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10:39 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN New Mexico has found a starting quarterback. A source told ESPN on Monday that the school will start Kansas transfer Miles Kendrick. The Lobos open the season against Maine on Sept. 3 and then have a high-profile home date with Boise State the following Friday night. Kendrick, a senior transfer,

8:35 AM ET Louisiana Tech has informed Matthew Downing that he’ll be the Bulldogs’ starting quarterback this season, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Downing is entering his first season at Louisiana Tech after transferring from TCU this past December. The redshirt junior will quarterback what is expected to be a fast-paced offense under first-year coach

8:00 AM ET When Virginia coach Tony Elliott walked into ACC media day last month, his shoes commanded immediate attention. On one side of his personalized Nikes, Elliott has the names of his wife, Tamika, and their children, A.J. and Ace. On the other side, he has a Clemson jersey, where he played from 1999

7:00 AM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The 2022 college football season kicks off Saturday with 11 FBS games

10:53 PM ET USC says it is not standing in the way of former wide receiver Bru McCoy‘s quest to become eligible for the 2022 season at Tennessee. In a statement released Sunday, USC said it has promptly responded to every request from Tennessee related to McCoy’s eligibility. McCoy, an ESPN top-30 recruit in 2019,

7:15 PM ET Texas Tech has named senior Tyler Shough its starting quarterback for the Red Raiders’ season opener on Sept. 3 against Murray State, coach Joey McGuire announced on Sunday. Shough won the job last season after transferring from Oregon, but broke his collarbone in the fourth game of the year, the Big 12

4:43 PM ET UCF has named Ole Miss transfer John Rhys Plumlee its starting quarterback, coach Gus Malzahn announced Sunday. “Excited to announce @PlumleeJohn as our starting quarterback! #ChargeOn,” Malzahn tweeted. He won a competition with sophomore Mikey Keene and freshman Thomas Castellanos to earn the job. Plumlee played wide receiver fulltime for the Rebels

6:45 AM ET Last October, in a room underneath McLane Stadium, Baylor football coach Dave Aranda took to the podium after a 31-24 win over Texas. While a win over the Longhorns is always cause for celebration among the green and gold faithful, Aranda didn’t exult. He might not have even cracked a smile. That’s

7:00 AM ET It’s time. In less than a week, we will have actual college football games to watch for the first time in more than seven months. The longest offseason in the world is coming to an end. We’ve written and read all the previews and profiles. We’ve debated all the debates. Now there’s

8:10 PM ET Texas Tech surprised Patrick Mahomes on Saturday with an announcement that the Red Raiders would be inducting him into the school’s Ring of Honor this season. After the Kansas City Chiefs‘ preseason game against the Washington Commanders, Mahomes was asked to return to the field. He was greeted by a video announcement

3:55 PM ET There is mounting momentum among SEC schools to go from eight conference games to nine in football once Oklahoma and Texas join the league, sources told ESPN. The league’s athletic directors held their regularly scheduled meeting earlier this week. Administrators and coaches from multiple schools in the league said the feeling now

9:00 AM ET The last matchup of the series was one of the best. North Dakota State took a 20-14 lead over James Madison early in the fourth quarter in December’s FCS semifinals, then held on for dear life as the Dukes charged back late. Destin Talbert picked off a Cole Johnson pass in the

9:23 PM ET COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Jimbo Fisher feels the best he has about the trajectory of Texas A&M’s football program, and he’s ready for the story to become what the Aggies do on the field and not his offseason spat with former boss Nick Saban. “We’re talented and have established that we can

5:43 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Urban Meyer is returning to Fox’s “Big Noon Saturday” college football pregame show after his NFL coaching career lasted less than one full season. Fox announced Friday that Meyer would rejoin the show he was part of in its first two seasons. After resigning as Ohio State’s

2:03 PM ET The Texas Longhorns have named Quinn Ewers, the heralded recruit who began his college career early at Ohio State to capitalize on name, image and likeness opportunities before transferring back to his home state, as their starting quarterback. Ewers, who is from Southlake, Texas, had been competing for the job with Hudson

9:17 AM ET Nebraska has named Casey Thompson, a transfer from Texas, as its starting quarterback for next week’s season opener against Northwestern in Dublin, Ireland. Coach Scott Frost, speaking Thursday night on his radio show, said Thompson “will take the first rep” against Northwestern. Thompson, who transferred to Nebraska in January, started 10 games

9:00 AM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Paolo Uggetti The demise of the Pac-12 has been greatly exaggerated. Well … at least for now. Even though the conference can barely be discussed without delving into the shocking departures of USC and UCLA

7:00 AM ET The college football extended universe is something a fiction writer could only dream of creating. Star Wars never had a side plot as worthwhile as the BYU-Utah Holy War. The Buffyverse was never capable of something as unexpectedly rich as the Grand Valley State-Ferris State rivalry. (And I say that as someone