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Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterSep 6, 2024, 02:50 PM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Open Extended Reactions Five-star defensive end Jahkeem Stewart, ESPN’s No. 1 overall prospect in the class of

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterSep 6, 2024, 07:25 AM ET Close Dave Wilson is a college football reporter. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Open Extended Reactions IN THE 1980s, SMU and Dallas became synonymous with free-flowing money in college football, a small school in a

Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterSep 5, 2024, 09:21 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Open Extended Reactions A federal judge ordered the attorneys negotiating a major settlement that could reshape the business model of college sports to “go back to the drawing board”

Open Extended Reactions Week 2 of college football is almost here. The first week of the season was all about Boise State‘s superstar running back racking up six touchdowns. What can Ashton Jeanty do for an encore against an Oregon team that struggled to put away Idaho last week? The game of the week is

Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterSep 5, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Open Extended Reactions LINCOLN, Neb. — In his first college game at Nebraska, Dylan Raiola led the way. He walked through the bright lights, strobes and smoke and stared straight

Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterSep 4, 2024, 03:37 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Open Extended Reactions The California-based federal judge overseeing the trio of antitrust lawsuits that could reshape college sports will weigh in for the first time Thursday on a proposed

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterSep 4, 2024, 07:11 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions Florida freshman quarterback DJ Lagway will make his first career start at home Saturday against Samford, with starter Graham Mertz sidelined in concussion protocol. Coach Billy Napier said during

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 4, 2024, 02:29 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions LSU running back John Emery Jr. tore the ACL in his left knee in practice Tuesday and is expected to miss the rest of

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterSep 4, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions A day after his team’s worst loss in more than a decade, Dabo Swinney was feeling optimistic. This is unsurprising for two reasons. The first is that Swinney

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterSep 3, 2024, 04:20 PM ET Close Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions Cal running back Jaydn Ott is probable for the visiting Golden Bears’ game against Auburn on Saturday, coach Justin Wilcox said Tuesday. Ott left Saturday’s 31-13 win against UC Davis

Associated Press Sep 3, 2024, 02:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Florida State fell out of The Associated Press college football poll on Tuesday after starting the season 0-2, becoming just the third team to go from preseason top-10 to unranked in the first regular-season poll since the rankings expanded to 25 in 1989. Georgia

Open Extended Reactions After five straight days of college football, Week 1 is in the books. There was a school-record-breaking performance from Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava in his freshman debut, showing the preseason hype around him was warranted. Other programs didn’t have as ideal a weekend, but it’s only Week 1. Can Iamaleava maintain his

Associated Press Sep 2, 2024, 11:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Treshaun Ward totaled 138 offensive yards, including a 13-yard touchdown reception, against his former team as Boston College stunned No. 10 Florida State 28-13 on Monday night. Ward, a Tampa native who played at Florida State from 2019 to ’22, had

Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterSep 2, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Open Extended Reactions TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The drenching rain came out of nowhere Saturday afternoon. Kalen DeBoer didn’t seem to mind. Smiling as raindrops ricocheted off his face, DeBoer strode confidently

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNSep 1, 2024, 11:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Brian Kelly slammed his left fist down on the press conference table so hard his water bottle nearly toppled over. After No. 13 LSU held a four-point lead with just under six minutes left in their season opener and lost 27-20

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterSep 1, 2024, 01:42 AM ET Close Dave Wilson is a college football reporter. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Open Extended Reactions COLLEGE STATION, Texas — No. 7 Notre Dame spoiled the debut of Texas A&M coach Mike Elko and made

Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterSep 1, 2024, 03:19 AM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Open Extended Reactions Arizona wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan kicked off his highly anticipated junior season with a record-setting night. The preseason All-American and projected first-round draft pick set a new

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterAug 31, 2024, 11:40 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Welcome to the season of change. It’s 2024, and if we’re to believe the punditry, this will be unlike anything we’ve seen before in college football, which is