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12:49 PM ET Michigan State quarterback Payton Thorne has entered the transfer portal after two seasons as the Spartans’ starting quarterback. He is entering as a graduate transfer and will be a redshirt senior in 2023. Thorne has thrown for 6,494 yards, 49 touchdowns and 24 interceptions in his Michigan State career. In the 2021

1:22 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Another day, another Dawg. The Philadelphia Eagles continue to load up on players from the Georgia Bulldogs‘ dominant defense in the NFL draft. They selected defensive tackle Jalen Carter and edge rusher Nolan Smith in the first round, then traded into the top of the fourth round Saturday to land

11:05 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday awarded the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy to the Air Force Academy for winning football games against its rival U.S. service academies. “Simply put, you can’t talk about the soul of the nation without talking about our service academies,” Biden told the team gathered in the

4:33 PM ET ROSEMONT, Ill. — After decades as a media and professional sports executive, Tony Petitti will implement a leadership style rooted in innovation and collaboration to the Big Ten Conference. Introduced Friday as the seventh commissioner in Big Ten history, Petitti previously served as president of sports entertainment at gaming company Activision Blizzard,

11:37 AM ET Nebraska quarterback Casey Thompson, who started 10 games for the Huskers last season after transferring from Texas, again entered the portal Friday as a graduate transfer. Thompson was very limited during spring practice after offseason shoulder surgery. He began the 2022 season as Nebraska’s starter and had 2,407 passing yards with 17

7:00 AM ET It could be said that no one stands to benefit more from the College Football Playoff’s imminent expansion than whoever seizes control of the new-look American Athletic Conference. Sure, plenty of others also will benefit. Multi-loss champions of conferences such as the Pac-12 and Big 12 will get not only guaranteed seats

8:41 PM ET Just minutes before NFL commissioner Roger Goodell officially opened the 2023 draft by announcing the Carolina Panthers‘ selection of Bryce Young, he took to the stage to dedicate the unofficial first picks of the draft to three Virginia football players who were shot and killed after a class trip last November. “With

7:27 PM ET Notre Dame running back Logan Diggs, the team’s second-leading rusher in 2022, is entering the transfer portal. Diggs had 821 rushing yards on a team-high 165 carries last season, while scoring four touchdowns and averaging five yards per carry. The junior missed part of spring practice with a lower body injury. In

2:35 PM ET IRVING, Texas — The inaugural first-round games of a 12-team College Football Playoff will feature one game Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, and three games Dec. 21, 2024, CFP executive director Bill Hancock said Thursday following the conclusion of CFP spring meetings. The CFP is also zeroing in on confirming midweek games for

9:12 PM ET Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes was released from a hospital on Wednesday after experiencing what the school referred to as a “medical event” last Saturday night in Fresno, California. “The Barnes family is beyond grateful for the love, prayers and support shown to them by Beaver Nation and beyond,” a statement

4:42 PM ET Colorado players who have entered the transfer portal will have access to practice film from 2022 and earlier, the team said Wednesday, in response to players who had been denied access to the footage. Tight end Zachary Courtney and outside linebacker Kaden Ludwick both told ESPN that when asked, the team would

7:00 AM ET After kicking off ESPN’s college football Future Power Rankings with quarterbacks, the series switches to the other side of the ball with the defenses. Georgia and other recent national champions will appear below, but so will several teams that have yet to reach the College Football Playoff and might struggle to ever

11:39 PM ET Houston Cougars running back Alton McCaskill IV is expected to enter the transfer portal on Wednesday, a program spokesman told ESPN, confirming reports. McCaskill had a breakout freshman season in 2021, rushing for 961 yards, leading all freshmen in rushing TDs with 16. Along the way, he was named AAC Rookie of

7:58 PM ET IRVING, Texas — SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said on Tuesday the conference is having “meaningful discussions” about adjusting its longstanding policy on field storming to address safety issues, and a wide range of options are being considered by a working group. SI.com on Monday reported the SEC was mulling the idea that

9:00 AM ET ESPN staff Most of college football’s biggest spring games have come and gone, and now it’s time to flash forward to August and the upcoming season. Two of the biggest questions as the summer approaches: Which offense will be the most explosive, and which players will be behind that production? We’ve already

6:30 AM ET Make no mistake about it, the college football transfer portal is NFL free agency at the NCAA level. In the spring portal window, there are top-commodity names with proven production such as Georgia DT Bear Alexander. The freshman standout and former top-60 recruit is highly identifiable, and as he told ESPN’s Tom

8:02 PM ET Former Texas wide receiver Brenen Thompson announced Monday that he is transferring to rival Oklahoma. The speedy receiver entered the transfer portal April 15, when the spring transfer window opened, and decided to leave the Longhorns program. He was an ESPN 300 recruit in the 2022 class, ranked No. 143 overall, out

12:10 PM ET Four Colorado players entered the transfer portal Monday, including starters Montana Lemonious-Craig at wide receiver and Tyrin Taylor at safety, the latest developments for a reshaped roster under new coach Deion Sanders. Lemonious-Craig started all 12 games last season and shined in Saturday’s spring game, recording 168 receiving yards and two touchdowns.