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10:24 AM ET Everything is bigger in Texas, including the College Football Playoff race and the “College GameDay” stop in Austin, Texas, where the TCU Horned Frogs will face the Texas Longhorns on Saturday night (7:30 ET, ABC). In the latest playoff rankings, the Horned Frogs rose to No. 4. Undefeated TCU’s rise to CFP

8:50 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Ohio State will again be without star tailback TreVeyon Henderson against Indiana as he deals with a lingering foot injury, it was announced Saturday. Henderson missed Ohio State’s game against Rutgers on Oct. 1 and also sat out last week at Northwestern. His status will be watched closely as Ohio

8:30 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN AUSTIN — TCU wide receiver Quentin Johnston looms as a game-time decision for the No. 4 Horned Frogs at No. 18 Texas on Saturday night, sources told ESPN. Johnston injured his ankle on TCU’s first possession at Texas Tech last week. He was limited in practice this week, according to

11:38 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN USC starting running back Travis Dye was carted off the field during the Trojans’ game against Colorado on Friday night with an apparent lower leg injury. Dye’s left leg appeared to get twisted underneath him in the second quarter as he was tackled by Colorado defenders on a carry. Dye

7:00 AM ET “You saved his life.” Those were not the words Mike Pereira expected to hear as he strode out onto the playing field of the Rochester (New York) Redwings minor league ballpark during the summer of 2019. The man who once officiated an NFL postseason game and has spent the last decade-plus on

7:00 AM ET Another very frustrating week was THIS close to being a good one. You don’t want to hear it and I’m with you. The segment is called Winners. Couple of 4-6 weeks have eaten into the record. Really could have gotten aggressive because there are a LOT that fit the criteria — but

1:17 AM ET Florida received some big news off the field ahead of its matchup against South Carolina on Saturday. Jaden Rashada, ESPN’s No. 7-rated quarterback in the 2023 class, announced on social media that he is backing out of his commitment to Miami and picking the Gators instead. As part of the post, Rashada

7:16 PM ET Tennessee safety Jaylen McCollough, charged with felony aggravated assault stemming from an October arrest, had his case sent to a grand jury after appearing in court Thursday. Knox County Judge Andrew Jackson VI denied a request by McCollough’s attorney, Chloe Akers, to dismiss the case based on the grounds of self-defense and

6:21 PM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Nick Saban is frustrated that his football team has lost two games by four points, with both defeats coming on the last play of the game. Tennessee ended a 15-game losing streak to the Crimson Tide when Chase McGrath kicked a 40-yard field goal for a 52-49 victory as

3:29 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN USC head coach Lincoln Riley said Thursday that he expects star wide receiver Jordan Addison to play in Friday night’s game against Colorado after missing the last two games with an unspecified, lower body injury. Addison, who has 39 receptions for 585 yards and seven touchdowns this season, suffered the

2:45 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — Conference USA’s new media rights deal with ESPN and CBS will include midweek football games throughout October as the league tries to increase visibility similarly to the way the Mid-American Conference has by playing on Tuesdays and Wednesdays late in the season. The multiyear deal announced Thursday starts

12:02 PM ET Nebraska starting quarterback Casey Thompson will be out Saturday at No. 3 Michigan because of an injury to his throwing arm. Cornhuskers interim coach Mickey Joseph confirmed Thursday that Thompson will miss his second straight game. He suffered the injury, which affects his ability to grip the ball, in the second quarter

9:00 AM ET ESPN staff Drama highlighted a Week 10 of college football, and while Week 11’s slate doesn’t quite provide the firepower of two top-10 matchups and Clemson’s trip to Notre Dame, there’s still plenty on the line. If Alabama wants to keep any hope alive to make the SEC title game, it will

7:00 AM ET CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — If genetics had been a bit more kind to him, Drake Maye might still be playing basketball but, “I was the runt of the family,” he said. His brothers, Luke and Cole, had a few years on him, and Beau, though only older by a year-and-a-half, grew quickly,

7:48 PM ET If the College Football Playoff is going to expand to 12 teams as early as the 2024 season, everyone involved in the existing 12-year contract must unanimously agree to changing the terms, and the CFP and the Rose Bowl are still negotiating the historic game’s role in the new model, a top

1:16 PM ET Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois offensive coordinator Barry Lunney Jr. has agreed to a one-year contract extension through the 2025 season, the school announced Wednesday. Lunney, who is earning $675,000 this year, will be paid $800,000 in 2023 and $825,000 each of the following two years. Coach Bret Bielema in January

1:00 PM ET Coastal Carolina quarterback Grayson McCall, one of the most accomplished players in the Group of 5, will miss the rest of the regular season recovering from a foot injury, the school announced on Wednesday. The school said the timeline for McCall’s return is 3-6 weeks, which rules out the team’s three remaining

7:00 AM ET Like many of the state’s most colorful tales, the story of Texas’ Big Bertha and a decades-long rivalry over the biggest drums in college football began with the bravado of a wealthy oilman. In 1954, Longhorn Band benefactor Col. D. Harold “Dry Hole” Byrd, a man who had earned an unfortunate nickname