Denver's defense bailed out the Broncos in a 10-7 win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday night.
Patrick Mahomes threw for 286 yards and three touchdowns as the Kansas City Chiefs shut out the Las Vegas Raiders 31-0.
A Lions-Chiefs matchup was considered a potential Super Bowl preview when the schedule came out.
In the first AP Top 25 college football poll rankings of the regular season, the Ohio State Buckeyes take the lead, followed by Penn State at No. 2 and LSU at No. 3.
Impressive and fantastic are a couple of the words used to describe Tennessee quarterback Cam Ward as the No. 1-overall pick in April’s NFL draft takes over as the starter for a franchise that won just three games last season.
Spring is the time of optimism in the NFL with most teams hopeful that the moves made this offseason will lead to success in the fall.
Heisman Trophy runner-up Ashton Jeanty saw the value of running backs tank as his college career started taking off.
Smothering defenses have carried the last four teams still in the hunt for the national championship.
Ashton Jeanty took the handoff on Boise State’s first play and made it just a few steps before being greeted by a wall of dark blue Penn State jerseys that swallowed him up and shoved him backward for no gain.
Drew Allar threw three touchdown passes and No. 5 Penn State bottled up Heisman Trophy runner-up Ashton Jeanty for a 31-14 win over No. 8 Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl, earning a spot in the College Football Playoff semifinals.
The running game will be front-and-center when third-seeded Boise State meets sixth-seeded Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal game.
Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter of Colorado and Notre Dame’s Xavier Watts are repeat first-team selections on The Associated Press All-America team.
Colorado two-way standout Travis Hunter is The Associated Press college football player of the year.
Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel, Colorado’s Travis Hunter, Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty and Miami’s Cam Ward have been announced as the Heisman Trophy finalists.
College football fans are facing some hard choices in the expanded playoff system with some teams set to play away from home multiple times.
After Ashton Jeanty streaked through the middle of UNLV’s defense on his way to a 75-yard touchdown run Friday night in the Mountain West Conference title game, he didn’t strike the Heisman pose.
Ashton Jeanty ran for 209 yards and a touchdown and No. 10 Boise State earned a College Football Playoff spot, beating No. 19 UNLV 21-7 on Friday night for its second straight Mountain West title.
Undefeated Oregon pulled off the expected and grabbed the top spot in the College Football Playoff.
Ashton Jeanty, the nation’s leading rusher, didn’t play up to his standards but still rushed for 128 yards and the winning touchdown to help No. 17 Boise State beat UNLV 29-24 on Friday night in a game with College Football Playoff implications.
Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty is a unanimous selection and Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter occupies two first-team positions on The Associated Press midseason All-America team.
