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12:00 PM ET ESPN Stats & Information Notre Dame upended Clemson on Saturday night in one of the true classics of this unusual season to date. What does the result mean for both teams’ 2020 College Football Playoff chances? The Fighting Irish took a giant step toward the program’s second CFP appearance, increasing their playoff

2:20 PM ET Associated Press Alabama is No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time this year, extending its record of consecutive seasons with at least one week on top of the rankings to 13. Notre Dame moved up two spots to No. 2 on Sunday after upsetting Clemson in

2:03 AM ET As if the College Football Playoff selection committee didn’t have enough to debate this season. Unbalanced schedules, delayed starts, disruptions and cancellations because of the coronavirus pandemic. And then, on Saturday, the ACC and SEC further complicated the playoff picture when they both bolstered an early case for having two top-four contenders.

1:05 AM ET Before the game, the story was about Clemson‘s superstar quarterback, Trevor Lawrence, who was sidelined by a virus and league protocols. During the game, the story was about Clemson’s freshman quarterback, D.J. Uiagalelei, who stepped in, rallied the Tigers from a double-digit deficit for the second straight week and, in the process,

first Quarter CLEM ND TD 14:27 K. Williams run for 65 yds for a TD, (J. Doerer KICK) 1 play, 75 yards, 0:33 0 7 FG 5:55 J. Doerer 24 yd FG GOOD 10 plays, 49 yards, 6:24 0 10 TD 4:11 D. Uiagalelei pass,to C. Powell for 53 yds for a TD, (B. Potter

10:33 AM ET Wisconsin returned to limited on-field conditioning Friday as the number of active COVD-19 cases in the football program has started to decrease. The Badgers have 14 active cases — nine athletes, five staff members — after one athlete and one staff member recorded positive COVID-19 tests during the past four days. Wisconsin

4:34 PM ET ESPN 300 quarterback Shedeur Sanders flipped his commitment from FAU to Jackson State University, where his dad, Deion Sanders, is the head coach. Shedeur originally committed to FAU in July, and was the highest-ranked commit for the program in this class. Once his father was hired by Jackson State in September, it

10:40 AM ET The Under Armour All-America football game announced Friday the event is canceled due to COVID-19. The annual game that was scheduled to be played in early January is an invite-only event for 100 high school seniors, who travel to Orlando, Florida, and compete in various events, practice throughout the week and eventually

7:15 AM ET Week 10 of the college football season is the first official fire hose weekend of the season, where the information is coming at us faster than we can take it in. We inhaled six MAC games simultaneously on Wednesday night. On Friday night, we’ll watch unbeaten playoff sleeper BYU take on by

7:34 PM ET David Shaw walks into the hospital room and takes a seat next to the bed. He does this nearly every day, right around lunchtime. He looks at his younger brother, Eric, tubes snaking across his arms, machines beeping and whirring. Eric does not look like Eric anymore, his skin darkened, scars deepened,

7:00 AM ET David M. Hale Close ESPN Staff Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Harry Lyles Jr. Remember when we thought Clemson-Miami was a big ACC matchup earlier this season? We can almost laugh at that now that we’ve got No. 1 Clemson vs. No. 4 Notre

5:33 PM ET D.J. Uiagalelei was destined for greatness. He’s 6-foot-4, 250 pounds and built like a defensive end. His Clemson teammates tease him that he ought to be playing fullback, but that would be a waste of arguably the strongest arm in college football. There’s not a throw Uiagalelei can’t make. He got his

11:47 AM ET Georgia safety Richard LeCounte has been released from the hospital after being involved in a traffic accident Saturday night, coach Kirby Smart said. Smart said Wednesday that LeCounte was in Georgia’s training room Tuesday receiving treatment. LeCounte, who has started 33 games for Georgia, was riding a dirt bike when it struck

8:00 AM ET On the morning of Sept. 13, handicapping the probability of a Pac-12 football season happening in 2020 would not have been a straightforward exercise. It had been more than a month since the conference announced it was postponing all athletic competition until at least January because of the coronavirus pandemic. And even

7:30 AM ET Steve Sarkisian had a decision to make in February. An offer from Colorado was on the table. Five-and-a-half years after his career went off the rails, he could sign on the dotted line and become a head coach again, and he could do it closer to home and within the familiar confines

8:00 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: 15 voters, five votes each. Points system: five points for first-place votes, four points for second-place

7:00 AM ET Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Cameron Wolfe Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the Broncos for two seasons with the Denver Post Graduate of the University of Houston A native of Jackson, Miss. Seconds after Maryland Terrapins quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa threw

7:30 AM ET The skinny kid from Amite, Louisiana, stood on the floor of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans and watched as Livonia celebrated a Class 3A state championship. Tears welled in his eyes, but he wouldn’t look away. There, across the field, he saw players running around, hugging and high-fiving one another. And