Bowl games are vital for multiple reasons. First, bowl games give teams a chance to finish of their seasons on a high note with a victory. Secondly, bowl games give teams extra practices, which allows for young talent to develop more and get a jump start on next season.

While WMU’s season has been one to remember, Kennesaw State has enjoyed its own glow up. Under first-year head coach Jerry Mack, the Owls have boasted an eight-win improvement from 2024 en route to earning their first-ever Conference USA championship.

P.J. Fleck has a perfect 6-0 record in bowl games at Minnesota, but the Gophers' winning streak dates all the way back to the 2015 Quick Lane Bowl as a program. Latest betting odds from FanDuel Sportsbook view the Gophers as a 2.5-point betting favorite, as they look to extend their bowl game win streak to nine.

Among Clemson's 27 players who won't play in the Pinstripe Bowl, five are opt outs. Tigers QB Cade Klubnik isn't one of them. Here's why.

The Ohio Bobcats have fired first-year coach Brian Smith for cause, making the decision Wednesday after earlier this month placing him on leave for an "undetermined period of time" and naming defensive coordinator John Hauser as interim coach.

Wilson has known new Ole Miss coach Pete Golding for at least a decade. When Wilson was named the head coach at UTSA in 2016, he hired Golding as his defensive coordinator. Golding went on to become a defensive coordinator at Alabama and Ole Miss, where he was recently promoted after Kiffin left for LSU.

Most notably, freshman quarterback Bear Bachmeier was out there getting some reps in the 11-on-11 workouts, his sprained left ankle still wrapped in tape. Of course, Bachmeier sustained the injury in the first quarter of BYU’s 34-7 loss to Texas Tech in the Big 12 championship game 10 days ago.