NCAA Division I Football Headlines
- Vanderbilt Featured in New Netflix Docuseries: The Vanderbilt football team is featured in a new Netflix docuseries titled “SEC Football: Any Given Saturday,” which premiered on August 5th.1 The series follows the team’s 2024 season, which culminated in a Birmingham Bowl victory.2
- Source: Vanderbilt University News
- Link: https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2025/08/06/new-netflix-series-features-vanderbilt-football-team/
- Florida’s Jake Slaughter Earns Preseason All-America Honors: Senior offensive lineman Jake Slaughter has been named to the 2025 Sporting News Preseason All-America First Team. This is the second such honor for Slaughter, who was also named to the All-SEC First Team.3
- Source: Florida Gators Athletics
- Link: https://floridagators.com/news/2025/8/6/slaughter-tabbed-to-the-2025-sporting-news-preseason-all-america-first-team.aspx
- Georgia Tech’s Eric Rivers Receives Preseason Accolades: Senior wide receiver Eric Rivers has been named to the second-team preseason all-America by The Sporting News and is on the official watch list for the 2025 Biletnikoff Award.4
- Source: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Athletics
- Link: https://ramblinwreck.com/rivers_e-tsn-aa-biletnikoff-watch/
- Ole Miss Holds Fall Camp Practice: The Ole Miss football team is in the second week of its fall camp.5 Head coach Lane Kiffin and several players spoke to the media about the team’s progress, emphasizing the depth of their receiving corps and the improvements in the secondary.
- Source: Ole Miss Athletics
- Link: https://olemisssports.com/news/2025/8/6/football-practice-report-fall-camp-week-2
- Boston College Conducts First Fully-Padded Practice: The Eagles held their sixth training camp session today, which was their first fully-padded practice of the summer. The team focused on situational plays like goal-line defense and offense.
- Source: Boston College Athletics
- Link: https://bceagles.com/news/2025/8/6/football-2025-training-camp-practice-6-august-6
NCAA Division II Football Headlines
- Valdosta State Opens Fall Camp: The Valdosta State Blazers football team has opened its fall camp today in preparation for the 2025 season.6
- Source: Valdosta State University Athletics
- Link: https://vstateblazers.com/
- NCAA Division II Playoffs to Expand: It has been reported that the NCAA Division II football playoffs will expand from 28 to 32 teams for the 2025 season.7 This change will also eliminate first-round byes for the top seeds.
- Source: FloFootball.com, NCAA.org
- Link: https://www.flofootball.com/articles/14451667-d2-football-2025-playoff-changes-qb-turnover-flocollege-field-notes
NCAA Division III Football Headlines
- NCAA Division III Council Approves Per Diem Increase: The NCAA Division III Presidents Council has approved a recommendation to increase the championships per diem for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 academic years.8
- Source: NCAA.org
- Link: https://www.ncaa.org/
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