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Oct 27, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Earlier this season, the Pac-12 looked like a conference sure to land a team — or multiple teams — in the College Football Playoff. Times have changed. The Allstate Playoff Predictor now has pegged the Big Ten as the conference most likely to have a team

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterOct 27, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The only time they’ve seen each other face-to-face in recent months was over burrito bowls. This feels entirely wrong for Travis and Trevor Etienne, brothers separated

Oct 26, 2023, 12:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Michigan has become the biggest story in college football — not for the dominance it has displayed this season with arguably coach Jim Harbaugh’s best team, but possibly how it got there. Since news broke a week ago that the NCAA is investigating Michigan for off-campus

Pete Thamel, ESPNOct 26, 2023, 02:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NCAA enforcement staff have been at the University of Michigan this week to look into the sign-stealing probe, sources told ESPN. The arrival of NCAA enforcement just a week after the investigation formally launched is an indication of the priority the case has taken,

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterOct 26, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions During Georgia‘s current 24-game winning streak, in which it became the first team in the College Football Playoff era to capture back-to-back national championships,

Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterOct 25, 2023, 02:54 PM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. Open Extended Reactions BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU coach Brian Kelly said he’s encouraged the SEC to adopt headset communication, but that his efforts have ultimately gone nowhere. Kelly is frustrated that they

Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterOct 25, 2023, 12:00 PM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. Open Extended Reactions DURING A TEAM meeting this summer, Florida center Kingsley Eguakun watched as a clip from last season’s opening game against Utah popped onto the screen. That game — beating the

Oct 25, 2023, 08:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The American Athletic Conference has voted to add Army into the league as a football-only member, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Wednesday, with the sides working toward the Black Knights joining in 2024. Army will serve as a replacement for SMU, which is joining the

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterOct 24, 2023, 04:09 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Even if Michigan’s football team had stolen its opponents’ signals, Colorado coach Deion Sanders isn’t sure how much it would have helped the Wolverines

Pete Thamel Mark Schlabach Close Mark Schlabach ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Oct 24, 2023, 07:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The scope of the alleged illicit scouting ring being orchestrated by suspended Michigan analyst Connor Stalions continues to grow,

Alex Scarborough Close Alex Scarborough ESPN Staff Writer Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. Adam Rittenberg Close Adam Rittenberg ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Oct 24, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BEFORE JAMIE GRANT entered the Florida House of

Pete Thamel Mark Schlabach Close Mark Schlabach ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Oct 23, 2023, 03:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Connor Stalions, the suspended Michigan staffer at the center of the NCAA’s sign-stealing probe, purchased tickets in his own

Open Extended Reactions When you reach this point of the season, sometimes teams just have to hold on and get by winning any way they can. It might be a feisty rivalry (Tennessee–Alabama), the first true conference test (Penn State–Ohio State), matchups with new conference-mates (UCF–Oklahoma; Texas–Houston) or the last foreseeable matchup between two others

Open Extended Reactions Week 8 saw more than its share of close calls for top teams, with Oklahoma and Texas barely hanging on as the best of the Big 12. We also saw Ohio State make its case as a playoff team with a second statement win of the season — leaving the impression it

Oct 22, 2023, 09:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers is expected to miss time after suffering a grade 2 AC joint sprain in his right shoulder, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel, confirming a report by Orangbloods.com. An MRI on Sunday revealed the sprain in Ewers’ throwing shoulder, which occurred in the

Associated Press Oct 22, 2023, 02:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Georgia extended its streak of No. 1 rankings in The Associated Press college football poll to 19 straight weeks, the third best in the history of the rankings, and Alabama moved back into the top 10 on Sunday. The Bulldogs received 38 of 63

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterOct 21, 2023, 05:09 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Saturday’s showdown between No. 3 Ohio State and No. 7 Penn State was supposed to unveil the blueprints for how the rest of 2023 might unfold at the highest

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNOct 22, 2023, 12:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Following a dramatic 36-34 victory over USC on Saturday night, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham announced that starting quarterback Cam Rising, who has not played all season, will be shut down for the rest of the year. Rising, who has led Utah