After rolling through USC in dominant fashion, the Alabama Crimson Tide maintained their spot atop the Associated Press' college football poll Tuesday. As seen in this rundown of the Week 2 rankings, courtesy of the AP Top 25 Poll's official website, Bama is comfortably ahead of No. 2 Clemson after the opening week of play: The Tide fell behind the Trojans, 3-0, only to go on a 52-3 run the rest of the way in one of the ...

Before 4-star offensive tackle Chuck Filiaga moved to Aledo, Texas, he was a standout at Vista Murrieta High School in Murrieta, California. USC was a school many felt would make a great home for him when it was his time to make a decision. On Labor Day, Filiaga announced via Twitter that he has a top 10, in alphabetical order, of Arkansas, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Oregon, TCU, Tennessee, Texas and USC. He tweeted that his top ...

Oklahoma football's playoff hopes took a big hit Saturday in a 33-23 loss to No. 15 Houston at NRG Stadium. In the aftermath of the result, quarterback Baker Mayfield and head coach Bob Stoops knew exactly whom to point the finger at when speaking to the media Tuesday, per ESPN.com's Jake Trotter.  "That's all on me," Mayfield was quick to point out. The junior's stat line wasn't necessarily bad on paper. He connected on 24 of 33 pass ...

Former Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd turned himself in to Greenville police in South Carolina on Tuesday morning on charges of assault and battery related to a July incident.  Romando Dixson of the Greenville News reported police took out a warrant for Boyd's arrest Friday. The alleged complainant in the case didn't immediately come forward until speaking with an attorney about the incident, which took place at a local nightclub. A police report filed based on the complainant's ...

Often when Alabama is facing an opponent that has a geographical direction in the school name, head coach Nick Saban has to talk up the opponent to get everyone on his team to take notice. That’s not the case with Western Kentucky this week. In his third year, head coach Jeff Brohm has made the Hilltoppers a topic of conversation.  Coming off what may have been the best season in program history, resulting in being ranked No. 24 ...

Alabama destroyed USC to maintain its spot atop the Amway Coaches Poll on Tuesday after a highly entertaining first week of college football. While the Crimson Tide rolled, a couple of the nation's Top Six teams suffered losses in their openers to immediately shake up the rankings. Oklahoma and LSU, which ranked third and sixth, respectively, in the preseason poll, can't be counted out of the playoff conversation despite the early losses. The Sooners and Tigers ...

We can tie a bow on Week 1, and it was a mixed bag in the SEC. Alabama and Georgia looked like College Football Playoff contenders, Ole Miss and Kentucky threw away huge leads, Texas A&M survived, and LSU was exposed as a fraud. What did we learn after the first weekend of the college football season? We answer some of the hottest questions in the first regular-season edition of SEC Q&A of the 2016 season. There's no ...

As the Iowa Hawkeyes make a push toward the College Football Playoff, head coach Kirk Ferentz signed a contract extension Tuesday that will keep him in the position through 2026.  Tom Fornelli of CBS Sports tweeted Iowa's press release, which noted Ferentz's previous contract ran through the 2020 season: According to Stewart Mandel of Fox Sports, the new deal bumps up Ferentz's annual earnings to $4.5 million. Ferentz has been Iowa's head coach since 1999 and holds a ...

Clemson owns a 16-game home winning streak, going 9-4-3 against the spread in the process. Meanwhile, Troy is 5-1 ATS over its last six road contests. So what's the smart bet for Saturday afternoon's Tigers vs. Trojans battle at Death Valley?   Point spread: The Tigers opened as 34-point favorites, according to sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark (line updates and matchup report). College football pick, via Odds Shark computer: 39.4-12.2 Tigers (College football picks on every game)   Why the Troy ...

The 2016 college football season opened up with a monstrous weekend, and it did not disappoint. Parody ruled the day, as seven teams ranked in the initial Associated Press Top 25 poll left Week 1 winless. Three teams within the Top 10 went down, with No. 3 Oklahoma being the first giant to fall against Houston, No. 5 LSU losing to Wisconsin and No. 10 Notre Dame dropping a double-overtime thriller at Texas. Several other Top 10 teams ...