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Our top 100 college football players for the 2023 season list is live and as expected, Caleb Williams came in at No. 1, a position the Heisman Trophy winner held at the end of last season. But as with any ranking, not everyone is in exact agreement with how the results of our voting turned

Everyone wants to be known as the best at something. Anything. Being the best grill master at your house. Being the best among your friends at singing Taylor Swift karaoke at 2 a.m. Being the best player in all of college football. And when it comes to us who cover college football for a living,

Michael A. Fletcher, ESPNAug 14, 2023, 12:00 PM ET Close Michael Fletcher is a senior writer with ESPN’s enterprise and investigative team. Before that, he wrote for ESPN’s The Undefeated, focusing on politics, criminal justice and social issues. He spent 21 years at The Washington Post, where his beats included the national economy, the White

Georgia begins the 2023 college football season in the same place it finished the last two — atop the AP Top 25 poll. The two-time defending champ Bulldogs were a runaway pick for the top spot in the preseason poll. While the Bulldogs will be breaking in a new quarterback, there aren’t a lot of

Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterAug 14, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee The start of the 2023 college football season is almost here, which means it’s time to unveil ESPN’s preseason All-America team. The offense should look familiar. Six players were on our

Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterAug 13, 2023, 07:09 AM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Austin Simmons has already completed his associate’s degree and is only two years from getting his bachelor’s. He’s a star football player, one of several elite quarterbacks in the Ole Miss Rebels‘ loaded

Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 12, 2023, 05:43 PM ET The negotiated resolution between Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh and the NCAA over alleged recruiting violations was not approved by the NCAA Committee on Infractions, sources confirmed to ESPN, which leaves the timing of Harbaugh’s expected suspension uncertain. It had been widely expected that the COI would

Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterAug 12, 2023, 05:42 PM ET LSU has been long known for its wealth of talent at various skill positions. The victory Brian Kelly scored on the recruiting trail Saturday with 2025 five-star wide receiver Dakorien Moore, a product of Duncanville High School (Texas), hits a little differently. Moore, who’s No.

Every August, returning quarterbacks around college football generate unparalleled interest, and the 2023 collection is no exception. The overall transfer market might not have popped as much as the one heading into the 2022 season, but Notre Dame‘s Sam Hartman (Wake Forest) and Kentucky‘s Devin Leary (NC State) are among the ones generating buzz entering

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 11, 2023, 08:08 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Four ACC schools are opposed to adding Cal and Stanford, a source confirmed to ESPN, but expansion discussions are not completely over as of Friday evening. Though there is no call currently

Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterAug 11, 2023, 04:26 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz told reporters Friday he is still gathering information and learning about the involvement of his players in the gambling investigations currently ongoing by the NCAA and the state of

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 11, 2023, 06:08 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Florida coach Billy Napier announced Friday that Wisconsin transfer Graham Mertz has won the starting quarterback job. Mertz was competing with Jack Miller throughout the spring and early part of preseason camp,

Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterAug 11, 2023, 07:03 AM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan College football coaches all over the country retooled, or outright overhauled, their rosters since last season. Using the transfer portal and high school recruiting, they hoped to add players who would push their

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterAug 10, 2023, 07:57 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. The International Football Alliance, a new spring professional league with three teams in the United States and three in Mexico,

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterAug 10, 2023, 08:30 AM ET Close Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. TCU coach Sonny Dykes isn’t big on playing the disrespect card or any other chip-on-your-shoulder motivation. If his players want

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterAug 10, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Caleb Williams is the best player in college football. He won the Heisman in 2022 by throwing for 4,537 yards and an eye-popping 42-to-5 TD-to-INT ratio. He puts off more Mahomesian vibes than anyone in college

Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 9, 2023, 09:55 PM ET The ACC presidents met Wednesday night, and the pursuit of Stanford and Cal for conference membership has “hit significant roadblocks,” sources told ESPN. There had always been long odds the schools would join the conference because there wasn’t a significant value add. SMU also had been bandied

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterAug 9, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Before we get on with the autumn win-loss business that is actual college football, let’s pause for a moment — no, make that a dozen