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With the AP top 25 preseason college football rankings now live, a closer look at what they got right and wrong.

Overrated, underrated teams in AP top 25 college football rankings

Austin, TX

Athlon Sports

More unfortunate news for one of the highest-ranked teams in college football...

College Football Playoff Contender Loses Two Running Backs For The 2024 Season

Baton Rouge, LA

FanSided

The College Football season is right around the corner and as we continue to get closer, we continue to see outlets ranking past seasons. The SEC Network has been running through the best players of the past decade in the conference. They recently ranked quarterbacks and LSU stood out in a massive way.

SEC Network names LSU Football Quarterbacks the Two Best Quarterbacks since 2014

Georgia State

USA TODAY Sports Media Group

Four-star defensive line recruit Christian Garrett decommitted from the Georgia Bulldogs. Garrett had been committed to Georgia for just over two months. He originally committed to the Bulldogs on June 9.
Garrett’s decommitment is a blow for Georgia. Garrett was Georgia’s highest-ranked defensive line commitment. Georgia’s other two defensive line commitments are both rated as three-star recruits.
The four-star’s decommitment drops Georgia to the No. 4 recruiting class in the country. LSU passed Georgia as a result of Garrett’s decommitment.
Garrett is ranked as 138th player in the 2025 recruiting cycle and plays high school football for Prince Avenue Christian in Bogart, Georgia....

Four-star DL decommits from Georgia football

Tallahassee, FL

ESPN college football analyst Paul Finebaum recently reviewed the preseason AP Poll Top 25 rankings. While he's been vocal about a few teams, like Alabama being planted at No. 5 or Colorado listed way outside the Top 25 at No. 42, he took some time to add Florida State to his list of overrated ...

Paul Finebaum Names Top 10 Team That Will Finish The Season Unranked

New Haven, CT

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Herbie J Pilato

He was born on April 2, 1949, in New Haven, Connecticut, and died of a heart attack at only 63 on August 14, 2012, in Palm Beach Gardens. His birth name was Ronald Gabriel Paolillo, but his stage name was Ron Palillo who was best known as Arnold Dingfelder Horshack on TV's hit 1970s sitcom, Welcome Back, Kotter.

The Tragic Death of 'Welcome Back, Kotter' Actor Ron Palillo: A Look Back

Minneapolis, MN

Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy made his preseason debut on Saturday. It might be the last we see of him until next preseason. His torn meniscus will either be trimmed or repaired. The former points to a quick return. The latter would likely knock him out until 2025. The problem with...

J.J. McCarthy’s rookie season could be over before it even began

South Carolina State

Colleton County, SC

Explore Beaufort SC

Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Alabama State

The Associated Press Top 25 poll was released earlier this week, putting the college football season officially on the horizon. With high praise comes lofty expectations, and historic data shows that at least one team ranked in the initial top 10 will finish the season unranked. Since 2000, 45 preseason...

Alabama, Michigan, Notre Dame among preseason AP poll top 10 teams that could finish season unranked

Clemson, SC

The Clemson Insider

The preseason AP Top 25 Poll was released on Monday, and like it does each year, it has once again generated plenty of reaction and buzz ahead of the upcoming college football season. On Tuesday, ESPN’s (...)

ESPN's Dinich Blasts ‘Most Overrated’ Team Clemson

Tuscaloosa, AL

ClutchPoints

A lot has changed with the Alabama football program in 2024. Nick Saban, arguably the greatest head coach in college football history, announced his retirement after Alabama football's 27-20 overtime loss to Michigan. Washington's Kalen DeBoer replaced him after their National Championship appearance last season. DeBoer has his work cut...

Alabama football's most impactful transfer for 2024 season

Athens, GA

The Georgia Bulldogs have lost a commitment from four-star defensive line recruit Christian Garrett. Garrett’s decommitment stings for the Bulldogs because he was Georgia’s top ranked defensive line commitment. Now, Georgia has 22 total commitments in the class of 2025. The Bulldogs have the third ranked recruiting class...

Georgia drops in SEC recruiting rankings after recent decommitment

The Spun

The AP Preseason Top 25 poll was released on Monday, drawing a lot of reactions from the college football community.  ESPN's Heather Dinich weighed in on the poll during Tuesday's edition of Get Up and thinks Clemson is the most overrated team in that poll. “Clemson, why so much love for the ...

Heather Dinich Is Stunned By Clemson's Ranking In The Preseason Top 25

Florida State

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Jacksonville Today

Republican Donald Trump has a 7-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris among Florida voters, 49% to 42%, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. Four percent are backing another candidate, and 6% are undecided or didn’t answer.

New Florida poll: Trump leads; support strong for abortion and recreational weed

Los Angeles, CA

Adam Rich was born on October 12, 1968, lived a troubled life, and died on January 7, 2023, at only 54 years old. This is his story. He lived in the Granada Hills area of Los Angeles with his parents and younger brother. The Rich family resided for a time in Florida where Adam studied acting at the local gym.

A Look Back at the Tragic Life and Death of Former Child Star Adam Rich (TV's 'Eight is Enough')

Jacksonville, FL

A Black woman may be leading the presidential ticket of a major political party for the first time, but for Jacksonville’s Black conservatives, political values trump a candidate’s personal identity.

Republicans look to shore up support among Black conservatives in Jacksonville

Tampa, FL

Three men and a woman have been arrested on murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Charles Jones , a Jacksonville rapper known as Julio Foolio,” outside a hotel in Tampa.

4 arrested in slaying of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio

[Check out RJ Young's ultimate 134 college football rankings here]. Conference ranking: 4th in SEC (+1000 to win conference) Teams ahead of them: Ole Miss (6), Florida State (5), Oregon (4), Texas (3), Georgia (2) Teams behind them: Michigan (8), Alabama (9), Missouri (10), Oklahoma (11), Utah (12) [LSU 2024...

2024 LSU football predictions: Ranked No. 7 by RJ Young

Ohio State

The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

The Kentucky Secretary of State on Friday announced 14,502 Kentuckians registered to vote in July. “Kentuckians are signing up to vote in big numbers, because they trust the integrity of our elections,” said Secretary of State Michael Adams.

Kentucky voter registrations increased by more than 14,500 in July, the most since 2022

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Rivals Rankings Week: Ten biggest risers in the Rivals250

The updated 2025 Rivals250 is out and there were dozens of big movers. Take a closer look at the 10 biggest risers in the latest Rivals250....

Rivals Rankings Week: Ten biggest risers in the Rivals250

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