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Pete Thamel, ESPNSep 7, 2023, 12:28 PM ET Kansas star quarterback Jalon Daniels is expected to play against Illinois on Friday night after missing the season opener against Missouri State because of tightness in his back, a source told ESPN. The staff still has not determined if Daniels or backup Jason Bean will start against

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterSep 7, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence. THE DOOR SWUNG open before he could knock, just as it had the first time Isimemen “Isi” Etute visited Apartment 207. That time, Etute

Think this weekend’s college football slate can’t possibly top the excitement of a Week 1 that extended into Week 2 because of the holiday? How can it beat the “Florida State is back” headline? Or the Duke upset of Clemson? And finally, no way it can top the Colorado/Deion debut, right? But Deion and his

Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterSep 6, 2023, 07:05 AM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan With the 2023 season underway and major changes happening seemingly weekly in college football, it can be difficult to keep track of all that goes on. That is especially true with recruiting and

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterSep 6, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Inspirational thought of the week: I can’t see the future but I know it’s coming fastIt’s not that hard to wind up knee deep in

Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterSep 6, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee COLLEGE STATION, Texas — John James Fisher Jr. frequently found himself in trouble for not listening when he started the first grade in his hometown of Clarksburg, West Virginia. His teacher,

Associated Press Sep 5, 2023, 02:14 PM ET No. 21 Duke and No. 22 Colorado moved into the Associated Press Top 25 college football poll Tuesday after scoring the biggest upsets of the opening weekend of the season and No. 4 Florida State jumped into the top five after its resounding victory over LSU in

Well, it only took one week for Deion Sanders to get Colorado into the AP Top 25 college football poll. Fresh off a stunning win over then-No. 17 TCU, the Buffaloes enter the rankings at No. 22. Florida State convincingly won the week’s only top-10 matchup, routing then-No. 5 LSU 45-24. Meanwhile, the preseason top

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterSep 5, 2023, 01:33 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. DURHAM, N.C. — Monday was judgement night for Clemson, and coach Dabo Swinney expects the jury will deliver a scathing verdict. Clemson arrived in Durham ranked ninth in the Associated Press preseason

Coach Deion Sanders said his Colorado Buffaloes were coming in 2023, and now they’ve arrived in our Power Rankings. The Buffaloes’ 45-42 victory in Week 1 at No. 17 TCU, the national runner-up in the 2022 season, made believers out of ESPN’s writers. Colorado, which had only one win last season, went from unranked to

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterSep 4, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. CLEMSON, S.C. — Maybe it’s the hair. This much, Cade Klubnik is willing to concede. It’s neatly trimmed, parted at the side, clean-cut, professional and, yeah, a pretty close resemblance to the

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterSep 4, 2023, 02:12 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. ORLANDO, Fla. — LSU coach Brian Kelly said his team’s 45-24 loss to Florida State on Sunday night was “a total failure,” after a second-half collapse allowed the Seminoles to run away

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 3, 2023, 06:07 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Northwestern interim coach David Braun on Sunday had the usual disappointment, frustration and self-critiquing that stems from a largely non-competitive loss to open a season. But Braun felt something else

Chris Low Close Chris Low ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee M.A. Voepel Close M.A. Voepel ESPN.com M.A. Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterSep 3, 2023, 12:38 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina’s offense had little trouble adjusting to life without its top two wide receivers, as Heisman Trophy candidate Drake Maye threw for 269 yards and two touchdowns in

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterSep 2, 2023, 08:40 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. FORT WORTH, Texas — On the first weekend of the 2023 season, hype gave way to history. Deion Sanders arrived

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 2, 2023, 03:50 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. FORT WORTH, Texas — Deion Sanders spent the past nine moths flipping Colorado‘s roster and the vibe around a once-elite program, telling everyone who would listen: “We comin’.” Sanders finally got a chance

Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterSep 1, 2023, 05:34 PM ET A day before his team begins its 2023 football season against New Mexico, coach Jimbo Fisher and Texas A&M secured a key victory off the field Friday, courtesy of four-star defensive tackle Dominick McKinley‘s commitment. McKinley (No. 30 overall in the 2024 ESPN 300), a