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8:17 PM ET [Editor’s note: The 2021 college football season has Week 1 behind it, and that means a shake-up in the Bottom 10.] Inspirational thought of the week: Don’t want to be a fool for youJust another player in your game for twoYou may hate me but it ain’t no lieBaby bye bye byeBye

5:43 PM ET Former USC and New England Patriots fullback Sam “Bam” Cunningham died Tuesday in Inglewood, California, according to USC. He was 71. No cause of death was immediately available. Cunningham, who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1992, is widely recognized for helping speed up the process of integration

3:44 PM ET Stanford is making a change after its season-opening loss to Kansas State, starting Tanner McKee over Jack West for this week’s game at No. 14 USC. West started against Kansas State, but McKee played the majority of the game and led the team in completions (15) and passing yards (118) on 15-of-18

The AP Top 25 college football poll is out, and after a wild weekend of games — in which three top-12 teams lost — there’s some movement high in the rankings. Here’s what’s next for each ranked team: Consistency will be the key a week after dominating Miami. Mercer won’t be much of a challenge,

2:09 PM ET Associated Press Georgia jumped three spots to No. 2 behind Alabama in The Associated Press Top 25 released Tuesday, giving the SEC the top two teams in the country for the 30th time in the 85-year history of the college football poll. It is the second time in the past three seasons

2:42 PM ET Jackie Sherrill, who coached with the late John Majors at Pittsburgh, will serve as honorary captain for the Panthers during their game against Tennessee on Saturday in Knoxville. The two teams will also play next season at Pitt. The series has been dubbed the Johnny Majors Classic as a tribute to Majors,

9:14 PM ET Clemson safety Lannden Zanders will miss the rest of the season after injuring his shoulder in the first quarter of the Tigers’ season-opening loss to Georgia on Saturday, head coach Dabo Swinney said on his Monday radio show. Zanders played just five snaps against Georgia before leaving the game. Swinney said the

6:39 PM ET UConn football coach Randy Edsall isn’t waiting until the end of the season to retire. He’ll step down immediately. On Monday, the school announced the change of plans, saying that Edsall and director of athletics David Benedict had come to a “mutual decision that is in the best interest of the UConn

3:57 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — One thing is certain for Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott — he has to find a way to improve the offense if Clemson wants to stay on top in the Atlantic Coast Conference. And the clock is ticking for the third-ranked Tigers. Clemson failed to score a

4:53 PM ET ESPN News Services SEATTLE — Washington coach Jimmy Lake said his team is looking to “make amends” to their fanbase after arguably the most embarrassing loss in the history of the Huskies football program. “We should not have played the way we played on Saturday night and that’s why I feel so

3:43 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com Forgive Trevor Lawrence for being confident in his former squad, the Clemson Tigers. The Jacksonville Jaguars QB, and No. 1 pick in the 2021 NFL draft, was in the house Saturday night in Charlotte, North Carolina, to see No. 3 Clemson face the No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs. 1 Related But

2:55 PM ET With Georgia set to host its first home game against UAB at Sanford Stadium on Saturday, coach Kirby Smart said three or four of his players are sidelined with COVID-19. Smart declined to identify the players during a teleconference with reporters on Monday. It is unknown whether they will be available to

1:38 PM ET Alabama outside linebacker Christopher Allen will likely miss the rest of the season after suffering a fractured foot during the Crimson Tide’s win over Miami on Saturday. Allen, a former second-team All-SEC selection who led the conference in tackles for loss last season, will need surgery, Alabama coach Nick Saban said on

11:42 AM ET UCLA is making sure neither Ed Orgeron nor LSU forgets anytime soon the Bruins’ 38-27 victory over the Tigers last Saturday, especially in light of the coach’s comments to a fan prior to the game. The official Twitter account of UCLA football updated its header to include a blue shirt that reads:

11:28 AM ET In a Chevy Traverse zooming past endless rows of green, 11-year-old Addisyn Parks turns to her dad and asks an existential Nebraska question: “How come they’re not good like they used to be?” Cliff Parks tells his daughter something thoughtful, that football is cyclical, that this is just Nebraska’s time to be

11:33 AM ET Michigan wide receiver Ronnie Bell will miss the remainder of the season with a knee injury, Jim Harbaugh announced on Monday. Bell was injured on a punt return in the second quarter of Michigan’s 47-14 win over Western Michigan. The senior and captain had one catch for 76 yards and a touchdown

11:47 AM ET Minnesota star running back Mohamed Ibrahim will miss the rest of the season with a lower-leg injury sustained in Thursday’s loss to Ohio State. Coach P.J. Fleck said Ibrahim, the Big Ten’s running back of the year and a third-team AP All-America selection in 2020, will undergo surgery Tuesday. He had 163

9:00 AM ET OXFORD, Miss. — A dispirited Matt Corral, fearful his days as Ole Miss’ starting quarterback might be numbered, stood in the corner of the Razorback Stadium locker room in October. Right by his side was Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin, wearing the kind of expression that anybody who’s ever played for him