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NCAA makes changes to college football's targeting rule

The NCAA has officially changed college football's targeting rule, impacting penalties for the 2026 season and beyond.
The NCAA announced several rule changes on Thursday before the start of the 2026 college football season.
NCAA officials approve major targeting rule changes for college football, removing first-time carryover suspensions and updating offensive pass interference penalties.
The NCAA rewrote the rule books for the 2026 season with a major amendment to the targeting penalty structure.
The NCAA’s targeting penalty has been one of college football’s most debated rules since the automatic ejection element was ...
Changes are coming to the college football targeting rules in 2026. But it isn’t clear the NCAA has found a logical conclusion just yet. For at least one season, a targeting penalty will no ...