West Virginia Mountaineers

By: Justin Walker & Shanna Rose | WV Sports Chat WVU Picked 15th CBS Sports’ Shehan Jeyarajah released his 2026 Big 12 Football Preseason Power Rankings. While not surprising, he ranked WVU football near the bottom of the conference. What was surprising, though, was how low he ranked the Mountaineers in year two of the Rich…

By: Justin Walker & Shanna Rose | WV Sports Chat Win Over Kansas State Honor Huff scored 17 points as West Virginia outlasted Kansas State 59-54 on Tuesday night, January 27, at the Hope Coliseum. The Mountaineers went scoreless for five minutes and fell behind 7-0 before Chance Moore’s dunk at 14:11 ended the drought.…

By WV Sports Chat  Transfer Portal Addition Though the transfer portal officially closed on January 16, teams are still allowed to recruit and sign players who remain in the portal. Players are just not allowed to enter past the January 16 deadline.  Rich Rodriguez and WVU football were one of those programs that were not…

By: Justin Walker, Jonathan Martin & Clark Johnson | WV Sports Chat Rich Rodriguez and the West Virginia Mountaineers are flipping the majority of the roster for the second consecutive year. Many of the new roster additions are coming from the high school and JUCO ranks, but WVU is still doing plenty of work in…

By Shanna Rose & Justin Walker | WV Sports Chat The West Virginia men’s basketball team again came up just short away from home. The Mountaineers let a 16-point second-half lead slip Saturday night at Rocket Arena, falling 89-88 in double overtime to Ohio State in the Cleveland Hoops Showdown. With WVU clinging to a one-point…

BY Justin “Couz” Walker | WV Sports Chat While WVU football is not eligible for a bowl game after its 4-8 season, there was some positive news from Morgantown last week.  Rich Rodriguez and his staff accumulated what experts say is the best recruiting class in program history, or at least since the inception of…

BY Justin Walker & Shanna Rose | WV Sports Chat Texas Tech left no doubt in its final regular-season outing, rolling past West Virginia 49–0 on Saturday at Milan Puskar Stadium. The Red Raiders (11–1, 8–1 Big 12, No. 5 CFP) had already secured a spot in the Big 12 championship game when Arizona State lost Friday…

BY Justin Walker | WV Sports Chat Week 13 was a bye week for WVU football after a disappointing 25-23 loss to Arizona State in week 12. Despite not playing a game, Coach Rodriguez and his staff won a huge victory, this time on the recruiting trail. Four-star offensive lineman Kevin Brown verbally committed to…

BY Justin Walker & Shanna Rose | WV Sports Chat West Virginia’s upset attempt came down to the final minutes on Saturday, but Arizona State’s defense delivered at the key moments, handing the Mountaineers a 25–23 loss at Mountain America Stadium. The Sun Devils relied heavily on backup quarterback Jeff Sims, who accounted for 288…

BY Justin Walker | WV Sports Chat The West Virginia Mountaineers welcomed the Colorado Buffaloes into Morgantown for a week 11 matchup of 3-6 teams. WVU was coming off a huge upset win over Houston, while the Buffs were reeling after getting blown out in two straight games by Utah and Arizona, respectively.  Both teams…