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Who will make the College Football Playoff for the 2025 season?

College football's method of determining a champion, or least deciding who gets a title shot, still comes down to a matter of opinion.

By EDDIE PELLS / The Associated Press August 14, 2025

AP photo by Matthew Hinton / Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton passes under pressure from Notre Dame safety Adon Shuler in the College Football Playoff's Sugar Bowl quarterfinal on Jan. 2 in New Orleans.

SEC will have plenty of chances to prove its power as a conference

The SEC is experiencing a title drought in football, a two-year skid that just means more given the league's nearly two decades of dominance.

By MARK LONG / The Associated Press August 14, 2025

AP photo by Vasha Hunt / Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer talks with receiver Germie Bernard before a game against South Florida last Sept. 7 in Tuscaloosa.

AP All-Time All-America team celebrates 100 years of college football honor

Since 1925, nearly 2,000 players have been named AP All-America college football first-team selections, one of the most prestigious honors in the sport.

By ERIC OLSON / The Associated Press August 14, 2025

AP photo / Georgia running back Herschel Walker escapes a BYU player on Sept. 11, 1982, in Athens. It was the final college season for Walker, a junior who won that year's Heisman Trophy and was named an AP All-America first-team selection for the third time.

DeBoer believes Alabama taking advantage of first-year ‘failures’

Following the greatest coach in college football history was never going to be easy.

By David Paschall July 16, 2025

Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer signs a football for a fan during Alabama's A-Day NCAA college football practice and autograph session, Saturday, April 12, 2025, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. DeBoer said during SEC media days Wednesday his team will learn from last year's losses. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)

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Paschall: Recalling the loudest moments at every SEC stadium

Starved college football fans have plenty of choices every June and July.

By David Paschall July 5, 2025

Former Alabama star C.J. Mosley retires from NFL after 11 seasons

C.J. Mosley is ready to tackle life beyond playing football.

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. / The Associated Press June 19, 2025

AP file photo by John Amis / C.J. Mosley, a former standout linebacker for the University of Alabama, said Thursday that he is retiring from the NFL after an 11-year career spent with the Baltimore Ravens and the New York Jets.

Miami beats Bama in upset-filled Hattiesburg Regional

There was no favor shown to the favorites Friday at the NCAA Division I baseball tournament's Hattiesburg Regional.

By The Associated Press May 30, 2025

AP photo by Matthew Hinton / Miami's Daniel Cuvet celebrates after hitting a three-run homer against Alabama on Friday during an NCAA Division I baseball tournament game in Hattiesburg, Miss.

Vols to open 2025 football season with three afternoon contests

Tennessee played a program-record nine night games during the 2024 football season. Topping that mark this year will be incredibly difficult.

By David Paschall May 29, 2025

Tennessee Athletics photo by Andrew Ferguson / Tennessee will play its first three games of the 2025 football season in the afternoon after having only four afternoon contests all of last season.

Conferences hope College Sports Commission will limit legal battles

On the one hand, what this new version of cash-infused college sports needs are rules that everybody follows.

By EDDIE PELLS / The Associated Press May 29, 2025

AP photo by Mike Stewart / Oklahoma forward Skylar Vann speaks with SEC commissioner Greg Sankey at the conference's media days event for women's basketball on Oct. 16 in Birmingham, Ala.

SEC amps up fines to $500,000 for rushing field, storming court

The SEC is ratcheting up penalties on schools whose fans storm the field or rush the court, doing away with an escalating fine system.