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Getty Images Alabama coach Nick Saban is among a group of SEC coaches and administrators set to visit with lawmakers in Washington D.C. next week. The convoy is expected to vouch for federal regulation regarding name, image and likeness (NIL) compensation among college athletes, the AP reports. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey will join Saban at

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJun 1, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. College football’s Great Realignment has been on pause in recent months. After the seismic moves we saw in recent summers — Oklahoma and Texas announcing they were joining the SEC in 2021, USC and UCLA announcing

With the 2023 college football season only a few months away, the early-season broadcast schedule is slowly being finalized. Multiple networks unveiled their selections Wednesday, giving us a glimpse of the action-packed Saturdays to come. Week 1 is especially intriguing. Starting Thursday night (Aug. 31), Utah will host Florida at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN

Getty Images CBS Sports opens its door as a home for Big Ten football this fall with the inaugural season of the Big Ten on CBS schedule. There will be seven select Big Ten games on CBS and Paramount+ for the 2023 season, followed by a full slate of traditional marquee coverage in the 3:30

The Great Debate of the SEC — which shouldn’t even be a debate — has somehow churned into another year and come to dominate another round of meetings down in Destin, Florida. It has left Missouri football head coach Eli Drinkwitz as mystified as ever. “I’m a history teacher by trade,” Drinkwitz told reporters on

The future of SEC football scheduling could be decided this week. With Oklahoma and Texas officially joining the conference ahead of the 2024 season, future scheduling will be a major topic of discussion at this week’s SEC spring meetings in Destin, Florida. For years, the central debate has been whether to play eight or nine

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMay 30, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. CORVALLIS, Ore. — DJ Uiagalelei walked to the back of Oregon State’s media room, looking for an off-switch to stop the music still blaring from a photo shoot with visiting recruits. After a

USATSI DESTIN, Fla. — Greg Sankey sure sounded like he has a preference how many conference games the SEC should be playing beginning in 2024. What has become the league’s latest great debate centers over whether to play eight or nine conference games as the SEC transitions to 16 teams and competes to earn bids

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterMay 29, 2023, 08:00 AM 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. ROUND ROCK, Texas — Sean Hill grew up following his heart like so many Texans, dreaming of coaching a high

Rutgers football, set this fall for its fourth season under Greg Schiano, is heading in the right direction. The rebuild is coming along, albeit slowly, but the program is moving upward. That was the take from Kristian Dyer of Rutgers Wire appeared on Dave Smith’s national show on CBS Sports Radio on Sunday morning to

USATSI Former Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst will join Texas‘ staff as an offensive analyst, according to multiple reports. He will hold the title of special assistant to the head coach, a similar role that former TCU coach Gary Patterson served in Austin last season. Chryst was highly successful at Wisconsin, winning three Big Ten West

USATSI Colorado athletic director Rick George addressed the status of his school as a member of the Pac-12 Conference amid rumors a move to the Big 12 could be on the horizon. With the conference currently embroiled in contentious negotiations for a new media rights deal, Colorado is evaluating its options. Earlier this week, a

Iowa athletic director Gary Barta is retiring. Iowa announced Friday morning that Barta will walk away from his role effective Aug. 1 after 17 years in Iowa City. Barta, whose contract was set to expire in June 2024, was one of the longest-tenured athletic directors in the country. Barta, 59, began his role at Iowa

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterMay 26, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. The Coastal Division died as it lived — namely, by producing a nonrepeat champion that got mauled by the Atlantic champ in the ACC championship. From 2011 to 2021, Coastal winners went 1-10 in title games,

Getty Images The first offseason with two official transfer portal windows is winding down, and the new era of player movement is at the center of a national discourse. Undergraduate players no longer have to sit on the sideline for an entire season before hitting the field, and a version of free agency has taken

Believe it or not, we’re only three months away from the start of the 2023 college football season. And earlier this month, oddsmakers started to trickle out preseason win totals for teams across the country. Win totals serve as a pretty useful barometer for the expectations for teams in the upcoming season. The win total

The Oklahoma Sooners are working to replace several starters off of an offense that was pretty good in 2022. Marvin Mims, Eric Gray, Anton Harrison, Wanya Morris, Chris Murray, and Brayden Willis were each selected in the 2023 NFL draft. If you’re keeping track at home, that’s the top two receivers, leading rusher, and three

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMay 24, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. From field level at Husky Stadium this spring, the Washington offense appears set up to dominate in 2023. The Huskies return the nation’s passing average leader in quarterback Michael Penix Jr, two 1,000-yard