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1:32 AM ET There are Saturdays when the true playoff contenders emerge with such ferocity and dominance they cannot be ignored. There are Saturdays when the whole system feels rigged, and upsets knock one team after another from the ranks of the elite. And then there are Saturdays like Week 4, where the goal is

4:57 PM ET Less than 24 hours after losing to UTEP and dropping to 2-2 on the season, Boise State coach Andy Avalos announced on Saturday that he’s fired offensive coordinator Tim Plough. Plough will be replaced by Dirk Koetter, who has been a head coach in college at Boise State and Arizona State, and

8:25 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Tennessee star wide receiver Cedric Tillman will not play against Florida on Saturday because of an ankle injury, sources told ESPN. Tillman injured his ankle last week against Akron midway through the second quarter. With Tennessee having a bye next week, there is optimism that he could return for the

7:19 PM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Former Washington State coach Nick Rolovich is finally speaking out about his reasoning for not getting the COVID-19

8:00 AM ET Syracuse football coach Dino Babers has a saying when he talks to his team, one he has relied on heavily over the last year. “Try less harder.” Among Babers’ many gifts is his ability to tell a story. To explain the phrase, Babers recalls his former college coach, the late Dick Tomey,

Sep 21, 2022 ESPN staff College football’s last weekend in September is officially here, meaning conference rivalries move to the forefront of Saturday’s slate. Sure, we’ll miss the nonconference battles like Appalachian State upsetting Texas A&M in College Station or Georgia proving why the title still runs through Athens, but conference play is where seasons

11:27 PM ET In a letter provided to the University of California Board of Regents ahead of a closed-door session Thursday to discuss UCLA‘s proposed move to the Big Ten conference, Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff detailed “significant concerns” he had with the move, including its effect on student-athlete mental health, increased travel and operational costs,

7:00 AM ET FIVE YEARS AGO, about halfway through the 2017 season and stuck in the middle of what would turn out to be a nine-game losing streak, Coastal Carolina Chanticleers interim coach Jamey Chadwell called a team meeting. Standing in front of a group of players he knew didn’t like him, he told the

8:45 AM ET A University of Utah student was arrested Wednesday after she allegedly threatened to detonate a nuclear reactor on campus if the Utes football team had lost to San Diego State over the weekend, according to radio station KSL in Utah. According to the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office, the 21-year-old student is

2:46 PM ET For the second time in three days, Nick Saban and Alabama received a commitment from an ESPN 300 recruit after wide receiver Jalen Hale announced for the Crimson Tide on Wednesday. Hale, who attends Longview High School in Longview, Texas, is No. 42 on the 2023 ESPN 300 and the eighth-ranked receiver

2:43 PM ET Associated Press AMHERST, Mass. — The University of Massachusetts is planning to hold a Pride Day on the same day that the Minutemen host evangelical college Liberty in a football game. The school made the “special announcement” Sunday on Twitter in a 37-second video featuring techno music and a uniformed player standing

7:00 AM ET Inspirational thought of the week: It’s the sport of kings,Better than diamond ringsThat’s why we’re here to sing …Football. — “Football Rap” LL Cool J Here at Bottom 10 Headquarters, located in a Boone, North Carolina, infirmary next to the eyewash station being used to rid Appalachian State students of pink eye

7:41 PM ET Despite his league winning 12 of the last 16 national championships, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said one of the most important components of an expanded 12-team College Football Playoff would be helping the sport not to be so regionalized. “My view is how do you bring more people into November, including in

11:45 PM ET In the wake of “F— the Mormons” chants coming from the Oregon student section last Saturday during the Ducks’ 41-20 win over BYU at Autzen Stadium, BYU issued a statement Monday thanking Oregon for its “sincere apology” and adding that “this isolated behavior does not reflect the values of the University of

9:10 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN The story of USC‘s offense so far this season might best be told by starting with the man who has played only five total snaps. Aadyn Sleep-Dalton wears number 42, hails from Australia, and even if you’ve watched every USC game this season, you might have missed him. It would

4:03 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN The Big 12 is finalizing a deal to hire Scott Draper of the American Athletic Conference as the league’s new vice president in charge of football, sources told ESPN on Monday. Draper spent the past eight seasons running football at the AAC, where he served as the primary contact for

11:00 AM ET Every top-10 college football team won by double digits, and still, Week 3 had its moments of absurdity and amazement. The Nos. 11, 12 and 13 teams were all upset on the road. There were walk-off field goals (Indiana), walk-off Hail Mary touchdowns (App State), field storms (also App State … and

5:32 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Herm Edwards’ tenure as Arizona State‘s football coach began with bravado, featured dollops of optimism and ultimately ended on Sunday amid a spiral of off-field issues and bad football. Under the dark cloud of a significant NCAA investigation and in the wake of both a staff and roster exodus, Edwards’