, Michigan State cornerback Charles Brantley sealed the victory by picking off a floating pass from Cade McNamara. Michigan State’s win puts …

3 years, 3 months ago

Michigan beats Washington 31-10 after Harbaugh’s trick play

Associated Press

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Blake Corum sprinted for a 67-yard touchdown to give Michigan a double-digit lead in the second quarter, one play after Jim Harbaugh called for a fake punt and the Wolverines pulled away to beat Washington 31-10 Saturday night. “They made my job easy, so shout out to them.” Hassan Haskins had 155 yards rushing and a …

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