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Associated Press Nov 20, 2024, 02:37 PM ET CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A former University of Virginia student pleaded guilty Wednesday to fatally shooting three football players and wounding two other students on the Charlottesville campus in 2022. Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., 25, pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated malicious

Nov 20, 2024, 10:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Lewis has been floated as a candidate to become the next head coach at Florida Atlantic, though sources told ESPN that any talk of hiring Lewis is premature. Sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday that Lewis had emerged as a

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterNov 20, 2024, 09:42 AM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — About two hours before kickoff against Michigan, Indiana fans lined The Walk, a path from Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall to Memorial Stadium that the team traverses before

Nov 20, 2024, 12:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ohio State has lost one of its top offensive linemen as it heads into the season’s final weeks. Starting center Seth McLaughlin sustained an Achilles injury in practice Tuesday and was expected to sit out the rest of the season, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Pete Thamel.

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterNov 19, 2024, 07:57 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions The committee has revealed its third set of rankings this year, and aside from BYU tumbling after a loss and Tennessee falling just outside the current playoff field,

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterNov 19, 2024, 07:22 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions Boise State moved ahead of BYU in the third installment of rankings released by the College Football Playoff selection committee on Tuesday night, putting the Broncos in position to

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNNov 19, 2024, 05:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions In its inaugural season as a member of the Big Ten, Oregon has officially clinched a spot in the conference title game — on a Tuesday. The Ducks, No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings ahead of Tuesday night’s update, appeared to have

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterNov 19, 2024, 04:11 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Colorado coach Deion Sanders, who has his team pushing for a Big 12 title and a College Football Playoff appearance, says he doesn’t intend on leaving despite talk about him

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterNov 19, 2024, 10:40 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions It was easy to wonder if there might be a little bit of a hangover this season. Mike Norvell weathered a strange, stair-stepping climb to greatness with Florida State — his Seminoles went

Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterNov 19, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Open Extended Reactions We’ve got a new national leader in stop rate this week, and it’s a defense that has done an unbelievable job this season despite losing some of

Associated Press Nov 18, 2024, 07:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Southwestern Athletic Conference has issued one-game suspensions to a total of 16 Jackson State and Alabama State players over a postgame altercation and fined both schools. The league announced Monday that seven Jackson State players and nine Alabama State players

Pete Thamel, ESPNNov 18, 2024, 07:33 PM ET Close College Football Senior Writer for ESPN. Insider for College Gameday. Charlotte fired football coach Biff Poggi on Monday. Tight ends coach/associate head coach Tim Brewster will be the interim coach for the final two games, and the school will immediately begin its search for a replacement.

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterNov 18, 2024, 09:14 PM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Open Extended Reactions Alabama completed the flip of four-star Michigan pledge Ivan Taylor on Monday night, sealing

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterNov 18, 2024, 07:40 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Louisville defensive back Tayon Holloway has been suspended indefinitely following his arrest for first-degree strangulation and fourth-degree domestic violence assault. Holloway was arrested Sunday, hours after Louisville returned home from a road

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterNov 18, 2024, 02:49 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Iowa quarterback Brendan Sullivan will miss this week’s game at Maryland and likely the rest of the regular season with an ankle injury, sources confirmed to ESPN on Monday. Cade

Pete Thamel, ESPNNov 18, 2024, 01:55 PM ET Close College Football Senior Writer for ESPN. Insider for College Gameday. Open Extended Reactions Florida Atlantic fired coach Tom Herman on Monday, the school announced, just two years into his tenure. FAU was 6-16 during Herman’s two seasons and had gone 0-6 in the AAC this year.

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterNov 18, 2024, 11:57 AM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions UMass has fired coach Don Brown, ending his second stint leading the program and the third overall, with two games to play this season. Brown went 6-28 at UMass over

Nov 18, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions What a week it was in college football: Five AP Top 25 teams lost to unranked opponents, and after No. 6 BYU’s defeat to Kansas and victories by Colorado and Arizona State, the Big 12 appears to be up for grabs. The Buffaloes and Sun Devils