5:48 PM ET Clemson will have a reduced seating capacity of 19,000 fans this season and require face coverings unless eating or drinking, the school said Thursday. Game-day traditions, including the pregame Tiger Walk and postgame Gathering at the Paw, will not take place this season. Fans are also being asked not to tailgate. The
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4:01 PM ET Associated Press Notre Dame announced it will play South Florida on Sept. 19 as its lone nonconference game of the football season. The Fighting Irish will play as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference this season, a move made in response to the coronavirus pandemic altering schedules of the Power Five
9:56 AM ET Georgia receiver Dominick Blaylock, one of the team’s top wideouts last season, suffered a torn ACL in his left knee in practice this week and will miss the upcoming season, sources confirmed to ESPN. Blaylock, a sophomore from Marietta, Georgia, suffered the same injury to the same knee in the first quarter
8:59 PM ET USC will pause football workouts until at least Monday due to positive tests for COVID-19, the school announced. The school’s weekly surveillance testing program recorded eight positive tests between the football team and men’s water polo team, which also will suspend activities. “All eight student-athletes have been isolated,” the school said in
10:49 AM ET A group of Big Ten football parent associations on Wednesday sent an open letter demanding information around the league’s decision to postpone the fall football season and a “structured discussion” with first-year commissioner Kevin Warren. A large majority of Big Ten parent associations participated in the letter, which uses the banner #B1GParentsUnited
7:00 AM ET Editor’s note: In celebration of National Dog Day, we revisit Mark Schlabach’s incredible story about the time his dog ran onto the field during a Georgia-Kentucky football game. It was originally published on November 18, 2019. Last week, a black cat captivated the country by running onto the field during a Monday
4:20 PM ET Vanderbilt linebacker Dimitri Moore, the Commodores’ leading tackler from a year ago, has changed his mind and decided to play this season after initially opting out. Moore made his announcement Tuesday on Instagram and said his grandfather’s death from COVID-19 led to his earlier decision to opt out of the 2020 season.
12:14 PM ET Associated Press Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons and Oregon tackle Penei Sewell are among 11 players selected to The Associated Press preseason All-America first team who are not slated to play this fall. The team was selected by 47 AP poll voters who were asked to consider all Division I players —
9:05 AM ET Look big picture at Lincoln Riley’s QB résumé, and it’s close to impeccable. In each of his five seasons coaching at Oklahoma — two as a coordinator, three as head coach — his quarterbacks have finished in the top five in Heisman balloting. Of the three different starting QBs Riley has had,
12:22 PM ET Associated Press Clemson is the preseason No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25, a poll featuring nine Big Ten and Pac-12 teams that gives a glimpse at what has already been taken by the pandemic from an uncertain college football season. Ohio State (1,504 points) was a close No. 2 behind
8:26 PM ET Alabama coach Nick Saban on Monday pushed back against the idea that money is the primary motivating factor in attempting to put on a college football season during the COVID-19 pandemic. Saban was asked after practice about the importance of the sport, and he delivered a long and passionate response that touched
8:00 AM ET The preseason Associated Press Top 25 poll is out. And yes, it features teams from conferences that won’t take the field this fall. While that might detract from some of its credence, there are some notable takeaways. Our pool of writers weigh in on what it all means: Let’s take it with
12:26 AM ET TCU sophomore quarterback Max Duggan is recovering from a procedure to address a heart condition that was discovered during the team’s COVID-19 testing. Duggan on Sunday tweeted that he appreciates the support he has received in recent days. Horned Frogs coach Gary Patterson told reporters on Thursday that Duggan would be out
8:47 PM ET LSU announced it will close campus Monday because of Hurricane Marco, but a source told ESPN on Sunday that the school’s football team is still set to practice. The Advocate reported that all of LSU’s fall sports teams are scheduled to practice Monday, although the athletic department will continue to monitor weather
11:55 AM ET Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall has lost sleep over the return of students to campus in a few weeks, adding that he is conflicted about the possibility of the entire instructional model shifting to online only. During a video call with reporters Friday, Mendenhall was asked about his concerns once students return to
5:41 PM ET Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina has cleared football and multiple other sports to resume workouts after temporarily pausing all athletics activities earlier this week. The school announced the move Saturday, allowing some programs to resume activities Sunday. That list includes the men’s and women’s basketball teams, cross country, field
8:29 PM ET Vanderbilt announced Friday that it is suspending all football activities after members of the football team tested positive for the coronavirus. The Commodores also canceled Friday morning’s practice. SEC schools were allowed to begin practice this past Monday. In a statement, the university said it was made aware of “a small number”
11:55 AM ET The SEC has expanded its coronavirus management requirements to include a third weekly test prior to competition and enhanced screening for myocarditis and other heart ailments associated with COVID-19, the conference announced on Friday. The SEC, one of three remaining FBS conferences planning to play football and other fall sports, along with