Saturday night was wide receiver Noah Brown's coming-out party. The sophomore caught four touchdown passes in No. 3 Ohio State's 45-24 victory over No. 14 Oklahoma at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma.  Brown recorded 72 receiving yards on five receptions, with four of them hitting paydirt, while quarterback J.T. Barrett completed 14 of 20 passes for 152 yards to go with an additional 74 on the ground.  More impressively, the Buckeyes defense held Oklahoma quarterback ...

They gave it a good run. But the No. 18 Notre Dame Fighting Irish's comeback effort fell short in a 36-28 defeat to the 12th-ranked Michigan State Spartans on Saturday night in South Bend, Indiana. The loss was doubly painful for Brian Kelly's team. Barring complete and utter chaos, Notre Dame's 2016 season will not include a College Football Playoff berth. The Irish opened the campaign with a stunning double-overtime loss at Texas. One shortcoming—as several teams, including ...

The Stanford Cardinal took care of business Saturday night, comfortably downing in-state rival USC 27-10 in Palo Alto. Christian McCaffrey and the Stanford defense led the way, frustrating the Trojans with steadiness on both sides of the ball. This was a vintage Cardinal performance, which is why they are in the Pac-12 and national championship hunt seemingly every year. Offensively, USC will be searching for answers as it could only muster 10 points on the road. The ...

OXFORD, Miss. — You know it’s a tough, draining game when even the strength and conditioning coach needed intravenous therapy afterward. That was the scene Saturday evening after the University of Alabama found a way to survive its game at Ole Miss, 48-43—one that even head coach Nick Saban described as “wild and woolly.” For fans, it had a little bit of everything—both bad and good—and yes, Alabama improved to 3-0 while snapping its two-game losing streak ...

If your goal at the beginning of the season is to reach the College Football Playoff, one sure-fire way to destroy your chances of reaching that goal is to lose two of your first three games.  That's exactly what Notre Dame has done in 2016, and the CFP is now all but an impossible dream. After taking a few seasons off, Michigan State and Notre Dame renewed their rivalry in South Bend tonight.  Despite the Fighting ...

In the 78th meeting between two of college football's best programs, the Michigan State Spartans held off the Notre Dame Fighting Irish by a final score of 36-28 at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday night.  Notre Dame made a furious comeback in the fourth quarter, cutting a 36-14 deficit down to eight points with just over six minutes remaining.  Even though things got interesting at the end, ESPN's Brett McMurphy did point out that Michigan State head coach Mark ...

In Danny Etling's first start for the LSU Tigers under center, LSU moved to 2-1 on the season while surviving a late rally with a 23-20 win over the Mississippi State Bulldogs.  Arden Key was an animal on defense, Leonard Fournette returned to the lineup and the Tigers offense had a terrific first half.  But had it not been for Key's relentlessness on the game's final meaningful drive, the Tigers may have coughed up a 20-point halftime ...

Florida Gators quarterback Luke Del Rio left Saturday's game against the North Texas Mean Green after suffering a left knee injury. Continue for updates. Del Rio Could Miss Tennessee Clash Saturday, Sept. 17 After the Gators' 32-0 win, head coach Jim McElwain told the media the team will "probably be missing him" for its Week 4 matchup against the Tennessee Volunteers, per Bleacher Report's Matt Hayes.  Entering Saturday's contest, Del Rio had completed 63.2 percent of his passes this season, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Just like college football defenders, you probably didn't see Lamar Jackson coming. And if you did, you had no idea he was coming this fast. To watch him play is to see him right in front of a linebacker—then something happens. And just like that, he seems to be two feet to the side of the defender, who is still looking straight ahead. It's as if someone moved a game piece when ...

Welcome to the 2016 college football season, where each week is crazier than the last. During Saturday's afternoon slate alone, a Top Five team allowed the most points in program history, two more trailed by multiple touchdowns and a squad that went 12-0 last season lost to an FCS opponent. Even without the night slate—which was loaded with name-brand matchups—enough had already happened to fuel a news cycle. Players, teams and coaches saw their stocks rise and ...