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7:00 AM ET Ohio State‘s 2022 ended in dramatic heartbreak in the College Football Playoff, but immediate redemption could be on the horizon. The Buckeyes are the best team in the nation and the favorites to win the national championship, according to ESPN’s Football Power Index and the Allstate Playoff Predictor. The Buckeyes have a

8:07 PM ET ESPN 300 tight end Landen Thomas made a big announcement Monday, flipping his commitment from Georgia to Florida State. Thomas is the No. 48 prospect overall in the 2024 class, according to ESPN’s rankings, and the No. 7-ranked recruit in the state of Georgia. He’s a 6-foot-4, 225-pound tight end from Colquitt

6:14 PM ET SEATTLE — Washington isn’t dodging expectations or big goals after an 11-win season and the return of several national awards candidates. The Huskies are setting them. “Our expectations are a national championship,” quarterback Michael Penix Jr. told ESPN. “That’s what we all want, and that’s what we believe we can get. That’s

6:04 PM ET Ohio State offensive coordinator Brian Hartline was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after being involved in an all-terrain vehicle crash early Sunday morning on his property. The crash occurred at around 1:20 a.m., according to the Delaware County (Ohio) Sheriff’s Office, a day after the Buckeyes had their spring game. “Ohio State assistant

4:50 PM ET ATHENS, Ga. — The University of Georgia introduced Boom, its new 10-month-old English bulldog, as Uga XI during a pregame ceremony at Sanford Stadium prior to the Bulldogs’ spring game Saturday afternoon. The “transfer of power,” as it was described in the stadium, was completed as Uga X’s collar was taken off

6:00 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN USC quarterback Caleb Williams spent more time on the Los Angeles Coliseum field for his halftime Heisman Trophy ceremony than he did wearing a helmet and taking snaps during USC’s spring game Saturday. In his sole drive of the day, Williams picked up right where he left off last season.

6:28 PM ET Any intrigue about the Texas quarterback race was quickly put to rest on Saturday, as Quinn Ewers appeared comfortable and in command, according to coach Steve Sarkisian. “I thought Quinn was really efficient today,” Sarkisian said after Saturday’s game where Ewers completed 16 of 23 passes for 195 yards and a touchdown,

5:13 PM ET ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia took an intentional delay of game penalty on the first play of its G-Day spring game in honor of Chandler LeCroy and Devin Willock, the recruiting staff member and player who were killed in a car wreck in Athens in January. The Bulldogs only lined up with no

5:11 PM ET Virginia tailback Mike Hollins, who survived a gunshot wound to his stomach in the November shooting attack that killed three teammates — Lavel Davis Jr., D’Sean Perry and Devin Chandler — got the first touch of the Cavaliers’ spring game Saturday to a standing ovation. Hollins rushed for 7 yards up the

2:16 PM ET On the first day of the spring transfer portal window, Georgia defensive tackle Bear Alexander told ESPN that he is planning to enter his name in the portal. On3 reported the news first and Alexander became the first big name to announce his intentions to transfer in this spring period. He was

7:00 AM ET With the explosion of websites, podcasts and analysis of the NFL draft, it can be hard to go unnoticed if you’re a Power 5 player with some potential. But what if you’re a heptathlete in the Ivy League? Or a kid who played nine-man football in a town of about 500 in

7:15 AM ET ESPN staff College football‘s transfer portal is now open for the next 15 days. More than 6,000 NCAA football players have entered the portal since the beginning of the 2022 season, including 2,179 last December alone — the most of any month since the transfer portal was created in fall 2018. The

9:43 PM ET Caleb Etienne, Oklahoma State‘s starting left tackle left season, announced Friday that he will enter the transfer portal when it re-opens on Saturday. Etienne was one of two offensive players to start every game for Oklahoma State. The 6-7, 330-pound senior was a junior college transfer in 2021, starting three games while

4:36 PM ET SOUTH BEND, Ind. — When Notre Dame added record-setting transfer Sam Hartman in January, the team seemingly had found its quarterback for a potential College Football Playoff push. But Hartman’s path to the starting job is far from guaranteed because of several factors, namely an improving challenger in Tyler Buchner. Notre Dame

8:30 AM ET I’ve long advocated for college football to move beyond divisional play. It’s hard for huge conferences to feel like conferences when teams are only playing some of their cohorts twice every 12 years or so, right? And it’s frustrating when we end up with conference title games — sometimes with CFP implications

7:30 AM ET CLEMSON, S.C. — Nick Eason was lacing up a pair of cleats he’d borrowed from Clemson‘s equipment manager a few minutes before 5 a.m. when Ruke Orhorhoro first spotted his coach. It’s not that it was a shock to see Eason there. Clemson’s defensive tackles coach had been promising to run through

9:00 AM ET ESPN staff It’s that time of year when everyone’s undefeated, every team got stronger and faster, and the coaches are smiling. That’s right, it’s time for spring games, when optimism reigns and we’re all happy to get a taste of college football before the transfer portal opens up again and reshapes all

4:49 PM ET The Division I Council approved changes to the recruiting calendar on Thursday, hoping to cater to more of a work-life balance for football coaches across all divisions. The new rules were proposed by the Oversight Committee in early April and will now go into effect for FBS teams on Aug. 1. Among