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7:00 AM ET After false alarms at Michigan and Auburn, the 2021-22 college football coaching carousel has stopped spinning for good. The end to a wild cycle provides the opportunity to examine the coaching hires from the recent past. Borrowing an NFL idea from colleague Bill Barnwell, I will rank the top 10 college coaching

5:50 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Former Arizona State quarterback Jayden Daniels has committed to play at LSU, sources told ESPN on Sunday. The decision delivers LSU one of the most accomplished quarterbacks to enter the NCAA transfer portal this off-season, as Daniels threw for 6,025 yards and 32 touchdowns during his three seasons as Arizona

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff Our college football reporters recently examined the biggest strength and the biggest question mark for every team in our 2022 Way-Too-Early Top 25. Now we turn our attention to spring practices and what to watch for as position battles get underway and teams try to fill some missing gaps and

11:21 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN University of Northern Colorado offensive coordinator Max McCaffrey was reprimanded for inadvertently hitting an opposing fan with a broken clipboard during a 40-7 loss to Montana State on Saturday. McCaffrey, the eldest brother of Carolina Panthers and former Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey, broke his clipboard while on the sidelines

10:59 AM ET LSU All-America cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. had a medical procedure done on his left foot, the school announced on Wednesday. Stingley, a junior, originally injured the foot in the summer but was able to return and play in the Tigers’ first three games this season. He re-injured his foot last month and

2:38 PM ET Associated Press Looking to address the growing number of transfers, the NCAA Division I Council approved a one-year waiver Tuesday that will allow college football teams to sign up to seven players to replace those who leave. Current NCAA rules state a team can sign no more than 25 players to a

1:08 PM ET Alabama outside linebacker Drew Sanders is expected to miss Saturday’s game at Texas A&M after having surgery on his injured hand. Alabama coach Nick Saban said Wednesday that Sanders is “probably going to be out” for the game. “It was maybe a little worse than we thought,” Saban said. “So he’s going

[Editor’s note: If you thought UConn-Vandy was big, how about UConn-UMass in maybe the biggest bad game of all-time? Those two are joined by Oregon and another three Power 5 interlopers.) “You just couldn’t let me go, could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. … You won’t kill

2:15 PM ET LSU coach Ed Orgeron said the responsibility for his football team’s performance during a loss to Auburn on Saturday rests with him. The 24-19 loss dropped the Tigers to 3-2 on the season. “Ultimately I’m responsible for the performance of the team,” Orgeron told reporters on Monday. “I always will be responsible.”

4:38 PM ET Minnesota running back Trey Potts remains hospitalized in Indiana for an unspecified medical issue that occurred late in Saturday’s game at Purdue. Potts left the field late in the fourth quarter of Minnesota’s 20-13 win and was treated by Minnesota’s medical staff before being transported to a local hospital. Minnesota said in

6:42 PM ET Associated press SALT LAKE CITY — Utah players and coaches returned to practice Monday grieving one of their own who was killed in a shooting at a postgame party. The team was on the field for the first time since sophomore defensive back Aaron Lowe was shot on Sept. 26, just nine

6:08 PM ET Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — Quarterback JT Daniels was held out of throwing drills for No. 2 Georgia on Monday, leaving the junior’s status uncertain for Saturday’s SEC game at No. 18 Auburn. The Bulldogs leaned on their running game and defense to overwhelm No. 8 Arkansas 37-0 last week. Daniels was

3:27 PM ET Kentucky waited 35 years to defeat Florida at home and it will pay mightily for its post-victory celebration at Kroger Field on Saturday night. The SEC announced on Monday that Kentucky has been fined $250,000 for a third violation of the league’s access to competition area policy, which occurred when Wildcats fans

7:17 PM ET Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado football coach Karl Dorrell considers himself calm and collected on the football field. Except on Saturday, when he lost his cool and pushed a photojournalist’s camera on his way off the field following a 37-14 loss to Southern California. Dorrell apologized Sunday both publicly and privately,

5:23 PM ET Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin on Monday apologized for saying, “Get your popcorn ready” and then tossing his headset in an interview prior to Saturday’s game at Alabama. Kiffin made the comment to CBS sideline reporter Jamie Erdahl and then tossed the headset toward a cameraman as he prepared for the

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The Nos. 1 and 2 college football teams in the country look stronger than ever, while three other top-10 teams lost. Our reporters try to make sense of what happened in Week 5 of the college football season and what to look forward to. The great wide divide The narrative

1:16 AM ET Last week, the sport’s leadership met to discuss the merits of expanding the College Football Playoff. It amounted to nothing. On Saturday, Alabama and Georgia offered a convincing counterargument. Perhaps we should just end the 2021 season after the SEC championship game. For all the September buzz about chaos and parity in

7:45 AM ET In what is shaping up to be one of the weirder seasons in recent memory, allow us to introduce you to the weirdest one-sided matchup in the past decade. No. 7 Texas A&M and No. 16 Arkansas meet on Saturday having played each other 77 times dating back to 1903. The two