200 FBS quarterbacks went into transfer portal
NCAA, Sports
By By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer 
January 22, 2026
About 200 Football Bowl Subdivision quarterbacks entered the transfer portal by last week’s deadline. That doesn’t mean it’s a buyer’s market. The top programs in the power conferences are paying a pr...
A ‘miracle’ season: Fischer’s journey with IU football
NCAA, Sports
January 21, 2026
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Don Fischer never saw this coming. The play-by-play voice of Indiana basketball and football was behind the microphone a half-century ago when the Hoosiers — the basketball ...
Fletcher and Toney delivered, Hurricanes still fell short
NCAA, Sports
January 21, 2026
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — There will be a new starting quarterback at Miami next season, new starters on the offensive and defensive lines, a new kicker and probably a slew of other depth chart chang...
Mendoza’s clutch play helped push Hoosiers to title
NCAA, Sports
January 21, 2026
MIAMI (AP) — A historic season for Fernando Mendoza ended with a national title. The Heisman Trophy winner didn’t have his best statistical game Monday night, but he came up big when it mattered. He c...
Cignetti, Mendoza bring Hoosiers a title
NCAA, Sports
January 20, 2026
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Fernando Mendoza bulldozed his way into the end zone and Indiana bullied its way into the history books Monday night, toppling Miami 27-21 to put the finishing touch on a ra...
McKeesport’s Manfredo leads ’Boro over Cal
Cal (Pa.), NCAA, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
January 19, 2026
The former Tiger scored 20 points in the Fighting Scots’ 69-45 win over the Vulcans. Rachael Manfredo delivered a team-high 20 points in a return to the area Saturday, helping Edinboro pull away for a...
A champion will be crowned but chaos will linger
NCAA, Sports
January 19, 2026
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Once the legal wrangling over paying players finally got settled last summer, there was hope that college football might finally stumble into something resembling stability. O...
Toney’s rise has Miami on bring of national title
NCAA, Sports
January 19, 2026
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Malachi Toney was just 17 years old when he introduced himself to the college football world by hauling in a 28-yard touchdown pass in Miami’s season-opening win against Notre...
NCAA, Sports
January 19, 2026
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — College football leaders gave every indication Sunday that they remain stuck in a yearlong debate about expanding the playoff from 12 teams to 16 or beyond. Commissioners and ...
Heintschel announces he’ll return to Pitt
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
January 17, 2026
Pitt’s most important player removed a major source of anxiety for coach Pat Narduzzi with an important announcement Thursday as quarterback Mason Heintschel intends to return to the Panthers for his ...
Norwin’s Shanahan on brink of national championship
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By BILL BECKNER JR. TribLive 
January 17, 2026
A former high school lacrosse coach turned millionaire playcaller for the No. 1 college football team in the country is a win away from a national championship. If Norwin alum Mike Shanahan tells you ...
Transfer portal closes: Here are the winners
NCAA, Sports
By By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer 
January 17, 2026
Indiana and Mississippi had rather busy schedules the last couple of weeks as they competed in the College Football Playoff while the transfer portal window was open. But it apparently didn’t bother t...
Panthers get elusive ACC win
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
January 15, 2026
Pitt arrived at McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta on Wednesday night a desperate squad, winless inACC league play and sitting in 16th place in the conference. Whether that desperation was channeled into a ...
Cal (Pa.), NCAA, Sports
January 15, 2026
The Cal (Pa.) men suffered their first PSAC loss, but the Vulcan women were dominant in a West win. By the Mon Valley Independent Clarion built an early lead and answered every late push by California...
LSU’s Mulkey turns to Louisiana cooking to break skid
NCAA, Sports
January 13, 2026
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU coach Kim Mulkey tapped into her Louisiana roots — and specifically, her home state’s cooking culture — to tighten up the Tigers’ form after their two-game skid to open Sou...
Mendoza, Indiana could make history against Miami
NCAA, Sports
January 12, 2026
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza originally planned on going to Yale, which pulled out all the stops during his recruiting visit five years ago. Among the ploys the Bull...
Panthers look for first ACC win as Syracuse visits
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
January 10, 2026
It does not take viewing Pitt through rose-colored glasses to see that the Panthers weren’t too far off from starting ACC league play 2-0. Instead, behind a 76-69 loss to Miami and a 73-68 defeat to C...
MLB draft pick Bryce Boettcher hoping to win CFP
NCAA, Sports
By By ANNE M. PETERSON AP 
January 9, 2026
The play was dubbed “Trojan.” It was senior night for Oregon, which was facing Southern California in the final regular-season home game at Autzen Stadium. The Ducks were up 21-14 late in the first ha...
Vulcans knock off Griffins to remain unbeaten in PSAC
Cal (Pa.), NCAA, Sports
January 8, 2026
By the Mon Valley Independent California (Pa.) used a dominant second half to pull away from Seton Hill and remain unbeaten in conference play with an 8778 victory Wednesday night in PSAC West action ...
Playoff quarterfinals viewership up 14%
NCAA, Sports
By By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer 
January 8, 2026
The College Football Playoff has some viewer momentum going into this week’s semifinals. Last week’s quarterfinals had a 14% increase from last season. According to ESPN and Nielsen, the four matchups...