Texas is number 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 College Football Poll for the first time in 16 years, replacing Georgia on Sunday after the Bulldogs struggled to remain undefeated. The Longhorns moved up one spot from No. 2, receiving 35 first-place finishes and 1,540 points. The Bulldogs, who have been No. 1 since […]
There are still 10 winless teams left in the FBS. Three weeks into the year, this is no longer so surprising. What’s surprising: One of them is Florida State, the reigning ACC champion, which fell from a regular season record of 12-0 last year to 0-3 this year after a home loss to Memphis. Things […]
Until Saturday Newsletter 🏈 | This is The athlete‘s college football newsletter. Sign up here to get Until Saturday delivered directly to your inbox. Cal coach Justin Wilcox used the referee’s microphone to implore fans to stop throwing cards onto the field as the Bears were assessed 15-yard penalties. Just another night of ACC After […]
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Carson Beck was just finishing his postgame press conference Saturday night when a Georgia official signaled Beck that he had to leave. The reporters walked away, but Beck stayed a moment longer and reached for his water bottle. A friendly photographer tapped Beck on the shoulder. “Is everything okay?” he asked. Beck […]
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Of all the games against Kentucky in which it looked like Georgia’s dominance over the Wildcats would finally end, this game seemed the most unlikely. But as a reminder that even in a rivalry that seemed so predictable, strange things can happen, No. 1 Georgia found itself in trouble for most of […]
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Branson Robinson ran for a 3-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter that gave the lead, and first-ranked Georgia overcame a sluggish performance to move past Kentucky and hold it at bay 13-12 on Saturday night. The Bulldogs (3-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) struggled to find continuity on both sides of the […]
GAINESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Nelly Korda danced at the urging of her teammate Megan Khang as they walked off the first tee together at the Solheim Cup, following a pep talk from former President Barack Obama. She then had Khang raise her arms to cheer the crowd as they walked to the 12th green after […]
What happens to the college football rankings when hardly anyone is doing well? Alabama, Penn State and Oklahoma fall out of the AP Top 25 after lackluster performances, the expanded SEC lands six of the top seven spots and Notre Dame remains in the rankings after a historic upset. Let’s take a look at the […]
College football had a Saturday full of upsets and close calls in Week 2, which caused some excitement in the latest AP Top 25 poll. Nebraska began the poll ranked No. 23, making its first appearance in the top 25 since Sept. 3, 2019. The Cornhuskers, who dominated Colorado on Saturday, had not been ranked […]
A week ago, the college football world celebrated Notre Dame’s away win at Texas A&M as one of the toughest of the weekend and christened the Irish as one of the favorites to reach the College Football Playoffs given the remaining schedule. So, about this schedule… Week 2 brought us a few Saturday hangovers, none […]
