8:06 AM ET A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of Utah football player Aaron Lowe, Salt Lake City police announced Sunday. Buk M. Buk has been charged with aggravated murder, attempted murder and felony discharge of a firearm. Lowe, 21, was shot early on Sept. 26 at a house
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11:22 PM ET ESPN staff Just when it looked like Georgia could finally surpass Alabama at the top of the college football Power Rankings, the Crimson Tide made another statement this season. The Bulldogs kicked off the day with another top-10 victory, this time a 37-0 rout against No. 8 Arkansas in Athens, and looked
7:15 PM ET Brianna Williams Week 5 of the college football season is coming to a close, and there has been a considerable amount of on-field action — and plenty of trolling. The week featured five top-15 matchups. But overall, this season has been rough for ranked teams as 25 AP-ranked squads have already lost
1:16 AM ET Last week, the sport’s leadership met to discuss the merits of expanding the College Football Playoff. It amounted to nothing. On Saturday, Alabama and Georgia offered a convincing counterargument. Perhaps we should just end the 2021 season after the SEC championship game. For all the September buzz about chaos and parity in
10:44 PM ET STANFORD, Calif. — Inside the Oregon locker room after its 31-24 overtime loss to Stanford on Saturday, there was an unspoken understanding about what it meant. It will take an unlikely set of circumstances for the third-ranked Ducks to reach the College Football Playoff. “[There are] a lot of guys hurting in
12:52 AM ET Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado athletic director Rick George apologized on behalf of Buffaloes football coach Karl Dorrell, who shoved a photojournalist’s camera while trotting off Folsom Field following a blowout loss to USC on Saturday. “Coach Dorrell sends his apologizes to the local journalist who he intercepted after today’s game,”
6:27 PM ET Louisville coach Scott Satterfield took issue with the way officials operated the clock at the end of the first half of a 37-34 loss to No. 24 Wake Forest on Saturday. With 4 seconds left in the second quarter and the ball at the 1-yard line, Wake Forest ran a running play
10:48 PM ET ESPN staff Alabama and Georgia once again duked it out for the top spot in our writers’ College Football Playoff picks — and the Bulldogs made it closer than usual — but the Crimson Tide just refuse to give up the No. 1 rank. How will Saturday’s top games affect the College
8:03 PM ET SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Cincinnati came to Notre Dame with a 3-0 mark and a No. 7 ranking, having won 35 of its previous 41 games, stretching back to the start of the 2018 season. Many outside the program labeled the Bearcats as a College Football Playoff contender. But coach Luke Fickell
6:46 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Texas and TCU fans shared tailgates just as they have in the past. Divided households from as far away as Indiana showed up. While the first Big 12 road game for the Longhorns since they accepted an invitation to join the Southeastern Conference wasn’t much different
8:21 PM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama’s 42-21 win over Ole Miss on Saturday came with a cost as running back Jase McClellan suffered what’s believed to be a significant knee injury. McClellan is tied for second on the team with five total touchdowns — three receiving, one rushing and one returning a blocked punt.
5:48 PM ET Coach Jim Harbaugh was aware of the criticism his offense received after the first four games of the season for a lack of creativity in the playcalling and relying too much on the run. Michigan’s offense averaged 290.8 yards on the ground compared to 164 passing yards per game, and Harbaugh said
6:03 PM ET ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia, once again staking its claim as the No. 1 team in the country with a 37-0 dismantling of No. 8 Arkansas, could be juggling quarterbacks a little while longer. Stetson Bennett made his second start of the season Saturday after JT Daniels missed the game with a sprain
2:49 PM ET Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin quarterback Graham Mertz left Saturday’s 38-17 loss to No. 14 Michigan after he was sacked early in the third quarter. The Badgers said Mertz and tight end Jake Ferguson went to the locker room with chest injuries. Michigan’s Daxton Hill sacked Mertz on a third-and-9 play
1:55 PM ET A person was arrested after he made his way onto the Pitt sideline before kickoff of Saturday’s game against Georgia Tech. A Georgia Tech spokesperson said Georgia Tech police made the arrest for criminal trespassing and that the person is in custody of local authorities. There is no information immediately available about
10:33 AM ET Here we are in Week 5 of the college football season. The week features three top-15 matchups and two games between undefeated top-10 teams, headlined by the No. 8 Arkansas Razorbacks facing the No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs. College GameDay is in Athens, Georgia, for this SEC clash. After some impressive wins, will
10:45 AM ET Georgia quarterback JT Daniels and Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson will both be game-time decisions for Saturday’s football showdown, their coaches told ESPN’s College GameDay. Daniels, who is dealing with a lat injury, ranks eighth in the FBS in Total QBR (87.6) through four games for the No. 2 Bulldogs (12 p.m. ET/ESPN
10:00 AM ET ESPN staff Week 5 is here and we have a jam-packed slate of games. There are two big matchups in the SEC with Arkansas playing at Georgia and Ole Miss traveling to Tuscaloosa to face Alabama. Elsewhere, Cincinnati is visiting Notre Dame, and Baylor–Oklahoma State actually seems like it’ll be a must-watch.