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4:58 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Kansas has extended the contract of football coach Lance Leipold by a year, sources told ESPN. Leipold’s first season was highlighted by a win at Texas, as the Jayhawks went 2-10 and showed tangible signs of progress. Leipold was hired in late April 2021, taking over one of the most

7:30 AM ET ESPN staff After an offseason filled with coaching feuds and conference realignment, the first full slate of college football is here. The Week 1 schedule is filled with top matchups, from the defending champions going against their former defensive coordinator to a top-five showdown in Columbus, Ohio. The Backyard Brawl is officially

7:00 AM ET DAVE WANNSTEDT NEEDED his team to do some studying. The Pitt football coach was leading the 4-7 Panthers into the 2007 edition of the Backyard Brawl against No. 2 West Virginia in Morgantown as a 28.5-point underdog. But he wasn’t concerned with showing his players blitzes or screen passes. Instead, he showed

9:54 PM ET Pete Thamel Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University The College Football Playoff’s board of managers will hold a virtual meeting on Friday that could accelerate playoff expansion as early as 2024 if the 11 presidents and chancellors who comprise the sport’s

4:58 PM ET Andrea Adelson Close ESPN Senior Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. David M. Hale Close ESPN Staff Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. After an offseason filled with questions about the future of the Atlantic Coast Conference, commissioner

6:43 PM ET Vanderbilt freshmen Daniel Martin and Maurice Edwards are no longer with the program and are expected to enter the transfer portal. Commodores coach Clark Lea didn’t specify the reason for the players’ departures, but said in a statement that it’s his responsibility to ensure “a strong ecosystem” exists around the program. Neither

2:54 PM ET Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida A&M’s football team, which considered not traveling for its season opener at North Carolina last week, is openly questioning the level of financial and compliance support players are receiving from the university. Nearly 90 players penned a blistering letter to school president Larry Robinson on Sunday,

7:30 AM ET Week Zero and the Bottom 10 are a marriage made in confusing, loser heaven. Just where did Nebraska land after their Big Ten opening loss to Northwestern? And where do the annual Bottom 10 powerhouses rank in the preseason standings? Inspirational thought of the week: I can’t say that I’m sorryFor the

7:00 AM ET RALEIGH, N.C. — Ruffin McNeill steels himself before walking through the door to see his father. He has no idea whether it’s a good day or a bad day for “Pops,” but he will know soon enough. McNeill enters the nursing care facility in Lumberton, North Carolina, about an hour and a

7:00 AM ET College football is back, and talkin’ season is over. But boy, what a season of discontent it was. USC and UCLA set off another round of cataclysmic realignment discussions, announcing the plan to leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten a year after Texas and Oklahoma declared their intentions to leave the

6:02 PM ET ESPN News Services Jackson State football coach Deion Sanders on Tuesday said in an Instagram video that his program and players are now “in crisis mode” when it comes to grappling with the multiple water problems that have afflicted Mississippi’s capital city in the past week. Parts of Jackson were without running

4:57 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Embattled Nebraska coach Scott Frost said Tuesday there is no tension between him and new offensive coordinator Mark Whipple following the Cornhuskers’ season-opening loss to Northwestern in Ireland. Frost, 15-30 over five seasons, said in his remarks minutes after the 31-28 loss that the Huskers need to

4:31 PM ET Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz confirmed senior Spencer Petras will start Saturday in the Hawkeyes‘ season opener against South Dakota State. Petras and junior Alex Padilla both received snaps during spring practice and fall camp. “It’s a long evaluation and we evaluate everything to our guys, starting in January,” Ferentz said Tuesday. “Obviously

10:30 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — When Rutgers quarterback Gavin Wimsatt entered the field for the first time at Illinois last season, he’d turned 18 years old the day before. He played three high school football games earlier that fall, didn’t have his driver’s license (he still doesn’t) and arrived at Rutgers

10:35 PM ET raiza, In their first public comments since a civil lawsuit was filed last week accusing three then-San Diego State football players of gang raping a 17-year-old girl last year, athletic director John David Wicker and football coach Brady Hoke reemphasized the university’s position that its response followed guidance from local police. Speaking

7:35 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN On Friday, Florida A&M University’s football players considered not traveling to North Carolina to play their season opener in Chapel Hill. They eventually decided to play, despite 26 ineligible players, and lost to the Tar Heels, 56-24, in a game that the school earned $450,000 for playing. In the days

5:05 PM ET Auburn Tigers starting center and former Preseason All-SEC pick Nick Brahms is retiring from football after attempting to come back from knee surgery in the winter. Coach Bryan Harsin told reporters on Monday that Brahms is “officially done with football.” A sixth-year senior, Brahms was one of the most experienced linemen in

2:25 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky running back Chris Rodriguez Jr. will not play in Saturday night’s season opener against Miami of Ohio, and coach Mark Stoops expects multiple-game suspensions for the No. 20 Wildcats’ rushing leader and other players. Rodriguez pleaded guilty this summer to driving under the influence and other