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3:23 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska running back Gabe Ervin Jr. is out indefinitely, and possibly for the season, with a knee injury he sustained in the loss at Oklahoma. Coach Scott Frost said Monday that Ervin has an injury to his right patellar tendon, which runs from the bottom of the

1:54 PM ET LSU defensive end Andre Anthony will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury, coach Ed Orgeron told reporters on Monday. Anthony, who ranks second on the team with 3.5 sacks, suffered the injury during Saturday’s win over Central Michigan. In the first quarter of the game, Anthony recovered a

1:46 PM ET Associated Press Doctors gave Indiana quarterback Michael Penix Jr. the all clear to play this weekend at Western Kentucky, and Hoosiers coach Tom Allen said he remains confident his star will pull himself out of an early-season funk. Allen said Penix would remain the starter despite concerns over his low completion percentage

8:22 AM ET Associated Press CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Miami quarterback D’Eriq King has a shoulder injury that will need further evaluation this week, the latest blow to the reeling Hurricanes. King will meet with doctors again on Tuesday, coach Manny Diaz said. The Hurricanes, who fell out of the AP Top 25 on Sunday

8:15 AM ET GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For three hours inside a packed Swamp, over 90,000 fans roared so loud and stomped so hard they became a force in the game unfolding between Alabama and Florida, and it truly felt like old times — back when the Gators were the dominant team in the SEC. Though

7:45 AM ET ESPN staff The White Out Game in Happy Valley reminded us that fans make a difference, demonstrated the depth of the Big Ten and showed how problematic officiating can be. But there was more than just one game in Week 3. Here is what our reporters took away from this week in

2:19 PM ET Associated Press Clemson and Ohio State slipped to the back of the top 10 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday and Penn State jumped four spots to No. 6 after another weekend in which lots of ranked teams had issues. Even No. 1 Alabama. The defending national champion Crimson Tide

1:44 PM ET Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin running back Antwan Roberts has entered the transfer portal less than three weeks after getting suspended from the team. Roberts, a freshman, hadn’t played in either of the Badgers’ first two games. Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst suspended Roberts and dismissed fellow freshman running back Loyal Crawford

9:06 PM ET ESPN staff Week 3’s biggest games lived up to the hype, and yet no team in the top 10 lost. The No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide looked mortal in their trip to the Swamp as the Florida Gators pushed them all the way to the final seconds, but the defending champion —

11:47 PM ET Alabama is mortal. This makes sense intuitively, because Nick Saban is human and his players (except maybe Evan Neal) are human. But throughout the final three quarters of that 31-29 showdown in the Swamp, Alabama wasn’t just theoretically mortal. Instead, its flaws were visible. The ground game ran into its share of

11:20 PM ET There were multiple officiating mistakes made on Memphis’ 94-yard punt return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of the Tigers‘ 31-29 win over Mississippi State, the SEC said in a statement Saturday night. With 5:58 left, Mississippi State punted the ball from its own 47-yard line. The ball went past the

7:18 PM ET SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Brian Kelly opened his Notre Dame coaching career with a home victory against Purdue in 2010, and on Saturday he matched Knute Rockne for the most victories in school history with another win over the Boilermakers. The No. 12 Fighting Irish’s 27-13 win over Purdue was Kelly’s 105th

9:53 PM ET After seeing two games of defensive mistakes and a lack of significant change, Ohio State coach Ryan Day handed play-calling duties over to secondary coach Matt Barnes on Saturday against Tulsa. Kerry Coombs, the Buckeyes’ defensive coordinator, had been calling plays from the sideline to start the season, but after the 41-20

9:43 PM ET GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida coach Dan Mullen hopes Florida builds off its 31-29 loss to Alabama on Saturday … enough so the Gators get a rematch against the Crimson Tide in the SEC championship game. The last two seasons, the Gators have come close to knocking off the No. 1 team in

9:22 PM ET STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — An apparent officiating mix-up by an SEC crew cost Penn State a down on an offensive series during the first half of Saturday’s game against Auburn. Trailing 10-7 early in the second quarter, Penn State punted to Auburn after referee James Carter ruled it was fourth-and-11. The Nittany

8:37 PM ET Alabama coach Nick Saban was happy to leave the Swamp with a 31-29 win over No. 11 Florida on Saturday, but he couldn’t overlook the performance of his defense, which struggled to stop the run and get off the field on third down. The Gators racked up 258 rushing yards against the

5:55 PM ET William Ricks Tonight, one of college football’s greatest traditions will make its triumphant return. No. 10 Penn State welcomes No. 22 Auburn into Beaver Stadium for a White Out game. The stadium is sold out for this prime-time matchup, which means many fans will be in the stands to cheer on their

5:23 PM ET On a day when No. 3 Oklahoma scored its fewest points ever under Lincoln Riley in a 23-16 win over Nebraska, the Sooners coach almost made history for another reason. After Oklahoma cornerback D.J. Graham made an highlight-reel one-handed interception on fourth down on his own 3-yard line with 8:16 remaining in