College Football

Washington State coach Jake Dickert has agreed to a contract extension that will keep him tied to the Cougars through the 2027 season.

The three-time defending AFC East champion Bills avoided a major collapse by rallying for a 34-31 victory over the AFC’s seventh-seeded and injury-depleted Miami Dolphins in a wild-card playoff game

Washington State has hired Jeff Schmedding as the Cougars’ new defensive coordinator. Schmedding spent the past two seasons at Auburn and was the Tigers' defensive coordinator for the past season.

Georgia was No. 1 in the final Associated Press Top 25 college football poll, becoming the 12th back-to-back national champion in the history of the rankings after routing TCU on Monday night.

Michael Penix, Jr. threw for 287 yards and two touchdowns and No. 12 Washington held off No. 21 Texas 27-20 in the Valero Alamo Bowl.

Bo Nix threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Chase Cota and Camden Lewis' PAT bounced off the left upright and went through to give No. 15 Oregon a wild 28-27 victory against North Carolina.

The first Holiday Bowl at Petco Park could be a duel between two gunslingers. Quarterbacks Bo Nix of No. 15 Oregon and Drake Maye of UNC put up big numbers and look to lead their teams back from late-season slumps,

Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr., Minnesota running back Mohamed Ibrahim and UCLA linebacker Laiatu Latu have been named college football’s comeback players of the year.

TCU’s Sonny Dykes is The Associated Press Coach of the Year after leading the Horned Frogs to the College Football Playoff in his first season with the school.

Texas running back Bijan Robinson is skipping his final two seasons of eligibility to enter the NFL draft and won't play in the Alamo Bowl.