NCAA Football

Associated Press Oct 6, 2024, 02:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions It was a week of upheaval in The Associated Press college football poll, with Texas returning to No. 1 on Sunday after a one-week absence following Vanderbilt‘s monumental upset of Alabama. The Commodores’ win as more than three-touchdown underdogs caused the Crimson Tide to

Next week’s slate of college football games could shake up the top 10 of the US LBM Coaches and AP Top 25 polls. Several monumental games will feature ranked teams including Penn State at USC, Ohio State at Oregon and the Red River Rivalry of Texas-Oklahoma. Even Ole Miss-LSU could catapult the winner into the

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterOct 5, 2024, 12:50 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions NC State quarterback Grayson McCall was carted off the field after taking a hit to the head following an interception in the first quarter Saturday against Wake Forest.

As the college football calendar turns to October, nonconference games are mostly over and league matchups litter the Saturday schedule during Week 6 of the 2024 regular season. Though there’s only one game on the docket pitting two ranked teams against one another (No. 9 Missouri at No. 21 Texas A&M), it’s part of a

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterOct 4, 2024, 07:45 AM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Open Extended Reactions STILLWATER, Okla. — In the 60 years since Lou Watkins graduated from Oklahoma State,

Delaware cleared the bench in last week’s 49-0 rout of Sacred Heart. Four quarterbacks played, 12 Blue Hens caught passes, nine carried the football and 23 made tackles. Regulars may be needed a little longer Saturday in a 1 p.m. game at Monmouth, where Delaware must contend with the most explosive offense in the NCAA

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterOct 3, 2024, 09:15 AM ET Close Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions BERKELEY, Calif. — Miles Goodman, a first-year grad student at UC Berkeley, had no idea the chain of events he was about to set off when he opened his photo-editing

The Illinois football team is sitting pretty on its bye week, nationally ranked and well on its way to a second bowl bid in three seasons. The Fighting Illini are 4-1 and ranked No. 25 in the US LBM Coaches Poll this week and No. 24 by The Associated Press. When returning from the bye

Oct 1, 2024, 07:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Texas State‘s talks with the Mountain West Conference have stalled, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Tuesday. The school, in fact, has informed the Sun Belt Conference that it won’t be going to the Mountain West after Texas State received a verbal offer over the weekend.

Georgia football doesn’t lose often under Kirby Smart and when it does, the Bulldogs usually have ample time to process it. Saturday’s game against Auburn in Sanford Stadium will be the quickest turnaround from a loss for Georgia since a double-overtime home shocker against South Carolina in mid-October 2019. The last two regular season losses

Pete Thamel, ESPNSep 30, 2024, 11:38 PM ET Close College Football Senior Writer for ESPN. Insider for College Gameday. Open Extended Reactions The Mountain West is in deep discussions about adding UTEP as a full member, sources told ESPN, and there’s mutual interest between the sides. A deal has yet to be finalized, per ESPN

Utah State linebacker Jadon Pearson (39) runs to make the tackle during an NCAA football game on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024 in Logan, Utah. | Tyler Tate No one would blame Utah State football if morale was low right now. A 1-3 start to the season is far from what internal hopes were, after key

Sep 30, 2024, 08:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions On the heels of a weekend that brought more big developments than any other so far this season, the College Football Power Rankings have been shaken up accordingly. In a game fans won’t forget anytime soon, Alabama and Georgia put on a show that had us

With five games under its belt, Florida State football has fallen into an abyss. Each of FSU’s four losses has been unsettling to watch, the latest a 42-16 loss to SMU on Saturday. “Obviously, very disappointed on our end,” FSU coach Mike Norvell, said Saturday. “The things coming into the game, (we) had a lot

Associated Press Sep 29, 2024, 02:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Alabama returned to No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in two years Sunday following its dizzying victory over Georgia, making this 16 of 17 seasons the Crimson Tide has held the top spot at some point. UNLV,

The Oregon Ducks ushered in their Big Ten era with a strong win late on Saturday night against the UCLA Bruins. The Ducks came out hot against the Bruins, and although it took them a second to get things going again in the second half, Oregon’s fourth game of the season was a dominant, 34-13,

Pete Thamel, ESPNSep 28, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Close College Football Senior Writer for ESPN. Insider for College Gameday. Open Extended Reactions Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers is not expected to play against Mississippi State on Saturday, per sources, as the Longhorns staff is expected to sit him out in order for him to be fully

College football has the tendency year after year to deliver surprising storylines — and teams — through the first couple weeks of the season. And through the first third of the 2024 college football season, one of those has been Jake Retzlaff and BYU. The redshirt junior quarterback, the first Jewish starting quarterback in program