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7:02 AM ET The most exciting weekend of what was perhaps the greatest season in recent college football history brought us to this: 10 conference championship games that will decide as many as three spots in the College Football Playoff. If we can assume No. 1 Georgia will make the playoffs whether it wins or

8:37 PM ET In a shocking move, LSU is set to hire Notre Dame‘s Brian Kelly as its next head football coach, sources told ESPN. An agreement likely will be finalized in the next 24 hours. Kelly, in his 12th season at Notre Dame, will replace Ed Orgeron, whom LSU announced on Oct. 17 would

1:19 PM ET Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler, the preseason Heisman favorite who was benched early in the season, announced on Monday that he is entering the NCAA transfer portal. “Sooner Nation: Thank you for allowing me to be a student-athlete at this prestigious institution,” he wrote, while also thanking teammates and coaches. “We won several

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff What an epic rivalry weekend. Not only did Jim Harbaugh finally beat Ohio State, but he helped Michigan advance to the Big Ten title game in the process. Alabama was held scoreless for three quarters and needed last-minute heroics and four overtimes to win the Iron Bowl. And despite losing

8:30 PM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Paolo Uggetti Six years ago, then-USC athletic director Pat Haden ushered a handful of reporters into an unglamorous conference room and announced that the school was putting Steve Sarkisian on an indefinite leave of absence.

2:15 PM ET Associated Press Michigan jumped to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday and Oklahoma State joined the top five for the first time since 2015. Georgia was a unanimous No. 1 in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank for the eighth consecutive week. For the fourth

1:00 AM ET Rivalry weeks are a lot like “Fast and Furious” movies. There’s often huge amounts of animosity among the stars. The plots make absolutely no sense. And most significantly, there are no bad ones, just varying amounts of bloodshed and pyrotechnics. The 2020 installment was essentially the “Tokyo Drift” of rivalry weeks —

7:44 PM ET AUBURN, Ala. — Despite turning in one of its most inept offensive performances of the Nick Saban era during regulation, No. 3 Alabama rallied to defeat Auburn in the fourth overtime period, 24-22, on Saturday. With 1:35 remaining in the fourth quarter, trailing by 7 points and its College Football Playoff hopes

3:44 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — No. 21 Wake Forest earned a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game, getting three passing touchdowns and one more on the ground from Sam Hartman to beat Boston College 41-10 on Saturday. The Demon Deacons (10-2, 7-1 ACC) will attempt to claim their first league title

6:15 PM ET SMU coach Sonny Dykes will be the new head coach at TCU, sources confirmed to ESPN. Dykes, 51, is 30-17 in four seasons at SMU, including 25-9 in the past three seasons. In 2019, Dykes led SMU to a 10-2 season, becoming the first Mustangs coach to win 10 games in a

12:06 PM ET Louisiana Tech and head football coach Skip Holtz have agreed to part ways, the school announced Friday. Holtz, 57, will coach his final game with the Bulldogs on Saturday against Rice. “Skip and I talked and agreed it was time for a change for both parties,” Eric Wood, vice president and director

7:00 AM ET KARSON BELL HAS lived a charmed life as a college football fan this year — he has successfully rushed the field at three different games. The 19-year-old Blinn College student was decked out in Oklahoma gear for OU’s 21-point comeback win against Texas on Oct. 9 in Dallas, joining the first storming

1:37 PM ET The Michigan football team will have its own “12th man” on the sideline for Saturday’s pivotal rivalry game against Ohio State: Juwan Howard. The Michigan men’s basketball coach said he will be at the game in Ann Arbor as the No. 5 Wolverines (10-1) take on the No. 2 Buckeyes (10-1) in

4:56 PM ET New Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire announced his first on-field coaching hire Wednesday, and it’s a familiar face for Red Raiders fans. Sonny Cumbie, currently serving as Texas Tech’s interim head coach through the Red Raiders’ bowl game, will be retained as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. “Sonny Cumbie is one of

7:00 AM ET Why did they stop serving ice in the drinks at Georgia games? Because the student who knew the recipe graduated. Why did Florida disband its water polo team? All the horses drowned. Did you hear about the Louisville grad who won the $4 million Kentucky state lottery? He asked to receive it

6:30 AM ET ESPN staff Rivalry Week is here! And while most of what makes this week great is the history, passion and petty in-fighting built over the past century, this year’s games also have plenty at stake on the field, too. Whether it’s fighting for a New Year’s Six bowl, a spot in a

9:26 PM ET Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker on Wednesday agreed to a 10-year deal worth $95 million to remain with the Spartans, the school announced. The new contract, which made headlines around college football last week leading up to the Spartans’ game at Ohio State, makes Tucker one of the highest paid coaches

6:45 AM ET It’s finally here, the week that hate — the clean, old-fashioned kind, mind you — is in fashion. If you’ve ever been accused of firing a contractor because he wore a rival’s shirt to your house, this is your time. Put the flag up outside your house. Get the group texts fired