Checking on the Crimson Tide's ReliaQuest Bowl showdown with the Wolverines.

NEW YORK — The future is cloudy for the Jets after a disappointing 2024 season.

This is the first time since at least the start of the 2012-13 season that one league had 10 ranked teams.

TUSCALOOSA — Alabama shot 26% from 3-point range, 51% from the free-throw line, committed 19 turnovers and still managed to beat Kent State 81-54 on Sunday.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Grant Nelson had 23 points and 10 rebounds in his return to his home state and No. 6 Alabama overcame Treysen Eaglestaff's big night to hold off North Dakota 97-90 on Wednesday night.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Mike Shula is eager to return to the Southeastern Conference as South Carolina's offensive coordinator, nearly two decades after the onetime Alabama quarterback was fired as the Crimson Tide's coach.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former Alabama head coach Mike Shula is South Carolina's new offensive coordinator, getting a three-year contract worth $1.1 million a season.

The Auburn Tigers have picked up a second transfer quarterback, with the addition of two-year Stanford starter Ashton Daniels.

TUSCALOOSA — Mark Sears scored 27 points and No. 7 Alabama held off a late comeback try, beating Creighton 83-75 on Saturday night.

LOS ANGELES — UCLA officially announced Tino Sunseri's hiring as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on Thursday.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Greg McGarity had reason to be concerned. The Gator Bowl president kept a watchful eye on College Football Playoff scenarios all season and understood the fallout might affect his postseason matchup in Jacksonville.

Tennessee running back Dylan Sampson is The Associated Press offensive player of the year in the Southeastern Conference and South Carolina defensive lineman Kyle Kennard is the top defensive player.

The 2024-25 bowl schedule:

The College Football Playoff committee took SMU's wins over Alabama's strength of schedule, picking the Mustangs for the final at-large spot Sunday after a furious public debate and days of lobbying and arguing over which teams should make the 12-team field.

Georgia moved up to No. 2 behind Oregon in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday, Texas and Penn State remained in the top five after losing conference championship games, and Arizona State appeared in the top 10 for the first time in a decade.

The new, 12-team College Football Playoff brings with it a promise to be bigger, more exciting, more lucrative.

INDIANAPOLIS — Undefeated Oregon pulled off the expected and grabbed the top spot in the College Football Playoff. Underdog Clemson pulled off a last-second stunner and stole one of the last ones.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cade Klubnik sat in his car for more than hour last Saturday crying following Clemson's loss to rival South Carolina, figuring his team's chances of reaching the College Football Playoff were over.

Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner Jim Phillips wants clarity on how two-loss Miami sits behind three-loss Alabama in the latest College Football Playoff rankings. Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark believes his league's champion deserves a first-round bye instead of a Group of Five team.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Mark Sears scored 20 points, Aden Holloway and Labaron Philon each had 15 points and No. 10 Alabama beat No. 20 North Carolina 94-79 on Wednesday night in the ACC-SEC Challenge.

Texas and Georgia are battling for recruiting supremacy before duking it out for a Southeastern Conference title.

UNA hosts Tennessee Tech.

Miami's playoff hopes took an all-but-final nosedive while Alabama's got a boost Tuesday night in the last rankings before the 12-team College Football Playoff bracket is set next weekend.

For the College Football Playoff, it's one last dress rehearsal. It's also one last chance to see just how much the selection committee loves the Southeastern Conference.

Ohio State, Miami and Clemson plunged in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll Sunday following their losses during a wild weekend, eight of the top 10 teams moved up one spot and Oregon was No. 1 for the seventh straight week.

Back home, back to business, No. 13 Alabama looked more like the team we expected before last week’s fateful trip to Oklahoma.

TUSCALOOSA — This is Jalen Milroe and Alabama football in 2024. Fully capable of big plays and dominant stretches with just enough mistakes to keep things interesting — or frustrating.

NASHVILLE — One thing is sure as the newly expanded Southeastern Conference wraps up its regular season: Two new teams has just meant more chaos in a league that seemingly had settled in formation behind Georgia and Alabama.

Kalen DeBoer and Hugh Freeze have discovered how hard it is to win in the Southeastern Conference these days.

TUSCALOOSA — Bill Battle III, who was athletic director at his alma mater, Alabama, where he played for Paul “Bear” Bryant's first national championship team, then later coached the Tennessee Volunteers and founded the Collegiate Licensing Company, has died. He was 82.

LAS VEGAS — Mark Sears scored 24 points and No. 9 Alabama defeated Rutgers 95-90 on Wednesday night in the Players Era Festival at MGM Grand Garden.

LAS VEGAS — Mark Sears scored 24 points and No. 9 Alabama beat No. 6 Houston 85-80 in overtime on Tuesday night in the opener of the Players Era Festival.

Examining the Alabama Crimson Tide's side of the Iron Bowl.

The game we can’t wait for has become the contest we never anticipated.

The Southeastern Conference's losses were almost everyone else's gain in the College Football Playoff rankings, with SMU nudging its way into the top 12 and Indiana staying in the mix at No. 10 despite a lopsided loss of its own.

TUSCALOOSA — Alabama linebacker Deontae Lawson will miss the rest of the season with an injury.

Alabama and Ole Miss fell out of the top 10 of The Associated Press Top 25 poll Sunday and Miami and SMU moved in following a chaotic weekend in the SEC and across college football in general.

Since taking two trips across the state line and ending up with two early-season losses, everything seemed to be breaking just right for No. 7 Alabama. 

OKLAHOMA CITY — Alabama faces a tougher roadblock than it might appear in its quest to maintain positioning for the College Football Playoff.

Focusing on the Crimson Tide's meeting with the Oklahoma Sooners.

BIRMINGHAM — Alabama didn’t slow down even with a scoreless night from star Mark Sears.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — With two games left in the regular season, No. 15 Texas A&M has a chance to reach the Southeastern Conference title game for the first time since joining the league in 2012.

Kansas strengthened its grip on No. 1 in the AP Top 25.

Oregon remained the unanimous No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll Sunday after its close call at Wisconsin, Notre Dame and Alabama each jumped up two spots and Georgia returned to the top 10. LSU is unranked for the first time in two years.

There was drama Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium, not the kind you’d expect when Mercer comes to town.