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7:00 AM ET With 201 ESPN 300 recruits committed, quite a few recruiting classes are starting to take shape and fill needs. Some highly ranked and highly sought-after players have come off the board over the past few months, making big impacts on future rosters. While some of those commitments have been defensive recruits, the

10:26 PM ET ESPN News Services The Miami Hurricanes are ditching the “turnover chain” for the 2022 season, first-year coach Mario Cristobal told the Action Network on Wednesday. “It’s not part of our culture,” Cristobal said, according to a tweet from the publication. Miami’s turnover chain is an oversized 36-inch, 2.5-kilogram, 10-karat gold chain worn

9:14 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Division I college football players would have two periods of time — one in the winter and one in the spring — to enter the transfer portal and be immediately eligible to play if a proposed rule change gets final approval. The Division I Council endorsed on Tuesday

8:03 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — For a team that has made the College Football Playoff six times in the past seven years, Clemson has faced a far bigger share of questions about the state of its program than one might expect this offseason. Despite its run of success, including its 11th straight 10-win season

7:06 PM ET Cornerback Malik Muhammad had a constant presence in his ear amplifying the virtues of the direction Texas is heading in. Muhammad paid heed to that presence — Arch Manning — and added to Steve Sarkisian’s recruiting class by committing to the Longhorns on Wednesday. “We were talking when we both had our

5:36 PM ET Georgia coach Kirby Smart offered some of his strongest comments yet Wednesday about wanting to move the Georgia–Florida football game to the schools’ campuses rather than playing it in Jacksonville, Florida, every season. During an interview on SEC Network at SEC media days Wednesday, Smart said having the game in Jacksonville, where

12:05 PM ET ATLANTA — Georgia coach Kirby Smart says he believes that starting quarterback Stetson Bennett is “one of the least respected good players in the country.” “The kid is a tremendous athlete. He’s got good arm strength,” Smart said Wednesday at SEC Media Days. “People keep doubting him, and that’s fine with me.”

10:40 AM ET Texas A&M senior wide receiver Ainias Smith, who had been scheduled to appear at SEC media days Thursday, was arrested early Wednesday on charges of driving while intoxicated, unlawful carrying of a weapon and marijuana possession (less than 2 ounces). Smith, 21, was booked early Wednesday in the Brazos County Jail after

6:45 AM ET NORMAN, Okla. — The Oklahoma Sooners are in their second week of spring practice, and the football facility is buzzing with high school football players and their families ahead of a critical recruiting weekend, but head coach Brent Venables — just three months into the job after his December hire — wants

7:00 AM ET High school yearbooks for 2022 graduates have been handed out, with many of them including a section on class superlatives. While most include an award for best hair, we found it fitting to recognize college football’s 2022 recruiting class for its collective talent on the gridiron, singling out categories such as best

5:53 PM ET ATLANTA — Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea is undeterred by last season’s 2-10 record or the program’s eight consecutive seasons finishing below .500. At SEC Media Days on Tuesday, Lea made a bold proclamation about the future of Commodores football. “We know in time Vanderbilt football will be the best program in the

5:09 PM ET ATLANTA — Spencer Rattler became one of the most high-profile transfers of the offseason when he announced late last year that he was leaving Oklahoma for South Carolina, but Gamecocks coach Shane Beamer said Tuesday that he isn’t worried about how the quarterback will handle the burden of expectations with the season

4:28 PM ET ESPN News Services MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit alleging the University of Wisconsin System reinstated former Badgers receiver Quintez Cephus without seeking input from a woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2018. A UW-Madison investigation found that Cephus likely assaulted her and the university

1:38 PM ET Georgia coach Kirby Smart on Tuesday raised concerns about the “reverse system” of name, image and likeness deals and his frustrations with the recruiting calendar. In a question-and-answer session with coaches at the Texas High School Coaches Association convention in San Antonio, Smart was asked whether he’s tired of answering questions about

10:02 AM ET ATLANTA — Alabama star outside linebacker Will Anderson said he has a new goal this season: to win the Heisman Trophy and change the perspective of the award. “I kind of feel like they love offense over there,” Anderson told ESPN on Tuesday at SEC media days. “They love touchdowns, they love

8:45 AM ET A pair of perennial powerhouses in Alabama and Ohio State are attracting the bulk of the betting action around the nation, but the story is a little different at one Las Vegas sportsbook, where more money has been bet on USC to win the College Football Playoff than any other team. “America’s

7:00 AM ET It took nearly 15 years, but former pupils finally got one over on the master. Alabama‘s Nick Saban had never lost to a former assistant until Jimbo Fisher’s Texas A&M squad did the deed with an early October upset; three months later, Saban lost to longtime protege Kirby Smart and Georgia in

7:00 AM ET IT’S A MONDAY afternoon in late May, and for the first time in more than 30 years, Bronco Mendenhall isn’t working the phones with recruits or planning staff meetings. Instead, he’s in his truck, boots and spurs on, waiting out a rainstorm. Mendenhall moved west this spring, a return to his roots