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7:00 AM ET [Editor’s note: College football’s regular season is almost over. We think. But as the season-long Bottom 10 contenders are wrapping up their campaigns, a late charge is coming from the Power 5 likes of the Big 12, Big Ten and Pac-12.] Inspirational thought of the week You breathe new lifeInto my broken

7:00 PM ET Indiana paused team activities Tuesday because of COVID-19 concerns within the program. The 12th-ranked Hoosiers did not practice Tuesday morning, and players and coaches underwent PCR testing. Indiana’s scheduled opponent, Purdue, announced earlier Tuesday that it had canceled practice to evaluate the results of recent COVID-19 testing. No decision has been made

7:12 PM ET The top six teams in the CFP rankings remained the same Tuesday, including Ohio State, which stays at No. 4 despite uncertainty about its upcoming opponents. The Big 12, meanwhile, is still alive in the CFP race. The Buckeyes stay ahead of No. 5 Texas A&M and No. 6 Florida following a

1:27 PM ET The annual rivalry game between Michigan and Ohio State has been canceled due to an increase in COVID-19 cases over the past week within the Wolverines’ program, the school announced. The decision was made after conversations with medical experts, health department officials and university administration. “The number of positive tests has continued

2:49 PM ET The Michigan football team has been cleared for limited workouts per a school spokesman, and a source told ESPN that the Wolverines are planning to practice in some capacity Monday. Michigan paused all in-person team activities last week due to a rise in COVID-19 cases and cancelled its game against Maryland originally

12:22 PM ET The signs were everywhere for Frank Beamer as he carved out his own Hall of Fame coaching career. And, yes, most fathers are biased when it comes to their sons. But there was no doubt in Beamer’s mind that his son, Shane, would one day be a head coach. Today is that

11:15 AM ET It was 10 o’clock Saturday night in Conway, South Carolina, and while the Brooks Stadium grandstands had long since emptied, one quarter of the playing field was packed with people. From the 25-yard line to back of the end zone, the black-uniformed Coastal Carolina Chanticleers and their coaches gathered in clusters, smiling,

2:12 PM ET Associated Press Alabama was No. 1 for the fifth week in a row Sunday and extended its streak of consecutive poll appearances to 210, the third-longest in the history of The Associated Press college football poll. The Crimson Tide were the unanimous No. 1 for the third straight week, and the top

1:16 PM ET Kentucky coach Mark Stoops has wasted no time making changes to his offensive staff. Less than 24 hours after closing out the regular season with a 41-18 win over South Carolina, Stoops announced that offensive coordinator Eddie Gran and quarterbacks coach Darin Hinshaw have been fired. Stoops said in a statement Sunday

11:57 PM ET Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Beamer Ball is coming to South Carolina. Shane Beamer, Oklahoma‘s

12:13 AM ET It has been hard to find silver linings in 2020, a year when little has felt normal and too many of the things we love have been kept at a distance. But Saturday gave us something we wouldn’t have gotten in any other season. Four days ago, there was no plan to

5:46 PM ET Ohio State coach Ryan Day is hopeful that “the worst part’s behind us” after the No. 4 Buckeyes returned to the field Saturday and beat Michigan State 52-12 despite being short-handed because of COVID-19. The Buckeyes (5-0) played without three starting offensive lineman — tackles Thayer Munford and Nicholas Petit-Frere, and center

11:07 AM ET Ohio State will be without three starting offensive lineman and starting linebacker Tuf Borland, a three-time captain, for Saturday’s game at Michigan State. The Buckeyes’ pregame status report lists Borland out, along with offensive line starters Thayer Munford, Josh Myers and Nicholas Petit-Frere. Key reserves like safety Josh Proctor and defensive end

1:54 AM ET Louisiana head coach Billy Napier raised a lot of eyebrows Friday night when he decided to take a safety from his team’s own 35-yard-line with a five-point lead late in the fourth quarter against Appalachian State. When asked about the decision after the Ragin’ Cajuns held on for a 24-21 win, Napier

1:30 PM ET Ohio State on Friday confirmed it will play Saturday’s game at Michigan State because COVID-19 issues within the program have improved. The fourth-ranked Buckeyes (4-0) are set to fly to East Lansing, Michigan, on Friday night. Ohio State canceled last week’s game at Illinois hours before the scheduled kickoff because of a

10:33 PM ET ESPN 300 quarterback Jake Garcia, the No. 18-ranked recruit overall and the No. 2-ranked pocket passer in the class, decommitted from USC on Thursday night. 🖤 pic.twitter.com/3kuUbp91LD — Jake Garcia (@JakeGarcia14) December 4, 2020 The 6-foot-2, 190-pound prospect had been committed to the Trojans since September 2019, but was rumored to be

9:06 PM ET Alabama coach Nick Saban said he has cleared COVID-19 protocols and will travel with the team to LSU on Friday. “I’ll be there,” Saban said on his radio show Thursday night. “I’m good. I think my time is up. I’m ready to get back in the swing of things.” Saban, 69, tested

5:35 AM ET I began covering college football in 1987. Nick Saban wouldn’t be a head coach for another three years. Mack Brown had 11 career victories. The first story I wrote about the lack of racial diversity among major college football head coaches ran in 1992. The number of Black head coaches in major