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Feb 1, 2023 Multiple Contributors College football‘s 2023 recruiting cycle has all but come to an end after February’s national signing day. Alabama finished with the No. 1-ranked recruiting class for the eighth time since Nick Saban took over as head coach, and this class could be his biggest yet: five five-star recruits, 13 prospects

8:13 PM ET ESPN News Services BOULDER, Colo. — Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders proudly recited the numbers from his first recruiting class at Colorado. Two five-star recruits. A No. 23 overall class ranking, which was the highest in 15 years, he pointed out, while starting to reshape his team in the transfer portal. Then a

6:30 AM ET ESPN staff College football‘s 2023 recruiting cycle is nearing its end with national signing day. Wednesday is the final day that high school recruits are able to sign their national letters of intent to lock them into the schools they choose. The early signing period in December brought plenty of chaos. Three

3:09 PM ET The Big 12 released its 2023 football schedule on Tuesday, giving fans their road map for the new-look league after a little bit of a delay added mystery to the reveal. The Big 12 welcomes in BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF to the club this year while Texas and Oklahoma are on

4:38 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by nine former University of Minnesota football players who were accused of sexual assault in 2016 in a case that roiled the school’s football program. The lawsuit against the school claimed that the players faced emotional distress and financial damage

6:50 AM ET National signing day is Wednesday, which will be the last official day when college football recruits in the 2023 class can sign their national letters of intent. Between the early signing period in December and the transfer windows that closed on Jan. 18, there isn’t much left on the board for the

8:29 PM ET ESPN staff The ACC is ditching divisions for 2023, and that has set up a schedule that looks a good bit different from years past. The league released its 2023 schedule for all 14 teams Monday, highlighted by a showdown between defending champion Clemson and upstart Duke on Labor Day and a

11:46 AM ET Former Washington quarterback Sam Huard, ESPN’s highest-rated quarterback prospect in the 2021 recruiting class, will transfer to Cal Poly and reunite with his high school coach. Huard, who entered the transfer portal Jan. 10, announced his destination Monday on KIRO radio in Seattle, during a show co-hosted by his uncle the former

8:56 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Former Tennessee and Colorado quarterback J.T. Shrout is transferring to Arkansas State, sources told ESPN. Shrout visited Arkansas State over the weekend and his commitment looms as a significant win for Butch Jones, who is entering his third season as Arkansas State’s head coach. Shrout will graduate from Colorado this

11:39 AM ET Former Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett, who led the Bulldogs to their second straight CFP National Championship earlier this month, was arrested on a misdemeanor public intoxication charge in Dallas on Sunday morning. In a statement to ESPN, a Dallas Police Department spokesperson said officers responded to a report of a man banging

11:11 AM ET Associated Press University of Georgia athletic department officials say the vehicle involved in a crash that killed a football player and an employee on Jan. 15 was to be used only for recruiting activities, not personal use. The University of Georgia athletic association provided that information in a statement to The Associated

5:18 PM ET Ohio State is adding James Laurinaitis, one of the most decorated defensive players in program history, to its coaching staff as a defensive graduate assistant for the 2023 college football season. Laurinaitis, a former Buckeyes linebacker, is one of only eight players in team history to earn All-America honors three times. A

3:38 PM ET Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. — At least four more Michigan State football players facing misdemeanor charges for a skirmish inside the Michigan Stadium tunnel will likely have their cases dismissed in exchange for community service and other conditions, lawyers said Friday. “It’s going to happen outside of court,” said Max Manoogian,

9:04 AM ET Miami has fired Josh Gattis as offensive coordinator after one season, coach Mario Cristobal announced Friday. When Gattis was hired a year ago from Michigan, the move was widely applauded. Gattis had just won the Broyles Award as the top assistant coach in the country after helping the Wolverines make the College

7:30 AM ET ESPN staff We might have just wrapped up the 2022 college football season and crowned Georgia national champions for the second year in a row, but it’s never too early to start thinking about all the things we’re excited for in the 2023 season. Our college football reporters discussed their picks for

Jan 24, 2023 Associated Press MOBILE, Ala. — Georgia offensive lineman Warren McClendon will wear the number of his late teammate, Devin Willock, in the Senior Bowl. McClendon, who gave up his college eligibility to enter the NFL draft, accepted an invitation this week to play in the Feb. 4 all-star game here. Editor’s Picks

Jan 24, 2023 Associated Press JANESVILLE, Wis. — Former Wisconsin wide receiver Marcus Randle El was convicted of two counts of first-degree homicide and other charges Tuesday in the February 2020 shooting deaths of two women. Jurors deliberated about two hours before finding Randle El guilty in the slayings of 27-year-old Brittany McAdory and 30-year-old

8:43 PM ET Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU accidentally overpaid Tigers football coach Brian Kelly by $1 million during the first year of a 10-year, $100 million contract, but discovered the error and has moved to correct it, the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s office said Wednesday. Kelly was overpaid $1,001,368 in supplemental payments in