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3:51 PM ET Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Graham Mertz scored on two quarterback sneaks and threw a touchdown pass to help Wisconsin trounce No. 9 Iowa 27-7 on Saturday for its fourth consecutive victory. Wisconsin (5-3, 3-2 Big Ten) forced three turnovers, produced six sacks and limited Iowa to 24 yards rushing on 30

2:42 PM ET Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett broke Dan Marino’s school record for career touchdowns responsible for against Miami on Saturday. With his second touchdown pass of the day, Pickett passed Marino, who set the career mark of 82 between 1979-82. Pickett returned to Pitt for his fifth season and has emerged as a Heisman

first Quarter MICH MSU TD 11:03 Andrel Anthony 93 Yd pass from Cade McNamara (Jake Moody Kick) 3 plays, 98 yards, 1:35 7 0 FG 1:18 Jake Moody 26 Yd Field Goal 6 plays, 22 yards, 2:51 10 0 second Quarter MICH MSU TD 14:52 Kenneth Walker III 27 Yd Run (Matt Coghlin Kick) 5

10:00 AM ET ESPN staff It’s Halloween weekend and Week 9 in college football. What does that mean? Well, hopefully it means loads of trick plays and treats everywhere we look. We’ve got plenty of candy hot takes already, starting with Mike Leach’s total disdain for candy corn, but we’re waiting to see what comes

9:51 AM ET Rivals Michigan and Michigan State meet Saturday in East Lansing, Michigan. It’s Week 9’s top matchup. College GameDay is there. The No. 6 Wolverines face the No. 8 Spartans, and it’s the seventh time since 2000 that these football teams have met while both are ranked. In the previous six such matchups,

10:01 PM ET Jackson State coach Deion Sanders will miss his second consecutive game Saturday against rival Mississippi Valley State, the team confirmed to ESPN on Friday night. Sanders did not coach last week against Bethune-Cookman, tweeting that his doctors advised him not to work the game as he recovers from a recent foot surgery.

3:45 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — South Florida has been fined $10,000 and placed on three years’ probation for NCAA violations committed by the football and women’s basketball programs. The NCAA Committee on Infractions announced Friday its approval of a negotiated resolution with USF that ended an 18-month investigation. The school and NCAA

10:19 AM ET Michigan may be a state divided this week, but local bettors are leaning green on what is expected to be one of the most heavily bet college football games of the season nationwide. No. 6 Michigan is a 4-point favorite over No. 8 Michigan State for Saturday’s showdown in East Lansing between

7:01 AM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Marty Smith Close ESPN ESPN NASCAR lead reporter Former NASCAR.com senior writer 15 years covering NASCAR ATHENS, Ga. — Shanee White was 14 years old when she became pregnant

7:00 AM ET It was nighttime in New Orleans, on Jan. 13, 2019, shortly after the start of the fourth quarter of the College Football Playoff National Championship. Inside the Superdome the game was a rout, the LSU Tigers shocking the defending national champion Clemson Tigers 42-25 in a game that didn’t feel nearly that

11:05 AM ET Bowl Season executives who oversee the operation of 43 postseason bowl games sent a letter this week to hundreds of leaders in college football asking that any future College Football Playoff games in potential expansion models be held at bowl sites instead of on campus, according to a copy of the letter

8:30 AM ET ESPN staff This week’s slate of games will be the final opportunity teams have to make an impression on the College Football Playoff committee before the first set of rankings come out. A number of teams are still in the hunt for those top four spots, but no game this weekend has

7:00 AM ET GROWING UP, Jordan Davis was obsessed with mythology. He devoured books about ancient Greece and studied the Egyptians. He still downloads TED Talks on everything from ancient civilizations to modern religion. His favorite stories were the Percy Jackson novels, about a boy who discovers he’s part god then goes on mystical quests,

9:07 PM ET A lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and a hostile workplace environment against former Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez and the university was dismissed earlier this month, with both sides only paying their own costs and attorneys’ fees. The stipulated dismissal ends four years of legal issues involving Rodriguez, the university and a former administrative

7:58 PM ET Associated Press IRVING, Texas — Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford, Iowa State All-America tight end Charlie Kolar and Michigan star defensive end Aidan Hutchinson are among 13 finalists for the Campbell Trophy, which honors the top scholar-athlete in college football. The National Football Foundation chooses finalists from all levels of college football,

5:52 PM ET The LSU Tigers have so few players available because of injuries that they will be unable to hold a full football practice Wednesday, coach Ed Orgeron told reporters during a conference call. Orgeron added that a previously scheduled scrimmage on Thursday won’t be able to take place either. LSU, which has the

5:16 PM ET Tennessee quarterback Harrison Bailey announced Wednesday that he will enter his name into the transfer portal and begin “exploring other opportunities.” Bailey, a former four-star prospect from Georgia, started three games as a freshman in 2020. But then coach Jeremy Pruitt was fired in January and his replacement, Josh Heupel, welcomed in

1:09 PM ET Associated Press BLACKSBURG, Va. — A suspended Virginia Tech linebacker accused in the fatal beating of a Tinder match has been indicted on a charge of second-degree murder. Isimemen Etute, 18, who is accused in the death of Jerry Smith, who was 40, in May, was indicted by a grand jury Tuesday,