AP All-ACC: Miami QB Ward honored as offensive player and newcomer of the year

Miami quarterback Cam Ward is The Associated Press offensive player of the year and newcomer of the year in the Atlantic Coast Conference, while Boston College defensive end Donovan Ezeiruaku was voted the league's top defensive player for the 2024 season. SMU coach Rhett Lashlee,...

College Football Playoff's first 12-team bracket is set with Oregon No. 1 and SMU in, Alabama out

The new, 12-team College Football Playoff brings with it a promise to be bigger, more exciting, more lucrative. Perfect or 100% fair? Well, nobody ever believed that. The first expanded playoff bracket unveiled Sunday left a presumably deserving Alabama team on the...

Big Ten wins playoff selection derby, followed by SEC despite notable Alabama omission

College football's conference shakeup left concerns about two super conferences dominating the playoff field. They weren't totally unfounded or 100% borne out. The Big Ten, not the Southeastern Conference, was the biggest winner Sunday. The ACC scored, too. The Big Ten...

Alabama left out of playoff as committee rewards SMU's wins over Crimson Tide's strong schedule

The College Football Playoff committee took SMU's wins over Alabama's strength of schedule, picking the Mustangs for the final at-large spot Sunday after a furious public debate and days of lobbying and arguing over which teams should make the 12-team field. SMU (11-2) showed it...

SMU gets last spot over Alabama as ACC places two teams in the College Football Playoff

An Oregon win, a Clemson upset, and 'now what?' for Alabama in the College Football Playoff

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Undefeated Oregon pulled off the expected and grabbed the top spot in the College Football Playoff. Underdog Clemson pulled off a last-second stunner and stole one of the last ones. In between, Georgia’s quarterback got hurt, Alabama’s hopes grew murkier and...

Oregon, Georgia, Notre Dame top final AP Top 25 college football poll ahead of playoff bracket; Alabama 11, SMU 12

Pierre leads Jacksonville State against South Alabama

Jacksonville State Gamecocks (5-3) at South Alabama Jaguars (5-3) Mobile, Alabama; Sunday, 4 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Jaguars -3.5; over/under is 134.5 BOTTOM LINE: Jacksonville State faces South Alabama after Jaron Pierre Jr. scored 30 points...

Shooting at Alabama bonfire party kills 1 man and injures 6 others

THEODORE, Ala. (AP) — One man was killed and six juveniles were injured Friday night in a shooting in coastal Alabama. The victims were attending a bonfire, Mobile police said, at an address that business and property records identify as a body shop and trucking company. The...

South Alabama hosts Jacksonville State following Pierre's 30-point outing

Jacksonville State Gamecocks (5-3) at South Alabama Jaguars (5-3) Mobile, Alabama; Sunday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Jacksonville State takes on South Alabama after Jaron Pierre Jr. scored 30 points in Jacksonville State's 89-59 win over the Columbia International Rams....