7:00 AM ET We’ve reached the midpoint of the 2022 college football season, and some new faces — both teams and players — have navigated their way to the front of the line. Tennessee is unbeaten and ranked No. 3, the Vols’ highest in-season AP ranking since 2001. Ole Miss also is unbeaten and the
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10:47 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Fired Nebraska football coach Scott Frost would have received a one-year contract extension and had his annual salary restored to $5 million if the Cornhuskers had shown improvement, gone 6-6 in the regular season and played in a bowl game, according to athletic director Trev Alberts. The
12:48 PM ET Maryland starting quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa will be a game-time decision this week against Northwestern after aggravating a right knee injury in Saturday’s 38-33 win over Indiana. Terrapins coach Mike Locksley said Tagovailoa, a three-year starter, received an MRI and a second opinion on the knee, which he initially sprained in a Sept.
11:55 AM ET Minnesota senior quarterback Tanner Morgan has not been ruled out for Saturday’s game against Penn State. Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck said on Monday that Morgan woke up feeling better on Sunday and his availability will be determined by medical personnel over the course of the week. “Tanner is doing very well,” Fleck
12:53 PM ET Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana backup quarterback Jack Tuttle announced Monday that he will transfer at the end of this season. Coach Tom Allen confirmed the development at the start of his weekly news conference, explaining that the two spoke last week and that Tuttle, a team captain, would remain No.
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff What a Week 7. In the words of Tennessee coach Josh Heupel, “This is college football at its absolute best.” Unless you’re on the losing side of things, how could anyone disagree? From all the monumental upsets that dramatically shifted the College Football Playoff picture to the best plays that
4:56 PM ET After Tennessee beat Alabama 52-49 on Saturday night, fans stormed the field and carried away both goalposts before dumping them in the Tennessee River. Now the bill is due. Tennessee football tweeted Sunday that it’s raising money it says will go toward the purchase of new goalposts. There’s an option for a
Oct 15, 2022 ANN ARBOR, Mich. — No. 5 Michigan bullied No. 10 Penn State on Saturday, from the line of scrimmage to the scoreboard to the newly named Lloyd Carr Tunnel at Michigan Stadium. Tempers flared as both teams entered the shared tunnel with the Wolverines holding a 16-14 halftime lead. While video showed
1:52 PM ET Associated Press Tennessee moved to No. 3 in The Associated Press college football poll behind No. 1 Georgia and No. 2 Ohio State after knocking off Alabama. The Crimson Tide were one of five unbeaten teams to fall during a wild weekend and dropped three places to No. 6 in the AP
2:46 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN SALT LAKE CITY — Caleb Williams was feeling the salt on top of the wound. As the sophomore quarterback answered questions following No. 7 USC‘s first loss of the season — 43-42 to No. 20 Utah on Saturday night — he could hear the fans inside what had been a
9:28 PM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — No. 3 Alabama coach Nick Saban said his defense played “too soft” late in the game when it allowed No. 6 Tennessee to drive the ball 45 yards in 13 seconds and set up a walk-off field goal to win 52-49. Tennessee fans rushed the field and tore down
3:09 PM ET It’s the third Saturday in October and time for the renewal of the Alabama Crimson Tide–Tennessee Volunteers rivalry. The two SEC East rivals last met as top-10 opponents in 2016 — but this has been far from an even matchup in recent years. Alabama is riding a 15-game winning streak and Nick
8:23 PM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — No. 3 Alabama coach Nick Saban told ESPN on Friday that quarterback Bryce Young is on track to play Saturday at No. 6 Tennessee, but that the final decision will be made during pregame warm-ups. “He’s done a lot more in practice this week and thrown a lot more
7:00 AM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It’s been at least two decades, and arguably three, since the Third Saturday in October was engulfed by this much anticipation. Alabama and Tennessee, two of the SEC’s most storied rivals who traditionally meet this weekend of the season, square off Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET in Neyland Stadium
7:00 AM ET It’s just a big ol’ block of stone. It isn’t sculpted. It’s not bronzed or dipped in gold. It hasn’t been carved into the image of a football or a dude carrying a football. There are no corporate logos. Just simple black block letters embossed into three sides of the rectangular rock,
7:12 PM ET A little more than 2½ months after reopening his commitment, cornerback Dijon Johnson found his new home Thursday when he announced he would be attending Florida to play for new coach Billy Napier. Johnson, from Wharton High School in Tampa, Florida, is No. 88 on the 2023 ESPN 300 and the seventh-best
Oct 12, 2022 Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — Former Georgia coach Vince Dooley has been released from a hospital after being treated for COVID-19. Georgia announced Wednesday that Dooley, 90, was released from an Athens-area hospital on Monday following a “mild case” of COVID-19. He was admitted to the hospital on Saturday. Dooley said in