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Amid his deep exhales of frustration, Nick Saban captured our elation. Amid his pointed messaging to his team, Saban spoke to all of us. Amid his motivational machinations, he captured the essence of a searingly delightful day of college football. “Everyone needs to remember how they feel and not forget it,” Saban said. That’s easy,

Through 3 Quarters The Nevada Wolf Pack are flexing their muscles against the New Mexico State Aggies, showing why they were favored to win all along. After three quarters it’s looking more and more like Nevada’s high-powered offense is just too much for New Mexico State as the Wolf Pack lead 52-7. QB Carson Strong

first Quarter PSU IOWA FG 11:08 C. Shudak 34 yd FG GOOD 4 plays, -8 yards, 1:26 0 3 TD 8:37 N. Cain run for 2 yds for a TD, (J. Stout KICK) 9 plays, 75 yards, 2:31 7 3 TD 3:21 S. Clifford run for 4 yds for a TD, (J. Stout KICK) 4

Who’s Playing Georgia State @ Louisiana-Monroe Current Records: Georgia State 1-4; Louisiana-Monroe 2-2 What to Know The Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks are staring down a pretty large 16-point disadvantage in the spread for Saturday’s contest. Louisiana-Monroe and the Georgia State Panthers will face off in a Sun Belt battle at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday at JPS

6:17 AM ET We’re not even to the halfway point of the 2021 college football season, but it seems Alabama and Georgia fans can begin making their travel arrangements to Indianapolis, or at least Atlanta. While the Crimson Tide and Bulldogs seem like the best bets right now to reach the College Football Playoff, there

Not since Nov. 24, 1962, when No. 3 Wisconsin defeated No. 5 Minnesota 14-9 in Madison, has the Big Ten had a game between two top-five teams that didn’t include Ohio State, Michigan or both. So, Saturday in Iowa City, when No. 3 Iowa hosts No. 4 Penn State, history, of sorts, will be made.

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’re at the midway point of the regular season and

Nick Harris/247Sports Texas added a new headliner to its 2022 class with the addition of four-star wide receiver Brenen Thompson. The four-star wideout committed Wednesday to the Longhorns live on CBS Sports HQ, choosing them over Oklahoma State and Texas A&M. Among the top athletes in the state of Texas, Thompson led Spearman High School

[Editor’s note: If you thought UConn-Vandy was big, how about UConn-UMass in maybe the biggest bad game of all-time? Those two are joined by Oregon and another three Power 5 interlopers.) “You just couldn’t let me go, could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. … You won’t kill

Getty Images The halfway point of the 2021 season is not in sight yet, but it’s obvious that the road to the College Football Playoff is not going to be as predictable as everyone thought. Behind juggernauts Alabama and Georgia, there’s a dozen or so teams who believe their end-of-season championship goals remain within reach,

BATON ROUGE, La. – The boos cascaded down from Tiger Stadium on Saturday night in the waning minutes of LSU’s inexplicable loss to Auburn. They began after yet another squandered LSU timeout – this one before the first play of a drive – but they represented something deeper. For LSU fans, the boos signified a

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7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The Nos. 1 and 2 college football teams in the country look stronger than ever, while three other top-10 teams lost. Our reporters try to make sense of what happened in Week 5 of the college football season and what to look forward to. The great wide divide The narrative

2:35 PM ET Associated Press Iowa is gearing up for its biggest home game since the 1980s, Cincinnati has its highest ranking in 12 years and Clemson is on the outside looking in at The Associated Press college football poll for the first time since 2014. Alabama and Georgia are the only constants during this

Getty Week 6 in college football is absolutely loaded with marquee games, including No. 4 Penn State heading on the road to battle No. 3 Iowa in the most important Big Ten game of the year. Both teams enter undefeated and coming off convincing wins over conference foes.  Elsewhere, No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 21 Texas

Much of the College Football Playoff conversation in 2021 has been dominated by the prospect of the postseason expanding. Will the playoff expand to include eight teams? Twelve teams? How soon will it get bigger? Maybe the playoff should contract before it expands. That sentence is a joke, of course. The playoff needs to add

Who’s Playing Air Force @ New Mexico Current Records: Air Force 3-1; New Mexico 2-2 What to Know The New Mexico Lobos haven’t won a game against the Air Force Falcons since Sept. 30 of 2017, but they’ll be looking to end the drought Saturday. New Mexico and Air Force will face off in a

9:30 AM ET Ole Miss visits Alabama on Saturday in what should be one of Week 5’s most exciting games. On one side, you have Lane Kiffin’s offense, led by Heisman contender Matt Corral, fresh off of a bye week and a 61-21 stomping of Tulane the week before that. On the other, you have