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1:39 PM ET For the first time since 1998, Texas and Oklahoma are meeting as unranked teams. For Brent Venables, who is preparing for his first game in the rivalry as a head coach, he hopes the Sooners treat it as any other week on the schedule. “Hopefully we’re not more excited to play this

12:54 PM ET Ohio State starting running back TreVeyon Henderson is expected to return this week at Michigan State after missing last Saturday’s win over Rutgers. Coach Ryan Day said Tuesday that Henderson is on track to return, although the team’s medical staff will make the final decision. Day said a minor issue during warm-ups

8:00 AM ET TYLER SISKEY WANTS to be clear: He doesn’t think Alabama coach Nick Saban is hypocritical when he says something is bad for college football and then goes out and does the exact thing he was complaining about. Siskey, who worked for Saban in his player personnel department from 2013 to ’14, knows

8:10 PM ET Former Wisconsin football coach Paul Chryst will receive a reduced buyout of $11 million, the school said Monday. Chryst, fired Sunday following a 2-3 start to the season, had approximately $20 million left on a contract that paid him through January 2027. But athletic director Chris McIntosh said Sunday that Chryst had

11:01 AM ET After starter Tyler Van Dyke was benched in an ugly loss to Middle Tennessee two weeks ago, Miami head coach Mario Cristobal said Monday there is no quarterback controversy in Coral Gables. “We are honest about the fact that Tyler has played great football here for a long time and you don’t

8:00 AM ET ESPN staff Week 5 of the 2022 college football season gave us a close call (Georgia), a stunning upset (TCU), a backup quarterback stepping in for a Heisman winner to lead ranked Alabama to victory (Jalen Milroe), and no shortage of moments that make us love the sport. Best catch Javaian Lofton.

3:26 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Colorado fired football coach Karl Dorrell on Sunday in the wake of the Buffaloes’ 0-5 start to the 2022 season, the university announced. The school also dismissed defensive coordinator Chris Wilson. “I want everybody to know that I have a ton of respect for Coach Dorrell and the way he

7:26 PM ET Wisconsin has fired coach Paul Chryst after the team’s 2-3 start. “After a heartfelt and authentic conversation with Coach Chryst about what is in the long-term best interest of our football program, I have concluded that now is the time for a change in leadership,” athletic director Chris McIntosh said in a

11:56 PM ET ESPN News Services Jeff Sims threw for one touchdown and ran for another as Georgia Tech, less than a week after seeing its coach and athletic director fired, upset No. 24 Pittsburgh 26-21 on Saturday night. Georgia Tech let athletic director Todd Stansbury and coach Geoff Collins go on Monday, two days

12:10 AM ET ESPN staff The number of unbeaten teams remaining in major college football has now dipped below 20, but when it comes to playoff picks things are holding steady. How will Saturday’s top games affect the College Football Playoff chase? What are the current odds for the top four? The Allstate Playoff Predictor

4:50 PM ET Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, appeared to injure his throwing shoulder during the second quarter of the game Saturday at Arkansas. Young threw his helmet down before entering the injury tent. He left for the locker room with seven minutes remaining in the first half. His parents left

9:38 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers continues to ramp up his recovery from a shoulder injury with the notion of returning for next week’s game against rival Oklahoma, sources told ESPN. Ewers has dressed for the Longhorns’ past two games but is not expected to play against West Virginia on Saturday, sources

10:06 PM ET Quarterback Arch Manning broke his high school’s records for career passing yards and touchdowns on Friday, marks previously held by his uncles, Eli and Peyton Manning. Coming into Friday’s game, Arch Manning was 110 yards away from breaking Eli’s career passing record at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans. Arch broke that

1:42 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN UCF‘s home game against SMU in Orlando, Florida, has changed dates for a second time because of the damage caused by Hurricane Ian this week. The Knights will now host the Mustangs on Wednesday (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2), the schools announced. The game had originally been pushed back from Saturday

9:33 AM ET John BarrESPN.com Close Joined ESPN in June 2003 Winner: 2013 Peabody Award; 2011 Edward R. Murrow Award/Video Investigative Reporting Covers breaking news, investigative pieces and human interest features Marcus Dupree, who rose to fame in Mississippi and beyond after a brief but impressive football career that became the subject of an ESPN

5:07 PM ET Tennessee All-SEC receiver Cedric Tillman underwent “tightrope” surgery on his left ankle early last week with the hopes of not being out an extended period of time, sources told ESPN. Tillman missed the Vols’ matchup against Florida this past weekend after suffering a high ankle sprain in the team’s 63-6 win over

2:26 PM ET The Texas Tenth Court of Appeals in Waco ruled Wednesday to uphold the 2015 sexual assault conviction of former Baylor football player Samuel Ukwuachu, ending several years of appeals that bounced back and forth between state courts. The justice wrote that the court found “no reversible error” after Ukwuachu claimed his due

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff College football’s Week 5 is here and with it comes five top-25 matchups, including three games between teams ranked in the top 16. Off the heels of an emotional double-overtime win against Wake Forest, DJ Uiagalelei and Clemson host NC State in a top-10 ACC showdown. SEC play is in