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Florida State quarterback Thomas Castellanos is appealing to the NCAA for another year of eligibility.

The James Madison Dukes could earn the final automatic College Football Playoff bid that goes to the five highest-ranked conference champions, especially if five-loss Duke beats No. 16 Virginia (No. 17 CFP) in Saturday's ACC title game.

Oluchi Okananwa scored 17 points, and seventh-ranked Maryland remained undefeated Wednesday with a 92-44 win over Mount St. Mary's.

Mississippi athletic director Keith Carter, members of the football team and even the state's top public safety officer are challenging the veracity of Lane Kiffin's portrayal of the events surrounding his departure for LSU.

Top-five national recruit Zion Elee made his commitment to Maryland official Wednesday as the National Signing Day early period began, staying in-state and becoming the highest-rated football signee in school history.

Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner Jim Phillips is pushing for No. 12 Miami to earn a bid to the College Football Playoff along with the winner of the league championship game between No. 16 Virginia and Duke.

Six of the nine Bowl Subdivision conference championship games will be rematches of regular-season meetings, and while coaches often talk about the difficulty of having to beat a team twice in the same year, there have been more sweeps than splits in ...

Pharrel Payne scored a career-high 30 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Myles Rice added 16 points, and Maryland cruised past Wagner 89-63 on Tuesday night.

Miami -- 9-2 and No. 12 in the College Football Playoff rankings -- could be left out of the title tournament despite beating likely playoff-bound Notre Dame (9-2, No. 9 CFP).

College football's coaching carousel continues to spin. Eleven Power Four coaches were fired this fall and another in March. Kentucky's Mark Stoops was the latest one shown the door and the fifth from the Southeastern Conference.