Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman and Indiana coach Curt Cignetti are football junkies at heart.

Curt Cignetti of Indiana has been named The Associated Press Coach of the Year in college football.

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney finds it incredible that Bill Belichick will soon share the same meeting rooms and an opposing sideline in his position as North Carolina's new head coach.

College football’s conference shakeup left concerns about two super conferences dominating the playoff field.

The College Football Playoff committee took wins over strength of schedule, taking SMU over Alabama for the final at-large spot in the field.

Bill Battle III, who was athletic director at his alma mater, Alabama, where he played for Paul “Bear” Bryant’s first national championship team, coached the Tennessee Volunteers and also founded the Collegiate Licensing Company, has died.

The signs of success can be found all around Indiana’s campus these days.

Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs has apologized to a reporter over a confrontation about a social media post.

Sedrick Alexander ran for two touchdowns, Randon Fontenette scored on a pick-six and Diego Pavia outplayed Heisman Trophy candidate Jalen Milroe as Vanderbilt stunned Alabama 40-35 for the Commodores’ first win over the nation’s top-ranked team.

The Vanderbilt Commodores have beaten a No. 1 team in football.

Kirby Smart no longer has to worry about his mentor-turned-nemesis in Tuscaloosa.

The first few games of Kalen DeBoer’s tenure at Alabama have gone off well enough to appease even fans spoiled by 17 years of domination under his predecessor Nick Saban.

Nick Saban has a message for Tua Tagovailoa: Listen to experts, then decide what happens next.

Georgia is No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason college football poll for the second straight year.

Alabama football teams will soon be playing on Saban Field.

Nick Saban is at SEC Media Days again, six months after retiring as Alabama coach.

Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin learned a lot from Nick Saban — especially about the dangers of preseason praise and high expectations being placed upon a team by fans and media.

Alabama fans hungry for a return to national-title contention filled Bryant-Denny Stadium for Nick Saban’s first spring game.

Nate Oats has Nick Saban on speed dial.

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz says there's a 50-50 chance of Congress passing legislation regulating college athletics by the end of the year.

Nick Saban is joining ESPN’s “College GameDay," the long-running Saturday pregame road show he appeared on as a guest so frequently during his 17 seasons as Alabama coach.

College football’s busy recruiting calendar created a particularly hectic first few weeks on the job for all the head coaches who switched schools over the last month.

UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma is nearing 1,200 career wins.

College football has always been a what-have-you-done-lately business, but these days — fueled by nonstop hot-seat coverage and constant social-media scrutiny —- a coach’s stock rises and falls like a roller coaster.

Michigan is the type of job that could set off a chain reaction of openings across college football the way Nick Saban's retirement from Alabama did two weeks ago.

Alabama five-star quarterback signee Julian Sayin has entered the transfer portal.

Looking out at Lake Washington and the Cascade Mountains from his new football offices, Jedd Fisch saw a place that can consistently contend for championships.

Arizona hired San Jose State’s Brent Brennan to be the Wildcats’ next head coach, replacing Jedd Fisch about 48 hours after he left for Washington.

South Alabama coach Kane Wommack has resigned and is close to becoming Alabama's defensive coordinator.

Kalen DeBoer is embracing the chance to replace Nick Saban at Alabama.

Texas will give football coach Steve Sarkisian a four-year contract extension through 2030.

In five days, Washington went from the precipice of its first national title in more than three decades to a football program in shambles.

Alabama wasted little time in finding Nick Saban’s successor, hiring Kalen DeBoer away from national runner-up Washington.

Florida State and coach Mike Norvell have agreed to a new eight-year deal that will pay him more than $10 million per year, a person with direct knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press.

When Nick Saban retired after 17 seasons and six national title with the Crimson Tide, he joined Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, North Carolina’s Roy Williams, Notre Dame’s Muffet McGraw and Villanova’s Jay Wright has championship-winning college coaches in high-profile sports to call it a career over the last four years.

