Associated Press Aug 15, 2023, 04:33 PM ET LAWRENCE, Kan. — The University of Kansas will begin sweeping renovations to Memorial Stadium and the Anderson Family Football Complex at the end of the football season, representing the first steps toward a new multiuse district on the edge of campus. The school said Tuesday that it
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Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterAug 15, 2023, 01:31 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Despite facing an NCAA investigation and the NCAA Committee on Infractions not approving a negotiated resolution in the case, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh told reporters on Monday that his team is as focused
Everyone wants to be known as the best at something. Anything. Being the best grill master at your house. Being the best among your friends at singing Taylor Swift karaoke at 2 a.m. Being the best player in all of college football. And when it comes to us who cover college football for a living,
Our top 100 college football players for the 2023 season list is live and as expected, Caleb Williams came in at No. 1, a position the Heisman Trophy winner held at the end of last season. But as with any ranking, not everyone is in exact agreement with how the results of our voting turned
Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterAug 14, 2023, 01:49 PM ET Eliah Drinkwitz and Missouri scored a big win off the field on Monday by securing a commitment from five-star defensive end Williams Nwaneri. Nwaneri, No. 12 overall in the 2024 ESPN 300 and the cycle’s second-best defensive end, is a product of Lee’s Summit North
Associated Press Aug 14, 2023, 12:23 PM ET Georgia will begin its drive for an unprecedented college football championship three-peat as the No. 1 team in The Associated Press preseason Top 25. The Bulldogs received 60 of 63 first-place votes in the poll released Monday to easily outpoint No. 2 Michigan, which received two first-place
Associated Press Aug 14, 2023, 01:29 PM ET AMES, Iowa — An Iowa State defensive lineman accused of wagering on his team’s games, including one where he bet against the Cyclones, has left the program, the school confirmed Monday. Isaiah Lee, who started all 12 games last season, was among the athletes charged last week
Georgia begins the 2023 college football season in the same place it finished the last two — atop the AP Top 25 poll. The two-time defending champ Bulldogs were a runaway pick for the top spot in the preseason poll. While the Bulldogs will be breaking in a new quarterback, there aren’t a lot of
Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterAug 14, 2023, 09:05 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Peyton Manning was a star both on and off the field at the University of Tennessee, and now he’s returning to his alma mater as a professor. The
Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterAug 14, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee The start of the 2023 college football season is almost here, which means it’s time to unveil ESPN’s preseason All-America team. The offense should look familiar. Six players were on our
David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterAug 14, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It was the spring of 2022, and despite how his words sounded when replayed on the local news later, Jeff Brohm was just trying to be polite. Brohm was
Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterAug 13, 2023, 07:09 AM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Austin Simmons has already completed his associate’s degree and is only two years from getting his bachelor’s. He’s a star football player, one of several elite quarterbacks in the Ole Miss Rebels‘ loaded
Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 12, 2023, 05:43 PM ET The negotiated resolution between Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh and the NCAA over alleged recruiting violations was not approved by the NCAA Committee on Infractions, sources confirmed to ESPN, which leaves the timing of Harbaugh’s expected suspension uncertain. It had been widely expected that the COI would
Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterAug 12, 2023, 05:42 PM ET LSU has been long known for its wealth of talent at various skill positions. The victory Brian Kelly scored on the recruiting trail Saturday with 2025 five-star wide receiver Dakorien Moore, a product of Duncanville High School (Texas), hits a little differently. Moore, who’s No.
Every August, returning quarterbacks around college football generate unparalleled interest, and the 2023 collection is no exception. The overall transfer market might not have popped as much as the one heading into the 2022 season, but Notre Dame‘s Sam Hartman (Wake Forest) and Kentucky‘s Devin Leary (NC State) are among the ones generating buzz entering
Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 11, 2023, 06:08 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Florida coach Billy Napier announced Friday that Wisconsin transfer Graham Mertz has won the starting quarterback job. Mertz was competing with Jack Miller throughout the spring and early part of preseason camp,
Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterAug 11, 2023, 04:26 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz told reporters Friday he is still gathering information and learning about the involvement of his players in the gambling investigations currently ongoing by the NCAA and the state of
Associated Press Aug 11, 2023, 11:38 AM ET The death of a freshman football player at Liberty University was not football-related, first-year Flames coach Jamey Chadwell said Friday. Chadwell said the team learned of the death of Tajh Boyd, 19, from Chesapeake, Virginia, on Saturday. He declined to give further details about the offensive lineman