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4:12 PM ET Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa‘s defense came up with two second-half safeties, and the Hawkeyes opened the season with a 7-3 win over South Dakota State on Saturday. Neither team could do much offensively. Iowa finished with 166 yards of offense, while South Dakota State had 120. The two teams

12:45 AM ET To endure an offseason as a college football fan is to live within an ecosystem of daily panic, near constant tumult and, on the plus side, the occasional heated debate over what to name a chicken. These are fraught times for the sport, when each day brings the possibility of a star

10:13 PM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State leading receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, a potential Heisman Trophy contender, took a hit in the first quarter that popped his helmet off, and he is not expected to return to the game, according to ESPN reporter Holly Rowe. The hit occurred on the first play of Ohio State’s

8:27 PM ET ATLANTA — Defending national champion Georgia might have lost 15 players to the NFL draft, but the No. 3 Bulldogs looked just fine in the first game of their title defense, blasting No. 11 Oregon 49-3 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday. Even after losing five defensive players in the first round, including

5:02 PM ET ESPN News Services BOONE, N.C. — Drake Maye is looking like the real deal. North Carolina’s redshirt freshman quarterback continued his torrid start to the season, throwing for 352 yards and combining for five touchdowns as the Tar Heels outlasted Appalachian State 63-61 on Saturday — despite surrendering 40 points to the

4:49 PM ET ANN ARBOR, Michigan — After Michigan‘s 51-7 win over Colorado State, Cade McNamara said he wasn’t expecting to be in a quarterback battle with sophomore J.J. McCarthy to start this season. Jim Harbaugh announced prior to the first game that the two would battle for the starting spot with McNamara starting the

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