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David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterOct 17, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions On Jan. 1, 2019, two icons were set to meet at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. Yes, Georgia and Texas would face off, but that wasn’t the

Oct 16, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Back in August, we attempted to compile a ranking of the 100 best players in college football. It was an arduous task, but one that ended with a list we felt good about. Seven weeks into the 2024 season, however, some of it looks pretty silly.

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterOct 16, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions STANDING ALONE IN the middle of the grassy Francis Quadrangle at the University of Missouri are six ionic-style columns. They are the last remaining features from the school’s first building,

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterOct 15, 2024, 02:33 PM ET Close Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter, a Heisman Trophy contender, is expected to play Saturday against Arizona, coach Deion Sanders said Tuesday. “Travis should play for certain,” Sanders said. Hunter exited

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNOct 15, 2024, 10:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions USC linebacker Eric Gentry will redshirt the rest of the 2024 season after suffering “a series of concussions in a short period of time,” he said Tuesday. “This decision has not been easy,” Gentry wrote on social media. “But after thoughtful consideration and discussions

Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterOct 15, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Open Extended Reactions On this date last year, Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. looked like the Heisman Trophy frontrunner after defeating Oregon. In 2022, Hendon Hooker held the lead at midseason

Associated Press Oct 14, 2024, 10:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SALT LAKE CITY — Utah quarterback Cam Rising is out for the season with a lower leg injury and coach Kyle Whittingham said Monday true freshman Isaac Wilson will be the Utes’ starter until further notice. Rising was injured in Utah’s 27-19 loss to

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterOct 14, 2024, 06:49 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 Notre Dame landed a commitment from four-star quarterback Blake Hebert on Monday, flipping the

Oct 14, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Week 7 has wrapped up as this week’s matchups gave us some exciting endings along with Arizona State’s upset of No. 16 Utah Friday evening. Four of the 17 games with top-25 teams went into overtime as the unranked looked to make it another chaotic weekend.

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterOct 12, 2024, 09:46 PM 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 DALLAS — A year after a crushing last-second loss in the Red River Rivalry, No. 1 Texas dominated No.

Associated Press Oct 12, 2024, 11:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions EUGENE, Ore. — Dillon Gabriel threw two touchdown passes and ran for another late score to help third-ranked Oregon hand No. 2 Ohio State its first loss of the season, 32-31 on Saturday night. Gabriel, who transferred to Oregon (6-0, 3-0) this season from

Associated Press Oct 13, 2024, 02:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Oregon and Penn State each moved up a spot in the Associated Press college football poll on Sunday following thrilling wins in high-profile games, and Top 25 newcomers Navy and Army are in the rankings together for the first time since 1960. Texas strengthened

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterOct 13, 2024, 12:29 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Change can be scary. It’s easy to look around at the college football landscape in 2024 — realignment, playoff expansion, NIL, the portal, lawsuits, Michigan’s offense — and

Associated Press Oct 12, 2024, 07:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Tyler Warren caught 17 passes to tie the FBS single-game record for tight ends, Ryan Barker hit a 36-yard field goal in overtime and No. 4 Penn State rallied from a 14-point deficit in the second half for a 33-30 victory

Pete Thamel, ESPNOct 12, 2024, 09:35 AM ET Close College Football Senior Writer for ESPN. Insider for College Gameday. Open Extended Reactions EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon star defensive end Jordan Burch‘s status for the game against Ohio State Saturday night is in flux after suffering a lower-body injury in practice Thursday, sources told ESPN. Burch

ESPN News Services Oct 10, 2024, 12:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN, Texas — Quinn Ewers will return as the starting quarterback for No. 1 Texas against rival No. 18 Oklahoma in Dallas after missing the previous two games with an abdominal strain, Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian said Thursday. Sarkisian had said Monday that

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterOct 10, 2024, 06:12 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Following an “unprecedented” meeting between the SEC and Big Ten on Thursday, the commissioners of both conferences addressed multiple weighty issues facing college athletics and strongly pushed

Jake Trotter, ESPN Senior WriterOct 11, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Jake Trotter covers college football for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011. Before that, he worked at The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal newspapers. You can follow him @Jake_Trotter. Open Extended Reactions TWENTY-FOUR YEARS ago, Delaware was rolling over New Hampshire, leading