8:16 PM ET The No. 6 Tennessee Volunteers knocked off the No. 3 Alabama Crimson Tide at home with a last-second field goal in a barn burner of a game. The four-part series goes behind the scenes with all four CFP teams, leading up to and through the semifinals and the national championship game. Watch
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first Quarter PSU MICH FG 9:46 Jake Moody 29 Yd Field Goal 11 plays, 64 yards, 5:14 0 3 FG 1:25 Jake Moody 24 Yd Field Goal 13 plays, 77 yards, 6:11 0 6 second Quarter PSU MICH TD 8:29 Blake Corum 1 Yd Run (Jake Moody Kick) 13 plays, 70 yards, 6:20 0 13
8:23 PM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — No. 3 Alabama coach Nick Saban told ESPN on Friday that quarterback Bryce Young is on track to play Saturday at No. 6 Tennessee, but that the final decision will be made during pregame warm-ups. “He’s done a lot more in practice this week and thrown a lot more
7:00 AM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It’s been at least two decades, and arguably three, since the Third Saturday in October was engulfed by this much anticipation. Alabama and Tennessee, two of the SEC’s most storied rivals who traditionally meet this weekend of the season, square off Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET in Neyland Stadium
8:58 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Georgia Tech has targeted Alabama’s J Batt, the Crimson Tide‘s executive deputy athletic director, to become Tech’s next athletic director, sources told ESPN on Friday. The search is expected to conclude soon after a few final steps, and the hire is expected to be formalized in the upcoming days, sources
11:42 AM ET ESPN News Services Wisconsin offensive tackle Logan Brown has been dismissed from the team because of an “internal incident,” interim coach Jim Leonhard said Thursday. Brown, a former four-star recruit, had tweeted late Wednesday night that he was entering the transfer portal. “The reality of what happened is there was an internal
7:12 PM ET A little more than 2½ months after reopening his commitment, cornerback Dijon Johnson found his new home Thursday when he announced he would be attending Florida to play for new coach Billy Napier. Johnson, from Wharton High School in Tampa, Florida, is No. 88 on the 2023 ESPN 300 and the seventh-best
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff Coming into the college football season, a lot of focus was put on the Week 6 slate. Jimbo Fisher against Nick Saban after an offseason of chatter and the new age of the Red River rivalry ahead of an SEC move highlighted what was supposed to be the week that
7:54 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — ACC commissioner Jim Phillips told ESPN on Wednesday that “there’s a lot of push” to expand the College Football Playoff in 2024. The CFP’s board of managers voted in early September to expand the playoff to 12 teams in 2026, but the 10 FBS commissioners and Notre Dame athletic
12:12 PM ET Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — Former Georgia coach Vince Dooley has been released from a hospital after being treated for COVID-19. Georgia announced Wednesday that Dooley, 90, was released from an Athens-area hospital on Monday following a “mild case” of COVID-19. He was admitted to the hospital on Saturday. Dooley said in
7:00 AM ET Inspirational thought of the week: Now that I put it all together, oh ohGive me the chance to make you seeHave you used up all the love in your heart?Nothing left for me?Ain’t there nothing left for me? Baby come back,Any kind of fool could seeI was wrong and I just can’t
7:52 AM ET There’s a new favorite atop the odds to win the national championship at sportsbooks, and for the first time in nearly two years, it doesn’t hail from the SEC. Ohio State moved past Alabama and Georgia this week to become the consensus favorite to win the College Football Playoff. The Buckeyes are
2:02 PM ET Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas will likely be without star quarterback Jalon Daniels, who hurt his right shoulder in last week’s loss to TCU, leaving backup Jason Bean to start when the No. 19 Jayhawks visit struggling Oklahoma on Saturday. Daniels was hurt just before halftime of the 38-31 loss when
7:00 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LOS ANGELES — The Rose Bowl press box was shaking. UCLA quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson had found wide receiver Logan Loya on a crossing route across the middle and the receiver had turned it into a 70-yard touchdown. The score put the Bruins up 10 points on No. 11 Utah and
2:18 PM ET Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson, who missed Saturday’s loss at Mississippi State because of a head injury, is expected to be available this week against BYU, coach Sam Pittman told reporters on Monday. Pittman said it will be a normal week of practice for Jefferson, who was injured during an Oct. 1 loss
1:54 PM ET Alabama football coach Nick Saban told reporters on Monday that he’s hopeful quarterback Bryce Young will be ready to play Saturday at Tennessee. Young, who missed last weekend’s win over Texas A&M because of shoulder soreness, was reevaluated by the training staff on Monday. “Hopefully we’re going to try to get him
10:34 AM ET Michigan running backs coach Mike Hart released a statement Monday saying he is back in Ann Arbor and his health is trending in a positive direction. Hart suffered what was reported as a seizure on the sideline in the first quarter of Michigan’s game against Indiana. He was placed on a stretcher,
3:55 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Rutgers dismissed offensive coordinator Sean Gleeson on Sunday, the school announced. The move was made in an attempt to jump-start the program’s struggling offense, as Rutgers ranks No. 108 in total offense (334 yards per game), No. 104 in scoring offense (22.8 PPG) and No. 118 in team passing efficiency.