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Ohio State won the national championship. Ohio State had the most talented roster in the country. The first is an incontrovertible fact. The second is, technically, an opinion — one shared by everyone on ESPN’s committee selecting the top 100 players of the 2024-25 season — but it’d be tough to come up with a

Ben BabyJan 22, 2025, 04:46 PM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals for ESPN.com, while

Associated Press Jan 21, 2025, 10:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ohio State was No. 1 in the final Associated Press Top 25 college football poll of the season Tuesday after beating Notre Dame for its first national championship since 2014. The Buckeyes (14-2) received every first-place vote following their mostly dominant run through the

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 20, 2025, 11:09 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — Ohio State’s high-powered offense proved to be too much for Notre Dame in the Buckeyes’ 34-23 victory in Monday’s national title game.

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterJan 21, 2025, 01:54 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — The 2025 edition of the College Football Playoff National Championship game was not about vengeance. It wasn’t about proving people

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 20, 2025, 11:20 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — Maybe Ohio State football fans will like coach Ryan Day now. Fifty-one days after suffering the worst loss of his career, Day

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterJan 20, 2025, 11:08 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — Seven weeks and two days ago, Ohio State coach Ryan Day watched as Michigan planted its flag at midfield inside the Horseshoe, chaos ensuing: fans chanting “F—

Heather Dinich, Senior College Football InsiderJan 18, 2025, 01:44 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua said the independent Irish are comfortable continuing to give up access to a first-round bye in the College Football Playoff —

Heather Dinich, Senior College Football InsiderJan 19, 2025, 03:50 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA, Ga. — No major decisions were made regarding the future format of the 12-team College Football Playoff on Sunday, but “tweaks” to the 2025 season haven’t been ruled

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterJan 19, 2025, 06:20 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said Sunday that the league will have conversations among coaches and athletic directors about whether to make changes to its conference championship game

Pete Thamel, Senior College Sports InsiderJan 18, 2025, 08:53 PM ET Close College Football Senior Writer for ESPN. Insider for College Gameday. Open Extended Reactions Wisconsin and the Big Ten both issued statements on Saturday expressing disagreement with how the University of Miami has handled the expected transfer of defensive back Xavier Lucas, which appears

Jan 18, 2025, 04:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Just more than a week after its season ended in the College Football Playoff, Texas has agreed to new contract with Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian, a source told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Saturday, confirming a report. The sides came to an agreement Friday night in a

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJan 18, 2025, 10:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — After being limited to one catch in Ohio State‘s Cotton Bowl semifinal victory over Texas, freshman phenom Jeremiah Smith gave a warning Saturday in advance of the Buckeyes’ national championship matchup against Notre Dame. “If you are going to play man [to-man

Associated Press Jan 17, 2025, 08:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The lawyer for Xavier Lucas says the ex-Wisconsin player is transferring to Miami, even though the cornerback’s former school never entered his name into the portal. Darren Heitner has been representing Lucas, who indicated on social media last month that Wisconsin was refusing to

Associated Press Jan 17, 2025, 12:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — It would have been reasonable to worry that the prolonged 12-team College Football Playoff would have exhausted fans’ spending money before the final costs of reaching the championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Instead, the first 12-team playoff has only fed ticket prices

Associated Press Jan 16, 2025, 05:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona State football coach Kenny Dillingham is getting a big raise following the Sun Devils’ unexpected trip to the College Football Playoff. The Arizona Board of Regents approved on Thursday a contract extension for Dillingham through 2029 and a salary increase

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJan 16, 2025, 08:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions USC defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn agreed to a contract extension to remain with the program, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Thursday. Lynn, who just finished his first season as the Trojans’ defensive coordinator, received coordinator interest from other schools during this coaching cycle.

Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterJan 16, 2025, 03:18 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee LSU freshman quarterback Colin Hurley was found unresponsive but breathing by LSU police and the Baton Rouge Fire Department just before 3 a.m. on Thursday following a car crash near the