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5:44 PM ET A four-person Big 12 subcommittee tasked with exploring expansion held a videoconference on Friday, and Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt told ESPN nobody in the Big 12 has directly contacted any other schools about membership yet. “Not to my knowledge,” he said. “There’s nothing imminent.” Hocutt is one of the four

7:00 AM ET WEST HARRISON, Ind. — Luke Fickell sits at a corner table in the dining hall at Camp Higher Ground, Cincinnati‘s off-campus football training site in the hills just beyond the Indiana state line. Behind him, the most anticipated team in Cincinnati history devours lunch before a rescheduled afternoon practice. Three days earlier,

7:12 AM ET Maybe your parents attended a Black college. Maybe you did the same. Maybe you grew up watching the Bayou Classic each year on television. Maybe you even got a chance to go to the Bayou Classic. (Maybe you got a chance to attend the Battle of the Bands, saw Southern’s Human Jukebox

9:24 AM ET Two weeks ago, I released my updated 2021 SP+ rankings, but coming up with those rankings is only half of the battle. In order to maximize your view of the upcoming season, you also want to see the projections involved. 1 Related Below, you will find a data dump of win projections

7:30 AM ET When asked last month about the possibility of a 12-team College Football Playoff, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney was blunt in his disapproval. “Our team isn’t for it,” he said. “They don’t want to play more games. And to be honest with you, I don’t know if there’s 12 teams good enough.” How

7:35 AM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The 2021 college football season is just about ready to kick off,

8:25 AM ET Earlier this month, when conference leaders across the Big Ten, Pac-12 and ACC began to discuss the possibility of a partnership — a concept that could ultimately provide some stability by preventing those leagues from poaching each other’s teams while adding a scheduling component — the Big 12 was excluded, another perceived

In 1981, Dennis Green became the first Black head coach of a Power 5 football program (Northwestern). Two years earlier, Willie Jeffries broke the same ground in Division I-A (now FBS) at Wichita State. Green and Jeffries were pioneers in a sport where Black men had increased representation on the field but not the sideline.

7:30 AM ET Let’s face it: College football has a bit of a chaos problem at the moment. As in, a lack thereof. The current ruling class is ruling a bit more than usual. Alabama has won six of the past 12 national titles and five of the past seven SEC titles and hasn’t finished

6:26 PM 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. The commissioners of the Big Ten, Pac-12 and ACC made it official Tuesday, announcing an

7:00 AM ET [Editor’s note: The 2021 college football season is upon us and it’s bringing the Bottom 10 with it, featuring a slew of old favorites like Kansas and UTEP, along with a Power 5 cameo from the entire Big 12.] Inspirational thought(s) of the week: Is this the way to normal?Show me the

6:00 AM ET The college football coaching hot seat for 2021 was supposed to be crowded. When the coronavirus pandemic hit last year, sources widely expected schools to be hesitant to make coaching changes, mindful of the cost for already-crunched athletic department budgets. Just wait for 2021, they said. It will be wild. Then, South

12:44 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — The Fiesta Bowl Organization announced a multi-year partnership with Caesars Entertainment on Monday, pairing one of the biggest postseason college football games with legal sports gambling in Arizona. It’s the first partnership between a college bowl game and a company that specializes in sports betting. Caesars will host

8:00 AM ET ESPN staff We’ve finally made it. The 2021 college football season is kicking off this week. And unlike last year, all conferences are a go right from the start this fall. With that, it’s time to break down the top 100 players who will be most worth watching. Over the course of

8:15 AM ET Tom VanHaaren Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Tom Luginbill Close ESPN Analyst Senior National Recruiting Analyst for ESPN.com Coached in four professional football leagues Graduated from Eastern Kentucky and Marshall Every college football season, a new batch of true freshmen burst through

2:30 PM ET Oklahoma received a commitment from Brandon Inniss on Sunday, as the ESPN Junior 300 wide receiver chose the Sooners over Alabama, Florida, Miami and Ohio State. Inniss, a 6-foot-0, 190-pound prospect from American Heritage High School in Plantation, Florida, is the No. 18-ranked recruit overall and No. 3 wide receiver in the

7:00 AM ET Coach Hugh Freeze and Liberty are facing a fourth-and-3 from Virginia Tech’s 38-yard line early in the second quarter, and two things are abundantly clear. The Flames are going for it, and the ball is going to be in star quarterback Malik Willis‘ hands. Liberty, on this day last November, is ranked

9:00 AM ET ESPN staff The allure of college football goes well beyond the field, and even beyond the rabid fans and electric stadiums. Before all that, there are the road trips, the tailgating and the parties. Visiting the local restaurants and bars in the area of your favorite team or hated rival can be