6:34 PM ET New Mexico State is the biggest underdog of the college football season to date, catching 52 points in Saturday’s tester at Alabama. Some bettors have backed the Aggies to win straight up. New Mexico State is 75-1 to pull an outright upset of Alabama at sportsbook operator WynnBet, where 29 money-line bets
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2:13 PM ET Georgia got a commitment from ESPN 300 cornerback Julian Humphrey on Friday, giving the Bulldogs two commitments in the past two days from prospects previously committed to Florida. Georgia was able to flip ESPN Junior 300 wide receiver Raymond Cottrell on Thursday from Florida, and Humphrey had been committed to the Gators
7:00 AM ET STORRS, Conn. — Inside the lobby of the UConn football facility, bowl trophies shimmer inside their perfectly maintained glass cases, an ever-present reminder that there once was a time when the Huskies were not the butt of football jokes, nor the focus of endless speculation about their FBS future. As former UConn
6:00 AM ET CINCINNATI — Luke Fickell isn’t much for the stage, at least not the theatrical sort. His stage growing up was the wrestling mat, where he won 106 straight matches at St. Francis DeSales High School in Columbus, Ohio. So forgive him if he’s about style and frills the way the Wicked Witch
6:00 AM ET All but four teams are on the outside looking in at the College Football Playoff right now. Fortunately for them, the clock has not run out. There’s a path for many teams to break through — though for some it’s much less likely to happen than for others. Still, a path is
9:00 AM ET William E. Ricks We have arrived at Week 11 of this wildly entertaining college football season. The action on the field has kept spectators entertained, but the fashion coming from several teams this year has been tremendous as well. It’s Veterans Week and, in this weekend’s slate of matchups, many squads are
4:12 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Linebacker JoJo Domann, one of the top tacklers in Nebraska history, announced Thursday that his career with the Cornhuskers is over following surgery on his left hand. Domann, who made the announcement on his podcast, said he injured a finger early in the Oct. 30 game against
10:11 AM ET UConn has hired former UCLA and NFL coach Jim Mora to be its next football coach, athletic director David Benedict announced Thursday. Mora and UConn have agreed to a five-year contract in which he will make $1.5 million in the first season and could earn another $200,000 in annual performance incentives. He
11:54 AM ET Wisconsin starting running back Chez Mellusi will miss the rest of the season because of a leg injury, coach Paul Chryst said Thursday. Mellusi, who leads Wisconsin with 815 rush yards on 173 carries, left last week’s win over Rutgers with the injury to his left leg. He initially was listed as
6:00 AM ET ESPN staff Dave Aranda’s second season at Baylor has been one of turnarounds. The Bears improved from 2-7 last year to 7-2 this year, but they suffered a setback last week in a 30-28 loss to an emotional TCU team following Gary Patterson’s departure. This week provides the best measuring stick yet
6:00 AM ET Going back to their Mighty Mite football days as kids, Anthony Tedesco knew there was something different about his pal Kenny Pickett. They grew up about five minutes from the New Jersey shore, and if they weren’t splashing around in the surf during the summers at Loch Arbour or Allenhurst beaches, they
10:19 PM ET Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. — California coach Justin Wilcox said his team followed all the proper protocols before a COVID-19 outbreak that led to dozens of positive tests and the first postponement of a major college football game this season. The Golden Bears played last week at Arizona without starting quarterback Chase
8:30 PM ET Police charged Georgia linebacker Adam Anderson with felony rape on Wednesday after a 21-year-old woman accused him of raping her in a house in Athens, Georgia, on Oct. 29. Anderson voluntarily turned himself in to police on Wednesday and was being held without bond at the Athens-Clarke County Jail. Anderson has denied
6:36 PM ET The 12-team Mid-American Conference on Wednesday said it would not pursue expansion at this time “to end the speculation,” commissioner Jon Steinbrecher said. “Following analysis and evaluation by the membership, it has been determined our best interests are served in the conference remaining at 12 full member institutions,” Steinbrecher said in a
2:54 PM ET Coastal Carolina football coach Jeremy Chadwell said Wednesday he is hopeful that quarterback Grayson McCall will be able to return this season after injuring his shoulder on Oct. 28 in a 35-28 victory over Troy. In his Sun Belt Conference media call on Monday, Chadwell mentioned the possibility of McCall being out
4:25 PM ET There is “unfair pressure” on No. 5 Cincinnati to dominate teams in a way that isn’t required of Power 5 playoff contenders, American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco said in an email to ESPN on Wednesday. “There is unfair pressure on the Bearcats to get style points that P5 conference teams are
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2:31 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Scott Frost said Wednesday he had no problem taking a pay cut and firing four offensive assistants who also are friends if those moves give him more time to turn Nebraska into a winning football program again. Frost, who is 15-27 in four years and 3-7 this