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6:48 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt sophomore defensive end-linebacker Miles Capers will miss the season with an injured knee requiring surgery. Coach Clark Lea announced Capers’ season-ending injury Wednesday. From Sumter, South Carolina, Caper hurt a knee in practice this week. “When our teammates hurt, we hurt, and we certainly hurt for

6:21 PM ET Grant Wells will open the season as Virginia Tech‘s starting quarterback, head coach Brent Pry said Wednesday following the team’s practice. An offseason transfer from Marshall, Wells edged out another transfer, Jason Brown, along with Connor Blumrick, who started the Hokies’ bowl loss to Maryland last season. “He’s had an exceptional camp,”

4:48 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN The 11 college presidents and chancellors who make up the College Football Playoff’s Board of Managers met via Zoom on Monday and began a discussion that could reshape the future of college sports, sources told ESPN. Multiple sources told ESPN that the Board of Managers briefly discussed the possibility of

10:00 AM ET Harry Lyles Jr. Dave Wilson Close ESPN Staff Writer Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. For the first time in years, there’s nothing predictable about the Big 12. After Oklahoma‘s six-year stranglehold on the

7:00 AM ET The 2022 college football season is right around the corner, and I’m already getting excited about the talent in this 2023 NFL draft class. We have numerous potential franchise quarterbacks, elite edge rushers and more impact receivers. After taking a little time off over the summer, I got back into the tape

7:45 AM ET HOUSTON — Here’s a theory on Houston coach Dana Holgorsen: He’s so disinterested in the approval of his peers, his fans — pretty much anyone — that his lack of ego actually affords him the opportunity to do things few other coaches would dare try. Houston AD Chris Pezman considers this for

7:30 AM ET ESPN staff After an offseason spent constantly ranking and reranking college football players on NIL deals and transfer portal moves, the impending kickoff of actual football games means that the time has come to rank players on their actual football abilities. Not by unit, conference or where they might or might not

4:05 PM ET STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said Tuesday that Oklahoma and Texas “took the money and ran” in leaving the Big 12 for the SEC. “Let’s just cut to the chase. They made a choice to financially secure their athletic departments for the next 12 to 15 years,” Gundy told

4:25 PM ET Associated Press BURNABY, British Columbia — Simon Fraser will move four of its home football games across the border to Blaine, Washington, for the upcoming season due to COVID-19 entry requirements to Canada, the school announced Tuesday. Simon Fraser plays at the Division II level and is the only Canadian school that

1:33 PM ET Ohio State running back Evan Pryor will miss the season after suffering a knee injury in practice Monday, sources confirmed to ESPN. Pryor rushed for 98 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries as a true freshman for the Buckeyes last fall. He was set to back up TreVeyon Henderson and Miyan

5:30 AM ET Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Alex Scarborough Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. The more things change in college football, the more they really don’t in the SEC. Sure,

8:00 AM ET ESPN staff Despite the seismic changes that took place during college football’s offseason, the upcoming season will provide fans with a breath of familiarity. Yes, the preseason College Football Power Rankings are once again led by perennial playoff teams, Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia and Clemson. But last season’s rankings had the Spencer

6:00 AM ET College coaches love to talk about how great things are this time of year. A new season looms. Everyone is 0-0. But while they all start with the same record, they are not all equal. I’ve wanted to do a college coach ranking for some time, but I needed the right format.

9:56 PM ET NORMAN, Okla. — First-year Oklahoma coach Brent Venables said Monday that he’s been proud of his team’s resolve and focus following longtime assistant coach Cale Gundy’s sudden resignation last week and the way the players have so quickly bought into the new staff’s vision. “All things considered, they’ve handled everything great and

9:07 PM ET Texas lost two key players to season-ending injuries during Saturday’s scrimmage, Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian said Monday. Fifth-year offensive lineman Junior Angilau, who has started 34 games for the Longhorns over the past three seasons, and wide receiver Isaiah Neyor, a newcomer who transferred from Wyoming, both suffered ACL injuries, according to

4:04 PM ET The 2026 College Football Playoff national championship game will be held at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, the same site as the 2021 national title game, the CFP announced on Monday. The CFP is also expected to announce Atlanta as its host city for 2025, a source told ESPN on

1:38 PM ET Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson starting defensive end Xavier Thomas will miss up to six weeks with a foot injury suffered over the weekend. Defensive coordinator Wes Goodwin said Monday that Thomas, a 6-foot-5, 265-pound fifth-year lineman, will need surgery. Thomas hurt himself during a scrimmage Saturday and tweeted afterward: “Small

1:49 PM ET Myles Brennan, who started at quarterback for LSU early in the 2020 season but missed most of the past two seasons with injuries, will no longer play college football, the school announced Monday. Brennan had been competing with former Arizona State transfer Jayden Daniels and sophomore Garrett Nussmeier for the starting job.