Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterOct 1, 2023, 04:12 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Georgia Tech has named Kevin Sherrer as its sole defensive coordinator and demoted Andrew Thacker after slipping to 103rd nationally in points allowed. Thacker, the team’s primary defensive coordinator since 2019 under coaches
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ESPN News Services Oct 1, 2023, 02:13 PM ET Georgia’s hold on No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll loosened Sunday as the Bulldogs received a season-low 35 first-place votes out of possible 62 while extending their streak atop the rankings to 16 straight weeks. The Bulldogs needed a late touchdown to escape
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterOct 1, 2023, 02:03 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Indiana fired offensive coordinator Walt Bell on Sunday, a day after the team failed to score more than 17 points for the third time against a major conference opponent. Rod Carey, who had
Week 5 didn’t quite deliver the drama of Week 4, Notre Dame-Duke notwithstanding, but it tried. Two top-10 teams — the Georgia Bulldogs and USC Trojans — avoided road upsets, while another, the Oregon Ducks, overcame a sluggish start to romp Stanford. And while it was a bye week for some of the country’s top
Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterOct 1, 2023, 01:37 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. DURHAM, N.C. — Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman never wavered in his belief that quarterback Sam Hartman would lead the Irish to a comeback win against Duke on Saturday night. Even if
David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterOct 1, 2023, 12:20 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. DURHAM, N.C. — Duke lost Saturday’s game against Notre Dame on a 30-yard touchdown run by Audric Estime with 31 seconds to play and might have lost its starting quarterback, Riley Leonard,
David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterSep 30, 2023, 05:03 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Part of the college football world was sleeping on Kentucky more like it had just finished a second hot brown and was going into hibernation for a while. But Big Blue looks
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 30, 2023, 09:47 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Iowa starting quarterback Cade McNamara will not return to Saturday night’s game against Michigan State after suffering a left knee injury in the first half. McNamara, a transfer from Michigan, left the field
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 30, 2023, 10:26 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Tennessee wide receiver Bru McCoy was taken to a hospital after sustaining a significant leg injury in Saturday’s game against South Carolina. McCoy’s lower right leg bent awkwardly when he was tackled by
Sep 30, 2023, 09:10 PM ET Louisiana Tech linebacker Brevin Randle received an indefinite suspension after stomping on the head of UTEP offensive lineman Steven Hubbard during Friday night’s game. “Coach [Sonny] Cumbie and I met with Brevin Randle today and informed him that he has been suspended indefinitely as a result of the incident
Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterSep 30, 2023, 08:18 PM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. AUBURN, Ala. — Georgia coach Kirby Smart celebrated a come-from-behind, 27-20 win at Auburn on Saturday by throwing his visor into the stands and saluting the Bulldog fans who made the trip to
Paolo Uggetti, ESPNSep 30, 2023, 07:14 PM ET BOULDER, Colo. — For a brief moment on Saturday at Folsom Field, Caleb Williams found himself in a place he hasn’t been much over the course of the past year: on the margins of the spotlight, not in its center. After winning the Heisman Trophy last December,
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 30, 2023, 06:38 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders opened his news conference Saturday with some dark humor. “A wonderful win,” he said, before smiling. “I’m just joking.” Colorado didn’t win against No. 8
Paolo Uggetti, ESPNSep 30, 2023, 05:48 PM ET BOULDER, Colo. — After dominating the first half of Saturday’s much-anticipated matchup between USC and Colorado, the visiting Trojans saw their comfortable lead nearly evaporate in the second half as their defense once again struggled to contain a dynamic offense in a 48-41 victory over the Buffaloes.
Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterSep 29, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee TYRONE KEYS AND Johnie Cooks were the last players out of the Mississippi State locker room on the afternoon of Nov. 1, 1980. The game had been over for nearly an
Sep 30, 2023, 12:04 PM ET The hype around the Colorado Buffaloes came down to earth with a Week 4 loss to the Oregon Ducks. Now Deion Sanders and CU welcome the USC Trojans and reigning Heisman trophy winner Caleb Williams. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The Buffaloes struggled in the 42-6 loss. Shedeur Sanders was
Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterSep 30, 2023, 11:55 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Tennessee will get back starting center Cooper Mays for his first action of the season Saturday night against South Carolina, sources told ESPN. Mays missed the first four games after undergoing
Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterSep 30, 2023, 12:00 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. DURHAM, N.C. — Somewhere, deep, deep down, Riley Leonard has to know he is a pretty decent quarterback. His 13-4 record as a college starter says as much. ESPN NFL draft analyst