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12:20 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LAS VEGAS — The only blemish in USC‘s 11-win regular season had been a one-point loss to Utah in October. Thanks to the Pac-12’s decision to turn its championship game into a matchup between its two best teams instead of division winners, the Trojans had an opportunity to make that

11:00 PM ET The final weekend of the college football season is here and the stakes in the games could not be higher. There is legitimate College Football Playoff drama. The top four teams in the ranking have one more game to secure or solidify their spots and two powerhouses are lurking to potentially leap

7:00 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN INSIDE THE TRAINING complex named after head coach John McKay on USC‘s campus, there’s a whiteboard that has become more than just the backdrop of a classroom. Earlier this year, as players came together to begin spring ball for a team that looked completely different than the season prior, the

4:35 PM ET Former Texas coach Tom Herman was named Florida Atlantic’s new head football coach Thursday, the school announced. Herman replaces Willie Taggart, who was fired last month after going 5-7 this season. Taggart went 15-18 in his three seasons in Boca Raton, reaching the Montgomery Bowl in 2020, his first season, before consecutive

7:00 AM ET One year and one day ago, on Nov. 30, 2021, Sonny Dykes landed in a helicopter at midfield of Amon G. Carter Stadium, awash in purple lights, for his arrival as the new head coach at TCU. It was a flashy introduction for the decidedly unflashy West Texan making a 40-mile trip

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The college football regular season may be over, but don’t fret, the sport has saved some of the best matchups for conference championship week. Beginning on Friday night in Las Vegas, teams will battle for not only conference bragging rights but spots in the College Football Playoff field as well.

10:06 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN The last remaining obstacle to expanding the College Football Playoff to 12 teams in the 2024 and 2025 seasons has been cleared. A source told ESPN on Wednesday night that the Rose Bowl has agreed to terms that will pave the way for the College Football Playoff to expand in

11:15 PM ET UAB is finalizing the hire of former NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer as the Blazers’ new football coach and is planning to officially introduce him later Wednesday, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Dilfer, 50, the head coach at Lipscomb Academy in Nashville, Tennessee, is a former standout quarterback at Fresno State, who graduated

7:00 AM ET Inspirational thought of the week: “I know where I’d go.”“Where?”“I’d go to Akron. I’d go there with a pretty woman. A strange woman. A quiet woman. I wouldn’t even want to know her name. Where I would be just ‘Mr. Smith’ and I would send out for cold beer. Then I would

7:14 PM ET Georgia, Michigan, TCU and USC are all poised to make the College Football Playoff with wins in their conference championship games this weekend after the selection committee unveiled its penultimate rankings Tuesday night. There was no change at the top, as Georgia (12-0) remained No. 1. But after Michigan (12-0) beat Ohio

8:32 PM ET ESPN staff The College Football Playoff selection committee might not even break a sweat this weekend. No lengthy debates, no Tylenol needed and early hotel checkouts all around. No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 TCU and No. 4 USC appear one conference championship win away from locking up those coveted

7:00 AM ET This penultimate ranking could arguably be the most compelling, revealing regular-season College Football Playoff top 25. Period. If there is one upset in this weekend’s conference championship games — most realistically if TCU loses to Kansas State in the Big 12 championship or USC loses to Utah in the Pac-12 title game

4:10 PM ET Hugh Freeze has agreed to a deal to become Auburn‘s next head football coach, the school announced Monday. Auburn administrators, including athletic director John Cohen, met with football staff members earlier in the day to tell them about Freeze’s hiring. They were planning to meet with the players at 6 p.m. ET,

4:30 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Penn State left tackle Olu Fashanu told ESPN he’s returning to school next year, a surprising move in NFL circles considering he is projected as the top offensive line prospect in the 2023 NFL draft. Fashanu, 19, is a redshirt sophomore who is in his first full season as a

12:47 PM ET UNLV has fired football coach Marcus Arroyo, the school announced Monday. The Rebels finished 5-7 this season, Arroyo’s third as the school’s head coach, after starting 4-1. UNLV defeated rival Nevada 27-22 on Saturday to snap a six-game losing streak. “We thank Marcus Arroyo for his unwavering efforts leading our student-athletes on

1:57 PM ET Associated Press Michigan moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, with TCU at No. 3 and USC at No. 4 behind top-ranked Georgia after four top-10 teams lost on the final day of regular-season games. The Bulldogs (12-0) are No. 1 for the eighth straight week

5:14 PM ET After Michigan defeated Ohio State 45-23 on Saturday, linebacker Michael Barrett grabbed a giant Michigan flag and ran the width of the end zone, waving it in front of the remaining Wolverines fans at the stadium. The Michigan players then ran up the field with the giant flag flapping behind them, only

11:12 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Wisconsin is finalizing a deal to make Luke Fickell the school’s next football coach, sources told ESPN. While there a few steps remaining — including a regents meeting Sunday afternoon that’s been formally announced — a deal is expected to become formalized to make Fickell the next Badgers coach within