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8:00 AM ET When Jim Knowles entered the Shoe for Ohio State’s spring game in April, he was greeted by 60,000 fans. Jason Mowry/Icon Sportswire Before Ohio State‘s spring football game in mid-April, first-year defensive coordinator Jim Knowles took a walk around the field to soak in the atmosphere of his first time inside Ohio Stadium.

7:00 AM ET Las Vegas-based sportsbook Circa Sports is responsible for some of the first college football lines to hit the market each week during the season. Circa’s point spreads and totals, which are bet into by professional bettors and often influence the rest, typically hit the board Sunday mornings. The action that ensues often

6:38 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Iowa‘s Kirk Ferentz, the nation’s longest-tenured FBS head coach, said Tuesday at Big Ten media days that he’s as concerned as he’s ever been about the path college football is on right now. “I think we’re in a really precarious place,” said Ferentz, entering his 24th season as Iowa’s head

7:00 AM ET College football schedules as we’ve come to know them are about to change forever, potentially multiple times over the next few years. Who knows how many conferences we’ll have, what those conferences will look like and who will play whom after all the jockeying and realignment ends — if it ever does?

7:15 AM ET In each of the previous four college football recruiting cycles, Alabama and Georgia finished among the top three classes, and while neither is currently within that group, both are moving toward it. The Bulldogs sit on the cusp of crashing the top three again after multiple ESPN 300 commitments, led by two

1:06 AM ET Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh, who last week spoke at a pro-life fundraising event in Michigan, said this past weekend that “we’ll raise that baby” should someone in his family or program be involved with an unplanned pregnancy. “Let’s discuss it,” Harbaugh told ESPN’s Gene Wojciechowski as part of a wide-ranging interview

7:00 AM ET There are two ways to look at college football’s on-field power structure heading into the 2022 season: 1. Three familiar teams lord far over the rest of the pack. Right now, Caesars Sportsbook is taking bets on an “Alabama, Ohio State and Georgia vs. the field” national title prop, and the betting

6:30 AM ET Craig Haubert Close ESPN Staff Writer National recruiting analyst and analyst for ESPNU More than a decade of college and pro coaching experience. Graduated from Indiana and Nebraska-Omaha Tom Luginbill Close ESPN Analyst Senior National Recruiting Analyst for ESPN.com Coached in four professional football leagues Graduated from Eastern Kentucky and Marshall In

12:44 PM ET Joenel Aguero‘s commitment to Georgia on Saturday boiled down to one simple reason. “They’ve been trying to get me for a while,” Aguero told ESPN. “I know they’re going to develop me the best, so I know what they’re saying is true.” Aguero, a 6-foot, 195-pound safety from Danvers, Massachusetts, who is

3:49 PM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee The NCAA has charged Tennessee’s football program with 18 Level

5:02 PM ET Big Ten football players have had conversations with league commissioner Kevin Warren this week about giving athletes a bigger voice in the future and about improving a variety of benefits for players. Warren also spoke with the leader of a nascent players’ association about the possibility of having an independent group represent

Jul 22, 2022 Alabama is the runaway favorite to win the SEC football title for a third consecutive season, according to a media poll released Friday. The Crimson Tide received 158 of 181 votes to win the conference title. Georgia was next closest with 18 votes, South Carolina received three votes, and Vanderbilt and Texas

Jul 21, 2022 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Few football teams were more disappointing in 2021 than North Carolina, which opened the year ranked No. 10 in the country, and the Tar Heels finished 6-7 after a miserable bowl loss to South Carolina. But that loss, star receiver Josh Downs said, was a turning point for a

Jul 21, 2022 CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi stood behind comments he recently made about Michigan State and the Big Ten during his appearance at ACC Kickoff on Thursday, reiterating that he felt confident about Pitt’s chances in that conference based on what he saw in their game against the Spartans in the

8:30 AM ET Andrea Adelson Close ESPN Senior Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. David M. Hale Close ESPN Staff Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — ACC commissioner Jim Phillips spotted Louisville football coach Scott Satterfield in the

7:11 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — It’s prime time in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Jackson State football coach Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders has emerged as the most high-profile advocate for the league and HBCUs in general, but his colleagues are embracing potential change and celebrating the status quo as well. Sanders touted the

7:00 AM ET College football roster management has always been a rather fraught affair. Between stars weighing whether to go pro, underplayed underclassmen thinking about transferring, the forever-stressful experience of both winning key recruiting battles and keeping said battles won, everyone needing to keep their grades up and so on, projecting what a roster will

7:00 AM ET With 201 ESPN 300 recruits committed, quite a few recruiting classes are starting to take shape and fill needs. Some highly ranked and highly sought-after players have come off the board over the past few months, making big impacts on future rosters. While some of those commitments have been defensive recruits, the