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6:28 PM ET For the first time in the eight-year history of the College Football Playoff, a team from a Group of 5 conference has cracked the top four in the selection committee’s rankings, which would assure it a spot in one of the two semifinals games on New Year’s Eve. Cincinnati, one of just

8:47 PM ET Liberty has reached a new deal with Hugh Freeze that will make him one of the highest-paid non-Power 5 coaches in college football, sources told ESPN on Tuesday night. The university is expected to officially announce the new contract on Wednesday. Sources told ESPN that Freeze’s total financial package would average more

1:38 PM ET ESPN 300 athlete Isaiah Bond decommitted from Florida on Monday, giving the Gators five decommitments since Oct. 20 and two since Dan Mullen was fired on Sunday. It’s no secret that this class was not up to the typical level of what Florida has recruited in the past. The Gators had the

9:49 AM ET The odds to win the Heisman Trophy shifted over the weekend, with Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud emerging as the odds-on favorite at U.S. sportsbooks. Stroud is the favorite at -220 at Caesars Sportsbook, followed by Alabama quarterback Bryce Young at +175. Stroud entered the weekend behind Young in the Heisman odds

8:00 AM ET Dan Mullen has been fired at Florida, and another big job is now open. Where did things go wrong for the Gators? And how can they return to their national-championship-contending ways? Our experts break it all down What was the biggest reason for Dan Mullen’s downfall? Alex Scarborough: Florida athletic director Scott

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The Heisman Trophy will be awarded in less than three weeks, and no one has run away with it. A quarterback has won the award in four of the past five years, nine of the past 11 years and 12 of the past 15 years. A defensive player hasn’t won

2:16 PM ET Associated Press Ohio State is No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll, surging three spots Sunday past No. 3 Alabama and No. 4 Cincinnati in a close vote. Georgia is a unanimous No. 1 in the AP Top 25 for the seventh consecutive week, but for the second week in

1:21 PM ET Dan Mullen is out as Florida‘s football coach, the school announced Sunday. Greg Knox, Florida’s running backs coach and special teams coordinator, will fill in as interim coach. A staff meeting was called for 1 p.m. ET and a team meeting for 1:30. The Gators have lost four straight games to Power

1:22 AM ET That the 2021 season has been unique is well-documented by this point. The upsets have been routine, the preseason top-25 looks like Swiss cheese and expectations and assumptions rarely survive the next Saturday. It’s been fun. What 2021 hasn’t been, at least until Week 12’s games kicked off, was informative. A quick

1:21 AM ET No. 3 Oregon‘s mission to reach the College Football Playoff for the first time since 2014 took a massive blow Saturday after the Ducks were overwhelmed by host Utah in a 38-7 rout. “Everybody’s upset and disappointed like we should be,” Oregon coach Mario Cristobal said. “It should burn. It should hurt

3:57 PM ET Whether the intended message was that quarterback C.J. Stroud is firmly planted in the Heisman race, that the defense is playing at a championship level or that this team belongs in the College Football Playoff, Ohio State made a statement on Saturday. The No. 4 Buckeyes didn’t show any weaknesses in a

12:31 PM ET Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina star quarterback Sam Howell will miss Saturday’s home finale against Wofford with an upper-body injury. The junior, who didn’t dress for the game, suffered the injury in last week’s overtime loss at No. 20 Pittsburgh. It is the first time that Howell has missed

10:05 PM ET Ole Miss quarterback Matt Corral appears to have already made the decision to turn pro following the season. The junior from California tweeted a lengthy message on Friday night, thanking “Rebel Nation” and calling Saturday’s matchup against Vanderbilt “my final game at The Vaught,” a reference to Ole Miss’ Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. “Thank

12:07 PM ET New guidelines are giving college coaches more leeway in recruiting, with Ole Miss‘ Lane Kiffin already taking advantage of one new rule. As the NCAA attempts to modernize Division I rules, coaches are now allowed to mention high school teams publicly or geotag the schools while recruiting off campus. Kiffin tweeted Friday

7:00 AM ET Every Tuesday as the College Football Playoff rankings are released, one virtually unprecedented decision has stood out: where Oregon has been placed. The Ducks sit at No. 3 in the current rankings, an honor bestowed upon them seemingly for a win over Ohio State, and one that presumably puts them in strong

6:50 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. When it came time for the 2001 Miami Hurricanes to do their summer workouts, they

11:12 AM ET Michigan State coach Mel Tucker, who could soon receive a significant new contract with the school, said MSU is a destination job and that he never intended to “just pass through.” Speaking on The Draymond Green Show with Green, a former basketball star at Michigan State now with the Golden State Warriors,

6:37 AM ET ESPN staff Michigan State defensive coordinator Scottie Hazelton begins each game plan by studying the opposing offense’s explosive plays. “It took a little bit more time this week,” Hazelton told ESPN. Hazelton’s defense on Saturday faces an Ohio State offense that leads the nation in yards per play (8.03), scoring (46.3 points