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1:55 PM ET One day after Dabo Swinney suggested Florida State ducked last Saturday’s game using a Clemson player’s positive COVID-19 test as an excuse, Seminoles coach Mike Norvell emphatically denied the charge, saying the decision to postpone the game was made entirely by medical personnel. Asked if COVID-19 was the reason for the postponement,

6:54 PM ET This week’s Apple Cup rivalry game between Washington and Washington State will not be played, the Pac-12 announced Sunday. The decision comes two days after WSU had to cancel Saturday’s game against Stanford because it did not meet the 53-scholarship player threshold needed to play as a result of players in quarantine

7:30 PM ET A day after Florida State abruptly postponed its scheduled game against Clemson due to a positive COVID-19 test among the Tigers’ roster, Dabo Swinney lambasted FSU’s administration for the decision. Swinney said Sunday that Clemson followed all required protocols when it traveled with a player who had shown prior symptoms for COVID-19

2:17 PM ET Associated Press Alabama is now a unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll, and Northwestern moved up to No. 11 on Sunday for its best ranking in 24 years. For the second straight week, the top eight teams in the poll held their spots. The Crimson Tide received all

1:05 AM ET This year has been so filled with chaos, it’s hard to notice each new twist or turn. Our collective lack of surprise is actually the one thing that has kept us bonded throughout a year in which our connections have been stretched and tested like no other time in recent memory. Even

8:50 PM ET Week 12 presented one of the mainstays in this season’s College Football Playoff predictions with its toughest test of the year. How will Saturday’s top games affect the College Football Playoff chase? What are the current odds for the top four? The Allstate Playoff Predictor has the answers. Check back every week

9:40 AM ET It’s Week 12 of the ever-evolving college football season. A quick glance across the schedule this week reveals these quirks: Ohio State may be facing its biggest conference hurdle in … Indiana. Northwestern is 4-0 after winning three games last season. A top-25 Liberty team is playing its third game against the

12:42 AM ET Purdue coach Jeff Brohm said he did not get an explanation for a controversial offensive pass interference penalty against the Boilermakers in the final minute of Friday’s 34-31 loss to Minnesota. The 15-yard penalty on Purdue tight end Payne Durham wiped out a 19-yard touchdown pass, which would have put Purdue ahead

5:13 PM ET The Washington State–Stanford game set for Saturday has been canceled, the Pac-12 announced Friday “This decision was made under the Pac-12’s football game cancellation policy due to Washington State not having the minimum number of scholarship players available for the game as a result of a number of positive football student-athlete COVID-19

8:00 AM ET Bedlam. In college football, that word evokes thoughts of big plays, dramatic finishes and high stakes in one of the sport’s best rivalries: Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State. Saturday will mark the 115th meeting between the two teams (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC), a series that is lopsided in Oklahoma’s favor, historically, with the

1:26 AM ET Washington State quarterback Jayden de Laura will miss the Cougars’ road game against Stanford on Saturday after testing positive for COVID-19, a source confirmed to ESPN. De Laura’s positive test was first reported Thursday by the Spokesman-Review. With de Laura, a true freshman, unavailable, Washington State (1-1) will turn to either redshirt

7:50 PM ET Quarterback Quinn Ewers, the No. 1-ranked prospect in the 2022 class, committed to Ohio State on Thursday. His commitment gives the Buckeyes the No. 1-ranked prospect three recruiting classes in a row with defensive end Jack Sawyer in 2021 and wide receiver Julian Fleming in 2020. Ewers had previously been committed to

2:23 PM ET The Pac-12 has loosened its scheduling restrictions for the 2020 season and will allow nonconference football games to be played if they meet a certain criteria. “The Pac-12 is committed to maintaining maximum flexibility to provide our football student-athletes with an opportunity to compete, while continuing to ensure that health and safety

7:05 AM 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. John Thrasher knew how the words would sound. He even warned his audience in advance

8:35 PM ET The College Football Playoff management committee on Wednesday agreed to keep the playoff on its current timeline and name a national champion as planned on Jan. 11 in Miami Gardens, Florida, unless the coronavirus pandemic forces a schedule change, CFP executive director Bill Hancock told ESPN. The CFP management committee, which is

12:02 PM ET Florida State freshman quarterback Chubba Purdy, who made his first career start last week, will miss the remainder of the season following surgery, coach Mike Norvell said Wednesday. Purdy had surgery Tuesday on his collarbone, which he broke during a preseason scrimmage and aggravated during last Saturday’s game against NC State, Norvell

3:40 PM ET Associated Press Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence is fit, confident and, most importantly for the Tigers, virus-free. The junior said Tuesday that he is ready for the fourth-ranked Tigers’ championship run down the stretch. Lawrence missed the past two games for Clemson (7-1, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) after testing positive for COVID-19, then

11:13 PM ET Associated Press BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Jaret Patterson carried it 31 times for a school-record 301 yards and four touchdowns, and Buffalo beat Bowling Green 42-17 on Tuesday night. Patterson capped the opening drive of the game with a 17-yard touchdown run, and he added a short scoring run at the end