Tag: college football

What we learned about the College Football Playoff race after the season's wildest week yet

In college football, you can’t hide in October. Maybe you can fake your way through September, but when the calendar flips, everyone can...

Eight in a row doesn't lie: Iowa is losing ground on college football's serious contenders

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The distance between a good and a great football team is around 730 miles and eight hours in a vehicle....

No. 1 Alabama trails Vanderbilt at halftime: Commodores taking advantage of Tide's mistakes

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A late touchdown by Jam Miller cut Alabama’s deficit to single digits before halftime, but Vanderbilt’s 23-14 lead at the...

Who's on upset watch this week? Plus, our Week 6 viewer guide

Until Saturday Newsletter 🏈 | This is The Athletic’s college football newsletter. Sign up here to receive Until Saturday directly in your inbox.Week 6...

NCAA gives Raiders' Antonio Pierce 8-year show-cause penalty for ASU recruiting violations

TEMPE, Ariz. — An NCAA infractions committee has determined that Las Vegas Raiders coach Antonio Pierce “knowingly and blatantly” disregarded and violated recruiting...

September superlatives: Heisman, best coach, surprising and disappointing teams

On Wednesday’s edition of The Audible, Bruce Feldman and Stewart Mandel welcomed The Athletic’s newest college football writer, Ralph Russo, to hand out...