2026 college football news and notes

[InThe313]

Welcome back to, in my opinion, the best sport on Earth.  College football returns today with the opening kickoff in… Dublin?  Really?!  Any way, the prestige and pageantry on the sport is back with several transfers jumping around and new schools in the FBS ranks.  Welcome to the circus, North Dakota State and Sacramento State.  Here’s the opening day schedule.

North Carolina Tar Heels at TCU Horned Frogs today at 12 p.m.
San Jose State Spartans at USC Trojans today at 3 p.m.
NC State Wolfpack at Virginia Cavaliers today at 3:30 p.m.
Jacksonville State Gamecocks at North Dakota State Bison today at 5:30 p.m.
Sacramento State Hornets at Eastern Michigan Eagles tonight at 6:30 p.m.
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors at Stanford Cardinal tonight at 7 p.m.
New Mexico State Aggies at Florida State Seminoles tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Memphis Tigers at UNLV Rebels tonight at 10 p.m.

[InThe313]

Welcome back, college football!  We have a slew of big games going on today.  North Carolina is playing TCU in Dublin right now.  NC State will play Virginia today at 3:30 p.m.  New Mexico State will play Florida State tonight at 7 p.m.  Updates to come.

North Carolina beat TCU, 15-10.
Virginia beat NC State, 34-8.
Florida State beat New Mexico State, 34-17.

[InThe313]

What a terrible way to start the season.  A Division II running back died after experiencing a medical emergency on the sideline shortly after scoring a touchdown.