Nick Saban is retiring with his Alabama football program still appearing formidable enough to regularly contend for Southeastern Conference and national championships.

Alabama coach Nick Saban is retiring after winning more national championships than any other major college football coach.

Michigan football pulled off one of the most iconic wins in program history this week, beating mighty Alabama at the Rose Bowl to advance to the national championship game.

The four-team playoff changed college football.

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Jalen Milroe helped rally Alabama with his legs and put the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide on the verge of its seventh appearance in the College Football Playoff championship game.

The College Football Playoff semifinal at the Rose Bowl pits the No. 1 Michigan Wolverines against the No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide, the two winningest programs in major college football.

Nick Saban and Jim Harbaugh are among the few larger-than-life figures still standing in a sport long defined by its coaching giants.

If Nick Saban cared about such things, he could count all the times Alabama has been a betting underdog since 2009 on one hand.

Jalen Milroe says former Alabama offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien once suggested he should change positions.

Alabama is covering every angle when it comes to preparing for Monday’s College Football Playoff semifinal game against Michigan at the Rose Bowl.

College recruiting more than ever never really stops once the players are on campus.

Top-seeded Michigan will face Alabama in the College Football Playoff semifinal to be played as the 110th edition of the Rose Bowl Game.

Alabama is again top dog in the Southeastern Conference — and perhaps headed to the College Football Playoff.

The Southeastern Conference is the only league to claim a spot — sometimes two spots — in every College Football Playoff.

Georgia quarterback Carson Beck and Alabama's Jalen Milroe have led their teams into the Southeastern Conference championship game after replacing big-name stars.

Alabama’s national championship hopes came down to fourth-and-31 with a loss and more than a few close calls along the way.

Jalen Milroe and Isaiah Bond rescued No. 8 Alabama’s playoff hopes, connecting for a last-minute touchdown on fourth-and-goal from the 31 to beat Auburn 27-24.

Jalen Hurts threw for 279 yards, threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score to lead the Philadelphia Eagles to a 31-17 win over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday night.

No. 9 Alabama hasn’t been making anything look easy this season.

Georgia extended its streak of No. 1 rankings in The Associated Press college football poll to 19 straight weeks, the third best in the history of the rankings.

Jalen Milroe passed for two touchdowns, Jihaad Campbell returned a fumble for a score in the fourth quarter and No. 11 Alabama uncorked 27 straight second-half points in rallying for a 34-20 victory over No. 17 Tennessee.

Jalen Milroe passed for a career-high 321 yards and Jermaine Burton caught two touchdown passes as No. 11 Alabama beat Texas A&M 26-20 on Saturday to take control of the SEC West.

Alabama is turning the offensive reins back over to Jalen Milroe, but the messy quarterback situation has been only part of the problem.

Texas jumped to No. 4 in The Associated Press college football poll after beating Alabama and the Pac-12 became just the second conference to place as many as eight teams in the AP Top 25.

Quinn Ewers finished what he started last season, passing for 349 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 11 Texas to a 34-24 victory over third-ranked Alabama on Saturday night in a huge win for a program trying to climb back into national championship contention.

Texas is ready for the Southeastern Conference.

No. 11 Texas and No. 4 Alabama are set to meet again a year after going down to the wire.

Georgia begins its drive for an unprecedented college football championship three-peat as the No. 1 team in The Associated Press preseason Top 25.

Following his leukemia diagnosis, Houston Texans receiver John Metchie and other patients at MD Anderson Cancer Center would sit in an observatory gazing out the windows while hooked up to IVs that delivered their treatment.

Alabama coach Nick Saban says college football is not a business that operates like the NFL and warned that without more uniform rules on player compensation only the biggest spenders will compete for championships.

Nick Saban not surprisingly says his quarterback, Bryce Young, is the best prospect in the upcoming NFL draft.

The opening of college football’s traditional signing period for high school prospects brought an apparent end to two of the cycle’s most notable recruitments.

