College Football

No. 12 Southern Methodist will face No. 5 Penn State in the opening round of the College Football Playoff after edging Alabama in the final rankings.

The No. 2 Texas Longhorns wasted no time positioning themselves as one of the teams to beat in the Southeastern Conference. In their first season as an SEC member, they posted the best record during the regular season and earned a spot against No. 5 Georgia in the league championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

SMU had no problems handling the jump to the Atlantic Coast Conference. Now the No. 8 Mustangs will look to complete an unbeaten run through the ACC in their inaugural season when they face perennial conference power Clemson on Saturday night in Charlotte.

The rivalry between the University of Texas and Texas A&M University is a grudge match that dates to 1894. The No. 3 Longhorns and No. 20 Aggies finally meet again Saturday night in College Station with a berth in the SEC championship game on the line.

The Denton Record-Chronicle's sports reporters break down what you need to know both at the collegiate level and under the Friday Night Lights.

The three-years-in-the-making switch to the Southeastern Conference for two programs that were co-founders of the Big 12 in 1996 officially happens Monday.

Texas A&M’s president says the traditional bonfire, which ended 25 years ago after 12 people were killed and 27 more were wounded when the log stack collapsed during construction, will not return to campus.

Theodore Knox, 21, was driving the other speeding sports car, a Corvette, Dallas police said, and arrest warrants were issued for Knox on the same range of counts as for Rice.

A university system regent has sought input from the victims’ families about restoring the tradition, which was suspended after the 1999 tragedy.

University of North Texas football coach Eric Morris was speaking about what was to come in the days leading up to the Mean Green’s recent season finale against Alabama-Birmingham when he turned his attention to recruiting as well as name, image and likeness opportunities for players.

The announcement comes after the university spent more than $75 million to fire former football coach Jimbo Fisher. A&M did not immediately say how much it will pay Elko.

The Jimbo Fisher buyout more than triples the previous record of Auburn’s $21.7 million buyout of Gus Malzahn in 2020.