RALPH D. RUSSO

AP Top 25 Podcast: Hot-seat season's here; Who's in trouble?
By Ralph D. Russo Oct. 25, 2018 04:16 PM EDT
The back half of the college football season means playoff races and coaching changes

Going for it: 4th-down makes fuel football scoring surge
By Ralph D. Russo Oct. 25, 2018 03:42 PM EDT
Major college football teams are on a record scoring pace this season and a more

College Football Picks: Road tests before first CFP rankings
By Ralph D. Russo Oct. 24, 2018 04:54 PM EDT
For many ranked teams, the last chance to influence the College Football Playoff

Comeback player of year: Kent State's Dixon leads nominees
By Ralph D. Russo Oct. 24, 2018 01:09 PM EDT
Antwan Dixon couldn't eat, his mouth too sore for even soup after several teeth were

AP All-America Watch: Sooner Heisman hopeful, FSU sackmaster
By Ralph D. Russo Oct. 23, 2018 01:15 PM EDT
The Associated Press has been honoring college football's best with an All-America

AP Top 25 Heat Check: Alabama becomes unanimous No. 1
By Ralph D. Russo Oct. 22, 2018 03:04 AM EDT
Alabama is finally a unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press college football.

AP Top 25: Clemson back to 2; App State ranked for 1st time
By Ralph D. Russo Oct. 21, 2018 02:03 PM EDT
Clemson is back at No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll behind top

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Michigan is B1G's best; Tide-Tigers IV?
By Ralph D. Russo Oct. 20, 2018 09:45 PM EDT
There is no more reason to hedge on Jim Harbaugh's team.
No. 6 Michigan

Week 8 Preview: ACC showdown; Heisman Herbert; Auburn slump
By Ralph D. Russo Oct. 19, 2018 02:37 AM EDT
Follow-ups can be difficult in college football.
Backing up a big

AP Top 25 Podcast: Best offensive lines in college football
By Ralph D. Russo Oct. 17, 2018 02:32 PM EDT
The best offensive lines are greater than the sum of their parts.

College Football Picks: ACC showcase could be first and last
By Ralph D. Russo Oct. 17, 2018 02:01 PM EDT
The Atlantic Coast Conference has yet to have a big game this season and might not

Midterms! Who's hot so far in college football, CFP forecast
By Ralph D. Russo Oct. 16, 2018 02:06 PM EDT
The midpoint of another season has arrived and the burning question is — yet again —

Tagovailoa one of 5 Alabama midseason AP All-Americans
By Ralph D. Russo Oct. 16, 2018 12:06 PM EDT
Tua Tagovailoa and four of his Alabama teammates highlight The Associated Press

Overextended: Why schools rush to extend coach contracts
By Ralph D. Russo Oct. 15, 2018 07:04 AM EDT
Coming off a division title that included a victory against its archrival, Auburn

AP Top 25 Heat Check: No style points necessary in 2nd half
By Ralph D. Russo Oct. 15, 2018 03:08 AM EDT
Style points are not so important during the second half of the college football

AP College Football Poll: LSU back to No. 5; Michigan to 6th
By Ralph D. Russo Oct. 14, 2018 02:05 PM EDT
After four of the top eight teams lost, The Associated Press college football poll

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Is anybody good? Contenders flail
By Ralph D. Russo Oct. 13, 2018 10:37 PM EDT
Some Saturdays it just sort of feels as if no one knows anything about college

Pac-12 commissioner: Errors made in replay review procedure
By Ralph D. Russo Oct. 11, 2018 02:02 PM EDT
The Pac-12 will make immediate changes to how video replay reviews are handled after

College Football Picks: Why Pac-12 needs Washington to win
By Ralph D. Russo Oct. 10, 2018 03:19 PM EDT
If the Pac-12 wants to maximize its damaged hopes of placing a team in the College
AP Top 25 Podcast: The wild rise and fall of the USFL
By Ralph D. Russo Oct. 10, 2018 02:26 PM EDT
The USFL helped change professional football in just three years of existence.