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Who’s Playing Tulane @ No. 21 SMU Current Records: Tulane 1-5; SMU 6-0 What to Know The Tulane Green Wave are 0-6 against the SMU Mustangs since November of 2015, but they’ll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. Tulane’s week off comes to an end as they meet up

This is an interesting week in college football. There aren’t many marquee matchups, but there are several unranked teams favored over ranked teams on the board at BetMGM. Several of those games made the cut for my picks this week. I’m coming off a 6-2 outing in Week 7, and that included a tough beat

7:00 AM ET [Editor’s note: The number of winless teams keeps dwindling, which means changes at the top of the Bottom 10. Could a Power 5 team in Arizona win the whole thing? And what is Tennessee doing in here?] Inspirational thought of the week: Why be afraid if I’m not alone?Though life is never

ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports Is Jared Goff in danger of getting benched? The evidence is hiding in plain sight. The question is whether Lions coach Dan Campbell will actually pull the trigger. On Sunday, Campbell called out Jared Goff by name, publicly. On Monday, Campbell said he’s “going to shake things up here a

Getty Images The 14th-ranked Coastal Carolina Chanticleers face a tough road test on Wednesday night when they travel to Kidd Brewer Stadium to face Sun Belt foe Appalachian State. The Chanticleers (6-0) have scored at least 52 points in three straight and lead the nation at 48.8 per game. They had a week off after

7:57 PM ET PULLMAN, Wash. — Nick Rolovich is out as the Washington State football coach after refusing to become vaccinated for COVID-19, a requirement for all state employees, a source confirmed to ESPN on Monday. Multiple unvaccinated assistant coaches are also out, the source said. Defensive coordinator Jake Dickert is expected to be named

Getty Images Never has a firing been so presaged with discussions about Ed Orgeron’s departure from LSU raging for weeks. Part of it is cruel and speculative. The other part, a certainty because of the way the wind was blowing in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Orgeron’s separation from the Tigers is both shocking and not surprising

Ed Orgeron’s eventual departure became a reality Sunday, and the opening of one of the best jobs in college football sets up the most compelling theater in the sport. LSU athletic director Scott Woodward agreed to separate with Orgeron after this season, which was first reported by Sports Illustrated and confirmed by Yahoo Sports. The

8:21 PM ET With several teams in the Top 25 on a bye and very few ranked matchups on the slate, Week 7 of college football looked like it might be a return to normalcy after a wild Week 6. The Purdue Boilermakers decided against that. In one of the major upsets of the 2021

Iowa’s time as the No. 2 team in the country is not going to last long. A week after the Hawkeyes stormed back to beat No. 4 Penn State in front of a raucous crowd at Kinnick Stadium, they could not recreate that magic against unranked Purdue. Iowa was thoroughly outplayed at home in a

No. 21 Texas A&M is coming off one of the biggest upsets of the college football season, so it will be hoping to avoid a letdown performance against Missouri on Saturday afternoon. The Aggies had dropped out of the polls until they pulled off a 41-38 win over top-ranked Alabama last week. Missouri has lost

11:26 AM ET An NCAA task force recommended on Friday that incoming freshmen in Division I and II sports should no longer be required to meet minimum scores on standardized tests for initial eligibility. The recommendation was made by the NCAA Standardized Test Score Task Force, which was formed as part of the NCAA’s eight-point

Through 1 Quarter The Memphis Tigers can’t call it a day yet, but they are winning as expected. They have emerged as the frontrunner after one quarter and are ahead of the Navy Midshipmen 14-7. WR Calvin Austin III has led the way so far for Memphis, as he has rushed for one TD and

7:30 AM ET ESPN staff Just when pundits had penciled in Alabama and Georgia as two unstoppable forces on a collision course for the SEC championship game and College Football Playoff, Texas A&M stepped into the breach and reminded the college football world that there is only one sure thing at the midpoint of 2021:

Every week throughout the season we’ll give you a college football viewing guide by highlighting the five best games of the coming weekend. We will pick those five games against the spread and highlight some other matchups that caught our eye from a betting perspective. We’ve reached the halfway point of the college football season

Last week was one of those weeks where, for the most part, I have no regrets about my process despite bad results. I’ve had a few bad weeks and have a record below .500 for the first half of the season, but I’m going to keep firing. There’s still a long way to go. I’m

Through 3 Quarters The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns were expected to take an ‘L’ in this one, but so far it isn’t playing out to script. After three quarters it’s looking more and more like their high-powered offense is just too much for the Appalachian State Mountaineers as the Ragin’ Cajuns lead 27-13. RB Chris Smith

5:11 PM ET Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said that while some Penn State players injured in Saturday’s game had legitimate ailments, he understands why Hawkeyes fans booed when other Nittany Lions players went down. Ferentz on Tuesday noted that Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford did not return to the game after leaving early in the