Good morning, football fans! Make sure to mark your calendars — the NFF Auction opens online on November 1!

The latest edition of the National Football Foundation’s Footballetter has dropped!

One must-read story included in this edition: five gridiron greats — Miami’s Darrin Smith, Texas Tech’s Graham Harrell, Auburn’s Gregg Carr, Cal’s Alex Mack and Minnesota’s Greg Eslinger — are set to join the extremely exclusive club of former NFF National Scholar-Athletes to be inducted into the NFF College Football Hall of Fame.

🏈 CLICK HERE to read Vol. 67, No. 3 of the NFF’s Footballetter

The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) announced last week the five outstanding recipients of the 2025 NFF Chapter Leadership Awards! First presented in 1988, the NFF Chapter Leadership Awards annually recognize five individuals, one from each region of the country, for their commitment, generosity and leadership at the local level in fulfilling the NFF's mission of preserving, promoting and protecting the game of football. This year’s honorees include:

• Wade Bianco – Rochester [New York] Chapter (Northeast Region)

• Jeff Bollig – Coach Bill Snyder Family/Sunflower [Kansas] Chapter (Midwest Region)

• Shawn Cerra – Brian Piccolo [Fort Lauderdale] Chapter (South Region)

• Tim Kish – Southern Arizona [Tucson] Chapter (West Region)

• Frank Luisi – Nassau County [New York] Chapter (East Region)

CLICK HERE to read more about this 2025 Chapter Leadership Award Recipients

Last Saturday, the second largest on-campus crowd to ever see a Division III game, 20,167, saw visiting No. 5 Wisconsin-LaCrosse overcome a 17-0 halftime deficit, send the game to double overtime, and earn a walk-off road win with 36-yard field goal to defeat No. 10 Wisconsin-Whitewater.

CLICK HERE to read the recap from the historic game

The National Football Foundation Hall of Fame On-Campus Salutes Presented by Fidelity Investments — A Hallowed Tradition Stretching Back to 1951!

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Nick Saban — head coach, Alabama

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Larry Blakeney — head coach, Troy

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Alex Mack — center, Cal

Terry Hanratty had a full-circle moment while riding the train back home in Connecticut last winter. Notre Dame assistant athletic director for alumni engagement Hunter Bivin called him. Bivin had been a teammate of Hanratty's son, Conor, on the Fighting Irish's offensive line. But now he was dialing up his buddy's father to inform him that he was part of the 2025 class of the College Football Hall of Fame.

"He was a year behind Conor, so they became very good friends," Hanratty said of Bivin. "Offensive linemen all stick together."

Doesn't he know it.

Hanratty, a quarterback, is now the 50th former Notre Dame player to make the Hall of Fame, the most of any school. He graduated from the school in 1969. He retired from the NFL in 1976.

🏈 CLICK HERE to read Terry Hanratty’s 2025 College Football Hall of Fame Spotlight

Four new teams enter this week’s FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll, while Oklahoma joins the top-five for the first time this season! Check out the Week 6 poll below!

In the latest episode of the Good in the Game Podcast, host LaVar Arrington sits down with longtime ESPN reporter Holly Rowe to chat about her career, getting started in the business, how football helped save her life and what she wants her legacy to be.

Join us to celebrate college football legends at one of the sport's grandest traditions!

The highlight of the Awards Dinner will be the induction of the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame Class, where 18 legendary players and four acclaimed coaches take their place amongst the greatest of all time. The inductees proudly represent every region of the country, 28 collegiate institutions, 11 conferences, and seven decades.

Now In his 12th season at West Point, Army head coach Jeff Monken has turned the Black Knights into a consistent winner. How does he do it?

📰: What does it take to lead the football program at West Point? There’s not a minute to waste
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📰: College football comes to London with Wembley Stadium set to host Arizona State-Kansas matchup in 2026
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📰: ‘Mighty Man’: How Mizzou’s Ahmad Hardy rose from Mississippi dirt roads to the country’s best running back
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Arthur Jones, a star defensive lineman at Syracuse from 2005-09 before spending eight years in the NFL where he won a Super Bowl with the Baltimore Ravens, has passed away. He was 39.

Scott Zornes, who played football at Pittsburg State, including as the captain of the 1981 Gorillas team that finished as the runner-up in the National Championship, passed away Sept. 14. He was 65.

Name: Luke Kuechly
College: Boston College
NFF College Hall of Fame Induction: 2023

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October 22 — Announcement of the 2025 Campbell Trophy® Finalists and the 2024 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class, presented by Fidelity Investments

December 9 — 67th NFF Annual Awards Dinner Presented by Las Vegas at Bellagio Resort & Casino

December 9 — Announcement of the winner of the 36th NFF William V. Campbell Trophy® during the 67th NFF Annual Awards Dinner Presented by Las Vegas

January 19, 2026 — CFP National Championship at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida

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