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10:00 PM ET The Louisiana Tech–Baylor season opener, set for Saturday in Waco, Texas, has been postponed because of a recent increase in positive COVID-19 tests at Louisiana Tech. No makeup date has been set. Both teams will continue to monitor dates later in the season. Louisiana Tech saw a rise in positive tests once

7:30 AM ET The strangest and seemingly longest offseason in college football history is finally over, and the ACC and Big 12 are scheduled to kick off this week, followed by the SEC in two weeks. No one knows how the season is going to go — or how long it will go — but

7:30 AM ET The pool for ESPN’s 2020 preseason All-America team was considerably smaller, which is weird. But what hasn’t been weird about this preseason, this offseason, this summer? In short, you won’t see any players from the Big Ten, the Pac-12, the Mountain West or any of the conferences not scheduled to play this

2:33 PM ET Oregon offensive tackle Penei Sewell, the 2019 Outland Trophy winner, will opt out of the 2020-21 college football season and prepare for the NFL draft, he announced Monday. Sewell is ranked as the No. 2 overall prospect in the country by ESPN NFL draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr., behind Clemson quarterback Trevor

9:30 AM ET Despite the Big Ten and Pac-12 sitting out the fall season (for now), there’s still some great football to be played, with the SEC, ACC and Big 12 among the Power 5 conferences participating. Here are 10 teams — including two outside the Power 5 — that will be the most exciting

8:00 AM ET Alex Scarborough Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. Ryan McGee Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Army athletic director Mike Buddie has compared this offseason to

7:06 PM ET Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence and other college football leaders driving change across the country released a statement on social media Sunday with a list of five goals for the upcoming season. #Change pic.twitter.com/6fycBPIfgu — Trevor Lawrence (@Trevorlawrencee) September 6, 2020 The five-part plan includes: Ensure all teammates are registered to vote and

8:00 AM ET Wow, some real, actual college football, and more games are on the way. But as we unveil our first ESPN Power Rankings of the 2020 regular season, it’s important to remember that we have a very small body of work so far. In fact, Memphis is the only team ranked that played

8:00 AM 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 Just like everything else in college football this year, the plan for

3:02 PM ET Tennessee scrapped a scheduled scrimmage Saturday after head coach Jeremy Pruitt said 44 players were unable to go, the bulk of which due to contact tracing and positive COVID-19 tests. Pruitt said his team was short 31 offensive players and held a practice session instead. The Volunteers, who are scheduled to kick

3:15 PM ET With the 2020 college football season officially underway, it is time for our writers to pick their four-team predictions for the College Football Playoff this season. Most Popular Playoff Picks Team Votes Clemson 14/14 Alabama 14/14 Oklahoma 11/14 Florida 7/14 Georgia 7/14 Notre Dame 2/14 Texas 1/14 Clemson and Alabama lead the

9:30 AM ET Well, here we are, college football fans. The longest offseason in the history of our lives is (sort of) over. Week 1 is officially happening. The stands might be empty in some cases. In others, they’ll be sparse. Bands might not be filling the awkward silences, and the pageantry might be muted.

6:54 PM ET In order to account for student-athletes who will have to miss games because of positive coronavirus tests, contact tracing and regular injuries, the Big 12 determined on Friday that teams with at least 53 players available — including seven offensive linemen, four interior defensive linemen and one quarterback — must play or

5:52 PM ET TCU announced Friday that its season-opening football game against SMU will not be played on Sept. 11 as planned because of positive coronavirus tests. “In the course of following CDC guidelines and our aggressive testing and contact tracing strategy, we discovered that some student-athletes and support staff in our football program have

7:00 AM ET I think referee Bob Johnson spoke for everyone last Saturday night when he uttered the first words heard from an official during a college football game in this godforsaken, expletive-not-deleted 2020 season. “God damn mask!” Johnson said. Nothing reverberates quite as loudly as a decidedly unsolemn oath over the loudspeaker of a

8:09 PM ET The Football Oversight Committee on Thursday agreed to recommend a spring season model to the Division I Council that will give conferences that push their seasons to spring of 2021 15 practices in 29 days, and an eight-game season that must end by April 17th. Any other conferences that have postponed their

11:38 AM ET Paula Lavigne Close ESPN Staff Writer Data analyst and reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award; finalist, 2012 IRE broadcast award; winner, 2011 Gannett Foundation Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism; Emmy nominated, 2009. Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer

2:21 PM ET After an offseason full of frustration, argument and crippling doubt, the 2020 college football season kicks off at the FBS level Thursday night with Central Arkansas visiting UAB on ESPN3, followed by eight other contests through Monday night. It seemed uncertain that we would get to this point this year, but since