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9:30 PM ET The John Madden Football Facility is coming to Cal Poly. Madden’s family and the school unveiled plans Saturday for the construction of a $30 million football building that has been in the works for a few years, prior to the NFL Hall of Famer’s death in December. He was 85. “He had

6:28 PM ET OXFORD, Miss. — Lane Kiffin has won his share of big games thanks to his explosive offenses. But on Saturday, Ole Miss‘ defense shut down No. 7 Kentucky and top NFL quarterback prospect Will Levis for a 22-19 victory at a sold-out Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, the Rebels’ first win over an AP Top-10

7:50 PM ET ESPN News Services AUBURN, Ala. — LSU defensive back Sevyn Banks, who was carted off the field after being injured on the opening kickoff against Auburn Tigers on Saturday night, was “alert and mobile” and cleared to leave the hospital after undergoing a series of tests, the school announced. Banks, who was

8:59 PM ET ESPN staff Week 5 around college football saw lots of entertaining action and teams handing out barbs on social media. 1 Related The TCU Horned Frogs dominated the No. 18 Oklahoma Sooners, and TCU’s Twitter account didn’t hold back with digs both during and after the game. Other squads such as the

5:40 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Clemson star defensive tackle Bryan Bresee will not play against No. 10 NC State on Saturday night. Bresee is missing the game because of a non-football medical issue that required bloodwork and observation this week. He received good news medically late in the week, and he’s not expected to miss

4:50 PM ET Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, appeared to injure his throwing shoulder during the second quarter of the game Saturday at Arkansas. Young threw his helmet down before entering the injury tent. He left for the locker room with seven minutes remaining in the first half. His parents left

4:13 PM ET ESPN News Services BOSTON — Louisville quarterback Malik Cunningham left with an injury in the second half, missing the Cardinals’ final two drives in a 34-33 loss to Boston College on Saturday. After a third-quarter possession, Cunningham visited Louisville’s medical tent following a hit to the head. He came back for two

2:01 PM ET Oklahoma quarterback Dillon Gabriel is out of the game after taking a blow to the head on a slide in the second quarter of the Sooners’ matchup against TCU. With Oklahoma trailing 34-10 on Saturday, Gabriel ran around the left end, slid feet-first and was hit hard by TCU linebacker Jamoi Hodge,

9:20 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Purdue‘s Aidan O’Connell, one of the top quarterbacks in college football, has returned to action against Minnesota on Saturday after missing last week’s game with an upper-body injury, sources told ESPN. O’Connell, who was listed as a game-time decision for Saturday’s game, got the start. He missed last week’s game

9:45 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Boston College‘s offensive line, one of the most snakebit position groups in college football, is enduring another setback. Starting left guard Finn Dirstine has been ruled out against Louisville on Saturday with an upper-body injury. Boston College will be down three players who were expected starters on the offensive line

10:12 AM ET South Carolina hosts one of college football’s biggest matchups in Week 5, as the No. 10 NC State Wolfpack will face the No. 5 Clemson Tigers (7:30 pm ET on ABC). It is the first time the schools will meet as AP top-10 teams. NC State has momentum entering the interstate battle.

9:38 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers continues to ramp up his recovery from a shoulder injury with the notion of returning for next week’s game against rival Oklahoma, sources told ESPN. Ewers has dressed for the Longhorns’ past two games but is not expected to play against West Virginia on Saturday, sources

9:40 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN No. 3 Ohio State will be without star wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba against Rutgers on Saturday, sources told ESPN. Smith-Njigba has been dealing with a lingering hamstring issue, and the Buckeyes’ staff has been treating the injury with an abundance of caution to make sure he’s healthy for the finishing

7:15 AM ET Before they take the field as college football players on Saturdays, some of the top recruits in the 2023 ESPN 300 are playing underneath the lights on weeknights. Arch Manning added to the Manning family record book on Friday during Isidore Newman School (Louisiana)’s 52-22 victory over Pearl River High School. The

3:38 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN PASADENA, CA. — For UCLA head coach Chip Kelly and quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, it felt like a night five years in the making. Or as Thompson-Robinson noted postgame, it was a performance to, at the very least, quiet the noise he’d been hearing the past week. “I’m reading through all

1:42 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN UCF‘s home game against SMU in Orlando, Florida, has changed dates for a second time because of the damage caused by Hurricane Ian this week. The Knights will now host the Mustangs on Wednesday (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2), the schools announced. The game had originally been pushed back from Saturday

1:17 PM ET Congress has allowed another layer of legal antitrust protection related to college athletics to expire this Friday. The law, which is officially removed at the end of the day Friday, previously granted an exemption to Ivy League schools that allowed them to prohibit merit-based scholarships to all students, including their athletes. Without

6:30 AM ET Let’s talk about the conference double dip: two teams in the playoff, much to the chagrin of everyone else. It’s a feat that has happened only twice in the eight previous years of the College Football Playoff era, but it’s a scenario we’re already barreling toward in 2022. The caveat this time: