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5:23 PM ET USC football coach Clay Helton has been fired, athletic director Mike Bohn announced Monday. The decision comes two days after the Trojans, who came into the season with conference-title aspirations, were embarrassed in a 42-28 home defeat to Stanford. “As I committed to upon my arrival at USC, during the past two

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff Week 2 of the 2021 college football season is in the books. Two top-10 teams lost. Two other top-10 teams needed fourth-quarter rallies to avoid upsets. But at the end of the day, here is what our reporters take away from the weekend’s action. The Ohio State defense misses Jeff

4:58 PM ET Texas A&M quarterback Haynes King suffered a lower right leg injury in the first quarter of Saturday’s game vs. Colorado and will not return for the No. 5 Aggies. King sustained the injury while scrambling to his right on third down during Texas A&M’s second series. The redshirt freshman left the field

2:39 PM ET Associated Press Oregon and Iowa were the big movers in The Associated Press college football poll after road wins over top-10 opponents. The Ducks’ victory over Ohio State earned them a promotion from No. 12 to No. 4. Another impressive defensive performance by Iowa in the Cy-Hawk Trophy game pushed the Hawkeyes

2:02 AM ET Florida State coach Mike Norvell apologized for his team’s stunning 20-17 loss to Jacksonville State on a touchdown pass with no time remaining late Saturday night. The loss was the first in program history to an FCS opponent. Norvell, in his second year as Florida State head coach, took full responsibility for

11:59 PM ET Two top-10 teams lost on Saturday. The Pac-12 rose from the ashes of so many years of misery to make an emphatic statement on a national stage. Nick Saban lambasted his Alabama team for a 48-14 win. Texas is already 0-1 in SEC play. Week 2 had all the hallmarks of a

6:48 PM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio — Following No. 12 Oregon‘s thrilling 35-28 win against No. 3 Ohio State on Saturday, Ducks coach Mario Cristobal made his way to the end zone to greet the section of green-clad Oregon fans who had made the trip to witness what was one of the biggest wins in program

second Quarter ORE OSU TD 14:27 C. Verdell run for 14 yds for a TD, (C. Lewis KICK) 10 plays, 99 yards, 3:57 7 0 TD 8:42 C. Stroud pass,to G. Wilson for 27 yds for a TD, (N. Ruggles KICK) 5 plays, 70 yards, 1:47 7 7 TD 4:51 A. Brown pass,to C. Verdell

10:06 AM ET Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. The Big 12 presidents and chancellors voted on Friday to accept BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF into the

6:04 PM ET The American Athletic Conference will be willing to negotiate a higher exit fee to accommodate earlier departures of UCF, Cincinnati and Houston to the Big 12 Conference, AAC commissioner Mike Aresco told ESPN on Friday. AAC bylaws require schools to give a 27-month notice before they leave and pay a $10 million

1:20 PM ET ESPN News Services A young giraffe named after Cincinnati Bengals quarterback and former LSU star Joe Burrow died Wednesday, a day after falling ill. Officials at the Baton Rouge Zoo said in a release Thursday that the 20-month-old giraffe named Burreaux had died after developing a sudden onset of symptoms Tuesday, including

9:59 AM ET A group of former students, including All-American football player and team captain Henry Hill, filed a lawsuit Thursday morning alleging that the University of Michigan is illegally limiting their attempts to share accounts of the abuse perpetrated by then team doctor Robert Anderson. Hill, who played for the Wolverines from 1968 to

7:00 AM ET Dave Wilson Close ESPN Staff Writer Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Harry Lyles Jr. It’s only Week 2 and we’re already making history. What we’ve got here is the greatest Cy-Hawk battle of

9:30 AM ET PASADENA, Calif. — Early in the second quarter of UCLA‘s 38-27 win against LSU on Saturday, athletic director Martin Jarmond stood in his suite and looked out over the nearly-full Rose Bowl, soaking in the atmosphere. “This looks good,” he said, beaming with pride. 2 Related Moments later, running back Zach Charbonnet

8:02 PM ET An obviously frustrated Nick Saban said Wednesday that Alabama still has a lot to prove after it beat Miami 44-13 in its season opener last week. Saban harkened back to his “rat poison” comments from 2017 and said the top-ranked Crimson Tide didn’t come out prepared to practice Monday. He questioned whether

3:10 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas chapter of the NAACP and a group of students have filed a federal civil rights complaint against the University of Texas for its continued use of school song “The Eyes of Texas,” which has racist elements in its past. The complaint filed Sept. 3 with

8:05 PM ET No one will beat Alabama. Clemson’s dynasty is dead. UCLA is the best in the West. Georgia’s offense can’t score. If College Football Playoff national championships and the Heisman Trophy were handed out after Week 1, Georgia wouldn’t have a 41-year title drought and we’d be watching former Texas A&M quarterback Kenny

5:43 PM ET Former USC and New England Patriots fullback Sam “Bam” Cunningham died Tuesday in Inglewood, California, according to USC. He was 71. No cause of death was immediately available. Cunningham, who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1992, is widely recognized for helping speed up the process of integration