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Miami's win over Florida State was particularly emotional for RB Mark Fletcher


Miami's win over Florida State was particularly emotional for RB Mark Fletcher

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Mark Fletcher Jr. never considered not playing in Miami's rivalry game against Florida State for the simple reason that his father would have wanted him out there. And it was no coincidence that Miami's first touchdown belonged to him. Fletcher rushed for 71 yards and a score No. 6 Miami's […]

Canes are set to host rival Seminoles


Canes are set to host rival Seminoles

His head coach — who played and coached in the rivalry — shared that sentiment. “As a player, I could say we never looked at the record of anyone we played against,” said Miami head coach Mario Cristobal, a two-time national champion offensive lineman for the Hurricanes. “Whatever a team's record is in this rivalry, […]

Ranking the 134 college football teams after Week 8: BYU can no longer be ignored


Ranking the 134 college football teams after Week 8: BYU can no longer be ignored

Editor's Note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. It's time to pay attention to BYU. The Cougars are undefeated and handed Kansas State and SMU their only losses of the season. Still, BYU remains outside the top 10 in both the AP and Coaches polls. But not here. […]

Ranking the 134 college football teams after Week 7: Why Oregon is on top at midseason


Ranking the 134 college football teams after Week 7: Why Oregon is on top at midseason

Editor's Note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. If there's one lesson to be learned from the first half of this college football season, it's that the gap between the top teams and the mid-tier teams looks narrower than it has in a long time. It's a new […]

What we learned about the College Football Playoff race after the Oregon-Ohio State classic


What we learned about the College Football Playoff race after the Oregon-Ohio State classic

Two losses no longer necessarily mean a team is eliminated from College Football Playoff contention. There's a very good chance that three-loss teams will receive an outright bid or two since the field now consists of 12 teams. And who knows, with five spots reserved for the top-ranked conference champions? Maybe a team with four […]

Yahoo Top 10: Oregon's gutsy win over Ohio State caps Survival Saturday


Yahoo Top 10: Oregon's gutsy win over Ohio State caps Survival Saturday

Welcome to Survival Saturday. Every season there is at least one of these, a day that makes the collective heart of the college football world beat uncontrollably from brunch to dinner. Four top 25 teams won in overtime. Another three ranked teams won by a margin of three points or less. It started with Alabama's […]