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4:47 PM ET ESPN News Services GREENVILLE, N.C. — No. 13 North Carolina State topped East Carolina 21-20 on Saturday after Pirates kicker Owen Daffer missed an extra point with 2:58 left and a 41-yard field goal with 5 seconds to go. The Pirates (0-1) were in position to hand the Wolfpack a surprising loss

4:29 PM ET ATLANTA — SEC commissioner Greg Sankey isn’t confident a 12-team College Football Playoff will make its debut before the 2026 season. Sankey, speaking to reporters Saturday before No. 3 Georgia‘s contest against No. 11 Oregon at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, said there is too much to do before the expanded playoff can take place

10:38 AM ET Welcome back college football, it has been too long. After a soft launch last week, the season is here and Week 1 is bringing it. On the day after the College Football Playoff board decided to expand the playoffs, there are games that will factor in CFP rankings later this season. The

9:00 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN No. 23 Cincinnati is starting redshirt senior Ben Bryant at quarterback today at No. 19 Arkansas, sources told ESPN. The game is at 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. Bryant began his career at Cincinnati where he backed up Desmond Ridder for three seasons. He then transferred to Eastern Michigan where

Sep 1, 2022 Doug KezirianESPN Close ESPN Sports Betting Analyst Host of Daily Wager Behind The Bets podcast host The college football season began in earnest this weekend and what an opening night to greet gamblers. Thursday’s two main games (Penn State over Purdue and No. 17 Pitt over West Virginia) came down to the

7:05 AM ET Before they take the field as college football players on Saturdays, some of the top recruits in the 2023 ESPN 300 rankings are playing underneath the lights on weeknights. Arch Manning‘s (ESPN 300 No. 2) senior season finally got underway on Friday night, and Peyton and Eli Manning’s nephew didn’t disappoint. The

12:38 AM ET For the second time in four years, Virginia Tech lost on the road to Old Dominion, falling Friday night 20-17. Old Dominion fans stormed the field to celebrate their second win over a Power 5 team. The first also came against the Hokies in 2018, a 49-35 victory. This was not exactly

8:30 PM ET TCU gave Oklahoma transfer Chandler Morris the starting nod at quarterback for Friday night’s season opener at Colorado. Morris, the son of former Arkansas and SMU coach Chad Morris, had competed with three-year starter Max Duggan throughout the offseason. Duggan started all 10 games he played in 2021 and made 29 starts

8:30 PM ET TCU is set to start Oklahoma transfer Chandler Morris at quarterback for Friday night’s season opener at Colorado, sources confirmed to ESPN. Morris, the son of former Arkansas and SMU coach Chad Morris, had competed with three-year starter Max Duggan throughout the offseason. Duggan started all 10 games he played in 2021

6:30 PM ET ESPN staff Tired of waiting for the commissioners to make a decision about expanding the College Football Playoff, the 11 presidents and chancellors who comprise the CFP’s board of managers took control on Friday with a unanimous vote to expand the field to 12 teams in 2026. The presidents have strongly urged

5:08 PM ET Florida A&M’s football team is at eight ineligible players for the game Sunday against Jackson State, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel, down from 26 in last week’s loss to North Carolina. Star edge rusher and 2023 NFL prospect Isaiah Land will be eligible, along with starting right tackle Cam Colvin, all-conference defensive

3:08 PM ET Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Pete Thamel The College Football Playoff’s board of managers voted Friday to expand the CFP to 12 teams in 2026, but it is encouraging the sport’s commissioners to try to implement it as soon as

8:00 AM ET Anthony OlivieriESPN.com WHEN DAN LANNING walks out onto the field at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, where his Oregon Ducks will face Kirby Smart’s Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday, it’ll be hard to forget from where he came: a $1,200-a-month job under Nick Saban just seven years ago. Lanning remembers the eyebrows that were raised when

7:57 AM ET Top-ranked Alabama kicks off its campaign Saturday as one of the biggest preseason national title favorites of the past 20 years. The Crimson Tide are around +180 to win the College Football Playoff at sportsbooks around the nation. Since 2001, only USC (+160) in 2005 and Alabama (+175) in 2018 had better

7:00 AM ET ATHENS, Ga. — One day this summer, Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett knocked on an apartment door, wearing a mock U.S. Postal Service uniform. He handed a package to a woman who answered the door. “Hey, here you go,” Bennett told her. “This place is nice.” “Excuse me, why is Stetson Bennett actually

1:30 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Finally, blessedly, the Backyard Brawl returned to college football on Thursday night. Fans saw a game to tell their grandkids about, but were also reminded of the emotion, hatred and yes — profanity-laced chants — that go hand-in-hand with this lost rivalry. Eleven years separated the most recent matchup between

11:46 PM ET ESPN News Services STILLWATER, Okla. — Spencer Sanders passed for a career-high 406 yards and accounted for six touchdowns as No. 12 Oklahoma State beat Central Michigan 58-44 on Thursday night to give Mike Gundy his 150th coaching victory. Sanders matched a career high with four touchdown passes and set a career

5:52 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — Upon further review, South Carolina’s live, crowing mascot will go back to his old name, “Sir Big Spur.” The school announced the rooster’s status Thursday, just three days after choosing “The General” as a new name due to a dispute between the old and new owners. But