NCAA Football

USATSI With the SEC (Texas and Oklahoma) and Big Ten (USC and UCLA) preparing to add two members to their respective leagues in 2024, it is apparent the old way of scheduling conference games by divisions just won’t work anymore. While the SEC recently settled on a stopgap eight-game conference slate for the 2024 season, the

Jun 8, 2023, 04:01 PM ET The Big Ten has unveiled its football schedule model for the 2024 and 2025 seasons, when the league expands to 16 members with the arrivals of UCLA and USC. All hail Flex Protect Plus! The league’s new model features no divisions and 11 protected annual games that are not

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJun 8, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. If you’ve talked to a coach or a fan or a writer or an analyst or anyone else about use of the transfer portal in college football, you’ve probably either said it or heard it: “It’s

Getty Images Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville called the current patchwork of state laws governing collegiate name, image and likeness (NIL) compensation for college athletes a “disaster” in a video released to USA Today. Tuberville, a former college football coach with stints at Ole Miss, Auburn, Texas Tech and Cincinnati, said he planned to meet with

Mark and Kym Hilinski, the parents of late Washington State QB Tyler Hilinski, have become advocates for greater awareness of mental health issues among college athletes and are channeling their energy into Hilinski’s Hope, a foundation created to bring resources to address the issues. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) Tyler Hilinski was a talented quarterback who played

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterJun 7, 2023, 07:30 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye is months away from the biggest season of his life, one filled with extra scrutiny and NFL questions, not to mention the everyday

247Sports Clemson continued its recent hot streak on the recruiting trail Tuesday with a commitment from four-star wide receiver TJ Moore. It marks the second pledge in the last 24 hours for Dabo Swinney and his staff. Five-star Sammy Brown — the No. 1 linebacker in the nation — committed to Clemson Monday evening. The

Michael Vick, Larry Fitzgerald and Terrell Suggs are among the college football stars who will be considered for induction to the Hall of Fame for the first time this year. The National Football Foundation released Monday a list of 78 players and nine coaches from major college football who are on the Hall of Fame

Former standout Tigers linebacker Bradie James could be the latest LSU Tiger to join the College Football Hall of Fame. James was among the players nominated by the National Football Foundation for the 2024 induction class on Monday. In total, 78 players and nine coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision were named to the ballot

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterJun 5, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford approached coach James Franklin in the fourth quarter of January’s Rose Bowl and implored, “Do not take me out of this game.” Franklin smiled

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJun 3, 2023, 07:40 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Ole Miss added a big piece to its passing game as wide receiver Zakhari Franklin, a two-time all-conference selection at UTSA, is set to transfer to the school. Franklin, who announced his destination

USATSI UTSA wide receiver Zakhari Franklin, the top remaining prospect available in the transfer portal, committed to Ole Miss Saturday. A four-star prospect in 247Sports’ rankings, Franklin is the 19th transfer to commit to Ole Miss and coach Lane Kiffin during the 2023 cycle.  Franklin, a two-time first-team All-Conference USA selection, received a transfer grade

USATSI The regulation — or lack therof — of name, image and likeness (NIL) compensation has been a hot topic across college football this offseason. Practically everyone has an opinion on it, including former Florida and Ohio State coach Urban Meyer, who recently joined the growing list of prominent names across the sport to set

The Big 12 is open to further expansion. As the conference’s spring meetings wrapped up in West Virginia on Friday, first-year commissioner Brett Yormark met with reporters via video conference and was clear that the Big 12 has interest in adding additional members to the league. “We have a plan,” Yormark said. “We have an

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJun 2, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. A proud, loud fan base never disappears. It just occasionally goes dormant. The college football universe went without the chestiness of fully confident, fully engaged Florida State fans for a few years. The Seminoles won the

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