2:48 PM ET TCU running back Zach Evans, a former five-star recruit, is planning to enter the transfer portal, a source told ESPN. Evans was the No. 16 recruit in the 2020 class as a 6-foot, 200-pound back out of North Shore High School in Houston, Texas. His recruitment went back and forth, with interest
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1:19 PM ET Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler, the preseason Heisman favorite who was benched early in the season, announced on Monday that he is entering the NCAA transfer portal. “Sooner Nation: Thank you for allowing me to be a student-athlete at this prestigious institution,” he wrote, while also thanking teammates and coaches. “We won several
12:02 PM ET SMU is hiring Miami offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee as its next coach, sources told ESPN. An agreement has been finalized. Lashlee will replace Sonny Dykes, who is leaving to become TCU’s coach, according to sources. TCU has scheduled a news conference Tuesday to introduce Dykes, who went 30-18 in four seasons at
12:26 PM ET Deion Sanders was named SWAC Coach of the Year on Monday. The pro and college football Hall of Fame player turned coach led Jackson State to a 10-1 regular season and the program’s first SWAC East Division title in eight seasons. The Tigers will host Prairie View A&M for the conference championship
10:26 AM ET After suffering four decommitments on Sunday, Oklahoma received more bad news on Monday when ESPN 300 defensive end Derrick Moore and offensive lineman Demetrius Hunter both announced they were decommitting from the Sooners. The exodus is coming after head coach Lincoln Riley accepted the same position at USC as the Oklahoma recruits
10:40 AM ET Syracuse football coach Dino Babers will return next season, athletic director John Wildhack announced Monday. The Orange finished 5-7 in 2021, their third straight losing season, but showed significant progress over their 1-10 campaign in 2020. Babers has already shaken up his staff, announcing Sunday that offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert, tight ends/inside
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff What an epic rivalry weekend. Not only did Jim Harbaugh finally beat Ohio State, but he helped Michigan advance to the Big Ten title game in the process. Alabama was held scoreless for three quarters and needed last-minute heroics and four overtimes to win the Iron Bowl. And despite losing
10:20 PM ET Associated Press SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse coach Dino Babers began revamping his staff Sunday, announcing that offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert is out after just two years on the job. Tight ends coach Reno Ferri and defensive line coach Vinson Reynolds also will not be retained. Babers said defensive coordinator Tony White and
1:20 PM ET Following a lopsided loss to rival Georgia on Saturday and a disappointing 3-9 season, Georgia Tech coach Geoff Collins has shaken up his staff. A source told ESPN that offensive coordinator Dave Patenaude, co-defensive coordinator Nathan Burton and cornerbacks coach Jeff Popovich have all been fired. The moves were first reported by
8:30 PM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Paolo Uggetti Six years ago, then-USC athletic director Pat Haden ushered a handful of reporters into an unglamorous conference room and announced that the school was putting Steve Sarkisian on an indefinite leave of absence.
6:45 PM ET The news that Lincoln Riley has accepted the head-coaching position at USC has already reverberated in the college football recruiting sphere, with ESPN 300 running back and Oklahoma commit Raleek Brown telling ESPN that Riley’s relocation will impact his recruitment. “That changes everything,” Brown said Sunday after ESPN and other outlets reported
4:37 PM ET Duke and coach David Cutcliffe have mutually agreed to part ways, the school announced Sunday. Cutcliffe spent the past 14 seasons with the Blue Devils, leading them to 77 wins with six bowl appearances and the 2013 Coastal Division championship. But in recent years, Duke has struggled to win at a consistent
5:45 PM ET Alabama leading rusher Brian Robinson Jr. is dealing with a lower-body injury that could threaten his availability for Saturday’s SEC championship game against Georgia. Robinson left this past Saturday’s win against Auburn and did not return. Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said he’s dealing with a “lower-body pulled muscle.” “We’ll kind of
3:59 PM ET Lincoln Riley said he wasn’t leaving Oklahoma for LSU. He didn’t say he wasn’t leaving the Sooners for USC. In a stunning move on Sunday, Riley, 38, accepted the head-coaching position at USC, according to ESPN and multiple reports. He replaces former Trojans coach Clay Helton, who was fired in September after
2:15 PM ET Associated Press Michigan jumped to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday and Oklahoma State joined the top five for the first time since 2015. Georgia was a unanimous No. 1 in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank for the eighth consecutive week. For the fourth
2:08 PM ET ESPN News Services Darrin Chiaverini is out as Colorado offensive coordinator after a season in which the Buffaloes struggled to move the ball. Chiaverini, who doubled as the receivers coach, oversaw an offense that averaged 257.4 yards per game, which was the team’s fewest since 1964. The Buffaloes also averaged 18.8 points
1:49 PM ET Louisiana coach Billy Napier is expected to become Florida’s new coach barring a collapse in contract talks, sources told ESPN’s Chris Low and Mark Schlabach on Sunday. Napier’s representatives have been in negotiations with Florida administrators over the last few days, the sources said. Napier would replace Dan Mullen, who was fired
10:42 AM ET Less than 24 hours after losing to Purdue and finishing the regular season in last place in the Big Ten, Indiana announced Sunday that coach Tom Allen has accepted a pay cut to help pay for the firing of offensive coordinator Nick Sheridan. The Hoosiers, who went 6-1 during the regular season