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THE BOARD: Miami (OH) Football
Chuck Martin's 28-commit class leads the MAC and ranks 81st nationally per Profile. Thirteen years deep in Oxford, the dean of MAC coaches is building his biggest class yet.
THE BOARD: Appalachian State Football
Zion Davis had 31 offers. He picked App State. Dowell Loggains' first full class has 14 commits from eight states and D.C. and the Sun Belt's third-best average rating per Profile.
THE BOARD: San Diego State Football
Sean Lewis turned a 3-9 first year into 9-4. Now his 2027 class ranks first in the Pac-12 per Profile with 20 commits — 11 from California.
THE BOARD: Wyoming Football
Two from Cherry Creek, two from Batavia, two from Wyoming. Jay Sawvel's 14-commit class is built on paired pipelines across eight states.
THE BOARD: Texas State Football
GJ Kinne's staff landed 20 commits with a heavy Texas and Louisiana pipeline. The Pac-12's newest program is recruiting like it belongs.
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THE BOARD: New Mexico Football
Jason Eck's staff is pulling from California, Texas and Georgia. Fifteen commits and two of them have 22 or more offers.
Director's Cup: The new Pac-12 and how every G6 conference stacked up
The Pac-12 used to mean Stanford and UCLA atop the all-sports standings. The rebuilt conference is positioning itself as perhaps the strongest overall athletic conference in the Group of 6.
Director's Cup final standings: Where Alabama's Group of 6 programs finished
Jacksonville State set a program record. Troy made the biggest jump in the state. The five-year trends tell the story.
THE BOARD: Jacksonville State Football
Charles Kelly's staff landed an 86-rated receiver and a 4-star cornerback in the program's fourth year of FBS football. The Gamecocks are competing up.
THE BOARD: South Alabama Football
Major Applewhite's staff built a 20-man class through June. The Gulf Coast pipeline is open.
THE BOARD: Troy Football
Gerad Parker's staff landed two 3.5-star defenders with Power 4 offers and a quarterback in June. Troy's class jumped from three commits to a dozen.
THE BOARD: UAB Football
Alex Mortensen's first full recruiting class is taking shape. A Georgia State flip, a safety with 25 offers and three offensive linemen.
THE BOARD: Florida Atlantic Football
Florida Atlantic has 14 Class of 2027 commits — ranked No. 102 nationally and No. 9 in the American. Nine are from Florida. Eleven committed in June.
THE BOARD: Liberty Football
Liberty has 14 Class of 2027 commits — ranked No. 105 nationally and No. 4 in Conference USA. Ten are defenders. The class is built from the secondary out.
The Long Game: Jegil Dugger goes from UAB backfields to entrepreneur boardrooms
Former UAB star and tech-company founder is a featured speaker at Birmingham’s Sloss Tech convention.
THE BOARD: Washington State Football
Washington State has 20 Class of 2027 commits — ranked No. 72 nationally and No. 3 in the Pac-12. Eleven are from California. Four are from Washington. The West Coast pipeline is the class.
THE BOARD: Memphis Football
Memphis has nine Class of 2027 commits — ranked No. 79 nationally and No. 4 in the American. The entire class committed in 33 days. Three of the nine are offensive linemen.
THE BOARD: Oregon State Football
JaMarcus Shephard's first class after a 2-10 season has 14 commits — ranked No. 90 nationally and No. 7 in the Pac-12. Through 14 commits, 12 play defense — no offensive linemen and no quarterbacks yet.
THE BOARD: South Florida Football
Brian Hartline's first full recruiting class has 18 commits — ranked No. 65 nationally and No. 3 in the AAC. The six highest-graded commits are all skill and coverage players.
Lord Lendeborg: Claim Him, Blazer Nation. He Earned It.
Yaxel Lendeborg went No. 11 to the Warriors on Tuesday night. Every graphic said Michigan. He's still a Blazer.
THE BOARD: UNLV Football
Dan Mullen's staff has 24 commits — ranked No. 52 nationally and No. 1 in the Mountain West. Donovan McNabb's son is a Rebel.
THE BOARD: Old Dominion Football
Ricky Rahne's staff has 8 commits — ranked No. 123 nationally and No. 11 in the Sun Belt. The foundation is Virginia recruits and an interior offensive line.
THE BOARD: North Texas Football
Neal Brown's second recruiting class has 23 commits — ranked No. 64 nationally and No. 2 in the AAC. Victor Scott headlines with 39 offers and an 85.92 Profile grade.
THE BOARD: Toledo Football
Mike Jacobs' first recruiting class at Toledo has 12 commits and a headliner who turned down Florida State, Boston College, Syracuse and Pittsburgh.
The Moat: The real divide in college sports isn't driven by what you think
The class war in college football isn’t coming from the top. It’s coming from the programs just inside the walls — and they need you to stay exactly where you are.
American Conference sets football media days for July 23-24 in St. Petersburg
Five new head coaches and a rebranded conference identity headline the event at the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront.
Sun Belt sets football media days for July 15-16 in New Orleans
Three new head coaches, a returning member and a divisional shakeup await when the conference convenes at the Marriott Warehouse Arts District.
