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It’s nearly curtains on the 2022 signing class. National signing day is rapidly approaching on Feb. 2 and that means attention will rapidly shift over to continuing to add to the Sooners’ 2023 recruiting class. New Oklahoma co-defensive coordinator and defensive tackles coach Todd Bates brings with him a pedigree of landing top defensive line

4:33 PM ET ESPN News Services Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz has disbanded an alumni advisory committee that was created after a 2020 investigation found evidence of racial bias against Black players in his program and bullying behavior by some of his assistants. The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, reports that Ferentz’s decision to end

5:58 PM ET Associated Press Georgia coach Kirby Smart told a near-capacity crowd at Sanford Stadium on Saturday the Bulldogs don’t plan to wait another 41 years for their next national championship. “It’s moments and events like this that allow us to look back and allow us to look forward,” Smart said. “… We’re burning

Getty Images Former Oklahoma receiver Mario Williams announced Saturday that he is transferring to USC, where he will reunite with ex-Sooners coach Lincoln Riley. Williams caught 35 passes for 380 yards and four touchdowns as a true freshman with the Sooners in the 2021 season, and was ranked the No. 8 overall transfer in this

Todd Graham has stepped down as Hawaii’s head football coach after two seasons. The school made the announcement at around midnight ET on Friday night, about a month after a report surfaced about players accusing the coach of abusive and disrespectful behavior. Graham denied the report, which included current and former players claiming the coach

Getty Georgia linebacker Nakobe Dean has declared for the 2022 NFL Draft following a standout three-year career with the Bulldogs. Dean, the 2021 Butkus Award winner and projected top linebacker prospect in the draft, made his announcement on Friday on his Instagram page.  “I would first like to thank God, for blessing me to be

2:36 PM ET Alabama star wide receiver Jameson Williams will forgo his senior season and enter the NFL draft, he announced on Thursday. A speedy All-American who transferred to Alabama from Ohio State, Williams led the SEC in receiving yards (1.572) and touchdowns (15) this season. ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. lists Williams as the No.

Jameson Williams is moving on to the NFL. The Alabama receiver announced on Thursday that he intends to declare for the NFL draft. The news comes on the heels of Williams suffering a serious knee injury in Alabama’s loss to Georgia in the College Football Playoff title game on Monday. According to multiple reports, Williams

Getty Maybe the ending to the 2021-22 FCS football season was a bit anticlimactic with North Dakota State steamrolling Montana State 38-10, but don’t let that one game cloud what has been a fantastic year in the subdivision.  First, congrats to the Bison for capturing their ninth national championship in eleven years. Their level of

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The college football season finally concluded Monday night with the Georgia Bulldogs ending a 41-year national championship drought. Kirby Smart’s Bulldogs cleared the Alabama hurdle in the College Football Playoff title game, 33-18, and reclaimed their top spot in the final edition of this season’s power rankings. Georgia’s emphatic win

On Monday in Indianapolis, right in the heart of the Big Ten, two SEC schools played for the national championship. Georgia won, defeating Alabama to give the SEC its third consecutive title. What should be even more concerning for the rest of the sport is this was the third different team in those three years

The celebration of Georgia’s College Football Playoff National Championship win against Alabama continues into Tuesday with the release of the final rankings of the season. The Coaches Poll released its final top 25 rankings, with the Bulldogs as the unanimous No. 1, followed by Alabama at No. 2, Michigan at No. 3 and Cincinnati at

2:00 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Along Highway 15, on a small patch of red clay near Sandersville, Georgia, sits an 84-year-old wooden barn with a rusted tin roof and weathered pine boards. The barn belongs to the Hitchcock family, which has operated a 2,500-acre farm for more than a century. Over the years, the barn

USATSI The Georgia Bulldogs have lost only three games since the start of the 2020 season, but two of the setbacks came against the Alabama Crimson Tide. In fact, the Bulldogs have dropped seven straight meetings with the Crimson Tide since posting a 26-23 overtime victory at Alabama in 2007. Third-ranked Georgia (13-1) will try

8:00 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — As Alabama and Georgia prepare to play each other again (8 p.m. ET Monday on ESPN/ESPN App), it is hard to forget what happened the last time they met in the national championship game. Because what happened was so unforgettable. Second-and-26 will always live in college football history, but especially

Getty Images The 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship game is set for Monday at 8 p.m. ET and Georgia vs. Alabama will be a rematch of the 2021 SEC Championship Game. Alabama won that game 41-24 behind a dominant performance from its offense against one of the best defenses in recent memory. Bryce Young

No. 1 Alabama (13-1) vs. No. 3 Georgia (13-1) Location: Indianapolis | When: Jan. 10 (8 p.m.) | TV: ESPN | Line: Georgia -3 | Total: 51.5 How these teams got here Alabama: The Crimson Tide got the No. 1 seed for the College Football Playoff by virtue of that 41-24 SEC title game win

7:11 AM ET ATHENS, Ga. — Sonny Smart remembers taking his youngest son, Kirby, to the city pool in Bainbridge, Georgia, in the summer of 1983. Kirby, only 7 years old, was trying out for the Bainbridge Barracudas swim team. There was just one requirement to make it: A child had to swim the length