NCAA Football

USATSI The final Power Five hire on the 2021 coaching carousel (so far, anyway) came in late April when Kansas hired Lance Leipold away from Buffalo after abruptly parting ways with Les Miles. A six-time Division III champion at Wisconsin-Whitewater, Leipold oversaw a complete transformation of the Buffalo program, leading the Bulls to 10 wins

South Dakota State (8-1) vs. Sam Houston State (9-0) Frisco, Texas Sunday, May 16, 2 p.m. ET, ABC South Dakota State -5, O/U 47 The spring football season is almost over. The FCS division of college football moved its season to the spring of 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. The season ends with a

7:00 AM ET The last game of a bumpy, difficult and fun-as-hell spring FCS season kicks off in Frisco, Texas, on Sunday afternoon. Top-seeded South Dakota State will meet No. 2 seed Sam Houston for the first time (2 p.m. ET on ABC and the ESPN App), and the storylines overflow. Let’s lay out everything

Incoming Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff introduced himself to the world of college sports by taking one particularly notable position. The College Football Playoff needs to be expand beyond its current four-team format, he said. ”I was not expecting to make news,” Kliavkoff told AP in a phone interview after his introductory new conference Thursday. ”But

5:54 PM ET ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said Thursday he wants a “thorough assessment” of College Football Playoff expansion before making any decisions about the current four-team format. During a conference call with reporters following the league’s virtual spring meetings, Phillips said he isn’t against expansion, but he doesn’t want to rush into making a

4:34 PM ET An independent massage therapist has been barred from Ohio State’s campus and from having any interaction with Ohio State athletics members after an independent investigation found she had engaged in inappropriate and exploitative behavior targeting members of the Buckeyes football team. The university released statements and a full report on the investigation,

1:26 PM ET George Kliavkoff, the president of entertainment and sports for MGM Resorts International, has been hired as the next commissioner of the Pac-12 Conference, a source confirmed to ESPN. Kliavkoff replaces Larry Scott, who had been the commissioner since 2009. The Pac-12 announced in January that Scott’s tenure would end in June, with

Dennis Dodd / CBS Sports The Pac-12 has finally hired a new commissioner. Let the Las Vegas jokes flow like an early-bird dinner theater set for the geriatric crowd on The Strip. Conference of champions, er, gamblers. Shrimp cocktail Fridays. Comped villas for high-roller faculty-athletic reps at league meetings. With that out of the way,

USATSI Ohio State has permanently banned an independent massage therapist — and the State of Ohio Medical Board has permanently revoked her license — after an investigation revealed that she engaged in “inappropriate and exploitative behavior” targeting members of the football team. The unnamed therapist will no longer be allowed on campus or at locations

9:00 AM ET In 2006, Joel Sebastianelli was a 12-year-old college football fanatic in the small town of Johnston, Rhode Island. And he was captivated by a record-breaking gunslinger who resided 5,068 miles away and rarely played a game that ended before midnight on the East Coast. Sebastianelli and his buddies loved playing NCAA Football

The Oklahoma Sooners and defensive coordinator Alex Grinch recently sent out their latest offer to five-star safety Sonny Styles of Pickerington, Ohio. He is rated the No. 1 safety in the 2023 recruiting class. It isn’t hard to find Styles on the field standing in at 6’4″. He plays with a punishing style as he

Getty Images Northwestern announced Wednesday that athletic director Mike Polisky is resigning after just 10 days on the job amid controversy surrounding his promotion from his prior post as deputy athletic director for external affairs. Detractors have criticized the hiring of Polisky as he is among four defendants in a lawsuit filed against the university

Mike Polisky has resigned as Northwestern’s athletic director only nine days after officially landing the job. Polisky, an employee of Northwestern’s athletic department since 2010, was promoted to athletic director on May 3. Polisky was slated to succeed Jim Phillips, who left Northwestern to become the commissioner of the ACC. But the decision from the

7:39 PM ET Associated Press Eastern Washington quarterback Eric Barriere, Sacred Heart running back Julius Chestnut and VMI receiver Jakob Herres are among the Walter Payton Award finalists highlighting The Associated Press FCS All-America team released Wednesday. The Championship Subdivision’s spring season, pushed back nearly six months because of the pandemic, will conclude Sunday with

Grading coaching hires is an inexact science in the heat of the moment, and nothing brings that to light more than going back in time to review an entire coaching carousel and see how the coaches — and our expectations — have changed over time. If you go back four years in the cycle, Tom

USATSI Former Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan, 37, has died. His father, Terry Brennan, confirmed Colt’s death to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on Tuesday. Terry Brennan told ESPN that his son attempted to check into a detox facility in California on Monday but was turned away because the facility had no beds available at the time. Colt

1:34 PM ET Notre Dame receiver Jordan Johnson announced Tuesday he is transferring to UCF. An ESPN 300 recruit in the class of 2020 and the No. 6-ranked receiver nationally, Johnson played in only two games last season and did not have a catch. When he announced his intention to transfer last week, Johnson said

A college football legend has died. Reports out of Hawaii emerged Tuesday with some horrific news: Colt Brennan has died at the age of 37. Brennan set records as the quarterback at the University of Hawaii from 2005 to 2007 before going on to a brief NFL career. Brennan’s father, Terry Brennan, confirmed the news