The starting quarterback competition for the Michigan Wolverines has been decided just days before the regular season begins against New Mexico. On Monday morning, Michigan head coach shared that true freshman Bryce Underwood will be the starting quarterback. Moore also revealed who will be the backup quarterback for Week 1. “Really thought Jadyn Davis has really come along and taken …
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The Weekender: The Best and Worst of College Football’s Week 0 and Bowling Green Puts A Billboard in Enemy Territory
College football is officially back. The 2025 season started Saturday with Week 0, which included five games involving FBS teams as well as four more games between FCS teams. In the highest-profile game of the day, No. 22 Iowa State earned a 24-21 win over No. 17 Kansas State in Dublin, Ireland, giving the Cyclones a huge victory to start …
Read More »BSD Predictions Roundtable: Penn State Football’s 2025 Season Record
It’s here! The college football season is upon us! Week Zero kicks off in a little over 24 hours, giving us the appetizer to the full season starting a week later. In preparation, the BSD staff got together for the annual season predictions. As always, this is a prediction of the regular season record, anything beyond is an added bonus! …
Read More »Five Observations on Nebraska Football’s First Depth Chart of the Season
The college football season is officially here with the first depth chart of Nebraska’s 2025 campaign. The Huskers released the depth chart on Friday, as game week begins ahead of the Thursday opener against Cincinnati in Kansas City. See the full depth chart below and continue reading for observations from the initial order. Nebraska football’s depth chart ahead of the …
Read More »Days are numbered for college football’s storied Farmageddon rivalry
Dan WetzelAug 22, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Dan Wetzel is a senior writer focused on investigative reporting, news analysis and feature storytelling. Week 0 is college football’s oft-ignored start to the season. The good stuff doesn’t generally happen until the smorgasbord of Labor Day weekend. This year, though, it begins with a unique bang. Consider that, right now in …
Read More »Meet Ohio State football’s new leader at quarterback: Julian Sayin, a ‘silent assassin’ from the California shore
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Thomas McCormick, like many who have come through California’s Carlsbad High School, can recite the drill with little hesitation. It started with stairs. One trip up, one trip down as a warm-up. Up, down — timed. Up, down — timed. Up, down — not timed. Up, down — not timed. And those stairs were unforgiving. “Four or …
Read More »Nebraska Football’s Johnny Rodgers, Ndamukong Suh Named to All-Time All-America Team
Three Nebraska players were selected to the Associated Press’ All-Time All-America team released Thursday. Johnny Rodgers and Ndamukong Suh were picked on the first team, and Dave Rimington was a second-team selection. The Huskers had two of the 25 players selected for the first team. Rodgers and four others on the first team won the Heisman Trophy. Twenty-one of the …
Read More »CBS Sports Preseason All-America team: College football’s best and brightest entering the 2025 season
Though college football is undergoing constant change with the transfer portal, NIL and conference realignment, the collection of talent in the sport has never been better. Player development and retention has given us a top tier of stars that are, in some cases, already good enough to be playing on Sundays but instead are using their talents to power wins …
Read More »I ran college football’s AP poll for 20 years. Here’s how I built my first Top 25 as a voter
During my 20 years overseeing the Associated Press Top 25, I can’t count how many times I had to tell people that no, I don’t vote in the college football poll. It was a common and totally understandable misconception. And, frankly, I would often joyfully make the correction. “Don’t blame me. I don’t vote.” Now you can blame me. For …
Read More »Nebraska Football’s Top 5 Transfer Additions Set to Make the Biggest Impact in 2025
Nebraska was one of the most active Big Ten teams in the transfer portal this offseason, bringing in 14 new scholarship players to bolster the roster ahead of a pivotal 2025 campaign. While not every addition is expected to play a starring role this fall, several high-profile newcomers appear poised to contribute in major ways. From plug-and-play starters to versatile …
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