The midseason point of the 2025 college football season has arrived, and a path to the playoff is still wide open for nearly half of the teams in the Power Four. A handful of prog ...

After falling to Illinois two weeks ago, USC football dropped out of the USA TODAY Sports US LBM Coaches Poll. After Saturday's massive victory over Michigan, however, the Trojans moved back into the ...

Can't Wait For Saturday | More than half the AP Top 25 voters drop Illinois off their ballots Bob Asmussen is a college ...

A new team sits at the top of the Big Ten in this week's football power rankings. USC also made a notable charge up the board after beating Michigan ...

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Penn State falls from the Big Ten/SEC top 25 rankings after its latest disaster, and Oklahoma might have blown it by playing John Mateer.

Five of the eight ranked teams that lost dropped from the poll as Cincinnati and Nebraska moved into the rankings.

The Illini may not have beaten Ohio State on Saturday, but their resume improved based on other Big Ten results ...

Ronald Davis Earl passed away on his birthday, October 6, 2025, after an extended illness.

An annual tradition, each fall is the release of the latest “Best Colleges” guide by U.S. News & World Report. First ...

Aidan Laughery scored his third touchdown of the 2025 season for the University of Illinois football team on Saturday. With ...

Health issues caused her to step down from her role with the university in August, though the school said she remained as an adviser in the final months of her life.