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When No. 3 Notre Dame faces Rice in its home opener Saturday, the Fighting Irish won't just be facing the Owls.

Geno Smith will step on the field for the New York Jets in Tennessee on Sunday as an unexpected symbol.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba was a unanimous All-Pro, AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year and won a Super Bowl before the Seattle Seahawks made him the highest-paid wide receiver in NFL history.

The College Football Playoff announced Tuesday that it will open discussions with broadcast partner ESPN about potentially doubling the tournament to 24 teams.

After a season-opening rout of Hampton, there's more off-the-field questions than answers surrounding the Maryland Terrapins ahead of a road trip to Connecticut.

Aaron Donald won't play in the Los Angeles Rams' season opener against the 49ers in Melbourne, Australia, delaying the three-time Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year's return to the field after ending his retirement last month.

Leaders of the Southeastern Conference will meet Thursday to discuss whether to take the extraordinary step of kicking LSU out of the league in the wake of an ugly feud over whether players who spent time in the NFL should be allowed back on the team ...

The Mid-American Conference claimed Tuesday that "replay protocol was not properly followed" in Saturday's game between Michigan and Western Michigan, which ended with a game-winning Hail Mary by the Wolverines with no time left.

Patrick Mahomes will be under center when the Kansas City Chiefs open the season against the Denver Broncos on Monday night.

LSU jumped back into the top 10 in the first Associated Press Top 25 college football poll of the regular season on Tuesday, Oregon slipped out of the top five and Michigan fell out of the rankings altogether after it needed a second-chance Hail Mary ...