Boise State Football Recruiting Board
Kael Snyder, a quarterback with 24 offers whose father played offensive line at Oregon and in the NFL, headlines the Broncos’ 2027 class — their first as a Pac-12 program.
THE BOARD: Tulane Football
Ray’Quan Williams turned down 19 Power 4 offers to stay home in New Orleans. Aymaud Sykes ran the fastest 40 in camp history. Dallas Crescenzo left Purdue. Will Hall’s first class is the No. 1 haul in the AAC.
North Dakota State Recruiting Board
The Bison have 20 commits in the 2027 class — No. 82 nationally and No. 2 in the Mountain West per Profile — as Tim Polasek recruits through NDSU’s FBS transition.
THE BOARD: Western Kentucky Football
Ri’Chard Bowe, a 3.5-star cornerback from St. Thomas Aquinas with 23 offers, headlines the No. 1 class in Conference USA as Tyson Helton lands 21 commits — three with Power 4 offers.
Conference USA sets football media days for July 20-21 in Arlington
A leaner 10-team league brings its kickoff event to Texas Live! and the Loews Arlington after losing two members to realignment.
100 Days, 100 Reasons G6 Football Matters
No. 68: Because he came to pass — Taylor Heinicke threw for 730 yards in a single game, rewrote the FCS record book and put Old Dominion on the map.
100 Days, 100 Reasons G6 Football Matters
No. 69: Memphis State had no conference, no pedigree and a 1-3 record. They beat No. 15 Alabama and then beat three SEC teams the next year to prove it wasn't a fluke.
John Paul Head is coming back. So is almost everyone else.
UAB announced 19 returning players from a record-setting 2026 season. The Blazers lost one player to the portal. In this era, that qualifies as a statement.
What’s in the Protect College Sports Act — and what happens next
The bill that cleared the Senate Commerce Committee 19-9 would create a federal commission, freeze conference membership, pool media rights and rewrite the rules on NIL, transfers and eligibility. Here’s what it says, who voted for it, who didn’t and what comes next.
Congress just started a race it can’t win
While senators debated how to prevent the next round of realignment, college football's power brokers were already planning it.
The Protect College Sports Act just cleared its first hurdle. Here’s how everyone reacted.
The Senate Commerce Committee voted 19-9 to advance the bill to the full Senate floor — the first college sports bill to reach this stage in six years. The reaction split along familiar lines.
100 Days, 100 Reasons G6 Football Matters
No. 70: Toledo destroyed Penn State, went 10-1 and never got to play a bowl game
The Protect College Sports Act passed committee. Here's who it actually protects.
The 19-9 vote advanced the bill to the Senate floor. But buried in the anti-expansion provision is a freeze on conference realignment that protects the Power 4 middle class — and does nothing for the 60-plus programs that helped get it there.
100 Days, 100 Reasons G6 Football Matters
No. 71: James Madison 21, No. 13 Virginia Tech 16 — The Dukes walked into Lane Stadium in 2010 and stunned Frank Beamer’s Hokies. Fifteen years later, they were in the College Football Playoff.
Tuberville is fighting the bill his state’s G6 schools need
The Senate Commerce Committee marks up the Protect College Sports Act on Thursday. Senators from Power 2 states have filed amendments to gut it. The G6 sent letters.
100 Days, 100 Reasons G6 Football Matters
USF was the largest university in the country without a football team. On Sept. 6, 1997, 49,212 showed up to fix that.
Troy's Season Ended in Omaha. The Year It Caps May Be the Best in the School's Division I History.
The Trojans went to the College World Series for the first time, beat Ole Miss to stay alive, and closed a 12-month stretch no Troy athletic department has matched.
UAB Lands Its Quarterback, and Alabama's G6 Programs Are Loading Up
Jordan Shambley committed to UAB four days after getting the offer. He's part of a busy June across all four Alabama programs.
100 Days, 100 Reasons G6 Football Matters
No. 73: The Freedom Bowl Woodshed — Fresno State 24, USC 7. The two programs had never played. It took a bowl game to force the meeting. Then the Bulldogs beat them by 17.
Troy Lost to West Virginia Four Days Ago. Now It Gets a Rematch with Everything on the Line.
The Trojans face the Mountaineers in a College World Series elimination game Tuesday, four days after losing 7-5 in both programs' CWS debuts
UAB Signed 41 Transfers in January. The High School Pipeline Is What Comes Next.
Alex Mortensen’s portal class was a bridge. Camp season and a recruiting board stretching to 2030 show what he’s building.
100 Days, 100 Reasons G6 Football Matters
No. 74: Statement Saturday — Three Sun Belt teams went on the road as a combined 60.5-point underdog, collected $4.18 million in guarantee checks and beat all three hosts. One of them was No. 6. Another was No. 8. The third got its coach fired.
100 Days, 100 Reasons G6 Football Matters
No. 75: Blue Friday — Nevada trailed by 17 at home, survived two missed field goals and ended No. 3 Boise State’s 24-game winning streak in overtime.
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