NCAA Football

Jul 22, 2022 Andrea Adelson Close ESPN Senior Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. David M. Hale Close ESPN Staff Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — ACC commissioner Jim Phillips spotted Louisville football coach Scott Satterfield in the

When you’re flying down the road at 120 miles an hour, sometimes your wheels get a little loose under you. And when you’re speaking at 500 words a minute, sometimes you might just let a bit of previously undisclosed information slip out. Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher closed out 2022’s version of SEC Media Days

ATLANTA — As Auburn head coach Bryan Harsin spoke, leading off the final day of SEC Media Days, a grid of the Tigers’ 2022 schedule flashed on the screen above him. Georgia awaits, as do LSU, Ole Miss, Texas A&M and, of course, Alabama. It’s a brutal schedule, and it doesn’t even include Auburn’s toughest

7:00 AM ET College football roster management has always been a rather fraught affair. Between stars weighing whether to go pro, underplayed underclassmen thinking about transferring, the forever-stressful experience of both winning key recruiting battles and keeping said battles won, everyone needing to keep their grades up and so on, projecting what a roster will

USATSI ATLANTA — Talk to some of the key contributors returning from Georgia’s national championship-winning team, and you’ll realize the window for the Bulldogs to celebrate their first title in more than four decades lasted mere nano seconds after the 33-18 win over Alabama in the College Football Playoff National Championship. “To be honest, the

ATLANTA – After 41 years, the Dawgs finally caught the car. Georgia is the defending national champion, and got there by carving through mighty Alabama. The Dawgs are on a run of five straight top-10 AP poll finishes, and are returning the quarterback who led them to the title. On the other hand, they’re not

6:45 AM ET NORMAN, Okla. — The Oklahoma Sooners are in their second week of spring practice, and the football facility is buzzing with high school football players and their families ahead of a critical recruiting weekend, but head coach Brent Venables — just three months into the job after his December hire — wants

USATSI ATLANTA — Alabama coach Nick Saban has navigated through the ever-changing landscape of college athletics plenty of times throughout his coaching career, including the rise of up-tempo offenses, the transition from the BCS to the College Football Playoff and the recruiting budgets that schools began pouring into recruiting once the SEC’s revenue exploded. Evolving

ATLANTA — Nick Saban began his session at SEC media days by lamenting the fact that when he’s on vacation, he’s the prisoner of his wife’s to-do list — sweep, mop, take out the garbage. Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin showed up for his session proudly open-collared and without a tie, even though every

6:00 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Only in times of chaos in college sports does the wonky jargon grant of rights intersect with mainstream conversation. Perhaps no factor looms larger for the future of the entire enterprise of college athletics than the consequences that come with signing — or the potential need to sign — a

The 2022 season begins with some fantastic non-conference games over the first quarter of the season. By now, you likely know about the big ones. Notre Dame and Ohio State meet in Week 1 just an hour or so after Oregon and Georgia face off. And Alabama and Texas play in Week 2, of course.

USATSI The circus known as 2022 SEC Media Days will take place on July 18-21 at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, and we know when each team will hit the stages to take questions about the 2022 season. The conference announced the dates that all 14 teams will make the rounds back

Yahoo Sports’ Dan Wetzel and Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde discuss the possibility that California Governor Gavin Newsom and the University of California system Board of Regents could potentially block UCLA’s move to the Big Ten, and debate which school would be a great backup plan if the deal does fall through. Video Transcript [BAT HITS

USATSI ATLANTA — SEC Media Days will return to the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta for just the second time in history, and there will be plenty to talk about during “talkin’ season.” The conference boasts defending national champion Georgia, national runner-up/defending SEC champion Alabama and coaching intrigue that spans from new blood

7:00 AM ET The transfer portal has gained popularity over the years and is now a resource for college football coaches to fill holes and revamp their rosters. New coaches have used the portal to quickly turn around struggling programs. Established coaches have used it to fill holes quickly while high school prospects develop. Quarterbacks

USATSI Less than 14 months from throwing his first college pass, Arch Manning has created a separate name, image and likeness category for himself — one where it’s not about how much the generational five-star quarterback can earn but whether it’s important to earn anything at all. It is a category where — at the

6:43 AM ET Arch Manning‘s commitment to Texas was the start of the Longhorns rising in ESPN’s college football recruiting class rankings. Since Manning — the nephew of former NFL quarterbacks Peyton and Eli — announced for the Longhorns on June 23, 10 prospects have joined him at Texas, four of whom are 2023 ESPN

10:25 AM ET Clemson failed to make the College Football Playoff last season, and after a string of four straight top-10 overall and top-ranked ACC classes, the Tigers fell short of both those marks during the 2022 cycle. How they perform on the field this season remains to be seen, but the Tigers have roared