LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier announced Wednesday that he would return to the Tigers for his senior season.

“I’m fully committed to bringing this university a championship,” Nussmeier said in a video posted to social media. “My teammates, coaches, and the fans will get the absolute best out of me every single day until we complete that goal.”

After backing up Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels in 2022 and 2023, Nussmeier took over as the Tigers’ starting quarterback this season and threw for 3,739 yards with 26 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.

Nussmeier, the son of Philadelphia Eagles quarterbacks coach Doug Nussmeier, is ESPN NFL draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr.’s No. 7-ranked draft-eligible quarterback and was a potential first-round pick.

LSU went 8-4 during the regular season and will play Baylor in the Texas Bowl on New Year’s Eve.

The SEC announced its 2025 football schedule Wednesday, which will be highlighted by the third meeting between Georgia and Texas in less than a year.

Texas will travel to Georgia next season on Nov. 15. The Bulldogs won both games this season, a 22-19 overtime win in the SEC championship game last Saturday and a 30-15 win in Austin on Oct. 19. The game next season will mark the first time the two teams, both in this year’s College Football Playoff, will meet in Athens.

Some of the dates of rivalry games have been pushed up and/or back in the schedule. Georgia and Tennessee will play on Sept. 13 in Knoxville, the earliest the two teams have met since 1995. Florida and Tennessee will square off in Gainesville the next-to-last week of the season on Nov. 22, the first November matchup between the teams since 1955.

Alabama and Georgia will play on Sept. 27 in Athens. They last met in Athens in 2015 when current Georgia coach Kirby Smart was in his final season as Nick Saban’s defensive coordinator at Alabama.

Georgia played one of the toughest road schedules in the country this season, but that flips in 2025. The Bulldogs will face Alabama (Sept. 27), Ole Miss (Oct. 18) and Texas (Nov. 15) all at home. In addition, after opening the 2024 season in Atlanta against Clemson, Georgia will open the 2025 season at home against Marshall.

Alabama doesn’t leave the state for its final five games. After an open date on Nov. 1, Alabama faces LSU, Oklahoma and Georgia State all at home before closing the season at Auburn.

Missouri has eight home games in 2025, the first time at Faurot Field, and doesn’t play a road game until the Tigers visit Auburn on Oct. 18.

Oklahoma has what looks to be one of the most challenging second halves of the 2025 season. The Sooners play four SEC games in four weeks without a break, and only one is at home. That stretch starts with the annual rivalry against Texas in Dallas on Oct. 11, then a trip to Georgia on Oct. 18, a home game against Ole Miss on Oct. 25 and road date with Tennessee on Nov. 1. Following a bye week, Oklahoma faces Alabama, Missouri and LSU to end the season.

Arkansas has back-to-back road games against LSU on Nov. 15 and Texas on Nov. 22, and the Hogs’ game with Texas A&M next season is at home on Oct. 18 in Fayetteville and not in Arlington, Texas, where it has been played 10 of the past 11 meetings between the schools. South Carolina, which closed this regular season with six straight wins, has two huge home games next season in October — Oklahoma on Oct. 18 and Alabama on Oct. 25.

Among the top nonconference games involving SEC teams: LSU at Clemson (Aug. 30), Texas at Ohio State (Aug. 30), Tennessee vs. Syracuse in Atlanta (Aug. 30), Michigan at Oklahoma (Sept. 6), Texas A&M at Notre Dame (Sept. 13) and Florida at Miami (Sept. 20).

Former Boston College quarterback Thomas Castellanos has committed to Florida State, he posted Wednesday night on social media.

Castellanos, who left the Eagles after losing his starting job in November, has one year of remaining eligibility. His commitment to the Seminoles marks an early transfer portal win for coach Mike Norvell and forges a reunion for Castellanos with recently hired Florida State offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn, who previously coached Castellanos at UCF.

Castellanos was a two-year starter at Boston College, starting 12 games as a sophomore under coach Jeff Hafley in 2023 before retaining the role under first-year coach Bill O’Brien this fall. Castellanos appeared in eight games in 2024, completing 61.5% of his passes for 1,366 yards and 18 touchdowns with five interceptions, but he left the program in the final weeks of the regular season after he was replaced by junior Grayson James in the program’s 37-31 win over Syracuse on Nov. 9.

“Unfortunately, all good things come to an end, even though it’s sooner than I would like,” Castellanos wrote in a statement posted to X on Nov. 14. “I will trust in God and his plan for me on my journey.”

The first Boston College player to record 2,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards in a season, Castellanos lands at Florida State as an intriguing dual-threat weapon about to join a Seminoles offense set to undergo a makeover under Malzahn after finishing the 2024 regular season at No. 132 nationally in total offense (270.3 yards per game).

The 5-foot-9, 196-pound passer from Waycross, Ga., initially committed to Malzahn and UCF as a three-star prospect in the Class of 2022. He appeared in five games for the Knights as a freshman, completing five passes for 75 yards before transferring to Boston College after the 2022 season.

Castellanos claimed the starting job with the Eagles in 2023 and led the program to a 7-6 record last fall, totaling 2,248 passing yards with 15 touchdowns and 14 interceptions while adding 1,113 rushing yards and another 13 scores on the ground.

Castellanos remained in the starting role under O’Brien and guided Boston College to a 3-1 start in 2024. But Castellanos was never a natural fit in O’Brien’s offense, and the Eagles followed their strong start with losses in three of their next four games. Castellanos’ completion percentage dropped below 50% in his final two games prior to his mid-November departure.

Castellanos will arrive at Florida State with a clear path to the starting job in 2025, following transfer DJ Uiagalelei as a potential answer at the position after the Seminoles’ 2-10 finish in 2024.

Uiagalelei was benched just five games into his debut season at Florida State after transferring from Oregon State. Redshirt freshman Brock Glenn and true freshman Luke Kromenhoek split starting duties for the remainder of the season.

Kromenhoek, ESPN’s No. 159 overall prospect and the No. 7 pocket passer in the 2024 class, entered the transfer portal earlier this week. The Seminoles signed four-star 2025 quarterback Kevin Sperry (No. 132 in the 2025 ESPN 300) during the early signing period last week.