Ranking the Top 25 college football coaches: Norvell, Kiffin rising in Bruce Feldman’s list
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Ranking the Top 25 college football coaches: Norvell, Kiffin rising in Bruce Feldman’s list

New York Times  

For years, it was essentially a given that the No. And with Jim Harbaugh leaving for the NFL after winning the national title, another head coach who would’ve been in my top three is off the list. Kalen DeBoer, Alabama He’s coming off two remarkable seasons at Washington, which went 4-8 the year before his arrival and made it to the national championship game in Year 2. He’s just 3-5 against Top 25 opponents in two seasons at LSU, and his squads have been blown out in a lot of big games. And in his first FBS head coaching job, he got Arkansas State, a program that went 15 years without a winning season, to 10-2.

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Gophers QB Max Brosmer makes strong impression as quick study, natural leader in arrival from FCS
4 months ago

Gophers QB Max Brosmer makes strong impression as quick study, natural leader in arrival from FCS

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! MINNEAPOLIS — Max Brosmer has given the Minnesota Gophers an abundance of confidence in their new starting quarterback, a studious and dedicated player whose mind and passion for chess has helped fuel his mastery of the offense and a natural leader who hosted a dozen teammates …

National recruiting big board: The 10 most impactful uncommitted 2025 prospects
9 months, 2 weeks ago

National recruiting big board: The 10 most impactful uncommitted 2025 prospects

New York Times  

The 2024 class is in the books, and the next crop of prospects has already taken center stage. 1 offensive tackle Height/weight: 6-6, 270 pounds Considering: Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Ohio State, South Carolina and Tennessee The buzz: Sanders is a can’t-miss offensive line prospect who is being pursued by an impressive list of elite programs. 8 quarterback Height/weight: 6-5, 215 …

Ranking the Top 25 college football coaches: Leipold, DeBoer rising in Stewart Mandel’s list
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Ranking the Top 25 college football coaches: Leipold, DeBoer rising in Stewart Mandel’s list

New York Times  

This year’s coach rankings exercise presented a challenge unlike any before it. Mike Norvell, Florida State Since taking Memphis to a New Year’s Six bowl in 2019, Norvell has led quite the renaissance in Tallahassee, Fla., climbing from 3-6 to 5-7 to 10-3 to last season’s 13-0 regular season, which ended in College Football Playoff committee-induced heartbreak. But by year’s …

Stewart Mandel’s too-early college football Top 25 revised: Upheaval creates 2024 rankings shake-up
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Stewart Mandel’s too-early college football Top 25 revised: Upheaval creates 2024 rankings shake-up

New York Times  

Never in all my years writing way-too-early Top 25s was there ever so much January upheaval. GO DEEPER Stewart Mandel’s too early Top 25 for the 2024 college football season No notable changes to report in Athens, besides Kirby Smart plucking new co-defensive coordinator Travaris Robinson from Alabama. Dan Lanning made several big portal adds in December, most notably Oklahoma …

Updated college football 2024 top 25 rankings: Georgia back on top, Washington slides
11 months, 1 week ago

Updated college football 2024 top 25 rankings: Georgia back on top, Washington slides

LA Times  

Nick Saban, the greatest college football coach of all time, has retired from Alabama, where he won six of his seven national championships. I knew there was a reason we waited a bit longer this year to release my 2024 “way-too-early top 25.” With Saban’s exit, nothing will ever be the same in this sport — much less this projection …

Stewart Mandel’s too early college football Top 25 for the 2024-25 season
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Stewart Mandel’s too early college football Top 25 for the 2024-25 season

New York Times  

While Michigan and Washington pursued a national championship, most of the sport spent the past five weeks reshaping their rosters for 2024. Washington Four-year Mississippi State starter Will Rogers has the unenviable task of replacing Heisman runner-up Michael Penix Jr. Star WR Rome Odunze will presumably turn pro, as could Jalen McMillan and Ja’Lynn Polk. The Big 12 runners-up welcome …

Northwestern’s Braun named Big Ten coach of the year. Coaches vote 8 Michigan players to 1st team
1 year ago

Northwestern’s Braun named Big Ten coach of the year. Coaches vote 8 Michigan players to 1st team

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ROSEMONT, Ill. — Northwestern’s David Braun has been named coach of the year and eight Michigan players are on the All-Big Ten first team picked in a vote of the coaches. Offensive player of the year is Ohio State receiver Marvin Harrison Jr., defensive player of …

Ranking 133 college football teams for 2023, from No. 1 Georgia to No. 133 UMass
1 year, 4 months ago

Ranking 133 college football teams for 2023, from No. 1 Georgia to No. 133 UMass

New York Times  

Read the latest edition of The Athletic’s college football rankings of all 133 FBS teams. It’s also the last year of the four-team College Football Playoff, with a 12-team field coming next year, even if the details of the format may still change. Oregon State could become America’s darlings after conference realignment fallout, and if DJ Uiagalelei can find his …

Mandel’s top 25 college football head coaches: Has Kirby Smart caught Nick Saban?
1 year, 9 months ago

Mandel’s top 25 college football head coaches: Has Kirby Smart caught Nick Saban?

New York Times  

Nick Saban is unquestionably the Greatest Coach of All Time, but my annual top-25 “snapshot” college football coach rankings weigh recent performance more heavily than career achievements. Nick Saban, Alabama : The 2022 season was not Saban’s finest effort as the Bryce Young-led Tide underachieved — and yet they still went 11-2 and finished fifth in the country. Luke Fickell, …

Navy’s Ken Niumatalolo out after 15 seasons as coach
2 years ago

Navy’s Ken Niumatalolo out after 15 seasons as coach

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! — Ken Niumatalolo set the bar high for what a military academy could still accomplish in major college football. In the Midshipmen’s first two years in the American Athletic Conference, Niumatalolo led the team to a share of an AAC West Division title in 2015 and …

Stacked: SEC QB talent goes well beyond Young, Bennett
2 years, 3 months ago

Stacked: SEC QB talent goes well beyond Young, Bennett

Associated Press  

The Southeastern Conference has a national championship quarterback, a Heisman Trophy winner and a collection of promising passers both new and old. “Just the upside’s pretty crazy everywhere,” said Greg McElroy, a former Alabama quarterback who works as an ESPN college football analyst and co-hosts a Birmingham, Alabama, radio show. “I think Spencer was the victim of his own success …

2022 Heisman Fantasy Draft: 36 players, from Ohio State and Alabama to Kansas State and Houston
2 years, 3 months ago

2022 Heisman Fantasy Draft: 36 players, from Ohio State and Alabama to Kansas State and Houston

New York Times  

The Athletic’s Heisman draft returns, and once again, redemption is on everyone’s minds. David Ubben WRITER ROUND 1 ROUND 2 ROUND 3 ROUND 4 Matt Fortuna QB CJ Stroud, Ohio State QB Clayton Tune, Houston TE Michael Mayer, Notre Dame RB Mo Ibrahim, Minnesota Ari Wasserman QB Bryce Young, Alabama QB Quinn Ewers, Texas QB Jaxson Dart, Ole Miss RB …

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