Alabama quarterback Bryce Young and linebacker Will Anderson Jr. are heading to the NFL, where both could contend for the top draft spot.

Georgia, Michigan, TCU and Ohio State have made the College Football Playoff, giving the Big Ten multiple programs in the four-team field for the first time.

Jayden Daniels ran for 25-yard touchdown in overtime and then found tight end Mason Taylor for a do-or-die 2-point conversion, and 15th-ranked LSU defeated No. 6 Alabama 32-31.

Longtime Georgia football coach Vince Dooley has died at the age of 90.

Chase McGrath made a 40-yard field goal as time expired to give No. 6 Tennessee a 52-49 victory over No. 3 Alabama on Saturday.

It could well be among the marquee quarterback matchups of the season: Alabama’s Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young versus Tennessee’s rising star Hendon Hooker.

Jalen Milroe threw for three touchdowns in his first start and No. 1 Alabama made a final goal-line stand to escape with a 24-20 victory over Texas A&M on Saturday night in a battle of backup quarterbacks.

Alabama quarterback Bryce Young didn’t start the game against Texas A&M with a sprained right shoulder, leaving Jalen Milroe as his replacement.

Alabama lost quarterback Bryce Young in the second quarter, but held off No. 20 Arkansas 49-26 behind the explosive runs of Jahmyr Gibbs and backup quarterback Jalen Milroe.

Alabama has mostly breezed through the first month of the season, with one big scare and three games that were frightfully but predictably easy.

No. 11 Michigan State travels to Seattle on Saturday for a matchup against Washington with both teams seeking validation for their 2-0 starts.

There may be no reason to put second-ranked Alabama and No. 17 Baylor on upset alert even though both are playing Sun Belt Conference teams in Week 3.

Will Reichard kicked a 33-yard field goal with 10 seconds left, and No. 1 Alabama overcame a stifling defensive effort by Texas to earn a hard-fought 20-19 victory.

Clemson has taken steps to keep football coach Dabo Swinney around for a while longer.

Brian Robinson Jr. will miss at least the Washington Commanders' first four games of the NFL season after being shot during at attempted robbery last weekend.

The Washington Commanders are preparing to start the NFL season without Brian Robinson Jr. after the rookie running back was shot in his right leg in an attempted robbery Sunday.

When you build a powerhouse program, it’s inevitable that others will try to copy your success.

Washington Commanders rookie running back Brian Robinson Jr. says he underwent surgery a day after being shot in what the team called an attempted robbery or carjacking.

Alabama coach Nick Saban is getting a new eight-year contract worth at least $93.6 million, eclipsing the recent megadeal of Southeastern Conference rival Kirby Smart.

Alabama is No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 for the second straight season.

Senators Tommy Tuberville of Alabama and Joe Manchin of West Virginia have requested feedback from college sports leaders to be used to craft a bill to regulate how college athletes can be compensated for their names, images and likenesses.

Nick Saban has been vocal about his issues with the status quo in name, image and likeness deals and their use in recruiting.

The public spat between Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher and Alabama’s Nick Saban appears to be over.

Nick Saban tried to put an end to his feud with Texas A&M’s Jimbo Fisher at the Southeastern Conference meetings.

The Southeastern Conference spring meetings will be held in person for the first time since 2019 in a little less than two weeks.

Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher is firing back at Alabama coach Nick Saban.

Alabama coach Nick Saban called out Texas A&M, saying the school was “buying” players with name, image and likeness deals.

The commissioners of the Southeastern Conference and the Pac-12 are scheduled to meet with lawmakers in Washington They will lobby for federal legislation to regulate name, image and likeness compensation to athletes.

John Mitchell and Wilbur Jackson already had their place in Alabama football history.

Alabama coach Nick Saban is concerned about the current state of college football.

Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher is angry about rumors that booster-funded NIL deals are fueling the Aggies’ recruiting success.

Voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights groups argue is vital for protecting democracy has collapsed.