Getty Images The industry consensus heading into the 2026 season was that there were seven teams in contention to win the national title. The best reflection of this belief was in the preseason AP Top 25. Not only did five different teams (Ohio State, Oregon, Indiana, Notre Dame and Miami) receive first-place votes, but when all the votes were tallied, No. 1 Ohio State was separated from No. 7 Miami by only 293 points. The gap between No. 7 Miami and No. 8 Texas A&M was 248 points. It turns ou...
Week 2 of the college football season is here and Greg McElroy gives you the most in-depth previews you will find anywhere! Oklahoma brings a nasty defense to Michigan, Texas welcomes Ohio State in a top 5 matchup, Keelon Russell and Alabama go on the road to Kentucky and Texas A&M welcomes Arizona State to College Station. Plus, will Tennessee dominate Georgia Tech, can Oregon rebound from a slow week 1, is BYU ready for Arizona and is Iowa a sleeper team in the BIG 10? ✔️ Subscribe to ESPN U...
Week 0 and Week 1 gave us plenty of drama! UMass gave us one of the biggest upsets in modern day College Football when they knocked off Rutgers, while Michigan needed a diabolical miracle to beat Western Michigan at the buzzer on a Hail Mary. Oregon also a close call at home to Boise State, so the Big Ten was off to a rough start, but they have a chance to make a statement in Week 2. Texas hosts Ohio State in Week 2 as the headline Well, here are my Top 25 rankings entering Week 2 of the 2026&...
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said Monday that freshman running back Derrek Cooper is still in a walking boot and will remain in one “for the foreseeable future.” Cooper hurt his right ankle in Saturday’s season opener and did not return to the game. Steve Sarkisian Says Derrek Cooper Remains In A Boot […]
One week of college football was enough for Joel Klatt to switch things around in his rankings. After his preseason No. 1 team, Oregon, was taken down to the wire against Boise State, Klatt has a new team at No. 1 in his top 10. And many teams made strong cases to be considered as the best program in the nation this weekend, with Ohio State, Texas, Georgia, LSU and Miami (Fla.) all making big statements in their season-opening wins. So, as we now have one week of college football in the books,...
This marks the third consecutive season that the two teams will meet with Ohio State winning the previous two games and owning a 3-2 all-time series lead.
Week 1 of the college football season showed me enough to feel at least half decent about my updated rankings. I have some questions about a few title favorites, and I’m sure the fans of those teams do, too. Also, I feel better about Texas than I do Ohio State heading into their Week 2 showdown. Rankings time. This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX Sports may be compensated. Read more about Sports Betting on FOX Sports. 10. ...
Ohio State and Texas will collide in a massive Week 2 showdown, with both top-five teams looking to make an early statement in a potential College Football Playoff preview.
One game in. Now, we go. We’re fully in the thick of it now, when we’re dissecting the box score, watching a replay of the game, irrationally thinking about what we liked and didn’t like… and looking ahead to the next game. Don’t worry, there will be plenty of time to look ahead to Week […]
The top-five teams in college football took the field Saturday, with Ohio State, Georgia, Texas and Indiana earning convincing wins while Oregon faced a tougher challenge from Boise State. Here’s a look at each team’s performance and grade.
Week 1 did not deliver the giant upset everyone was waiting for. It did, however, leave the AP voters with enough to argue about. Ohio State was never in trouble. Then there was Oregon, which entered the season at No. 2 and left Boise State with a win and plenty of questions. And LSU? Lane […]
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Indiana football won its first-ever national title last season, and did so without a single five-star recruit on its roster, and did so by overcoming Oregon, Ohio State and Miami squads that were loaded with talent. But what have the Hoosiers done lately? Whether he means to or not, that is essentially the message head […]
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Every Friday, Land Grant Holy Land is giving you real, raw, and unfiltered insight into what to look for in Ohio State’s upcoming game on Saturday. This is meant to be a loosely written, free-flowing column, as if you were asking us on the spot to deliver our insights on the upcoming game. Finally, it’s […]
While other programs may not have the best stats when hosting College GameDay, Ohio State’s dominance on College GameDay combines unmatched local dominance with the single most iconic tradition in the show’s 40-year history. This week, ESPN confirmed this and mentioned its stunning 76.9% win rate. “College GameDay hits the road for the 500th time this Saturday […]
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – No. 4 Ohio State (4-0) completed its four-match homestand, all shutouts, to start the season with a 4-0 win over Northern Kentucky (0-3-1) in a Thursday matinee at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium (Att: 656).
The Big Ten has been a football powerhouse for more than a century, and the main driving forces of that dominance have almost always been Ohio State and Michigan. Michigan Stadium, generally known as the Big House, seats 107,601, but they can squeeze in 115,000 on a big day when the fire Marshall’s not looking. […]
I’m calling it now: Illinois is making the College Football Playoff. Illinois is finishing 11-1, with its only loss coming at Ohio State. The path is there. Illinois opens with three straight home games against UAB, Duke and Southern Illinois. Most likely, by the time you’re reading this, they’ve already handily defeated UAB. They’re winning […]
The 2002 National Champion and 2002 Big Ten Freshman of the Year will ring the Victory Bell ahead of Ohio State's season opener against Ball State on September 5.
Marcus Freeman’s career bridges two drastically different eras of college football. He was in Columbus when selling team merchandise for discounted tattoos cost Jim Tressel his job. Fast-forward to today, and Freeman is managing a sport governed by NIL money, court injunctions, and coaches like Lane Kiffin actively recruiting released NFL players straight into their […]
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One of the two biggest games in Memorial Stadium history is likely to kick at Noon ET. The Athletic’s Scott Dochterman has revealed the television network and start time for Indiana’s game against Ohio State on Oct. 17. In an article detailing the Big Ten’s current media rights deal with FOX, CBS and NBC, Dochterman [...]
The Big Ten has been college football’s premier conference over the past three seasons, with Indiana, Ohio State, and Michigan winning the last three national championships. Unfortunately, Wisconsin hasn’t been a part of the glamour, dealing with three disappointing seasons, including two without bowl appearances, under Luke Fickell. Now, after a ton of offseason changes, […]
College football is back in full swing. There are always things to watch every week of the season. Here are 5 things to watch in college football week 1. 1. Louisville vs. Ole Miss In the Liberty Mutual Music City Kickoff, Louisville will take on Ole Miss in Nashville. The game has plenty of importance for both sides. Louisville comes into the game ranked No. 24, but will have a new quarterback in Ohio State transfer Lincoln Kienholz. There should more
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Recently, SB Nation held a fan vote about who the fans think will win the Big Ten and SEC championships this season. The SEC vote was pretty one-sided, with over 56 percent of fans thinking that Georgia will win the SEC. The Big Ten, on the other hand, was much more hotly contested. Ohio State […]
A loaded offense. A star quarterback. The No. 1 spot in the AP preseason poll. Everything appears to be falling into place for Ohio State’s title pursuit, with Julian Sayin leading the charge. Yet, amid the growing hype, Urban Meyer has issued a timely warning to Ryan Day and his Buckeyes. “I’m going to go […]
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Kirk Herbstreit has spent so long being part of college football’s weekly rhythm that it is hard to picture a Saturday without him. For 30 years, he has gone from a former Ohio State QB trying to prove he belonged on television to one of the most recognizable voices in the sport. But his workload […]
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