9:26 PM ET Louisville athletic director Vince Tyra has emerged as the top target to fill the same job at Florida State, a source confirmed to ESPN on Sunday. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, he is expected to accept, the source said. Sports Illustrated first reported Sunday the interest between Tyra and Florida State was “mutual
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10:21 PM ET ESPN 300 linebacker Kobie McKinzie decommitted from Oklahoma on Nov. 28, after news broke that football coach Lincoln Riley was leaving for USC. Now, a week later, McKinzie has committed to Texas. McKinzie, out of Lubbock-Cooper High in Lubbock, Texas, is ESPN’s No. 95-ranked prospect overall and its No. 3 inside linebacker.
8:37 PM ET After four seasons at Indiana, quarterback Michael Penix Jr. has entered the college transfer portal. Penix was the Hoosiers’ starter for three seasons but has suffered season-ending injuries all four years he was part of the program. In 2018, his freshman year, Penix was getting reps alongside Peyton Ramsey but suffered an
3:00 PM ET College football bowl season is almost here. There will be 44 bowl games, including the College Football Playoff and the national championship games, beginning Friday, Dec. 17, and ending on Monday, Jan. 10. Here’s a look at all of this season’s games. (All times Eastern) Bowl schedule Go perfect in your bowl
8:43 PM ET Oklahoma has finalized a deal with Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables to be the Sooners’ next football coach, sources told ESPN on Sunday. Venables has been a major part of Clemson’s championship run under Dabo Swinney and has a long history at Oklahoma. He was on the Sooners’ staff from 1999 to
7:26 PM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — New Florida coach Billy Napier plans to hire an “unprecedented” support staff, he said Sunday. Napier had close to 40 analysts at Louisiana-Lafayette and could end up with even more in Gainesville. In addition to a $7.5 million annual budget for 10 assistants, Napier got a $5
5:09 PM ET Alabama’s leading pass-catcher, John Metchie III, is out with a “significant” ACL injury, coach Nick Saban said on Sunday. The news comes on the same day No. 1 Alabama learned it would play No. 4 Cincinnati in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic on Dec. 31. 1
2:25 PM ET Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Miami is in extensive discussions with Oregon‘s Mario Cristobal to make him the next Hurricanes football
3:01 PM ET Notre Dame and Oklahoma State both had visions of making the College Football Playoff, but instead the two teams will face each other in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Day. The fifth-ranked Fighting Irish and new head coach Marcus Freeman were left on the outside looking in at the CFP
2:30 PM ET This is the space where a hot take was supposed to live. Since the College Football Playoff committee released its first rankings on Nov. 2, we’ve been sharpening our knives, waiting to climb atop a soapbox and defend the latest aggrieved party — Cincinnati, Oklahoma State, heck, even Notre Dame managed to
12:28 PM ET GRAPEVINE, Texas — Two SEC teams and the first Group of 5 team in the history of the College Football Playoff will play for the national title, as the CFP selection committee revealed No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 Georgia and No. 4 Cincinnati as its top four teams on
12:29 PM ET So much for a complete transformation in the College Football Playoff. With CFP mainstays Clemson, Ohio State and Oklahoma not advancing to their respective conference championship games, and Alabama looking rather ordinary over the last month of the season, there seemed to be a good chance we would have four not-so-familiar participants
11:46 AM ET Associated Press Alabama will head into the postseason the same way it started the regular season: No. 1 in the nation. The Crimson Tide reclaimed the top spot in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday after beating previously top-ranked Georgia. The defending national champions were No. 1 for the first six
10:12 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Wake Forest football coach Dave Clawson says the NCAA needs to review its rules on whether quarterbacks should be allowed to “fake slide” after escaping the pocket. Clawson’s statement came after his team’s 45-21 loss to Pittsburgh in the ACC championship game Saturday night in which Panthers
8:22 AM ET Oklahoma has targeted veteran Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables as the Sooners’ next head football coach, and the two sides hope to have a deal finalized as early as Sunday, sources told ESPN. Venables has been a major part of Clemson’s championship run under Dabo Swinney and has a long history at
2:48 AM ET In Lucas Oil Stadium, where Jim Harbaugh spent four years with the Indianapolis Colts, where his name is displayed on the ring of honor and his picture on the walls in the press box, Harbaugh won his first Big Ten Championship as Michigan‘s head coach. The 42-3 win over Iowa on Saturday
7:15 PM ET CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Bearcats stand on the precipice of College Football Playoff history. They did everything asked of them in a celebratory 35-20 win over Houston in the American Athletic Conference championship game Saturday to put themselves in position to become the first Group of 5 team to make the playoff.
10:05 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Pittsburgh‘s Kenny Pickett set two passing records in the first half of the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game on Saturday night. Pickett’s first touchdown pass of the game, a 22-yard toss on a swing pass to Rodney Hammond Jr. in the first quarter, broke Dan Marino’s school