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5:12 PM ET Washington has fired football coach Jimmy Lake in his second season, the school announced Sunday. “Making a head coaching change in any sport is difficult, recognizing that the decision impacts coaches, staff, student-athletes and their families,” Washington athletic director Jen Cohen said in a statement. “However, as the steward of UW Athletics,

Subscribe to The College Football Enquirer Texas… is still not back. Dan Wetzel, Pete Thamel and SI’s Pat Forde react to the plethora of pain that occurred around the college football world on Saturday. First up, the Oklahoma Sooners took their first loss of the season as the Baylor Bears have seemingly knocked them out

Through 3 Quarters The point spread is against the Utah State Aggies, but thus far the points are on their side. Three quarters in and their offense has really been able to impose its will, dominating the San Jose State Spartans 31-17 three quarters in. Utah State has been relying on QB Logan Bonner, who

One week after suffering the worst loss of his 13-year head coaching career, Florida’s Dan Mullen suffered his worst win. The collective toll of the accumulated embarrassments for Florida football has careened Mullen’s head coaching fate at Florida from a possibility of a departure to a virtual inevitability. The single-most shocking half of football this

1:52 PM ET Ohio State added five-star safety Sonny Styles to its 2023 recruiting class on Saturday, when the Ohio native announced his commitment to the Buckeyes. Styles is a 6-foot-4, 215-pound safety from Pickerington Central High School in Pickerington, Ohio, and is the No. 9 prospect overall. He’s the top safety in the class

Getty The West Virginia Mountaineers and the Kansas State Wildcats face off in a Big 12 clash on Saturday at noon ET at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. K-State is has recovered from a three-game skid to win its last three, but West Virginia lost last week to No. 10 Oklahoma State after winning in each

6:00 AM ET ESPN staff Dave Aranda’s second season at Baylor has been one of turnarounds. The Bears improved from 2-7 last year to 7-2 this year, but they suffered a setback last week in a 30-28 loss to an emotional TCU team following Gary Patterson’s departure. This week provides the best measuring stick yet

The lead story in college football this week didn’t involve any star players, epic comebacks or even a look ahead to this weekend’s big matchups. It centered on how the College Football Playoff committee decided to rank Michigan No. 6 and Michigan State No. 7 in this week’s standings even though they have identical 8-1

Jim Mora has lived a charmed football life. He’s the son of a longtime NFL coach, held marquee head coaching jobs in college and the NFL, and even worked as a football commentator for multiple networks. Since being fired at UCLA in 2017, Mora has yearned to return to coaching. That gilded football path took

Through 3 Quarters The Kent State Golden Flashes typically have all the answers at home, but the Central Michigan Chippewas are posing a tough problem. CMU has emerged as the frontrunner after three quarters and is ahead of the Golden Flashes 40-30. The Chippewas have been led by RB Lew Nichols III, who so far

11:58 AM ET Middle Tennessee will remain in Conference USA after considering an exit to the Mid-American Conference. University president Sidney McPhee said in a statement that Conference USA’s recent additions of Jacksonville State, Liberty, New Mexico State and Sam Houston State will help stabilize the league. Conference USA has lost eight current members in

Cincinnati is now No. 5. The Bearcats moved up a spot in the second edition of the College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday night. Cincy moved from No. 6 after Michigan State lost to Purdue in Week 10. The Spartans dropped from No. 3 to No. 7, a spot behind Michigan. Michigan State beat Michigan

CBS Sports Graphic The Bottom 25 Playoff race got a lot more interesting over the weekend. Both Arizona and UNLV picked up their first wins of the season, meaning no more winless teams remain at the FBS level. The Rebels went on the road and beat New Mexico by two touchdowns, while Arizona faced a

7:05 PM ET LINCOLN, Neb. — Scott Frost has not won enough games at Nebraska. He knows that. Athletic director Trev Alberts knows that. Everybody in Nebraska knows that. While a 15-27 record in four years would be enough to get a coach fired at nearly any big-time program in America, Nebraska prides itself on

Alabama rises to No. 2 in the latest AP top-25 after narrowly defeating LSU in a rather unexpected nail-biter of a game in Tuscaloosa. Now, with three game remaining in the regular season, the one-loss Crimson Tide team looks to keep the top-four spot currently held in the College Football Playoff rankings. FiveThirtyEight, a data

Getty Images Week 11 in college football features key conference battles in the Big 12, SEC West and Big Ten West. With the final month of the regular season approaching, these matchups will have major ramifications. No. 8 Oklahoma will visit No. 12 Baylor, No. 14 Texas A&M will travel to Oxford to take on

1:29 AM ET In the final three minutes of Saturday’s slugfest against Tulsa, Cincinnati had eight chances to lose a football game, and yet it won. There are two ways to tell this story. In one, Cincinnati failed miserably once more. By ranking the Bearcats sixth last week, the College Football Playoff committee sent a

It’s time to have a serious conversation about Dan Mullen’s future at Florida. Based on the team’s recent performances and comments made by Mullen in the press (particularly about recruiting), the faithful back in Gainesville were already restless about the trajectory of their program.  And then the Gators went and turned in a completely lifeless