12:42 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Notre Dame quarterback Tyler Buchner intends to enter the NCAA transfer portal, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. Buchner’s imminent entrance to the portal will make him the most accomplished quarterback to enter in the spring period, and there is expected to be a strong market for his services. He enters
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9:00 AM ET ESPN staff Most of college football’s biggest spring games have come and gone, and now it’s time to flash forward to August and the upcoming season. Two of the biggest questions as the summer approaches: Which offense will be the most explosive, and which players will be behind that production? We’ve already
6:30 AM ET Make no mistake about it, the college football transfer portal is NFL free agency at the NCAA level. In the spring portal window, there are top-commodity names with proven production such as Georgia DT Bear Alexander. The freshman standout and former top-60 recruit is highly identifiable, and as he told ESPN’s Tom
8:02 PM ET Former Texas wide receiver Brenen Thompson announced Monday that he is transferring to rival Oklahoma. The speedy receiver entered the transfer portal April 15, when the spring transfer window opened, and decided to leave the Longhorns program. He was an ESPN 300 recruit in the 2022 class, ranked No. 143 overall, out
12:10 PM ET Four Colorado players entered the transfer portal Monday, including starters Montana Lemonious-Craig at wide receiver and Tyrin Taylor at safety, the latest developments for a reshaped roster under new coach Deion Sanders. Lemonious-Craig started all 12 games last season and shined in Saturday’s spring game, recording 168 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
8:23 PM ET USC added a big piece to its future defense Sunday, when Georgia defensive line transfer Bear Alexander committed to the Trojans. USC coach Lincoln Riley and defensive coordinator Alex Grinch were after Alexander as soon as they could be within the rules of the transfer portal, and it didn’t take long for
3:25 AM ET Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes was hospitalized Saturday night following a “medical event” while attending an awards ceremony at Fresno State, his alma mater, the Beavers announced. Barnes, who played basketball at Fresno State, was at the school to receive an award. Oregon State in a statement did not specify Barnes’
7:11 PM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Jalen Milroe and Ty Simpson, the two Alabama players vying to replace Bryce Young as starting quarterback, struggled during the Crimson Tide’s annual A-Day scrimmage on Saturday, throwing a combined three interceptions while completing fewer than half of their passes. Milroe, a redshirt sophomore and Young’s primary backup last
6:33 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN A year after having fewer than 2,000 people in attendance for the annual Colorado spring game, the Deion Sanders era began in earnest Saturday as over 45,000 people packed into Folsom Field for this year’s version of the black and gold game. Near-freezing temperatures and snow did not stop the
12:26 AM ET Associated Press New Mexico State athletic director Mario Moccia signed a five-year contract extension earlier this month, on the same day his boss and a staunch defender, chancellor Dan Arvizu, stepped down nearly three months earlier than scheduled. Moccia oversees a basketball program with former players who are suing the school’s board
5:21 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — It took a long time for Frank Solich to put aside the bitterness he felt toward Nebraska following his controversial firing. Twenty years and some prodding by athletic director Trev Alberts later, Solich was back at Memorial Stadium on Friday to begin a weekend of events honoring
3:32 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Notre Dame wide receiver Lorenzo Styles has entered the NCAA transfer portal, ESPN has learned. Styles entered the portal Friday, and a source told ESPN that he will seek a position switch to defensive back at his new school. He experimented at cornerback this spring and had planned to play
4:44 PM ET Cornerback Storm Duck has entered the transfer portal for the second time in five months. Duck had played four seasons at North Carolina, earning second-team All-ACC honors in the 2022 season. He entered the transfer portal during the winter window and transferred to Penn State. He played in all 12 games this
3:06 PM ET The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel on Friday approved a rule change for 2023 that will allow the clock to run after first downs in all divisions except Division III, the NCAA announced on Friday. The clock will continue to stop during the final two minutes of each half, maintaining at least
9:00 AM ET The American Athletic Association replaced quality with quantity. It will take a while to figure out if that was the right move. Easily the most consistently strong of the conferences known (to AAC commissioner Mike Aresco’s annoyance) as college football’s mid-major Group of 5, the AAC lost Cincinnati, Houston and UCF —
8:00 AM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama coach Nick Saban sits comfortably in his office, a room filled with tangible memories spanning decades of coaching. Sparkling national championship rings, SEC and College Football Playoff footballs, pictures from the White House — spoils from the lasting legacy Saban has built since arriving at Alabama in 2007.
8:07 PM ET CORVALLIS, Ore. — DJ Uiagalelei picked Oregon State as his transfer destination, sight unseen, primarily because of an NFL-style offense that puts great responsibility on its quarterbacks. Despite the demanding scheme, Uiagalelei, who started most of the past two seasons at Clemson, has felt even more liberated on the practice field this
1:10 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska coach Matt Rhule has quickly endeared himself to one of the nation’s most ardent fan bases in the five months since his hiring. Rhule has yet to coach his first game for the Cornhuskers, though, and the true test of his popularity will come in a