12:59 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne said Wednesday he doesn’t expect the SEC to further expand “in the short term” while speaking at the Sports Business Journal Learfield Intercollegiate Athletics Forum. “I sure think so,” Byrne said when he was asked if the conference is done adding more teams. “I can
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11:53 AM ET Jeff Brohm is going back home, as he and Louisville are finalizing a deal to make him the Cardinals’ next head football coach, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Brohm has been the head coach at Purdue the past six seasons and guided the Boilermakers to the Big Ten championship game this season.
10:00 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN TCU has agreed to a new contract with coach Sonny Dykes, sources told ESPN, rewarding him for the jolt of adrenaline he delivered to the program that has culminated with the program’s first College Football Playoff appearance. Dykes’ contract has been extended a year through 2028, according to sources, who
7:00 AM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — On the back wall of Gus’ Good Times Deli, an iconic eatery on the University of Tennessee campus, hangs an oversized banner that has been in place for at least two decades and serves as a stark reminder to the rest of the college football world. And while the
10:45 PM ET Jim Leonhard will not return to the Wisconsin staff next season, he announced on social media Tuesday night. Leonhard, 40, was the Badgers’ interim coach for the final seven regular-season games, after Wisconsin’s surprising decision to fire coach Paul Chryst on Oct. 2. He will serve as Wisconsin’s defensive coordinator for the
7:00 PM ET Texas A&M running back Devon Achane has declared his intention to enter the 2023 NFL draft, he announced Tuesday on Instagram. Achane, a junior, is rated as the No. 3 draft-eligible running back for 2023 by ESPN’s Mel Kiper and Todd McShay, and Scouts Inc. lists him as the No. 48 overall
5:24 PM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee UNLV has hired Arkansas defensive coordinator Barry Odom to be its next head coach, the school
4:53 PM ET Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — TCU offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Garrett Riley is the winner of the Broyles Award as the top assistant football coach in the nation, the Frank and Barbara Broyles Foundation announced Tuesday. Riley coached Heisman Trophy finalist Max Duggan and coordinated the top offense in the
12:50 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN West Virginia quarterback JT Daniels is again in search of a new home. Sources told ESPN that Daniels intends to enter the NCAA transfer portal, which would lead him to his fourth collegiate stop after playing at USC and Georgia earlier in his career. He has gone 17-12 as a
10:30 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Arkansas junior linebacker Drew Sanders told ESPN on Tuesday that he’ll be entering the NFL draft. Sanders projects as one of the draft’s top linebacker prospects, as he’s No. 17 overall on Mel Kiper’s Big Board and ranks as Kiper’s top-ranked inside linebacker prospect. Sanders told ESPN that he will
9:09 AM ET The University of Virginia has awarded posthumous degrees to honor Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry, who were shot and killed last month. Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Programs Rachel Most, who served as dean for all three players in the College of Arts & Sciences, made the request. Chandler
9:00 AM ET Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee David M. Hale Close ESPN Staff Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. There’s no truth to the rumor that Shane Beamer will perform the opening coin
7:05 PM ET Ohio State Buckeyes offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson has finalized a five-year deal to be Tulsa‘s next head football coach, a source told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Monday. Wilson, 61, spent five seasons on Ohio State’s staff and helped establish the Buckeyes as an offensive powerhouse during his tenure. He served as Indiana’s
9:00 PM ET Offensive tackle Tommy Brockermeyer, the No. 2 prospect in the 2021 ESPN 300, was among the Alabama players who entered the transfer portal on Monday. Despite being the No. 1 offensive tackle prospect in that recruiting class, Brockermeyer was redshirted as a freshman and played sparingly in 2022. His twin brother, James
6:48 PM ET Citing a season that “fell short” of the goal of winning a national championship, LSU standout receiver Kayshon Boutte said Monday he will return for his senior year. ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay both had Boutte as their fifth-ranked draft-eligible receiver. pic.twitter.com/nkQelga7bK — Kayshon Boutte (@KayshonBoutte1) December 5, 2022 Boutte
6:48 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Georgia’s Stetson Bennett, USC’s Caleb Williams, TCU’s Max Duggan and Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud were announced Monday as the Heisman Trophy finalists. The four quarterbacks, who play for four of the top 10 teams this season, including three that will play in the College Football Playoff, will be in New
7:26 PM ET Kent State head coach Sean Lewis is leaving to be Deion Sanders’ offensive coordinator at Colorado, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Monday. Lewis was one of the top candidates for the head-coaching job at Cincinnati until Louisville‘s Scott Satterfield emerged late and claimed the role, and Lewis’ next stop was expected
2:02 PM ET Oregon is set to hire Will Stein as offensive coordinator, replacing Kenny Dillingham, who left to become head coach at Arizona State, sources confirmed to ESPN. Stein, 33, served one season as UTSA‘s co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach after two seasons as the Roadrunners’ passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach. The