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1:44 PM ET Sacramento State’s Troy Taylor has been named the new head coach at Stanford, the school announced on Saturday. Taylor, who graduated from Cal, has been the coach at Sacramento State since 2019. The Hornets were upset by Incarnate Word in the quarterfinal round of the FCS playoffs on Friday night, paving the

3:41 AM ET ESPN News Services SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Lindsey Scott Jr. threw four touchdown passes to break a Football Championship Subdivision record and ran for two scores as seventh-seeded Incarnate Word rallied to beat second-seeded Sacramento State 66-63 in the quarterfinal round of the playoffs on Friday night. It was the highest-scoring FCS playoff

7:00 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN For a handful of individuals, Caleb Williams‘ Heisman-level season was appreciated on tape delay. When Williams was tearing off long runs, escaping pressure in the pocket and delivering Patrick Mahomes-like lasers to receivers, his offensive linemen weren’t always able to watch. They were blocking. So every Monday, when USC came

7:16 AM ET Brianna Williams Heisman finalist Caleb Williams has nailed his first season with the USC Trojans in more ways than one. The sophomore transfer quarterback is responsible for 47 touchdowns (37 passing, 10 rushing), which is the most in the FBS this season and in USC history. Williams, the Trojans’ first Heisman finalist

9:58 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN USC quarterback Caleb Williams headlined the 2022 College Football Awards on Thursday, as he was named the Walter Camp Player of the Year and the winner of the Maxwell Award, given to the best all-around player in college football. Williams, who is the first USC player since running back Marcus

2:16 PM ET Former Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett and Sacramento State coach Troy Taylor are among the finalists for the Stanford head-coaching job, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Stanford has completed the final round of interviews, and a decision is expected in the coming days, sources told Thamel. Garrett, 56, was the Cowboys’ coach

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff College football’s transfer portal officially opened Monday, and with it came all the storylines we’ve come to expect. QB1 is out at one blue blood program, while several Power 5 schools witnessed a mass exodus. The names filled the portal and college football fans were left to figure out what

7:45 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Quarterback Drake Maye, considered one of the top prospects in college football entering the 2023 season, announced Wednesday night on social media that he’ll be playing his junior year at North Carolina. “Could never leave this place, I’m a Tar Heel,” he wrote on Twitter, punctuating his announcement with a

7:34 PM ET Alabama associate defensive coordinator and safeties coach Charles Kelly is joining Deion Sanders at Colorado as the Buffaloes’ defensive coordinator, sources to ESPN confirmed on Wednesday night. 2 Related Kelly has been at Alabama for the past four seasons. He was the defensive coordinator at Florida State under Jimbo Fisher from 2014-17

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9:09 AM ET The University of Virginia has awarded posthumous degrees to honor Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry, who were shot and killed last month. Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Programs Rachel Most, who served as dean for all three players in the College of Arts & Sciences, made the request. Chandler

12:50 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN West Virginia quarterback JT Daniels is again in search of a new home. Sources told ESPN that Daniels intends to enter the NCAA transfer portal, which would lead him to his fourth collegiate stop after playing at USC and Georgia earlier in his career. He has gone 17-12 as a

1:00 PM ET ESPN staff College football‘s new transfer portal window officially opened Monday, and while some players announced their plans to leave their schools prior to that, things are really off and running now. Last year, more than 3,000 FBS players entered the portal, which was open year-round. Quarterbacks Caleb Williams (USC), Bo Nix

7:26 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN The on-field identity of Deion Sanders’ Colorado program took form Monday, as sources told ESPN that the Buffaloes are hiring Kent State head coach Sean Lewis to be the team’s offensive coordinator. As Kent State’s head coach and playcaller, Lewis developed a distinct identity — whiplash tempo, quick snaps and

6:48 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Georgia’s Stetson Bennett, USC’s Caleb Williams, TCU’s Max Duggan and Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud were announced Monday as the Heisman Trophy finalists. The four quarterbacks, who play for four of the top 10 teams this season, including three that will play in the College Football Playoff, will be in New

8:52 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Louisville coach Scott Satterfield has been hired to become the next football coach at the University of Cincinnati, the school announced Monday. Terms of Satterfield’s contract were not announced, but a source told ESPN that Satterfield received a six-year deal. The hire is a compelling one regionally, as the schools

6:25 PM ET ESPN staff It’s Selection Day and that means bowl season is quickly upon us — arguably the most wonderful time of the year. With Georgia, Michigan, TCU and Ohio State slated for the College Football Playoff, the rest of the bowl schedule is set. Before we get into what we’re most looking

12:25 PM ET ESPN staff Nick Saban tried. Alabama‘s coach found whatever megaphone was available to him Saturday night to plead the Crimson Tide’s case to make the College Football Playoff. He suggested looking at the top four through the lens of, “How are they playing at the present?” He asked, “If we played these