Yahoo! Sports

NCAA oversight committee approves trial rule that gives players a break for first targeting penalty

For at least one season, a targeting penalty will no longer automatically take a player off the field for the following game. The Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Oversight Committee on Thursday ...
AOL

Why NCAA backed off college football targeting’s harshest punishment

The NCAA’s recent spate of college football rules changes have ranged from mundane (a proposal to force leg coverings failed), controversial to downright spooky (“ghost transfers"). Perhaps of most ...
The New York Times

College football’s targeting penalty will no longer come with first-half suspension after ejection

A total of 117 targeting fouls were called in the FBS in 2025. Tim Heitman / Getty Images College football is changing its punishment for targeting penalties for the 2026 season but will have no new ...
Yahoo! Sports

NCAA issues change to targeting penalty for 2026 season

The NCAA is making an alteration to a major rule going into the 2026 college football season. On Thursday, the governing body announced that going forward, the targeting penalty will carry a different ...
KSL

10 targeting penalties, 3 overturned ejections

NEW YORK (AP) - The new penalties for targeting in college football resulted in 10 ejections in 75 FBS games during the first weekend of the season, though three of the ejections were overturned by ...