College Football

One notable backer of the "Lane Kiffin Rule" winding its way through Congress turns out to be Lane Kiffin himself. Though naming it after him was not considered a compliment, Kiffin said he can see some value in the provision in a wide-ranging Senate bill that would fix the longstanding problem of college coaches bailing on their teams while the season is still going. The lightning-rod LSU coach took his […]

Lane Kiffin is the answer. I mean it, and it's true. Lane Kiffin is the answer. He’s the answer to who the clown — excuse me, crown prince of college football is after he both pulled off a genuinely legacy-defining feat and almost immediately managed to trample it in the Mississippi mud on his way to the swamp in Baton Rouge. Lane Kiffin is the answer… Or the folks at […]

Georgia running back Dante Dowdell was injured in a recent off-campus accident, and Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart told reporters Tuesday at SEC media days that he will be indefinitely sidelined. Smart didn’t offer specifics. ESPN reported that Dowdell was involved in an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accident. The outlet confirmed with Smart that Dowdell is receiving care at Shepherd Center in Atlanta, a medical facility specializing in treatment and rehabilitation for […]

He's the dean of Southeastern Conference coaches who also has two national titles on his resume, so what Georgia's Kirby Smart says about the state of college football is bound to resonate far outside his own state. On Tuesday at SEC media days, Smart made clear that to become dean of SEC coaches and win those national titles, he’s had to focus on the little picture more than the big […]

Liberty coach Jamey Chadwell says he feels the best he has since the 2023 season while still dealing with some limitations for what has been called a "serious but treatable medical condition" that required surgery at the beginning of this year. Chadwell still has not revealed the exact issue, but said during Conference USA's football media day Tuesday that determining what it was and the treatment since has made a […]

The 2026 College Football Playoff will once again feature 12 teams. Just like in 2025, the four highest-ranked conference champions will receive the top four seeds and earn first-round byes. The remaining playoff teams will then be seeded based on the CFP rankings, regardless of whether they won their conference. The final automatic bid (usually the 12th seed) will go to the highest-ranked team from one of the Group of […]

Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey said Monday that leaders of the powerhouse league — some of them frustrated over the changes upending their industry — are having "real" conversations about breaking away from the rest of college sports, though that is not the preferred solution. "They’re real," Greg Sankey said Monday of talks with school presidents involving the SEC separating itself from the rest of the NCAA. "They’ve opined about […]

Missouri football coach Eli Drinkwitz revealed Monday that running back Ahmad Hardy, who suffered a gunshot wound to his leg in May, has been medically cleared to prepare for the upcoming season and used the occasion to offer a comment about gun violence in America. "Not criticizing the police or the right to bear arms, which is a Second Amendment right," Drinkwitz said Monday at SEC Media Days. "But just […]

The buck stops here — even if Warde Manuel preferred it didn't. See, he either never learned or forgot what President Harry S. Truman knew about making hard decisions and accepting the fault of his subordinates. Everything is your fault when you are the man in charge. For Manuel, that means losing the job he loves after Michigan offered Manuel a buyout to leave his athletics director position before his contract […]