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Getty Images As conference play heats up around the country in college football, some of the sport’s stars are beginning to separate themselves from the pack as true difference-makers for their teams. In Week 5, it was Big Ten running backs who stole the show as October dawned with a handful of players turning in

8:10 PM ET Former Wisconsin football coach Paul Chryst will receive a reduced buyout of $11 million, the school said Monday. Chryst, fired Sunday following a 2-3 start to the season, had approximately $20 million left on a contract that paid him through January 2027. But athletic director Chris McIntosh said Sunday that Chryst had

So what does a $95 million-or-so head coaching contract buy a school these days? In the case of Texas A&M and Michigan State, a couple of disappointing (teetering on disastrous) football seasons, not to mention massive underdog status against their respective conference powerhouses this week. Oh, and probably plenty of worry (hidden or not) about

Getty Images Wisconsin has fired coach Paul Chryst five games into the 2022 season, the university announced Sunday. The Badgers part ways with Chryst following a 2-3 start to the season, which included a 34-10 home loss to Illinois and former Wisconsin coach Brett Bielema in Week 5.  “After a heartfelt and authentic conversation with

2:05 PM ET The AP Top 25 college football poll is out after another wild weekend of games. Georgia trailed by 13 points in the second half but used a late touchdown drive to rally past unranked Missouri. Alabama lost Bryce Young in the second quarter but still beat a ranked Arkansas team by 23.

Subscribe to The College Football Enquirer Dan Wetzel, SI’s Pat Forde, & SI’s Ross Dellenger are back with a full show dissecting all of the major Week 5 action in college football. Georgia has looked sloppy in their last two games. Alabama could be in trouble with Bryce Young going down to a shoulder injury.

USATSI Ohio State coach Ryan Day and Rutgers coach Greg Schiano wound up in a verbal altercation after a scrum broke out between their teams during the fourth quarter of the No. 3 Buckeyes’ 49-10 win over the Scarlet Knights on Saturday. The fracas came after Ohio State successfully executed an apparent fake punt while

We’re a little more than a month into the college football season and some teams with massive preseason expectations have already been major disappointments. Here are 10 teams in particular who have fallen well short of what their fan bases were hoping to this point in the season. Oklahoma Brent Venables hasn’t been able to

Sep 29, 2022 ESPN staff College football’s Week 5 is here and with it comes five top-25 matchups, including three games between teams ranked in the top 16. Off the heels of an emotional double-overtime win against Wake Forest, DJ Uiagalelei and Clemson host NC State in a top-10 ACC showdown. SEC play is in

USATSI The fifth-ranked Clemson Tigers will look to tie the longest home winning streak in ACC history at 37 games when they take on the No. 10 North Carolina State Wolfpack on Saturday. The Tigers’ (4-0) last home loss was a 43-42 decision to Pittsburgh on Nov. 12, 2016. A win over the Wolfpack (4-0)

By the self-promoting standards of college football — where loud and look-at-me is often rewarded — Dave Doeren is the quiet coach of a historically quiet football program; a program that has a chance to make a heck of a lot of noise this weekend. Doeren has his North Carolina State Wolfpack 4-0 and ranked

5:07 PM ET Tennessee All-SEC receiver Cedric Tillman underwent “tightrope” surgery on his left ankle early last week with the hopes of not being out an extended period of time, sources told ESPN. Tillman missed the Vols’ matchup against Florida this past weekend after suffering a high ankle sprain in the team’s 63-6 win over

Getty Images When Texas Tech defeated No. 22 Texas in overtime on Saturday, the fans at Jones AT&T Stadium celebrated by rushing the field. That resulted in a fine from the Big 12 Conference, but that has been taken care of by one of the school’s sponsors. On Monday, the Red Raiders announced that City

No. 14 Ole Miss hosts No. 7 Kentucky on Saturday in Oxford. Both teams are undefeated. This is, to say the least, a big game. The scant few area hotel rooms available are running $600 a night, you can forget about a Friday night reservation at City Grocery and the cops are already warning everyone

7:00 AM ET USA Today Sports Inspirational thought of the week: Here comes the rain againFalling from the starsDrenched in my pain againBecoming who we areAs my memory restsBut never forgets what I lostWake me up … when September ends — “Wake Me Up When September Ends,” Green Day Here at Bottom 10 Headquarters, located

Getty Images The Week 5 college football schedule brings some especially important matchups in the SEC, ACC and Big 12. The latest Week 5 college football odds from Caesars Sportsbook list No. 14 Ole Miss as a 6.5-point favorite against No. 7 Kentucky, while No. 2 Alabama is laying 15.5 points at No. 20 Arkansas

11:02 AM ET Georgia Tech fired athletic director Todd Stansbury and head football coach Geoff Collins on Monday. Collins was in his fourth season as coach. The Yellow Jackets have lost nine straight games to FBS opponents dating to last season and are coming off a 27-10 loss to UCF. “I am grateful to Coach

USATSI Georgia Tech fired coach Geoff Collins on Sunday less than a day after a 27-10 road loss to UCF sent the Yellow Jackets to 1-3 in Collins’ fourth season, according to 247Sports’ Bryce Koon and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The loss sent Collins to 10-28 (7-19 ACC) at GT with the program struggling to show