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Does Florida State have enough to dethrone Clemson as ACC’s best team?Florida State (3) and Clemson (8) have dominated the ACC landscape, winning 11 of the last 12 conference titles, making their annual matchups a must. However, the Tigers have mastered this series, winning seven consecutive games against the Seminoles. Stability has been the key for Clemson, while FSU has undergone three coaching ...

By Elliott JarnotWith the 2023 season on the horizon, the Blue Zone breaks down each of the eight major position groups for this Duke squad: Specialists, defensive line, offensive line, linebackers, defensive backs, receivers, running backs and quarterbacks.There will be no questions at the quarterback position for Duke to begin 2023. The Blue Devils will have the same Week 1 starting signal caller ...

By: Scottie BordelonQuarterbackKJ Jefferson has placed himself among the top talents in the Southeastern Conference regardless of position as he enters his third season as Arkansas’ full-time starter. Jefferson accounted for nearly 3,300 yards of offense and 33 touchdowns in 2022 and was a preseason All-SEC second-team pick in July by media members who cover the league. Razorbacks coach Sam Pittman ...

The Arizona State football program has self-imposed a bowl ban for the 2023 season, which begins this week.That type of penalty often is taken by schools under NCAA investigation in an attempt to lessen the sanctions that end up coming later. The program has been under investigation for more than three years for alleged recruiting violations that occurred in 2020 when Herm Edwards was head coach. Among ...

Alabama’s defense was, like the rest of the Crimson Tide football team, uneven in its 2022 performance.It held opponents under 21 points eight different times, completing two shutouts over non-conference foes. But road lapses at Tennessee and at LSU helped sink the season. Alabama was 13th in total defense nationally, 10th in preventing third-down conversions (30.5%) and tied for 105th in turnovers ...

NORMAL, IL. — Darrion Dupree was everywhere on the field.Dupree — one of the University of Wisconsin football program's four-star commits for the 2024 class — lined up in the backfield, in the slot and split far off wide in Chicago Mount Carmel's 36-33 win over East St. Louis on Saturday evening at Hancock Stadium.Just how would Dupree define himself as a running back?"Every-down back," Dupree quickly ...

PULLMAN – At every turn, when it sounds like Washington State might survive the Pac-12 exit and land in a major conference after all, the Cougars’ hope seems to fade.In response to a report that the Big 12 might be interested in WSU and Oregon State, two of the four remaining schools in the Pac-12, three national reporters refuted that idea: Action Network’s Brett McMurphy, CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Had they understood what they do now, there’s a thought among returning Virginia players that they could’ve avoided some of the on-field disappointment experienced last season and, perhaps, logged a better record.The Cavaliers were 3-7 during coach Tony Elliott’s debut campaign in charge, and of those seven setbacks, three were by three points or fewer — by two at Syracuse, by two ...

Nashville TennesseanThe projections were the same as always: Bottom of the SEC. Plenty in the conference and elsewhere have been expecting the same old Vanderbilt football in 2023.I wasn’t one of those people. I’d seen these Commodores practice. I believed they’d be better than assumed.After their opening game, however, I’m no longer so sure.The most positive thing you can say about Vanderbilt's thoroughly ...