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7:00 AM ET SPORTS PSYCHOLOGIST DR. Kevin Elko was sitting across from Alabama coach Nick Saban in 2019, relaying postgame gossip he’d seen online. Not only had LSU beaten the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa, apparently the Tigers had made a spectacle of it, toasting themselves as if they’d won the national championship in early November.

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff Among the year’s most baffling storylines is the disappointing results from many of the preseason’s Heisman hopefuls. Spencer Rattler was benched. D.J. Uiagalelei has struggled mightily. D’Eriq King got hurt. JT Daniels has barely played. And North Carolina‘s Sam Howell — he’s disappointed, too, right? That seems to be the

1:13 PM ET Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck has agreed to a new seven-year contract that will keep him with the Golden Gophers through the 2028 season, it was announced Wednesday. The agreement between the university and Fleck, who is eight games into his fifth season as the Gophers’ head coach, is pending approval from the

6:52 PM ET Cincinnati debuted at No. 6 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings Tuesday night, while SEC powers Georgia and Alabama top the rundown at No. 1 and No. 2, followed by No. 3 Michigan State and No. 4 Oregon. The Bearcats landed the highest-ever ranking for a Group of 5 team, one

7:00 AM ET [Editor’s note: The nation’s last two winless teams stayed winless. Again. While a Big Ten team played itself into the Coveted Fifth Spot. Again.] Inspirational thought of the week: Why can’t you do it?Why can’t you set your monkey free?Always giving into itDo you love the monkey or do you love me?Why

8:20 PM ET For the first time since the College Football Playoff was established in 2014, there was some real, genuine hope that Cincinnati would make history as the first Group of 5 team to make the top four. How naïve. The CFP selection committee reminded us all once again that the Group of 5

2:39 PM ET TCU interim coach Jerry Kill said he will try to uphold Gary Patterson’s legacy the rest of the season after taking over at what he called “the house that Gary built.” The school made its coaching change late Sunday afternoon, with Patterson departing immediately. He had led the football program since the

7:00 AM ET The first rankings from the College Football Playoff selection committee will be unveiled on Tuesday night, and only one thing seems certain: Georgia will be No. 1. The undefeated Bulldogs have been dominant on defense and have already clinched the SEC East. But which teams will come next? Oklahoma is undefeated and

3:38 PM ET ESPN News Services LINCOLN, Neb. — Facing mounting pressure with Nebraska on the cusp of a fifth straight losing season, coach Scott Frost acknowledged this year has fallen far short of his expectations. “I thought this year it would pop,” Frost said Monday at his weekly news conference. The Cornhuskers are 3-6

8:30 AM ET ATHENS, Ga. — As Arkansas offensive coordinator Kendal Briles pored over tape of Georgia’s defense last month leading up to their game, he couldn’t help but mutter to himself. “It’s almost unfair,” Briles recalled saying recently. He’s not the only one tasked with trying to move the ball against a Georgia defense

10:44 PM ET USC star Drake London, one of the top receivers in the country and a potential first-round NFL draft pick, will miss the rest of the season, Trojans interim coach Donte Williams said Sunday night. London suffered a fractured right ankle, Williams said, in the second quarter of Saturday’s 41-34 win over Arizona

7:55 PM ET Gary Patterson is out at TCU after 20 years as coach of the Horned Frogs, the school announced on Sunday night. In meeting with the longtime coach Sunday, school officials asked Patterson to finish this season, but he declined. Instead, Patterson, who coached in the Horned Frogs’ 31-12 loss at Kansas State

2:19 PM ET Associated Press Michigan State moved up to No. 5 in The Associated Press college football poll and Wake Forest became a top-10 team on Sunday for the first time in school history. Georgia is a unanimous No. 1 for the fourth straight week in the AP Top 25. Cincinnati remained at No.

1:03 AM ET There’s a slogan that coaches repeat often: Good is the enemy of great. The idea is simple enough. To settle for good is to abdicate a quest for greatness. Coaches like great. Good is only important in contract negotiations. Aside from Georgia, which beat Florida easily on Saturday and appears destined for

7:29 PM ET ESPN staff The most influential game of the day came in East Lansing where much more than the Paul Bunyan Trophy was on the line between Michigan and Michigan State. How will Saturday’s top games affect the College Football Playoff chase? What are the current odds for the top four? The Allstate

first Quarter MICH MSU TD 11:03 Andrel Anthony 93 Yd pass from Cade McNamara (Jake Moody Kick) 3 plays, 98 yards, 1:35 7 0 FG 1:18 Jake Moody 26 Yd Field Goal 6 plays, 22 yards, 2:51 10 0 second Quarter MICH MSU TD 14:52 Kenneth Walker III 27 Yd Run (Matt Coghlin Kick) 5

3:45 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — South Florida has been fined $10,000 and placed on three years’ probation for NCAA violations committed by the football and women’s basketball programs. The NCAA Committee on Infractions announced Friday its approval of a negotiated resolution with USF that ended an 18-month investigation. The school and NCAA

10:01 PM ET Jackson State coach Deion Sanders will miss his second consecutive game Saturday against rival Mississippi Valley State, the team confirmed to ESPN on Friday night. Sanders did not coach last week against Bethune-Cookman, tweeting that his doctors advised him not to work the game as he recovers from a recent foot surgery.