Former Maryland Terrapin basketball star Derik Queen made his NBA regular-season debut for the New Orleans Pelicans last night in a road loss against the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Maryland Terrapins football team has experienced an up-and-down 2025 season after winning their first four games (FAU, Northern Illinois, Towson, and their first victory against Wisconsin since joining the Big Ten conference in 2014).
As a true freshman starting in the Big Ten, Maryland quarterback Malik Washington is going to suffer some growing pains. Everything is not going to be as easy as Washington makes it look sometimes.
Maryland’s downward spiral on the football field has been followed by a drop in the national polls and rankings. Maryland (4-3) dropped in all five polls we monitor and the Terps were not ranked nor received votes in two other polls: the AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll.
Maryland moved down in three polls, stayed even in one and actually moved up in one ranking after its 34-31 home loss to Nebraska. The 4-2 Terrapins moved up three places in the ESPN SP+ poll, going from 34 last week to 31 this week.
As Big Ten play heats up, Nebraska will make the trip to Maryland in Week 7. Ahead of the matchup, the early point spread has been released. The Cornhuskers opened as 5.5-point road favorites over the host Terrapins, according to BetMGM.
It was Week 2 last season when Northern Illinois stunned Notre Dame and the college football world with an upset that still serves to this day as a cautionary tale for the Irish program.
A Make-or-Break Year for Mike Locksley After sputtering to a 4–8 finish in 2024, Maryland’s head coach enters his seventh season with the pressure mounting.