James Franklin was fired by Penn State after starting the 2025 season 3-3. Here is how Franklin's massive $49 million buyout ranks in college football history.

Texas, Penn State and Clemson were ranked in the preseason top-5 and considered surefire national championship contenders. Then the games started—and they all fell apart.

So much of college football these past few years has been defined by what's new. There's the transfer portal, name, image and likeness money, revenue sharing, revamped rosters, realignment, private equity firms looking to do business with schools and leagues eager to build up their cash reserves so they can finally afford to build those gold-plated lockers they've had their eyes on.

"Coach Prime" made some noise by heading to Colorado in December 2022, and he's enjoyed enough success with the Buffaloes to earn an extension. In 2025, he landed a five-year, $54 million contract extension that put him among the highest-paid coaches in the country.

New Orleans will host the College Football Playoff National Championship in January 2028, bringing the title game back to the Caesars Superdome and thousands of fans and national media attention along with it.

Nigerian linebacker Benson Jerry committing to NCAA Division II program Northern State from the NFL Academy was a win for the NFL's efforts to grow the game in Africa, using flag football as a gateway.

I just really liked everything about this program,” Leyland said. “I kind of saw the future of not only the football team, but what I wanted to do as well."

Sometimes, you can’t settle the matter in 60 minutes. For most of college football history, you had to. The sport only introduced its first overtime rule in 1996 and since then there have been a few changes to how extra football is played. Let’s take a ...

ESPN’s popular pregame show, College GameDay, is going to Miami for a UM home game for the first time in five years. The Hurricanes host the Gators next week.