Games are won on the field, but part of that equation is the impact of defensive coordinators. They're calling the shots, picking the right coverages and blitzes to stall an opponent's drive. Hanging on to these coaches is not easy. Many eventually move to leading roles. Others, however, seem content to remain coordinators for most of, if not all of, their careers. Factors used to determine the 10 best in college football include a coach's overall success, aided ...

There are a few athletes—running back Najee Harris, linebacker Dylan Moses and defensive tackle Marvin Wilson, for example—who many expect to have dominating performances at The Opening next week in Beaverton, Oregon. And while that may occur, there will be those athletes at the upcoming high school showcase who improve their national recruiting stock with accelerated play. Calling athletes who qualified for The Opening "sleepers" can be processed oxymoronically, but it isn't totally off-base to say that the event ...

The 2016 College World Series will go the full distance after Coastal Carolina got off the mat in Tuesday's 5-4 victory over Arizona to force a decisive Game 3 on Wednesday. Chanticleers head coach Gary Gilmore put it best with a brief but fitting postgame comment. He said, per the club's official Twitter feed, "Wow what a baseball game." One person to thank was senior Mike Morrison, who made the transition from closer to starter in Omaha, Nebraska, ...

Coveted offensive lineman Patrick Hudson is reportedly set to play college football at Texas. Matt Hladik of College Spun passed along the former Baylor commit's decision Wednesday. Gerry Hamilton of ESPN.com confirmed the news. Hudson is a 4-star prospect and ranks as the No. 50 overall recruit in the 2016 class, according to 247Sports' composite rankings. He also checks in as the second-ranked offensive guard and the seventh-ranked player from the state of Texas. John Werner of the ...

A general guideline to follow when building a college football roster is to sign a quarterback in every recruiting cycle. Well, Jim Harbaugh is already thinking about Michigan football's 2020 class. Sol-Jay Maiava—an eighth-grader from Laie, Hawaii—tweeted that he received a scholarship offer from the Wolverines: Harbaugh and his staff are roaming the country on a much-discussed tour of satellite camps. After spending a few days in California last week, Harbaugh made it to Hawaii and found ...

College football recruiting has now hit its latest dead period, and things will be mostly quiet on the trail for the next few weeks as the calendar creeps closer to the 2016 season. That impending dead period made for a flurry of activity all across the country, from commitments to flips and satellite camps to traditional on-campus contact. With major summer combines and school practices coming up, more and more recruits started narrowing down their choices or ...

"We're going to name somebody. Hopefully sooner rather than later once we start fall camp." Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn said in May at the College Football Hall of Fame that he was going to stay true to his roots and not let his three-man quarterback battle linger into the season. That race—which features last season's opening day starter Jeremy Johnson, last season's backup-turned-starter and former Elite 11 MVP Sean White and former junior college backup John Franklin ...

Through 48 hours of Elite 11 finals action, Tommy DeVito felt like he was on the cusp of a personal breakthrough. The 6'2", 185-pound New Jersey quarterback, considered a 3-star prospect and competing alongside 23 positional contemporaries from June 3 to 5 in Redondo Beach, California, knew he was perhaps one strong performance away from pulling off a surprise. DeVito, who arrived at the event rated No. 76 nationally among pro-style passers in the class of 2017's composite rankings, ...

The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers were backed into a corner Tuesday night facing a 1-0 College World Series deficit, but they flashed tremendous resolve and captured a 5-4 Game 2 win over the Arizona Wildcats to force a decisive Game 3 on Wednesday evening in Omaha, Nebraska.  But before breaking down which team will have the edge with college baseball's most coveted hardware on the line, here's a rundown of when and where you can catch all ...

As the race to fill the final eight or so spots remaining in Tennessee's 2017 recruiting class heats up, there are a lot of huge names on head coach Butch Jones' big board. That's excellent news for the Volunteers as their current class of 17 isn't too high on star power despite being ranked 10th by the 247Sports composite team rankings. There are just two 4-star prospects already in the fold for Jones and Co., as ...