RALPH D. RUSSO

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Bryce saves 'Bama; A&M, ND Sun Belted
By Ralph D. Russo Sep. 10, 2022 09:39 PM EDT
The college football offseason is mostly spent trying to figure what's going to

CFP committee digs into feasibility of early expansion to 12
By Ralph D. Russo Sep. 08, 2022 06:20 PM EDT
DALLAS (AP) — In a meeting room just down the hall from where the plan for a 12-team

College Football Picks: Future Big 12 showdown, USC's test
By Ralph D. Russo Sep. 07, 2022 11:33 AM EDT
Week 2 is a quick turnaround for college football fans.
With the Labor

AP Top 25 Reality Check: Should Georgia be No. 1?
By Ralph D. Russo Sep. 07, 2022 01:33 AM EDT
Florida entered The Associated Press college football poll with a jolt.

AP Top 25: Georgia moves up to No. 2, passing Ohio State
By Ralph D. Russo Sep. 06, 2022 02:17 PM EDT
Georgia moved up to No. 2 in the first Associated Press college football poll of the

Analysis: Will a bigger College Football Playoff be better?
By Ralph D. Russo Sep. 04, 2022 02:19 PM EDT
While enthusiastically announcing plans to expand the College Football Playoff, those

No. 2 Ohio State wears down No. 5 Notre Dame 21-10
By Ralph D. Russo Sep. 03, 2022 11:11 PM EDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — With its vaunted offense bogged down, No. 2 Ohio State leaned

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Georgia underrated? Pac-12 dumped again
By Ralph D. Russo Sep. 03, 2022 08:03 PM EDT
Maybe Georgia was underrated.
The defending national champions came

College Football Playoff to expand to 12 teams by '26 season
By Ralph D. Russo Sep. 02, 2022 03:24 PM EDT
After 14 1/2 months of haggling over details and questioning motivations, a plan to

AP sources: Presidents meeting to discuss CFP expansion
By Ralph D. Russo Aug. 31, 2022 08:35 PM EDT
The university presidents who oversee the College Football Playoff are scheduled to

College Football Picks: Pac-12 contenders head down South
By Ralph D. Russo Aug. 31, 2022 10:37 AM EDT
Now the college football starts for real.
Well, not that it didn't

Recent success secures Notre Dame's treasured independence
By Ralph D. Russo Aug. 30, 2022 06:24 PM EDT
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame is as confident as ever that the treasured

On Football: Could Coach Prime jump from SWAC to big-time?
By Ralph D. Russo Aug. 30, 2022 10:30 AM EDT
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Sitting on a metal folding chair just beyond the end zone of

All-America OL Patterson questionable for Irish at No. 2 OSU
By Ralph D. Russo Aug. 29, 2022 02:43 PM EDT
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman said Monday that offensive

PICK SIX: Who will win the national championship in 2022?
By Ralph D. Russo Aug. 25, 2022 02:53 AM EDT
Sometimes a prediction can feel right even though it ends up wrong. And vice versa.

Air Raid evolution: Pioneering offense passes test of time
By Ralph D. Russo Aug. 24, 2022 09:21 AM EDT
Mike Leach settles into a leather chair in his office overlooking Mississippi State's

PICK SIX: From the Heisman to the Thorpe, the winners are?
By Ralph D. Russo Aug. 24, 2022 02:38 AM EDT
Alabama quarterback Bryce Young is the first Heisman Trophy winner since 2017 to play

AP preseason All-America team highlighted by Alabama stars
By Ralph D. Russo Aug. 22, 2022 12:01 PM EDT
Alabama stars Bryce Young and Will Anderson Jr. are among four players from the top

NCAA asks members for help with NIL violation investigations
By Ralph D. Russo Aug. 18, 2022 04:36 PM EDT
NCAA officials sent a letter to its membership Thursday noting its enforcement's

B1G deal: Big Ten lands $7 billion, NFL-style TV contracts
By Ralph D. Russo Aug. 18, 2022 09:27 AM EDT
The Big Ten's new $7 billion media rights deal will string the conference's top