Quickest Way to See the Scores for College Football

Fall means football in the sports world. Beginning each August and going into November, dozens of college football games are played each week. Fervent fans sit by the television or scan the computer for scores from across the country. Every game is important as teams vie for the best record and a trip to a college bowl game each winter. According to Sign on San Diego, there will be 35 bowl games played each year in college football through January 2014. This number of bowl games is a record; it means that 70 teams each year will compete for bowl game championships.

Things You'll Need

  • Computer with Internet access
  • Cable television
  • Newspaper
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Instructions

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      Look under the college football section of a website devoted to sports news. These websites will have a section dedicated to college football and a sub-section for college football scores. The best sports websites will update the scores, as well as the quarter and time remaining, for college football games on a real-time basis. Sites that are known for providing quick scoring information are cbssports.com and espn.com.

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      Go to the website of the school for which you want the score. All colleges and universities that sponsor a football team will have an athletics section on their website. Within this section, you should be able to get updated and accurate scoring information for the game that the school is currently playing. The bigger schools will have a running score feature on their website, while the smaller schools might post the final score immediately after the game is over.

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      Access the website of a college football conference. Looking on the site for a particular conference will give you scoring information from all the games that conference teams participated in. Each college football conference has an official website that contains accurate scoring and statistical information. These websites are maintained by member schools and are updated while the games are in progress as well as after they have finished. Conference websites will expose you to multiple scores very quickly.

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      Check the scrolling sports ticker. On cable television, the sports channels will have a ticker at the bottom of the screen that will scroll through college football scores. The score that is displayed changes every few seconds, so in a matter of minutes you can see dozens of scores. The scores that are shown include final scores as well as scores of games that are in progress.

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      Check your local newspaper. The sports section of the newspaper will have a comprehensive listing of all college football scores from the previous day. Once located, you can scan through the listing in a matter of minutes. The majority of college football games are played on Saturday, so the Sunday newspaper is a good place to find many scores.