6:26 PM ET Alabama, Georgia and Texas A&M were all jockeying for the No. 1 recruiting class on Wednesday, but it was the Aggies who were able to pull ahead to claim the top class after the first day of the early signing period. Texas A&M has steadily risen in the class rankings over the
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7:00 AM ET National signing day is here. College football’s early signing period begins Wednesday and lasts until Friday. High school recruits are able to sign their national letters of intent to lock them into the colleges of their choice. This is the fifth year in which college football has held an early signing period,
12:14 PM ET Cornerback Travis Hunter, the No. 2-ranked recruit in the country, flipped his commitment from Florida State to Jackson State on Wednesday to become the first five-star high school football prospect to sign with an FCS team since ESPN started its rankings in 2006. Jackson State coach Deion Sanders teased before the start
4:22 PM ET Florida State coach Mike Norvell has verbally agreed to a one-year contract extension through 2026, the school announced Tuesday. Norvell just finished his second season at Florida State, going 5-7. When Norvell was hired in December 2019, he signed a six-year deal worth $26.5 million. The school did not disclose whether the
7:15 AM ET DENTON, Texas — Sarah Fuller walks toward the lobby at Ryan High School, a short drive from where she now plays college soccer, the University of North Texas. Ally Kolba giddily waits for her. She is nervous and excited and, when she sees Fuller come in the door, she whispers to her
7:00 AM ET “Mr. Madison, what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I
9:49 PM ET South Carolina coach Shane Beamer leaned on his Oklahoma connections in gaining the commitments of a pair of former Sooners, quarterback Spencer Rattler and tight end Austin Stogner, on Monday. Beamer, who was an assistant at Oklahoma from 2018 to 2020, just wrapped up his first regular season as a head coach
7:00 AM ET This whole season went pretty much how we expected, right? AP preseason No. 1 Alabama is in the College Football Playoff, as is Georgia, who was No. 5. And then there’s … Michigan and Cincinnati. OK, so Cincy was No. 8 at the start of the season. Michigan was unranked. And that’s
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The college football regular season just ended, but before diving into bowl season, let’s look back at a memorable season that reminded us all why we love the sport. We saw a return to stadiums for fans across the country, and the action on the field matched the pageantry of
9:22 PM ET Former five-star recruit Quinn Ewers will transfer to Texas, the former Ohio State quarterback posted on social media Sunday night. Ewers spent one season with the Buckeyes but entered the transfer portal Dec. 3, and is now closing a loop on what was a unique journey to get to this point, even
2:36 PM ET ESPN Junior 300 safety Sonny Styles is reclassifying from the 2023 class to the 2022 class and will sign with Ohio State on Wednesday in the early signing period. Styles was a five-star recruit, ranked No. 9 overall, in the 2023 cycle and committed to the Buckeyes on November 13. He’s a
9:00 PM ET Although it took until the 14th week of the season for the Heisman race to truly come into focus, there ended up being little doubt about who the winner should be. Alabama quarterback Bryce Young won the 2021 Heisman Trophy, the first Crimson Tide QB to do so. Tua Tagovailoa and Mac
8:11 PM ET Bryce Young saved his best for last, and in doing so ran away with this year’s Heisman Trophy, winning the award in a ceremony in New York City on Saturday night. A sophomore and former five-star prospect from California, Young entered the season with sky-high expectations as the presumptive choice to replace
6:07 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Georgia defensive coordinator Dan Lanning will be Oregon’s next football coach, sources told ESPN Saturday, confirming an earlier report. Lanning, who is just 35 years old, has been at Georgia since 2018, where he was hired as a linebackers coach before being promoted to defensive coordinator in 2019. In the
10:36 AM ET Penn State announced the hiring of former Miami head coach Manny Diaz as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach on Saturday. Diaz replaces Brent Pry, who was announced as Virginia Tech‘s new head coach on Nov. 30 after eight seasons at Penn State, including six as defensive coordinator. “We are thrilled to add
7:00 AM ET In the hours leading up to last weekend’s SEC championship game, from the streets of Atlanta to the rows of the press box high atop Mercedes-Benz Stadium, there were two primary topics of conversation. First, who would win the game — Georgia or Alabama — and how would the outcome affect the
7:03 PM ET Duke has hired Texas A&M defensive coordinator Mike Elko as its next coach, the school announced Friday. Elko, 44, spent the past four seasons with Texas A&M after coordinator stints at Notre Dame, Wake Forest, Bowling Green and Hofstra. He had been a candidate for several Power 5 head-coaching opportunities in recent
11:06 AM ET Texas defensive backs B.J. Foster and Chris Adimora both entered the NCAA transfer portal Friday. Foster, who entered the portal as a graduate student, has started games in each of the past four seasons for the Longhorns. The safety started all 12 games this past season, leading Texas with three interceptions and