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10:12 AM ET Six schools — Florida Atlantic, Charlotte, North Texas, UTSA, Rice and UAB — have accepted invitations to join the American Athletic Conference, the league announced Thursday. No date has been set for the schools to join the conference, but a source told ESPN that the earliest they could join would be the

6:29 PM ET The family of Jake Ehlinger, a Texas linebacker who died in May, said Thursday that his death was caused by an accidental overdose of what was believed to be Xanax laced with Fentanyl. Ehlinger, the younger brother of former Texas and current Indianapolis Colts quarterback Sam Ehlinger, was found unresponsive on May

6:00 AM ET Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett is off to an exceptional start to the season, and he’s worked his way into the Heisman conversation while putting the Panthers in the driver’s seat in the ACC Coastal. Still, this is just a good QB having a great season, right? Perhaps not, says Clemson defensive coordinator

11:09 AM ET Former Washington State coach Nick Rolovich will be suing the university for illegal termination, in part because of “discriminatory and vindictive behavior” by athletic director Pat Chun, an attorney representing Rolovich said Wednesday. Washington State fired Rolovich and four other assistant coaches Monday night after they refused to comply with a mandate

7:00 AM ET [Editor’s note: The number of winless teams keeps dwindling, which means changes at the top of the Bottom 10. Could a Power 5 team in Arizona win the whole thing? And what is Tennessee doing in here?] Inspirational thought of the week: Why be afraid if I’m not alone?Though life is never

7:00 AM ET A quarterback of one of the country’s leading quarterback factories, one of the nation’s top recruits, was yanked from the lineup and replaced with a young firebrand who rallied the team. “It’s uncomfortable, it’s awkward, it’s unfortunate,” he said on Monday. We’re not talking Spencer Rattler — at least not yet. But

12:17 PM ET Clemson football’s Dabo Swinney said Tuesday that he had no interest in the LSU coaching vacancy at this point, joking that he was surprised to be considered “a big-time coach.” “This is the only Death Valley I’m concerned with right here,” Swinney said, referring to the stadiums in Clemson and Baton Rouge,

5:45 PM ET The American Athletic Conference has received applications from six schools hoping to join the conference, and the AAC is expected to send them each formal letters by the end of the week detailing the terms of expansion, a source with knowledge of the process told ESPN on Tuesday. Florida Atlantic, Charlotte, North

10:00 AM ET Washington State football coach Nick Rolovich and four assistant coaches were fired Monday for refusing to comply with a mandate that required all state employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. It marked the end of a monthslong process during which Rolovich did not explain why he was unwilling to get the vaccine

7:57 PM ET PULLMAN, Wash. — Nick Rolovich is out as the Washington State football coach after refusing to become vaccinated for COVID-19, a requirement for all state employees, a source confirmed to ESPN on Monday. Multiple unvaccinated assistant coaches are also out, the source said. Defensive coordinator Jake Dickert is expected to be named

4:05 PM ET Texas A&M football coach Jimbo Fisher attempted to shut down rumors that he would consider leaving for LSU, telling reporters on Monday that “we’re in the process of building something great and I plan on being here and fulfilling this contract.” Fisher’s comments came a day after LSU and coach Ed Orgeron

7:31 AM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Lane Kiffin stood outside the visitor’s locker room at Neyland Stadium in the wee hours of Sunday morning proudly twirling a beaten-up yellow range ball and searching for a new visor. He’d just tossed his old visor to the jeering Tennessee fans as he exited a field littered with

2:26 PM ET Associated Press Cincinnati moved up to No. 2 behind Georgia in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, the first time a team from outside the traditional power conferences has been ranked that high since 2010. The Bulldogs remained a unanimous No. 1 with 63 first-place votes in the AP Top 25

1:20 PM ET Ed Orgeron and LSU have reached an agreement that he will not return as coach of the Tigers next season, sources told ESPN, confirming a report by Sports Illustrated. He is expected to finish out the remainder of the 2021 season as the team’s coach. LSU’s assistant coaches had not been told

3:01 AM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Lane Kiffin was ready for just about anything Saturday night in his first return to Neyland Stadium as a head coach. But dodging an endless sea of bottles, both plastic and glass, along with an assortment of other projectiles, including a golf ball, in what was an ugly ending

1:00 AM ET Georgia fans know better than to tempt fate. There have been far too many years when it all should have worked out, but the universe delivers a gut punch instead. See 1982. See 2002. See 2007. See 2012. See 2017. To know Georgia is to know pain. It’s inspired at least three

5:29 PM ET BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU running back Tyrion Davis-Price set a school record with 287 rushing yards during a 49-42 win over No. 20 Florida on Saturday, breaking the previous record of 285 set by Derrius Guice. Davis-Price, who entered the weekend with a combined 287 rushing yards on the season, also

9:11 AM ET Louisville will retire Lamar Jackson‘s No. 8 jersey in a ceremony against Syracuse on Nov. 13, the school announced Saturday. Jackson joins Johnny Unitas as the only other player in school history to have his number retired. Louisville retired Unitas’ No. 16 in 2003. The school surprised the current Ravens quarterback with