College football's Week 7 slate is anchored by games in which the odds-on favorites to play for the national championship will take on ranked conference foes. According to the most recent futures from Odds Shark, the Alabama Crimson Tide are the favorites to win the championship this season at 5-2 odds. That status will be put to the test when head coach Nick Saban's squad travels to Tennessee to take on a Volunteers team that is coming ...

Conference championship games aren't on tap until the first week of December. But thanks to a series of key interdivisional matchups this weekend, we could be seeing a few league title-game previews. Alabama and Tennessee, fighting to win their sides of the SEC, tussle in Knoxville in a game that could determine if one or both makes the conference final in Atlanta. The same scenario exists in Madison, where Ohio State visits Wisconsin in a rematch ...

He's back! No, not Tennessee linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin or cornerback Cameron Sutton. Running back Jalen Hurd will be back this week alongside fellow junior Alvin Kamara in the backfield when the Volunteers host top-ranked Alabama in Neyland Stadium. It's a game that could make or break the College Football Playoff chances for the 5-1 Vols. "He’s practiced," head coach Butch Jones said on Wednesday's teleconference. "It’s been great to have him back on the practice field. He’s back full ...

LSU's Antonio Blakeney spent his freshman season overshadowed by Ben Simmons, but he is going to make a name for himself this year as the SEC's leading scorer—albeit for a team no one thinks will make the NCAA tournament. Generally speaking, this is not a list where you want to find your favorite team. Guys like Denzel Valentine and Buddy Hield were exceptions to the rule by lighting up the scoreboard for national championship contenders. In ...

Purdue Boilermakers coach Darrell Hazell said wide receiver Domonique Young’s leg injury he suffered Saturday during a 34-31 win over Illinois will require surgery and end his season, per GoldandBlack.com. Continue for updates. Boilermakers Lose Most Productive WR Wednesday, Oct. 12 GoldandBlack.com noted Young was in tears as he was carted off the field on Saturday. Young leads Purdue in catches (29) and receiving yards (338) through the team’s 3-2 start. He also has one touchdown catch. The senior was in ...

The Oklahoma Sooners' future defense received a boost on Wednesday when inside linebacker Jacob Phillips committed to their 2017 recruiting class. Phillips made the announcement at East Nashville High School's auditorium and said, "Oklahoma has been the top school in my mind for a really long time. I'm just glad to finally say it to the public that I'm an Oklahoma Sooner," per Woody Wommack of Rivals. The 6'3" and 223-pound Phillips is a 4-star prospect, per Scout, and the No. 182 overall player, No. 7 inside ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The sports world already knows about USA Basketball's global comeback on the senior level as the team has captured three consecutive Olympic gold medals in mostly dominating fashion after a disappointing games in 2004. But the program is also as stable as it's ever been at the youth levels as USA Basketball has become a gold-medal factory that is winning at all ages. The junior national minicamp in Colorado Springs has been a ...

Ohio State's showdown with Wisconsin isn't just the Big Ten game of the week—it's one of the most anticipated matchups of the 2016 season to date. The No. 2 Buckeyes will travel to Madison, Wisconsin, to face off against the No. 8 Badgers in prime time. ESPN's College GameDay will be in town to take in the sights and sounds as the upper echelon of the Big Ten continues to take shape. But outside of Madison, it should ...

It's a relatively light weekend in the Pac-12 Conference for football, with one-quarter of the league's teams getting a bye to recharge the batteries for the home stretch. That leaves us with only four conference matchups as well as a non-league tilt, one that in the past has national championship implications but this time around pits fading powers. We've ranked these games in order of how good the matchups should be as well as how likely ...

A quick glance at the heavyweight offer list of Cam Akers serves as confirmation of what he brings to the table as a football player. He's the nation's No. 2 running back and a top-five nationally ranked player overall in the 2017 class for a reason. The Clinton, Mississippi, 5-star prospect will get to showcase his talents at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio in January. He was officially recognized as an Army All-American ...