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It was cold. And snowy. And players had the flu. And what took place in the dark was set to come to light. And it was just a few plays. And the quarterback was the issue. And it was a few more plays. Yada, yada, yada. Whether it’s from Ohio State fans or head coach

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJul 26, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Here are the top 10 college football teams, ranked by their average SP+ ranking over the past 20 years. Alabama 23.9 Ohio State 20.9 Georgia 20.2 Oklahoma 19.3 LSU 18.7 Clemson 16.5 Florida

In the midst of the summer busy season of recruiting and visits once again under way, we have a bit of a different kind of news with a four-star prospect in Texas. Sugar Land (Texas) Fort Bend Christian four-star defensive end Max Granville, who committed to Penn State in June, has reclassified to the 2024

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJul 25, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions TWO MONTHS INTO the whirlwind of being Houston‘s new coach, Willie Fritz paused briefly to reflect. Fritz had spent most of his career bouncing to different levels of college football,

Big Ten media day took place for Michigan State football and new head coach Jonathan Smith on Wednesday, and MSU’s new head man gave a lot of insight into the program that he is building. Speaking with Steve Wiltfong of On3, Smith shared that the Spartans want kids with a chip on their shoulder and

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJul 24, 2024, 06:27 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Welcome to the 2024 college football season, where the playoff is bigger, the (remaining) power conferences are, too, Nick Saban is working for ESPN and just about everybody needs new receivers (and maybe

Nothing says that college football is right around the corner like watching all of the pomp and circumstance involved with the conferences’ media events to kick off the season. On that note, 2024 Big Ten media days officially kicked off on Tuesday and will run through Wednesday. Each day, six head coaches will take their

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterJul 23, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions STANFORD COACH TROY TAYLOR was at breakfast at the team hotel in Hawai’i, hours before the kickoff to the 2023 season, when he learned the ACC had officially voted

Jul. 22—Nineteen-and-a-half-pounds of lacquered Douglas fir shaped like a giant spud and resting atop a wood base dominated the University of Idaho’s table at the Big Sky Conference Football Kickoff media day. “What the heck is that?” immediately leaps to mind. The Potato State Trophy. To be contested with Idaho State University. It joins a

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterJul 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions The most-discussed document in college sports is stored away in an office in Charlotte, North Carolina, far from the prying eyes of the public or, as it turns

LSU cornerback Javien Toviano turned himself in to police Sunday on charges of video voyeurism. According to an arrest warrant, the 19-year-old sophomore allegedly recorded himself having sex with a woman without her consent by using a clock with a built-in camera that was near the bed. The woman, who claims she told Toviano she

Jul 21, 2024, 07:57 AM ET Utah State cornerback Andre Seldon Jr. died Saturday in an apparent drowning at a Utah reservoir, according to the school. According to the Cache County Sheriff’s Office, a search began Saturday afternoon at Porcupine Reservoir after callers reported a young man was seen cliff diving and did not resurface.

Big Ten media days are upon us. The festivities begin in Indianapolis on July 23. USC will be there. It’s time for the Trojans to get to know their Big Ten neighbors, even the ones which only recently moved into the neighborhood. Nebraska has not been a longtime Big Ten school, so the program’s greatest

The Big Ten football world is a strange and wondrous place right now, with four West Coast schools leaving the Pac-12 and joining one of the two most powerful conferences in the country alongside the SEC. One of the many important and mysterious aspects of life in the new Big Ten football theater of events

Open Extended Reactions No team is perfect, even if the roster may look great on paper. Teams face movement often between the transfer portal, NFL draft, injuries and more. This season, we’ll see a starting quarterback play in his seventh year of eligibility, teams that are looking to rebuild at wide receiver and rosters that

Nick Lucero/Rivals.com When the month of July started, no one was talking about Baylor‘s presence on the recruiting trail. However, just under three weeks into the month, the Bears have been one of the hottest teams, not just in the Big 12, but in the country. When July 1 hit, Baylor had 12 commitments, all

Paula Lavigne Close Paula Lavigne ESPN Investigative Reporter Data analyst and reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award; finalist, 2012 IRE broadcast award; winner, 2011 Gannett Foundation Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism; Emmy nominated, 2009. Adam Rittenberg Close Adam Rittenberg ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter.

ESPN.com staff Jul 18, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Swamp. The Big House. The Granddaddy of them all. Whether you’re a fan of Death Valley (the orange and white version or purple and gold), Touchdown Jesus or just playing between the hedges, you understand the unique experience college football’s stadiums provide. So