For some teams, the time is now to get into the College Football Playoff (CFP) conversation. Some teams have slipped up and fallen off course, such as Houston and Ohio State, while other teams have moved up in the latest AP Top 25 poll. Let's take a look the best 25 teams in college football as of Sunday: With the BCS out of the picture, it's as simple as this: The best four teams will play against each other ...

The 2016-17 college basketball season is just around the corner, at which time teams from all over the country will begin the journey to make the NCAA tournament and play for a title. Along the way, the best players in the game will be evaluated for various awards, including those such as the Naismith and Wooden awards given to the national player of the year. Recent POYs such as Oklahoma's Buddy Hield, Wisconsin's Frank Kaminsky and ...

The rich got richer in the college football world Sunday, when the Alabama Crimson Tide landed a commitment from 4-star tight end prospect Major Tennison. Ryan Bartow of 247Sports reported the news and shared Tennison’s evaluation of the Alabama program: "They are the champs. They get great players and make them better. For me to be so highly regarded for them is hard to explain and a blessing. That’s a high honor. I feel like a ...

The USC Trojans football program announced it suspended senior defensive end Jabari Ruffin for a student-conduct issue Sunday, per Kyle Bonagura of ESPN.com. "I don't have a crystal ball about when he could return," head coach Clay Helton said, per Bonagura. Ruffin has two tackles on the season, one of them for a loss. The 6'3", 245-pound senior has spent time at linebacker and defensive end in his career, mostly as a reserve. Ruffin made headlines in the first week ...

Will your team make the College Football Playoff? Unlike most media sites, Bleacher Report doesn't give you a yes-or-no answer. Instead, we use analytics and a proprietary algorithm as a substitute for committee rankings to assign teams probabilities of making the playoff. Each week, we'll highlight the most important talking points from the previous weekend's action and how those results impact our algorithm for playoff probability. The table shows the results, and you can find more information ...

The Michigan Wolverines have built one of the top defenses in college football, and that could continue with the addition of defensive end Donovan Jeter. The 4-star recruit announced his commitment Sunday following an official visit to the school: According to Scout, Jeter is the No. 30-ranked defensive end in the country and the top player at his position in Pennsylvania. He is the No. 300-ranked player overall in the 2017 class. The 6'6", 261-pound lineman originally committed ...

Headlined by two of the nation's most productive quarterbacks, Bleacher Report's All-Week 8 first and second teams include several household names. Meanwhile, some of the best non-power-conference players had their biggest games of the season and earned places. Every player from every game involving an FBS team was eligible for the list. Competition level, clutch plays and efficiency were taken into consideration, but whether a team won or lost had little effect. Many other individuals put up massive ...

For the ninth consecutive week, Alabama is ranked No. 1 in both the USA Today Amway Coaches Poll and the Associated Press Top 25.It has been a decade since any team spent the entire regular season at No. 1 in the polls (Ohio State in 2006), but the Crimson Tide are well on their way to ending that drought after comfortably taking care of business against Tennessee (49-10) and Texas A&M (33-14) in the past two weeks.Beyond ...

Offered its biggest test of the season, Alabama once again took care of business. Hours later, Ohio State folded under the Happy Valley pressure to send the college football landscape into a state of flux. The second-ranked Buckeyes allowed 17 fourth-quarter points to Penn State, which secured a 24-21 upset victory that had students parading into the streets in celebration. The No. 24 Nittany Lions are a Top 25 team for the first time since the ...

The Fresno State Bulldogs announced they fired head football coach Tim DeRuyter, according to Bryant-Jon Anteola of the Fresno Bee. Offensive coordinator Eric Kiseau will take over as interim coach, per Anteola.  Fresno State is coming off a 38-20 loss to the Utah State Aggies on Saturday, which dropped the Bulldogs to 1-7. The team will miss out on a bowl game for the second straight season after making bowl appearances in each of DeRuyter's first three years. Uproxx's ...