PLATTEVILLE – The coaches have spoken and no, Wisconsin won’t begin the season as a top 25 college football team. The Badgers received votes in the preseason US LBM Coaches Poll released Monday. Their point total left them in the “others receiving votes” portion of the ranking, checking in at No. 34 with 17 points. UW’s lack of national preseason …

ECR stands for “Expert Consensus Ranking,” which means the average rankings of the fantasy football industry and is typically similar to ADP (which differs from site-to-site). This ongoing positional series will highlight some big differences between ECR and my own ranks. Go here for quarterbacks.  Running Backs I like more than consensus Breece Hall, New York Jets (ECR = RB3 …

Kenwood players pounce towards one another at the whistle during a blocking drill at the first contact practice for the Knights at Kenwood High School in Clarksville, Tenn., on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Syndication: Clarksville The Florida football program added a recruit from the junior college ranks to its roster last week as [autotag]Billy Napier[/autotag] and Co. put the final …

Detroit Lions tight end Sam LaPorta did something truly amazing last season: he became a star fantasy tight end in his rookie year. That is no small feat at that position. Ten touchdowns and 120 targets for a rookie tight end? Seems like a thing only dreams are made of, but LaPorta got it done. How will he follow his …

Aug. 5—*** Are you ready for the most college football ever? Twelve teams in the playoffs means eight more postseason games than before. What used to be three is now 11 to decide who is best, The favorites might dominate in the first two rounds. Or the semifinals will be filled with bottom seeds. We can only hope. Kick back, …

It’s June. No one has nor does anyone need “the answers to the test” yet — to use a silly analogy that somehow makes the very unserious pursuit of understanding and projecting NFL teams and players seem like some profound quest. We’re writing thoughts in pencil and merely take-shopping, for now. That makes for a perfect backdrop to discuss one …

The 2024 college football season is nearly here, which means the first 12-team postseason in the sport’s history is just months away. After a decade of two rounds and three games and years of talking about how best to expand, the College Football Playoff will officially include a dozen teams this year. More teams equals more games, a later national …

Chris Olave has been one of the few bright fantasy spots on the Saints, but there’s still room to grow. (Photo by Ric Tapia/Getty Images) Throughout the last couple of months, I’ve realized that I have a bizarre fascination. It’s one that, no matter how many podcast co-hosts I’ve verbally sparred with, no one seems to share. Instantly, that makes …

. No matter where Texas A&M’s 2025 recruiting class is ranked at the end of the year, first-year head coach Mike Elko deserves credit for assembling one heck of an inaugural cycle, which included landing 5-star quarterback Husan Longstreet. As the 2024 season looms, 5-star safety Jonah Williams, one of the highest-ranked prospects in the class, will announce his commitment …

Every fantasy draft is terrible and ridiculous in its own unique way. If you were to assemble the same group of drafters twice, picking in the same order on the same day, you’d get radically different results each time. Mock drafts of course have an even greater level of ridiculousness, because no one involved actually has to live with the …

Though it graduated three key contributors from its secondary a season ago, the Oregon football team got deeper in its third season under head coach Dan Lanning, bringing in four defensive backs with just one year of eligibility remaining. The goal for that group and the entire secondary looking to take another step forward in 2024? “Maximize that little amount …

The Los Angeles Rams have plenty of time before their regular season opener. It’s 34 days from Monday, to be exact. Still, hearing “week to week” on a star receiver’s knee injury is some cause for alarm. Record-setting receiver Puka Nacua is week to week with a knee injury although a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter the injury is “not …

With fall camp beginning last week, Alabama football and coach Kalen DeBoer’s preparation for the 2024 season is officially underway. The Crimson Tide open its season on Aug. 31, hosting Western Kentucky at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Alabama opens Southeastern Conference play at home, too, hosting Georgia a few weeks later on Sept. 28 in what will be the first regular season …

The Eagles are kicking off the week by making an addition on the defensive side of the ball. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that they are going to sign linebacker Shaquille Quarterman to their 90-man roster. There’s no word about a corresponding move to create room for Quarterman in Philly. Quarterman was a 2020 fourth-round pick by the Jaguars and …

Linebackers are often viewed as the heart and soul of a defense, and there are plenty of great ones in the Big 12. There are returners such as Oklahoma State’s Nick Martin and Texas Tech’s Ben Roberts. But the conference also boasts newcomers such as Arizona’s Jacob Manu and Utah’s Karene Reid. Here are the top 10 linebackers in the …