The first week of College Football Playoff rankings provided plenty of controversy as the selection committee placed a one-loss Texas A&M (SEC) team ahead of the undefeated Washington Huskies (Pac-12) in the season’s inaugural top-25 rankings.
A lot of people around the country thought that Texas A&M (7-2) was overrated and shouldn't...
Hey ESPN, what took you so long?
Last week's game between then-No. 4 Washington and then-No. 17 Utah was the first time ESPN College GameDay actually traveled outside the Eastern and Central time zones. To date, ESPN's gold-standard college football show has been in SEC country four times, Big Ten...
There was no last-second score needed this time.
Taysom Hill completed 15 of 25 passes for 130 yards and added 75 yards on the ground to go with a score to lead BYU (5-4) to an impressive 20-3 victory over Cincinnati (4-5) at Nippert Stadium. The Cougars didn't allow a...
ESPN's College GameDay was in Salt Lake City Saturday as the 17th-ranked Utah Utes (7-1, 4-1) host the undefeated and fourth-ranked Washington Huskies (7-0, 4-0) in a Pac-12 showdown at 1:30 p.m. MT on Fox Sports 1.
After spending most of the season in Big Ten and SEC territory, GameDay...
Editor's note: Obviously you play to win every game, but this is why a loss Saturday shouldn't derail Utah's hopes of going to the Rose Bowl.
A number of national prognosticators have the 17th-ranked Utes slotted to play in the Rose Bowl against either No. 2 Michigan (7-0) or No. 6...
He's not your average Joe.
Utah running back Joe Williams — who came out of retirement two weeks ago — set a school record with 332 rushing yards to lead the 18th-ranked Utes to a wild 52-45 victory over UCLA at the Rose Bowl.
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The 23-year-old had a game-high four touchdowns...
Big plays and a miraculous fourth quarter helped Penn State knock off No. 2 Ohio State at home.
Looking to extend its four-point lead with just under five minutes left in the game, Ohio State's 45-yard field goal attempt was blocked and Penn State's Grant Haley took it to the...
No. 14 Boise State and BYU played one of the most memorable games of the season that even Sportscenter couldn't show all the plays in its SCTop10 highlight reel.
So with that, here is a list of all the top plays from the BYU vs Boise State. Enjoy!
Boise State scored during...
After months of meetings, presentations, video conferences, etc., the Big 12 Conference decided Monday to take expansion off the table with the conference staying at 10 schools.
With the way things have gone over the past year — school presidents flip-flopping on what they think they actually want — nobody really...
No. 2 Ohio State (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) earned another Top-10 win on the road after handing No. 8 Wisconsin (4-2, 1-2 Big Ten) its second loss of the season with a 30-23 come-from-behind overtime victory over the Badgers.
The Buckeyes dominated Oklahoma last month in Norman for its other Top...
After announcing his retirement after a 20-19 win over BYU just over a month ago, Utah running back Joe Williams got a surprise phone call from his old coaches on Monday.
Due to several season ending injuries to the running back corps, Williams made his return in Saturday's game against...
If BYU keeps this up, they likely won't have any fans left by the end of the season.
The cardiac Cougars gave fans quite the scare before storming back to take down Mississippi State, 28-21, in double overtime at LaVell Edwards Stadium Friday night.
In the win, Jamaal Williams became BYU's...
University of Utah head football coach Kyle Whittingham picked up his 100th career win with a 36-23 come-from-behind victory over the Arizona Wildcats at Rice-Eccles Stadium Saturday night.
Quarterback Troy Williams threw for 245 yards and a touchdown and ran for another as the 24th-ranked Utes (5-1, 2-1 Pac-12) rolled...
Having lost three games by a combined seven points, it wouldn’t have surprising to see Saturday’s game between BYU and Michigan State come down to the wire.
Both teams have shown a knack for playing close games, but that didn't happen Saturday night at Spartan Stadium.
BYU quarterback Taysom Hill completed...
When you play with fire, you'll eventually get burned, but that moment hasn't come yet for the Vols as No. 11 Tennessee pulled off yet another miraculous comeback Saturday afternoon against No. 25 Georgia at Sanford Stadium.
