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Byline: Neil Greenberg The Buffalo Bills scored six offensive touchdowns (three rushing and three passing) and didn't turn the ball over in Sunday's 44-42 loss at the Los Angeles Rams. [...]

Byline: Matt Bonesteel Seven NFL teams have been eliminated from playoff consideration, the most at this point in the season since 2005, when nine had been eliminated. Six of those [...]

Byline: Tim Benz Dec. 11For the Pittsburgh Steelers, their long-awaited mid-winter slog through three playoff-quality opponents begins this weekend. Three games over 11 days. Three opponents that have combined for [...]

Byline: Nate Davis, USA TODAY Where things stand with Week 14 of the NFL season complete: NFC x - 1. Detroit Lions (12-1), NFC North leaders: For the first time [...]

Byline: Neil Greenberg The Buffalo Bills scored six offensive touchdowns (three rushing and three passing) and didn't turn the ball over in Sunday's 44-42 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. [...]

Byline: Nate Davis, USA TODAY The 32 things we learned from Week 14 of the 2024 NFL season: 0. The number of touchdown passes thrown by Atlanta Falcons QB Kirk [...]

Byline: Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY NFL fans, rejoice. We're entering the final month of the regular season, and several key playoff races are heating up. Nothing is more contested than [...]

Byline: Dan Wolken, Columnist, USA TODAY Dear Oregon Ducks and head coach Dan Lanning, This is the College Football Playoff selection committee. Congratulations on a wonderful season and a hard-won [...]

Byline: Paul Myerberg USA TODAY The debut 12-team College Football Playoff field is set, but not without a late dose of controversy. SMU earned an at-large bid ahead of Alabama [...]

Byline: Mark Maske As underwhelming as the Kansas City Chiefs have looked at times this season, as narrow and as ever-more-miraculous as some of their escapes have been, they have [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 6The PIAA Class 3A championship game features two schools making their second appearance in the football state championship game and still in search of their first [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 6On a weekend that featured six schools making their PIAA championship game debut, the final contest of the weekend includes two schools that have been there, [...]

Byline: Tim Benz Dec. 6Plenty of things went wrong when the Pittsburgh Steelers visited Cleveland and lost 24-19 on Nov. 21. It's the team's only defeat in the past seven [...]

Byline: Chris Adamski Dec. 5Aside from 'W,' it might be the prettiest letters in the NFL to a coach of a team late in its season. FP. 'FP,' as in [...]

Byline: Justin Guerriero Dec. 5Nick Singleton's individual performance vs. Minnesota in Penn State's penultimate regular-season game of the year Nov. 23 looked to be a good sign. The junior tailback, [...]

Byline: Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY The best teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision bring in the best future college football players on national signing day - no surprise there. The [...]

Byline: Matt Hayes, USA TODAY SPORTS NETWORK Let me take you to a cold Connecticut suburb, and the vision of a man nestled in front of a roaring fire with [...]

Byline: Shawn Windsor, Columnist, Detroit Free Press Lions fans, you're nervous - at least a little - but that's a good thing, because this is December football. Right where you've [...]

Byline: Dan Wolken, Columnist, USA TODAY What, did you really think the College Football Playoff selection committee was here to tell us this sport had become more egalitarian than we [...]

Byline: Matt Bonesteel The wild ride continued for this column in the final week of the regular season, with my picks going 3-1 to give me an even-steven 28-28 record. [...]

Byline: Tim Benz Dec. 4There are plenty of good vibes coming out of the Pittsburgh Steelers' 44-38 win in Cincinnati last week, and surrounding their 9-3 record overall. That doesn't [...]

Byline: Blake Toppmeyer, SEC Columnist, USA TODAY NETWORK The propaganda campaigns started even before rivalry weekend began. Then, after Miami lost its grip on a College Football Playoff spot, so [...]

Byline: Mark Maske Here are five things to know as Week 14 of the NFL season approaches, including the league's top five teams. - - - The new kickoff format [...]

Byline: Chuck Culpepper A glamorous first-round matchup between Alabama and Notre Dame shone off the prospective bracket Tuesday night in the penultimate revealing of the College Football Playoff rankings. By [...]

Byline: Justin Guerriero Dec. 3At the start of this week, Penn State coach James Franklin and his Oregon counterpart, Dan Lanning, said they weren't yet neck-deep in film preparation for [...]

