The dust has settled and now we have a clear champion. Clemson is the best in college football for 2016-17 after beating defending champ Alabama in Tampa on Monday for its first national title since 1981. That means you know who No. 1 is in our final Bleacher Report Top 25, but how did everyone else end up?
The Bleacher Report poll is voted on by 17 members of our college football staff: writers Greg Couch, ...
Alabama Crimson Tide running back Bo Scarbrough reportedly suffered a broken bone in his right leg during the third quarter of Monday night's College Football Playoff National Championship Game against Clemson.
Chris Low of ESPN reported the news on Tuesday, noting that Scarbrough was "limping noticeably" as he headed toward the team bus after the game. On Monday, Lauren Sisler of AL.com noted that Scarbrough went straight to the medical tent after emerging from the Alabama locker room.
The ...
Northwestern women's basketball player Jordan Hankins died Monday, according to Kyle Neddenriep of the Indianapolis Star. The 19-year-old was reportedly found dead in her room at the school.
On Tuesday, Matthew Choi of the Daily Northwestern reported the death was ruled a suicide, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's report.
"Jordan was a remarkably dynamic young woman," Northwestern head coach Joe McKeown said in a statement on the school's website. "This is a devastating loss for ...
Three Oregon football players have been kicked off the team for off-field issues, Matt Prehm of 247Sports reported Monday.
Eddie Heard, Tristen Wallace and Darrian Franklin will not be with the squad next season.
Wallace and Franklin, who are under investigation in Lane County, Oregon, because of sexual assault accusations, were barred from the campus in December, per Andrew Greif of The Oregonian.
The freshman duo was suspended indefinitely in October by then-head coach Mark Helfrich.
Heard was arrested ...
Clemson 35, Alabama 31—Final
Deshaun Watson's two-yard touchdown pass to Hunter Renfrow with one second remaining handed the Clemson Tigers a 35-31 victory over the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship.
Alabama controlled the early portion of the game, taking a 14-0 lead. However, Clemson came back and surged ahead for the first time on Wayne Gallman's one-yard plunge at the 4:38 mark of the final frame.
Boosted by a double pass from ...
Colorado has extended the contract of head football coach Mike MacIntyre through the 2021 season, Brian Howell of BuffZone.com reported Monday.
Bryan Fischer of Athlon Sports later confirmed Howell's report.
MacIntyre will make $16.25 million over the next five seasons, which is an average annual salary of $3.25 million per year, per Howell.
He recently finished up his fourth season, which was his most successful year with the program.
After going just 10-27 in his first three years, Colorado ...
"Glue guy" is a nebulous term that means different things to different people. As the phrase suggests, it refers to a player whose presence holds the team together, helping the team function as a single unit, rather than five individuals.
The glue guy may provide a service that is otherwise lacking, such as a physical inside presence, floor leadership or standout defensive play. Often a glue guy's influence is not immediately obvious, but it becomes noticeable ...
Former Arizona Wildcats quarterback Anu Solomon is expected to transfer to Baylor for the 2017 season, a source told 247Sports' Tom Loy and Steve Wiltfong on Monday.
Solomon, who will be eligible to play immediately, announced he would transfer from Arizona on Dec. 13:
Solomon was on pace to become one of the greatest passers in Arizona history before a knee injury at the start of the 2016 season forced him out of the lineup.
Upon his return, he couldn't wrestle ...
Let Las Vegas tell it, and Nick Saban's Alabama Crimson Tide should squeak past the Clemson Tigers for the second year in a row in Monday's College Football Playoff National Championship.
If only it were that simple.
Clemson gave Alabama everything it could handle in last year's 45-40 thriller, as an onside kick was perhaps the lone difference between a win and a loss for the Tide. Odds aside, a similar story could play out Monday night ...
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney pretty much summed up the College Football Playoff National Championship game in one quote.
"I don't think another team has a chance of beating Alabama, and we have a chance," he said in the lead-up to the game, per Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer.
That's the general feeling of this game, isn't it? Alabama is the Goliath of college football, but if there is a David, it would probably be a ...