With the win, Tennessee is off to its first 5-0 start since 1998...
There's a reason why they call it a game of inches and BYU (2-3) needed all of it Friday night against the previously unbeaten Toledo Rockets (3-1).
After back-to-back wins on Hail Mary's against Nebraska and Boise State last year, this young season has already surpassed that for a majority...
Known for its high-octane offense, it was actually California's defense that saved the day as the Golden Bears defeated the 18th-ranked Utes 28-23 at home.
With the ball on the one-yard line, running back Zack Moss got the call on the last play of the game for the Utes. After...
Well, so much for a Top-10 showdown.
Washington quarterback Jake Browning threw for 210 yards and three touchdowns, Myles Gaskin added 100 yards on the ground and two scores as the Huskies dominated No. 7 Stanford, 44-6, at home Friday night.
The loss, was the Cardinal's worst defeat since falling 41-3...
So far, the Big Ten is having one of its best years since the conference was founded back in 1896. Heading into week four, the combined records of the 14 schools stood at 30-8 with a number of those wins coming against Top 25 teams.
The conference has picked up...
With just 2:05 left in the fourth quarter and hanging onto a 13-9 lead, the UCLA Bruins had a 90 percent chance of winning Saturday's game in the Rose Bowl.
But don't tell that to Stanford head coach David Shaw.
After electing to punt the ball with just over four minutes...
It wasn’t exactly how Tennessee players, coaches, or fans envisioned it, but at the end of the day, a win is a win.
Coming into Saturday's showdown between No. 14 Tennessee and No. 19 Florida, the Vols were looking to end an 11-game series losing streak against the Gators.
It didn't...
If you liked watching field goals, then Saturday's game between No. 18 LSU and Auburn was about as good of a game as you will ever see.
In all, eight field goals we made with Auburn's Daniel Carlson going 6-for-6 to lead the Tigers to a 18-13 victory at home....
With USC up 27-17 entering the fourth quarter and dominating for much of the game, it looked for a spit second that the Trojans were going to get back on track with a big road win against No. 24 Utah Friday night at Rice-Eccles Stadium.
But Utes quarterback Troy Williams...
With "Super Saturday" providing a number of high-profile games last week, there was bound to be a big shakeup in the rankings.
In all, six teams dropped in the polls with three of those teams (Iowa, Oregon, Notre Dame) falling out of the Top 25. No. 13 Florida State, No....
After a lackluster performance in the season-opener against Furman, No. 12 Michigan State responded but putting together a rather dominant performance against No. 18 Notre Dame on the road.
Tyler O'Connor completed 19 of 26 passes for 241 yards and two touchdowns and Gerald Holmes added two more on the...
The third time was the charm.
No. 19 Ole Miss was looking for its third consecutive victory over Alabama, but thanks to a punt return as well as several defensive touchdowns, the top-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide walked out of Vaught–Hemingway Stadium with a 48-43 victory.
"It was an unbelievable game for fans...
In theory, it was supposed to be an epic battle between two of the top storied football programs in the country.
In reality, it was anything but that as No. 3 Ohio State went on the road and crushed the No. 14 Oklahoma, 45-24, in an old-fashioned butt-whooping.
Despite sending numerous...
After putting up 62 points against Syracuse last week, critics still questioned Louisville's soft non-conference schedule.
But that talk can finally be put to rest now as the Cardinals one-upped last week's performance by putting up 63 points against No. 2 Florida State.
Billed as a Top 10 showdown, it looked...
FCS North Dakota State came into Saturday's game against Iowa expecting to win.
So after scoring a touchdown to cut the deficit to 21-20 late in the fourth quarter, the Bison decided to go for the two-point conversion and the win.
But the Iowa defense stepped up and stopped the Bison's...
Seventeen of the last 22 games in the Holy War have been decided by seven points or less. So not surprisingly, Saturday's contest between BYU and Utah at Rice-Eccles Stadium went down to the final seconds once again.
With the Utes leading 20-13 and with just under three minutes left...