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9:07 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN The University of Kansas and head football coach Lance Leipold have agreed to terms on a new contract that includes an extension through the 2029 season, sources told ESPN. Leipold, 58, has resuscitated the Jayhawks program in just his second season in Lawrence, leading Kansas to a 6-5 record and

7:19 PM ET Washington coach Kalen DeBoer, who has led the Huskies to a 9-2 record in his first year, has agreed to a contract extension through the 2028 season, the university announced Tuesday. The two-year extension will raise DeBoer’s salary by $1 million in 2023, and by $100,000 in each subsequent year. He will

7:34 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Ohio quarterback Kurtis Rourke, the MAC’s most prolific passer, will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury, it was announced Tuesday. Rourke suffered the injury against Ball State last week and is out for Tuesday’s game against Bowling Green. He’s being replaced by redshirt sophomore CJ Harris,

7:19 PM ET After overcoming tough games against unranked opponents, the top four teams in the College Football Playoff rankings remained the same Tuesday night, while LSU stayed one spot ahead of USC at No. 5. Georgia led off the CFP selection committee’s rankings for the third straight week, followed by Ohio State at No.

8:47 PM ET ESPN staff A two-loss team has never made the College Football Playoff, but at No. 5 this week, LSU (9-2) inched one step closer to making history. In the most notable decision from an otherwise predictable top six, the CFP selection committee deemed the Tigers a notch above one-loss USC, which is

5:08 PM ET Amid speculation he’s leaving for the Auburn head-coaching job, Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin met with his players Tuesday and assured them that he hasn’t accepted a job at any other school, sources told ESPN. Kiffin as a rule doesn’t respond to coaching rumors, but sources told ESPN that he felt as

4:51 PM ET Iowa senior tight end Sam LaPorta will miss Friday’s game against Nebraska, coach Kirk Ferentz said on Tuesday. “We don’t expect Sam to play,” Ferentz said. LaPorta left with a leg injury in the first quarter of last Saturday’s 13-10 win at Minnesota, a victory that allowed the Hawkeyes to stay in

1:47 PM ET Ohio State coach Ryan Day still has scars from last year’s loss to the Michigan Wolverines, and it has motivated the Buckeyes all season to make sure this season doesn’t end in similar fashion. “I think you’re shaped by whatever’s happened in your past, and we have scars and it motivated us

10:00 AM ET College football will be returning to video game consoles with the first version of “EA Sports College Football” launching in the summer of 2024. When it is released, it will have been more than a decade since the release of “NCAA Football ’14,” which came out ahead of the 2013 season. There

10:00 AM ET The return of EA Sports’ college football video game series now has a time of arrival: the summer of 2024. Daryl Holt, EA Sports’ vice president and general manager, told ESPN in an interview the brand is going to launch EA Sports College Football at that time because of the enormous undertaking

9:38 AM ET Just days before their high-profile rivalry game, No. 2 Ohio State is a 7.5-point favorite over No. 3 Michigan. Throughout the season, sportsbooks offer an advanced line on marquee games that generate wide betting interest. Each week, based on recent performances and other developments like injuries, oddsmakers adjust the odds. “On a

7:00 AM ET Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Week 12 was a “gut it out, just get the W” kind of week, with each of the

8:38 PM ET The Virginia–Virginia Tech football game scheduled for this Saturday has been canceled in the wake of a shooting earlier this month that left three Cavaliers players dead, the ACC announced Monday night. Wide receivers Devin Chandler and Lavel Davis Jr. and linebacker D’Sean Perry were shot and killed and running back Mike

5:00 PM ET CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Virginia Cavaliers coach Tony Elliott walked into his house around 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 13 after a full day at the football offices. He put a piece of pizza in the microwave and sat down to watch “Sunday Night Football.” Then his phone rang. On the other end, one

6:30 PM ET Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Former West Virginia athletic director Shane Lyons has landed back at Alabama as a top administrator. Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne said Monday that Lyons has been hired as executive deputy athletic director and chief operating officer. West Virginia agreed to separate with Lyons, who had led

5:25 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Attorneys asked a jury Monday to award $55 million to the widow of a former USC football player, in a landmark case accusing the NCAA of failing to protect him from repetitive head trauma that led to his death. Matthew Gee, a hard-hitting linebacker who was on

4:35 PM ET Associated Press GREELEY, Colo. — Northern Colorado announced that head coach Ed McCaffrey won’t return after two seasons that saw the Bears go 6-16. A national search begins immediately, the school said Monday. “This is never an easy decision,” director of athletics Darren Dunn said in a statement. “We appreciate all the

2:07 PM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee coach Josh Heupel declined Monday to address what kept linebacker Jeremy Banks out of the Volunteers’ loss at South Carolina. “We anticipate Jeremy being with us here this week. And as far as what transpired and those type of things, at the end of the day he was