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2026 College Football Transfer Portal Tracker: LSU Gets Ex-Colorado 5-Star

The college football transfer portal opened on Jan. 2, but players didn't wait until then to announce their intentions to enter it.

JANUARY 24 • FOX SPORTS

2026 College Football Transfer Portal Tracker: LSU Gets Ex-Colorado 5-Star

College Football Playoff Stays at 12 Teams; How Does it Impact Notre Dame?

The College Football Playoff maintained a 12-team format for next season amid debate about potential expansion.

JANUARY 23 • FOX SPORTS

College Football Playoff Stays at 12 Teams; How Does it Impact Notre Dame?

AP Top 25: Indiana at No. 1, Ole Miss Gets Highest Ranking in Over 60 Years

Indiana is the No. 1 team in the final AP Top 25 of the 2025 season, with the Big Ten landing six teams in the final AP Poll. Only the SEC (...

JANUARY 20 • FOX SPORTS

AP Top 25: Indiana at No. 1, Ole Miss Gets Highest Ranking in Over 60 Years

5 Reasons Why We'll Remember the Dramatic 2025 College Football Season

Looking back at a wild 2025 college football season, FOX Sports' Laken Litman examines what we'll remember.

JANUARY 20 • FOX SPORTS

5 Reasons Why We'll Remember the Dramatic 2025 College Football Season

Davi Belfort - Commits to JMU Belfort will transfer to James Madison, per On3.com.

Impact Belfort spent a year at Virginia Tech before transferring to Central Florida for the 2025 season, where he threw for just 53 yards and one interception on 4-of-6 passing. He'll have three years of eligibility remaining with the Dukes, where he's likely slated for a backup gig at least to start.

JANUARY 19 • ROTOWIRE

Curt Cignetti has brought Indiana to national championship game in just 2 years

Curt Cignetti has turned heads in the college football world after leading Indiana to its first undefeated season and national championship game appearance

JANUARY 18 • Associated Press

College football's surprise: Miami and Indiana meet for a title in a matchup nobody saw coming

Indiana and Miami are playing for the national title Monday night, and if that has you scratching your head thinking “Who?”

JANUARY 18 • Associated Press

ACC more than survived, it thrived. Miami in the College Football Playoff final is proof

The Power 4 conference that didn’t get its champion into the College Football Playoff ended up with another team playing for the national title

JANUARY 16 • Associated Press

Let's Debate: What to Keep and Change in the College Football Playoff Format

FOX Sports' college football writers discuss what to keep and what to change after two years of the current College Football Playoff layout.

JANUARY 15 • FOX SPORTS

Let's Debate: What to Keep and Change in the College Football Playoff Format

VaTech drops meeting with JMU, top nonconference foe in Franklin's 1st season, to fit in 9 ACC games

Virginia Tech has canceled its football game against James Madison scheduled for September because of the Atlantic Coast Conference's move from eight to nine conference games begin...

JANUARY 15 • Associated Press

It's Indiana and Miami in a college-football title matchup that once seemed impossible

It looked improbable two months ago

JANUARY 10 • Associated Press

2025 College Football Playoff Buzz: North Carolina Hires Bobby Petrino as OC

Here's the latest on what's happening around college football during the postseason.

JANUARY 9 • FOX SPORTS

2025 College Football Playoff Buzz: North Carolina Hires Bobby Petrino as OC

Arrington Maiden - Signs with James Madison Maiden will transfer to James Madison, the program announced.

Impact Maiden spent his first two seasons at Memphis, and in 2025, he completed 5-of-10 passes for 59 yards. Now, he'll have three years of eligibility remaining at James Madison, where he'll look to earn the starting quarterback gig in Harrisonburg.

JANUARY 9 • ROTOWIRE

Indiana Hoosiers Head Coach Curt Cignetti: 'I Am Happy, At Times'

Indiana Hoosiers head coach Curt Cignetti, who rarely expresses joy on the sideline, explained how he's occasionally happy.

JANUARY 8 • FOX SPORTS

Indiana Hoosiers Head Coach Curt Cignetti: 'I Am Happy, At Times'

Kylan Billiot - Commits to James Madison Billiot has committed to James Madison, Hayes Fawcett of On3 reports.

Impact Though no longer part of a P4 team, Billiot will still be an FBS player and part of a Sun Belt powerhouse. Ideally for the wide receiver, James Madison's team is how he logs his first target.

JANUARY 7 • ROTOWIRE

Seth Cromwell - Joins JMU Cromwell has committed to James Madison, 247Sports.com reports.

Impact Cromwell will head to one of the top G5 schools after a pair of productive seasons at Northern Ariona. Over those two years, he totaled 1,327 rushing yards and 18 rushing touchdowns.

JANUARY 5 • ROTOWIRE

Oregon's Lanning and Indiana's Cignetti hope to outwit each other as teams meet again in CFP

As he prepares for a rematch against Indiana, Oregon coach Dan Lanning didn’t want to get into specifics about how his team has grown since the Ducks’ loss to the Hoosiers earlier...

JANUARY 3 • Associated Press

4 Takeaways From Oregon's Shutout Win vs. Texas Tech in the CFP Quarterfinals

FOX Sports' Michael Cohen breaks down his takeaways from Oregon's CFP Orange Bowl win against Texas Tech.

JANUARY 1 • FOX SPORTS

4 Takeaways From Oregon's Shutout Win vs. Texas Tech in the CFP Quarterfinals

Oregon Coach Dan Lanning Wants Portal, Coach Movement and CFP to Change

College football is in chaos with coaches and players on the move during the most crucial time of the year, and Dan Lanning wants that to ch...

DECEMBER 31, 2025 • FOX SPORTS

Oregon Coach Dan Lanning Wants Portal, Coach Movement and CFP to Change

2025 Bad Beats of the Year: NFL and College Football Edition

Check out the most eye-opening bad beats of the 2025 NFL and college football seasons.

DECEMBER 30, 2025 • FOX SPORTS

2025 Bad Beats of the Year: NFL and College Football Edition

College Football Playoff picks: Buckeyes, Red Raiders, Hoosiers, Bulldogs are expected to advance

Something to watch in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals will be how sharp the teams that got first-round byes are early in their games

DECEMBER 29, 2025 • Associated Press

JMU star RB Wayne Knight makes major decision after All-American season Wayne Knight just delivered one of the most unforgettable seasons in James Madison history, rewriting record books and forcing the college f...

DECEMBER 27, 2025 • THEBIGLEAD.COM

James Madison Star QB Alonza Barnett III to Enter Transfer Portal The Dukes quarterback led the program to the College Football Playoff.

DECEMBER 26, 2025 • SI.COM

Joel Klatt Wants Higher Bar for Group of 5 Teams in CFP: 'They Were Overmatched'

After Tulane and James Madison were blown out in the opening round of the CFP, Joel Klatt proposed a change for Group of 5 teams to make the...

DECEMBER 22, 2025 • FOX SPORTS

Joel Klatt Wants Higher Bar for Group of 5 Teams in CFP: 'They Were Overmatched'

Should Group of 5 Teams get automatic bids to CFP? Joel Klatt thinks they shouldn't

Should Group of 5 Teams get automatic bids to CFP? Joel Klatt thinks they shouldn't

DECEMBER 21, 2025 • FOX SPORTS