5:00 PM ET Quarterback Julian Sayin committed to Alabama on Wednesday. Sayin, No. 34 overall in the 2024 ESPN 300 and the second-best dual-threat quarterback in the junior class, attends Carlsbad (California) High School. “Alabama’s the standard for college football,” Sayin told ESPN. “They’re going to coach you hard. You’re going to be disciplined there.
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Nov 1, 2022 Jackson State football coach Deion Sanders said he will not allow his players to leave their hotel this weekend when they face Texas Southern in Houston, where rapper Takeoff, 28, was shot and killed at a bowling alley early Tuesday morning. Sanders said family members and friends who want to see players
7:15 AM ET “You’re a football ref, an ordinary man, 60, 65 years old. You’re not making the big millions like the football players, but you’ve got one thing. You’ve got a button on a belt. And you know that all you’ve got to do is click that puppy on and for the first time
9:00 PM ET ESPN staff GRAPEVINE, Texas — The College Football Playoff selection committee rewarded undefeated Tennessee with the top spot in its first rankings of the 2022 season, marking the first time in school history the Volunteers entered the top four. The Vols were followed by No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Georgia and
7:17 PM ET GRAPEVINE, Texas — Undefeated Tennessee earned the No. 1 spot in the College Football Playoff’s initial Top 25 ranking Tuesday, marking the first time in the program’s history it cracked the top four, followed by No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Georgia and No. 4 Clemson. The 13-member committee ranked undefeated Michigan
10:32 AM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Pete Thamel Georgia outside linebacker Nolan Smith, the No. 1-ranked Bulldogs’ leading pass-rusher this season, will miss the rest of the season with a torn pectoral muscle, sources confirmed
1:10 PM ET After less than two turbulent seasons, Auburn fired football coach Bryan Harsin on Monday. The decision came just before the school named a new athletic director in John Cohen, the former Mississippi State AD. Harsin’s firing also came less than 48 hours after the Tigers lost to Arkansas at home by two
1:10 PM ET ESPN News Services ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jim Harbaugh expects the four suspended Michigan State football players involved in roughing up two members of Michigan’s team to be punished further, saying he “can’t imagine that this will not result in criminal charges.” Harbaugh said that defensive back Gemon Green was punched by
10:08 AM ET Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker has emerged as the consensus betting favorite to win the Heisman Trophy ahead of the second-ranked Volunteers’ showdown with No. 1 Georgia on Saturday. Hooker moved ahead of Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud in the Heisman odds over the weekend and is now an even-money favorite at Caesars
10:35 PM ET Michigan State suspended four football players Sunday for their involvement in an altercation in the tunnel at Michigan Stadium on Saturday night after the team’s loss to Michigan. Coach Mel Tucker announced linebacker Tank Brown, cornerback Khary Crump, safety Angelo Grose and defensive end Zion Young have been suspended effective immediately after
2:11 PM ET Associated Press Tennessee moved into a tie with Ohio State for No. 2 in the Associated Press college football poll Sunday to set up a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup with top-ranked Georgia next weekend. Georgia-Tennessee will be the 25th regular-season game matching the top two teams in the AP poll
12:40 AM ET ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel said police are investigating what coach Jim Harbaugh called an assault on two of his players in the tunnel after Michigan’s 29-7 win over Michigan State on Saturday. Video on social media from the Detroit News showed Michigan State players gathered around Michigan
1:53 AM ET The team that has looked the best through nine weeks of football is Ohio State. This is inherently a subjective statement, but there’s really no argument. The Buckeyes are 8-0 after their 44-31 win Saturday over Penn State, with all eight victories coming by double digits. The offense has topped 40 six
6:06 PM ET STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Ohio State defensive end J.T. Tuimoloau had already produced an incredible performance, easily the best of his college career. But the sophomore had one more magic moment to deliver. With 2 minutes, 47 seconds left and Ohio State leading Penn State 37-24, Tuimoloau pushed offensive lineman Bryce Effner
10:48 AM ET Jake Garcia is expected to start in place of injured quarterback Tyler Van Dyke for Miami against Virginia on Saturday, according to sources. Van Dyke injured his right shoulder against Duke last week and did not return to the game. Coach Mario Cristobal was tight-lipped during the week about the nature of
5:07 PM ET ESPN News Services Vince Dooley, the Hall of Fame coach who led the Georgia Bulldogs to six Southeastern Conference titles and the 1980 national championship, has died at the age of 90, the school announced in a statement Friday. Dooley worked at the University of Georgia for 41 years as head football
7:00 AM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio — When Pierre Charles L’Enfant laid out the plans for the city that would become Washington, D.C., he purposely sought to both inspire visitors and intimidate foes by way of Rome-inspired towering architecture, monuments and marble. A century and a half later, Howard Dwight Smith did the same when he
3:24 PM ET Wisconsin interim coach Jim Leonhard, a candidate for the permanent coaching job, thinks the school will benefit from a decision soon on who will lead the program going forward. Leonhard told SiriusXM’s “Big Ten This Morning” that “bigger conversations are coming soon” about Wisconsin’s permanent coaching role. He’s 2-1 as the Badgers’