Byline: Safid Deen, USA TODAY Lamar Jackson's chase for a third NFL MVP Award and the Baltimore Ravens' hopes to win the Super Bowl are dwindling. There's no other way [...]

Byline: Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY BALTIMORE - For the third straight year, the Philadelphia Eagles have established themselves in the top tier of the NFL over the season's first 12 [...]

Byline: Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY Week 13 in the NFL brought us a post-Thanksgiving slate that included snow, a cross-country revenge game and an all-time great kicker who struggles. The [...]

Byline: Justin Guerriero Dec. 3At the start of this week, both Penn State coach James Franklin and his Oregon counterpart, Dan Lanning, admitted they weren't neck-deep just yet in film [...]

Byline: Justin Guerriero Dec. 2For Penn State and coach James Franklin, there are plenty of factors at work making this week feel both routine and anything but. The No. 3 [...]

Byline: Chris Adamski Dec. 2CINCINNATI Pat Freiermuth didn't even let the reporter finish the question. In the visitors' locker room at Paycor Stadium not long after his team's victory Sunday, [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 2Trib HSSN football team of the week Central Catholic Vikings Coach: Ryan Lehmeier (2nd season) Result: Central Catholic 38, Harrisburg 33 Record: 12-2 overall #Earned: This [...]

Byline: Blake Toppmeyer, Columnist, USA TODAY NETWORK COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Coaches rarely allow themselves a moment to look too far into the future, but in the immediate aftermath of [...]

Byline: Adam Kilgore At times, Week 13 made it fair to wonder what year it was. Russell Wilson was lighting up an opposing secondary. Geno Smith was chucking the ball [...]

Byline: Candace Buckner How quickly people forget. It has been weeks since the Washington Commanders had teased their fans with nearly unprecedented early-season success. Weeks since quarterback Jayden Daniels had [...]

Byline: Tim Benz Dec. 2The Pittsburgh Steelers managed to dispatch the Cincinnati Bengals 44-38 Sunday. So that means they've managed to win two of their first three AFC North games [...]

Byline: Patrick Stevens The final weekend of college football's regular season is in full swing. Here are some of the biggest winners and losers: - - - Ohio State - [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 30The day after Thanksgiving really did turn out to big Black Friday for the WPIAL football champions. Five took the field and only one survived the [...]

Byline: Jerry Brewer You could see his sarcasm begging for permission to bite. As Justice Hill listened to a question about the NFL's running back revival, he pursed his lips [...]

Byline: Chuck Culpepper Last week Justin Tucker, among the most interesting sorts ever to grace the vast sports landscape, turned 35. Classically trained in both placekicking and opera, the Baltimore [...]

Byline: Patrick Stevens Nothing about the Big 12's tiebreakers is simple. Certainly not for someone trying to make sense of how nine teams could still reach the league's championship game [...]

Byline: Chuck Culpepper Last week Justin Tucker, among the most interesting sorts ever to grace the vast sports landscape, turned 35. Classically trained in both placekicking and opera, the Baltimore [...]

Byline: Matt Bonesteel Nine teams remain alive for a spot in the Big 12 championship game entering the final weekend of the college football regular season, which is either terribly [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Nov. 28When it comes to what Mike Tomlin likes to call the weighty moments, especially when the offense has a third-and-1 or fourth-and-1, the Pittsburgh Steelers have [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Nov. 28Pat Narduzzi may not like to admit it, but his Pitt teams previously have dealt with slumps. Actually, it was only 12 months ago. Pitt was [...]

Byline: Mark Maske The Dallas Cowboys arrive at their traditional Thanksgiving game with their latest season of high hopes mostly in tatters. They're much closer to last place than first [...]

Byline: Mark Maske The Detroit Lions shed their laughingstock label over the previous two seasons. They just missed the playoffs in the 2022 season and then nearly reached the first [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier The Washington Commanders' offense has hiccupped lately for multiple reasons, but one of the biggest is a less effective running game. Quarterback Jayden Daniels is the only [...]

Byline: Chris Adamski Nov. 27Mike Tomlin has been wont to refer to playing AFC North games as being 'in the kitchen.' Fitting, then, that over the Thanksgiving season the Pittsburgh [...]