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Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterAug 20, 2023, 02:02 PM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. South Carolina was able to add an all-conference player to its defense just two weeks before the start of the college football season. Former UAB defensive end Drew Tuazama, who was a preseason

Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterAug 20, 2023, 11:36 AM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. Missouri plans to feature two quarterbacks when it begins the season at home against South Dakota on Aug. 31. Tigers coach Eliah Drinkwitz told reporters after Saturday night’s scrimmage that he expects both

Associated Press Aug 19, 2023, 02:44 PM ET GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Gators running back Cam Carroll will miss the season after tearing a knee ligament during a scrimmage, coach Billy Napier said Saturday. Carroll, a sixth-year senior who transferred from Tulane, was expected to provide depth this fall behind Montrell Johnson and Trevor Etienne.

ESPN News Services Aug 19, 2023, 04:11 PM ET Carson Beck has been named the starting quarterback as Georgia begins its bid to defend its back-to-back championships. Coach Kirby Smart announced Beck as the starter Saturday. Beck, who backed up Stetson Bennett last season, came out of spring practice holding an edge for the No.

Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterAug 19, 2023, 01:54 PM ET Ole Miss and coach Lane Kiffin scored a big win Saturday as four-star defensive end Kamarion Franklin became the latest to join the fold by deciding to stay home. Franklin (No. 27 overall in the 2024 ESPN 300), from Lake Cormorant High School (Mississippi), becomes

Associated Press Aug 16, 2023, 04:53 PM ET CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson freshman defensive tackle Vic Burley might miss the team’s opener because of injury, but Tigers coach Dabo Swinney said it’s nothing that is expected to keep the highly ranked recruit out for the long term. Swinney said Wednesday that a lower-body injury might

Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterAug 18, 2023, 07:47 PM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. Nick Saban marked a milestone in his Alabama tenure Friday, landing the commitment of his first legacy player in 2024 defensive back Dre Kirkpatrick Jr. An unranked prospect from Gadsden, Kirkpatrick Jr. chose

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterAug 18, 2023, 06:28 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Off the field, college football is almost always threatened by storm clouds. On the field, it remains unbeaten. The 2022 college offseason was defined by coaches yelling about stressful and exhausting recruiting calendars and the hand-wringing

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 18, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Virginia Tech coach Brent Pry inherited a program in 2022 that had lost its way, more than a decade removed from its last conference championship. Though Pry had zero head-coaching experience, he

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 17, 2023, 02:13 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Former Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald will serve as a parent volunteer for the football program at Loyola Academy, the high school in the Chicago suburbs that two of his sons attend. Fitzgerald, who

Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterAug 17, 2023, 02:09 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Payton Thorne has won the Auburn starting quarterback job, coach Hugh Freeze announced on Thursday. Thorne, a transfer from Michigan State, beat out Robby Ashford and will start for the Tigers

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 17, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. More than 1,000 former Northwestern athletes have sent an open letter condemning hazing “in any form” while also defending an athletics culture they say is not represented or defined by allegations that surfaced

The first college football Power Rankings are here and who else but the two-time defending national champion Georgia Bulldogs reign supreme. Michigan and Ohio State are battling it out for second with the Wolverines narrowly edging the Buckeyes for the No. 2 spot. The rest of the top 10 is filled with fellow blue bloods

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 16, 2023, 10:00 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. ACC PRESIDENTS HAD a meeting scheduled last Wednesday that had the potential to affect the future of the league. As the hours ticked closer to the call, nobody had a clear idea

Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterAug 15, 2023, 01:31 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Despite facing an NCAA investigation and the NCAA Committee on Infractions not approving a negotiated resolution in the case, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh told reporters on Monday that his team is as focused

Jamison Hensley, ESPN Staff WriterAug 14, 2023, 09:13 PM ET Close Jamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018,

Our top 100 college football players for the 2023 season list is live and as expected, Caleb Williams came in at No. 1, a position the Heisman Trophy winner held at the end of last season. But as with any ranking, not everyone is in exact agreement with how the results of our voting turned

Everyone wants to be known as the best at something. Anything. Being the best grill master at your house. Being the best among your friends at singing Taylor Swift karaoke at 2 a.m. Being the best player in all of college football. And when it comes to us who cover college football for a living,