11:54 PM ET Oklahoma State senior wide receiver Tylan Wallace did not play in the second half of Tuesday’s 37-34 Cheez-It Bowl victory over Miami because the coaching staff wanted to protect their star receiver. Wallace, a Biletnikoff Award finalist in 2018, caught six passes for 45 yards in the first half in Orlando, Florida.
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7:13 PM ET Miami starting quarterback D’Eriq King was ruled out of Tuesday’s Cheez-It Bowl after suffering a right leg injury in the first half. King, a fifth-year senior and graduate transfer, clutched the area around his right knee after a tackle late in the second quarter of the Hurricanes’ 37-34 loss to Oklahoma State
12:17 PM ET Associated Press DeVonta Smith of Alabama is The Associated Press college football player of the year and the first wide receiver to win the award since it was established in 1998. In what could be a preview of the Heisman Trophy voting, Smith received 26 first-place votes and 114 points to finish
12:21 PM ET Associated Press Heisman Trophy finalists Mac Jones and DeVonta Smith have been selected to the Associated Press All-America team, leading a contingent of five Alabama players on the first-team offense. Crimson Tide running back Najee Harris, tackle Alex Leatherwood and center Landon Dickerson are also first-team selections. No. 1 Alabama is the
11:12 AM ET Clemson coach Dabo Swinney knows folks in Ohio aren’t thrilled about where he ranked Ohio State on his ballot in the Amway Coaches Poll from USA Today (No. 11), but he’s not backing down from the choice. Asked about his ranking during a Monday media session in advance of No. 2 Clemson’s
11:58 AM ET Despite blowout losses in Notre Dame‘s last two marquee games, coach Brian Kelly said on Monday that the Irish don’t have anything to prove in Friday’s College Football Playoff Semifinal against No. 1 Alabama. Notre Dame last faced Alabama in the 2013 BCS National Championship Game, a 42-14 loss. Two years ago,
7:15 AM ET It began with Joe Burrow, Coach O and an unprecedented LSU run that made college football history, and 2020 ended on an even more unprecedented historical note. In between, a global pandemic threatened the entire sport and exposed rifts and power imbalances across its landscape. This was a year of pain and
4:36 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Potentially the greatest moment in the history of the Jacksonville Jaguars came on the same day they set a franchise record with their 14th consecutive loss after a 41-17 loss to the Chicago Bears. The loss, coupled with the New York Jets‘ victory over the Cleveland Browns, means the
3:44 PM ET The Missouri Tigers are out of the TransPerfect Music City Bowl after a rise in COVID-19 cases in its program, it was announced Sunday. The Tigers were set to face Iowa on Wednesday in Nashville, but Missouri canceled practice Sunday after an increase in positive COVID tests and paused all team activities
10:46 PM ET College football bowl season is here. Despite several bowl games being canceled and many teams opting not to participate due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we bring you the best of the rest, from the Myrtle Beach Bowl through the College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T on Jan. 11 (ESPN/ESPN App).
12:00 PM ET Miami quarterback D’Eriq King announced Saturday he will return to the team for the 2021 season, huge news for the Hurricanes. King transferred in to Miami from Houston for 2020, believing he would only get one season to play. But the coronavirus pandemic gave all players one extra year of eligibility if
12:26 PM ET Utah running back Ty Jordan has died, the school announced on Saturday. The Denton Police Department in Texas told ESPN that its officers responded to a shooting call at 10:38 p.m. ET on Friday. Officers discovered a gunshot victim who had been shot one time. After applying life-saving measures, the victim was
7:00 AM ET Buffalo running back Jaret Patterson might have been a player many fans knew nothing about coming into the 2020 college football season. But as we reach the end of it, his name must be mentioned to tell the complete story of the year. Patterson, a junior, captured the sport’s attention on Nov.
10:54 AM ET Florida linebacker James Houston IV on Tuesday took a shot at Oklahoma ahead of their meeting in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic on Dec. 30. Houston, a redshirt junior, was asked about playing in Big 12 territory at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and said he wasn’t worried about having home-field advantage.
10:36 AM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Louisiana-Monroe is set to hire former Auburn coach Terry Bowden as its
3:09 PM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Tulsa linebacker Zaven Collins has won the Bronko Nagurski Trophy honoring the nation’s best defensive player. The 6-foot-4, 260-pound Collins totaled 54 tackles and 11.5 tackles for loss and four interceptions. The junior had three sacks against Oklahoma State. Two of his interceptions
7:59 PM ET Alabama teammates Mac Jones and DeVonta Smith, Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence and Florida quarterback Kyle Trask were announced as Heisman Trophy finalists on Thursday night. Unlike 2019, when LSU quarterback Joe Burrow was the prohibitive favorite to win, the voting figures to be much closer without a clear front-runner emerging from the
11:57 PM ET ESPN 300 running back Camar Wheaton committed to Alabama on Wednesday, adding to the Crimson Tide’s No. 1-ranked recruiting class. Wheaton is the No. 41-ranked prospect overall, a 5-foot-11, 195-pound back from Lakeview Centennial High School in Garland, Texas. He chose Alabama over Oklahoma, and gives the Crimson Tide 20 ESPN 300