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With the SEC expanding to 16 teams for the 2024 season, when Texas and Oklahoma officially join the conference, there has been much debate over the schedule format, specifically whether to continue playing eight league games or instead play nine. The league finally made a decision at its spring meetings, sticking with an eight-game format

Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterJun 1, 2023, 05:59 PM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. The SEC won’t be moving to a 9-game conference schedule after all. But it will be going forward in 2024 without divisions. Commissioner Greg Sankey told reporters on Thursday that the league has

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterJun 1, 2023, 05:43 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said on Thursday that a mistake was made during the vetting process in the recent hire of Bo Schembechler’s son, who resigned last month following offensive social media activity.

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJun 1, 2023, 10:20 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Iowa has named Beth Goetz, its deputy athletic director and chief operating officer, as interim athletics director beginning Aug. 1, when longtime AD Gary Barta will begin his retirement. Goetz, the former athletic

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

Associated Press May 31, 2023, 08:01 PM ET SAN DIEGO — The organization that runs the Holiday Bowl is suing the Pac-12 Conference and the University of California Regents because UCLA backed out of the 2021 game citing COVID-19 concerns. The San Diego Bowl Game Association is seeking a minimum of $3 million in compensatory

Associated Press May 31, 2023, 08:39 PM ET DESTIN, Fla. — When Texas does join the Southeastern Conference next year, the Longhorns prefer to play as many league games as possible and Texas A&M every year. “For where we’re at, and having Oklahoma at a neutral site, I prefer more games,” Texas athletic director Chris

Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderMay 31, 2023, 03:58 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Florida Atlantic junior guards Johnell Davis and Alijah Martin — catalysts of the Owls’ 2023 Final Four run — told ESPN they are withdrawing from the NBA draft and returning to FAU to anchor a

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterMay 31, 2023, 02:01 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University With less than 100 days until the start of the college football season, the bulk of the September schedule has been finalized, as ESPN on Wednesday announced the dates and times for the

We’re less than 100 days away from the start of the 2023 college football season, and the full September schedule is being released. So we’re gearing up for what the first month of the campaign will have to offer. Our reporters break down must-see games for September, identify newcomers to watch and address questions that

Associated Press May 30, 2023, 09:41 PM ET DESTIN, Fla. — Kirby Smart sounded ready to be done with the Southeastern Conference’s great schedule debate. “The most overrated conversation in the world,” the Georgia coach said Tuesday. As is tradition, the Southeastern Conference took over a resort hotel on the Florida Gulf Coast for its

Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterMay 30, 2023, 03:02 PM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. DESTIN, Fla. — While college football coaches bemoan the prevalence of tampering when it comes to the transfer portal, Florida‘s Billy Napier acknowledged the driving force behind rule-bending in recruiting, telling reporters on

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMay 30, 2023, 03:34 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Texas is hiring former Wisconsin and Pitt coach Paul Chryst as a special assistant to head coach Steve Sarkisian, a team official confirmed to ESPN. Chryst will work with the offense in a

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNMay 30, 2023, 03:15 PM ET Longtime college and NFL defensive coach Bill McGovern, who worked as UCLA‘s defensive coordinator last season, died after being diagnosed with cancer, the school announced Tuesday. He was 60. “Early this morning we said goodbye to our beloved father and husband Bill after his long and difficult

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMay 30, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. CORVALLIS, Ore. — DJ Uiagalelei walked to the back of Oregon State’s media room, looking for an off-switch to stop the music still blaring from a photo shoot with visiting recruits. After a

Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterMay 29, 2023, 08:27 PM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. DESTIN, Fla. — SEC commissioner Greg Sankey wouldn’t say for certain whether the league would vote at its spring meetings this week on whether to use an eight- or nine-game conference schedule in

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterMay 29, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. ROUND ROCK, Texas — Sean Hill grew up following his heart like so many Texans, dreaming of coaching a high

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMay 27, 2023, 11:54 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Shilo Sanders‘ long-anticipated transfer to Colorado is set, as the Jackson State safety will join his father and brother with the Buffaloes. Sanders, the son of Colorado coach Deion Sanders and younger brother