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7:00 AM ET The final memory seared into our brains from last season was No. 1 Georgia’s resounding, relentless, insert-your-ugly-adjective 65-7 beatdown of No. 3 TCU in the national championship game. It was the largest win by a team in any bowl game in major college football history. The Bulldogs finished 15-0 in 2022. They

7:20 PM ET Nick Saban and Alabama never rest on their collective laurels on the recruiting trail. On the heels of pulling in ESPN’s top class for 2023 and sitting fifth in ESPN’s initial 2024 class rankings, Saban secured a commitment from highly regarded 2025 offensive lineman Mason Short on Sunday. Short, a 6-foot-5, 302-pound

1:25 PM ET UCLA has hired former Navy football coach Ken Niumatalolo as the Bruins’ director of leadership, the school announced Friday. Niumatalolo, Navy’s winningest head coach, was fired at his locker after the Midshipmen’s 20-17 double-overtime loss to rival Army in Philadelphia in December. In his new role, Niumatalolo — who had a reputation

1:50 PM ET Michigan added a big piece to its 2024 recruiting class on Friday when ESPN 300 quarterback Jadyn Davis announced his commitment to the Wolverines. Davis is the No. 35 prospect overall and the No. 3 dual-threat quarterback in the class. He’s a 6-foot-1, 200-pound signal-caller from Charlotte, North Carolina, and chose the

1:05 PM ET Kansas is hiring Sean Snyder, son of longtime Kansas State coach Bill Snyder, as special assistant to head coach Lance Leipold. Sean Snyder, an All-America punter at Kansas State, served on the Kansas State staff from 1994 to 2019, mostly under his Hall of Fame father, who led the program from 1989

8:00 AM ET College football‘s 2024 recruiting cycle is beginning to take shape. Over the past month, 10 recruits in the 2024 ESPN Junior 300 have committed, bringing the total number of ranked committed prospects to 90. Those 10 players pledged to nine different schools. We break down what has happened in March, which prospects

9:00 AM ET The Mountain West is a conference for familiar faces. Fresno State and San Diego State are currently run by head coaches in their second respective tenures there (Jeff Tedford in Fresno, Brady Hoke in San Diego). Boise State is run by former Bronco linebacker Andy Avalos, Air Force by former Falcons quarterback

12:53 PM ET Tennessee‘s offense was one of the more consistent storylines of the 2022 season, averaging an FBS-best both in yards (525.5) and points (46.1) a game. With breakout star quarterback Hendon Hooker now off to the NFL, Volunteers head coach Josh Heupel isn’t resting on his laurels as attention turns to this fall

9:34 PM ET Duce Robinson was the final ESPN 300 prospect from the 2023 class to announce his commitment after waiting beyond the December and February signing periods. He made his decision Thursday, committing to USC over Georgia and Texas. Robinson, the No. 40 recruit overall, is a 6-foot-6, 235-pound tight end and wide receiver

3:06 PM ET Associated Press Twenty years have passed since Frank Solich’s controversial firing from Nebraska, and he hasn’t publicly appeared at Memorial Stadium since. That’s about to change. Solich, 78, remains a beloved figure among much of the fan base, having been an all-conference fullback for the Cornhuskers in the 1960s, an assistant to

7:00 AM ET Five-stars Arch Manning (Texas), Malachi Nelson (USC), Dante Moore (UCLA) and Jackson Arnold (Oklahoma) headline the quarterbacks in college football’s 2023 recruiting class. They form as talented a top four as we have seen in years, but that doesn’t guarantee playing time — particularly for Nelson, who will be competing against Heisman

6:30 AM ET Jordan ReidESPN With four weeks left until Round 1 of the 2023 NFL draft begins, I’m looking ahead to all 259 picks. That’s right — a full seven-round mock draft. Right about now, with the NFL combine long over, teams are debating their draft boards and stacking prospects. They’re trying to decide

7:10 AM ET Everybody’s got complaints, it seems. Because of the transfer portal and the easing up of the first-time transfer rule, college football coaches have to spend more time than ever re-recruiting their own roster. Because of the introduction of name, image and likeness rights (and the fact that the NCAA has provided the

10:21 AM ET Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The U.S. gambling industry is adopting a new responsible marketing code that will ban sportsbooks from partnering with colleges to promote sports wagering, bar payments to college and amateur athletes for using their name, image or likeness, and end the use of the terms “free” or

7:00 AM ET Last fall, Tennessee beat No. 3 Alabama, earned the No. 1 ranking for a fleeting moment, lost a close game to eventual national champion Georgia and came within a whisper of making the College Football Playoff for the first time. Had it not been for the Nov. 19 loss at unranked South

8:01 PM ET STARKVILLE, Ms. — Zach Arnett is a 36-year-old, first-time head coach replacing an icon at Mississippi State, but he’s already shown a willingness to change directions and make the program his own. Arnett was Mike Leach’s defensive coordinator from 2020 to 2022. In December, he was promoted to head coach shortly after

7:33 PM ET CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson has not made it to the College Football Playoff the last two seasons, prompting some outside the program to question where the Tigers are headed. But coach Dabo Swinney remains adamant that his program has never been better, and will be one of the teams competing for a

6:32 PM ET Associated Press TROY, Ala. — Jon Sumrall has agreed to a new four-year contract as Troy’s coach after leading the Trojans to a Sun Belt Conference championship and national ranking in his debut season. The school announced the deal, which runs through 2026, on Monday but didn’t release details. The Trojans went