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7:05 AM ET It has been 20 years since Iowa State finished ranked in the AP top 25. That No. 25 finish in 2000 was one of just two times in program history the Cyclones finished as a ranked team, with the other a No. 19 finish in 1976. With that as a backdrop, the

7:05 AM ET Two college football programs on the rise, two national championship-winning coaches, two top-15 teams: all a recipe for a quality bowl matchup. The Capital One Orange Bowl (8 p.m. ET on Jan. 2 on ESPN and the ESPN App) will pit two familiar names who have reached the pinnacle this century: North

10:54 AM ET New England Patriots quarterbacks coach Jedd Fisch is being named the new head coach at the University of Arizona, sources tell ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Field Yates. Arizona is expected to announce the hiring at some point Wednesday, according to Schefter and Yates. Fisch, 44, will replace recently fired head coach Kevin

6:43 AM ET When the Cotton Bowl matchup of Oklahoma and Florida was announced (Dec. 30 at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN App), it was fun to think back to the meeting between these two teams in the 2009 Orange Bowl and the BCS National Championship Game. Dan Mullen was even on the sideline for

6:36 PM ET ESPN News Services Boise State‘s Bryan Harsin is set to become the next head football coach at Auburn, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg. He replaces Gus Malzahn, who was fired earlier this month after eight seasons with the Tigers. The 44-year-old Harsin is 69-19 with three Mountain West titles in

1:11 PM ET Florida has been placed on one-year probation and coach Dan Mullen has been given a one-year show-cause order after the NCAA determined that the program violated recruiting contact rules on two occasions in 2019. Mullen was found to have failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance and will be banned from all

7:13 AM ET Welcome back to our weekly Heisman Watch for the 2020 college football season. Throughout the season, ESPN.com writers will vote on their top Heisman Trophy candidates. To get the final rankings, we use the following methodology: 14 voters, five votes each. Points system: five points for first-place votes, four points for second-place

8:06 PM ET Army will have the opportunity to play in a bowl game after all. The Knights had been unable to find an opponent for a bowl game coming out of the weekend, but on Monday it was announced they would face West Virginia in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl on Dec. 31. Tennessee was

4:13 PM ET Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt and multiple players and coaches have tested positive for COVID-19, meaning the Vols will be unable to play in the Dec. 31 AutoZone Liberty Bowl against West Virginia, sources told ESPN. Tennessee’s tests were conducted on Sunday per SEC protocol, and those results were returned on Monday morning

1:52 AM ET Army football coach Jeff Monken woke up early Sunday, anxious to find out who his team would face in a bowl game. The Black Knights had posted a 9-2 record, capped by Saturday’s victory over Air Force that secured them the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy. Army had an agreement to play in the Radiance

1:30 AM ET The start of Bowl Season and the College Football Playoff is almost upon us. Here’s a look at all of this year’s games. (All times Eastern) College Football Playoff National Championship College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&THard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida)Jan. 11: 8 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN

3:23 PM ET Welcome once again to the Alabama–Clemson College Football Playoff invitational, where it hardly seems to matter who earned the “right” to take on the two clear favorites to make the national championship game. This year, it happens to be No. 3 Ohio State and No. 4 Notre Dame. The Irish made it

11:52 PM 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 Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State each won their respective conference championships Saturday,

10:55 PM ET Rose Bowl officials announced Saturday that the College Football Playoff semifinal scheduled for the Rose Bowl will be moved to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The announcement came just hours after multiple outlets reported the Rose Bowl was denied a special exemption from the state of California to allow a few hundred

4:00 PM ET ESPN News Services INDIANAPOLIS — Trey Sermon ran for a school-record 331 yards and two second-half touchdowns Saturday, helping No. 4 Ohio State rally for a 22-10 victory over Northwestern for a fourth consecutive Big Ten championship. The Buckeyes (6-0) will find out Sunday if they’ve done enough to earn one of

12:08 PM ET Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said Friday if the Irish are chosen to make the College Football Playoff, they would consider not playing if families are not allowed to attend the semifinal game. During a Zoom call previewing the ACC championship game, Kelly made pointed remarks about the need to have families

11:39 PM ET Ohio State and Northwestern both have cleared final COVID-19 testing ahead of Saturday’s Big Ten football championship game in Indianapolis, sources told ESPN. Players and coaches on both teams had to pass a final layer of conference-mandated testing Friday after arriving in Indianapolis. A source said No. 14 Northwestern came out “100%

7:00 AM ET IT WAS THE middle of September, and Shaun Wade sat at his kitchen table in Jacksonville, Florida, in the wrong place at the wrong time. Again. He wasn’t at Ohio State, for one. He wasn’t playing football at all, for another. This being 2020, football in the Big Ten, like so much