College Sports
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Miami heading home for shot at national title after beating Ole Miss 31-27 in Fiesta Bowl
Jan 08, 2026 10:52 pm - Carson Beck scrambled for a 3-yard touchdown with 18 seconds left, and Miami will head back home for a shot at its first national championship since 2001 after beating Mississippi 31-27 in an exhilarating College Football Playoff semifinal at the Fiesta Bowl on Thursday night.
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Quarterbacks Moore and Mendoza face off again as Oregon plays Indiana in the CFP semis
Jan 08, 2026 6:20 pm - The first meeting between Fernando Mendoza and Dante Moore wasn't pretty. It was two years ago, before the Pac-12's demise. Mendoza was quarterback at California, while Moore started for UCLA in the final game of the regular season.
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No. 1 Indiana and No. 5 Oregon turn CFP Peach Bowl semifinal into celebration of Big Ten’s supremacy
Jan 07, 2026 3:18 pm - The Big Ten is marching into the heart of Southern football with a proud swagger, daring any conference to challenge its claim as the power to beat in the College Football Playoff.
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College Football Playoff picks: Ole Miss is last hope for SEC to reach first title game in 3 years
Jan 06, 2026 8:14 pm - No pressure, Mississippi, but the Southeastern Conference hasn't gone three years without a football national championship since the turn of the century. The sixth-seeded...
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Epic game, brutal defeat: Making sense of Illinois State’s FCS title lossJan 06, 2026 6:42 pm - Monday’s FCS title game was off the charts for drama. But Illinois State had to bear the consequences of a bitter overtime defeat against Montana State.
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Montana State beats Illinois State in OT for 1st national title since 1984
Jan 05, 2026 11:45 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Myles Sansted kicked the extra point in overtime and Montana State won its first national championship since 1984, beating Illinois State 35-34 on Mond...
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Prep sports heads into the new yearJan 05, 2026 10:39 pm - Happy New Year from the Daily Herald prep sports newsletter.
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Arizona holds No. 1 spot over Michigan by single point in one of the closest AP Top 25 races ever
Jan 05, 2026 12:43 pm - Arizona held on to No. 1 by a single point over fast-closing Michigan in the AP Top 25 on Monday, making it one of the closest races for the top spot in the 78-year histo...
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Kentucky, Vanderbilt into top 10 in women's AP Top 25 after 4 of top 10 teams fall; UConn, Texas 1-2
Jan 05, 2026 11:08 am - Kentucky and Vanderbilt made major jumps in The Associated Press women's basketball Top 25 on Monday after four of the top 10 teams lost last week, causing a shake-up in ...
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UW-River Falls tops North Central for Stagg Bowl titleJan 04, 2026 11:13 pm - Behind three big-time turnovers, the University of Wisconsin-River Falls claimed its first Stagg Bowl title in program history with a 24-14 victory over North Central College in the Division III National Championship game on Sunday night at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.