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11:26 AM ET ESPN News Services A ho-hum win over an FCS opponent and a crushing loss to rival Iowa have left Iowa State looking for answers, but coach Matt Campbell said the No. 12 Cyclones will not be making a change at quarterback. Much of the blame has fallen on fourth-year starting quarterback Brock

11:32 AM ET LSU running backs coach Kevin Faulk has stepped away from the team to be with his family after the death of his 19-year-old daughter earlier in the week and is not expected to participate in Saturday’s game against Central Michigan. LSU coach Ed Orgeron expressed his condolences to the Faulks during the

7:45 AM ET As the 2021 college football season hits its stride, old classic Bottom 10 teams like UConn and Akron are tripping, as are a pack of all-time time greats such as Florida State and Ohio State in the Coveted Fifth Spot. Inspirational thought of the week: The day you left, I swore I

7:10 AM ET Jake Trotter Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Washington & Lee University Dave Wilson Close ESPN Staff Writer Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. “Holy moly!

5:54 PM ET The Division I football oversight committee is considering a one-year waiver that would allow football programs to go over the yearly 25-player signing limit, according to American Football Coaches Association director Todd Berry. In the proposal, which Berry makes clear is far from finalized, college programs would be able to recoup an

1:18 PM ET Ohio State is set to make structural changes on its defense after Saturday’s loss to Oregon, although coach Ryan Day isn’t providing many specifics, including whether defensive coordinator Kerry Coombs will remain the primary playcaller. On Tuesday, Day said Ohio State’s problems on defense stretch beyond the Oregon game. The Ducks had

7:30 AM ET Texas isn’t back. Neither is Florida State nor USC. After impressive openers, those teams were dealt a generous dose of reality in Week 2. The Longhorns were manhandled by Arkansas, the Seminoles lost to an FCS program for the first time in the worst way imaginable and the Trojans looked uninspired in

5:47 PM ET Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jim Harbaugh seems to have his best running game in seven seasons at Michigan, rotating two speedy and powerful backs behind an offensive line that has been opening huge holes. The Wolverines were so effective at moving the ball on the ground in a 31-10 win

3:10 PM ET Navy has reinstated offensive coordinator Ivin Jasper in a reduced role after athletic director Chet Gladchuk fired the longtime assistant over the weekend. Head coach Ken Niumatalolo said Jasper, the team’s offensive coordinator since 2008, will now only coach quarterbacks, a group Jasper has overseen at Navy since 2002. Navy has scored

3:23 PM ET Texas A&M starting quarterback Haynes King will miss time with a “crack in his lower leg,” coach Jimbo Fisher told reporters on Monday. Fisher declined to give a timeline for King’s return, but sources told ESPN’s Chris Low that King is expected to be out 4-7 weeks. The Aggies hope to have

5:23 PM ET USC football coach Clay Helton has been fired, athletic director Mike Bohn announced Monday. The decision comes two days after the Trojans, who came into the season with conference-title aspirations, were embarrassed in a 42-28 home defeat to Stanford. “As I committed to upon my arrival at USC, during the past two

3:11 PM ET Arkansas fans’ storming of the field following Saturday’s 40-21 victory over Texas will cost the Razorbacks $100,000. The SEC announced the fine on Monday, citing a second violation of the access to competition area policy. The previous violation was in 2014 against LSU. A third offense would cost Arkansas $250,000 according to

1:10 PM ET Jacksonville State coach John Grass gathered his team into a loose huddle inside Doak Campbell Stadium late Saturday night only moments after they’d pulled off arguably the most stunning upset of the young football season, beating Florida State 20-17 in Tallahassee. Down 10 points at the start of the fourth quarter, the

1:53 PM ET Florida State coach Mike Norvell described his team as “sick to their stomach” after losing to FCS Jacksonville State, and vowed his players would not quit on the season in the face of such a dispiriting loss. During his Monday press conference with media in Tallahassee, a fired-up Norvell once again took

12:24 PM ET Kansas State quarterback Skylar Thompson is out indefinitely but will return at some point this season after sustaining a right knee injury in Saturday’s game against Southern Illinois, coach Chris Klieman said Monday. Thompson was injured while blocking for teammate Deuce Vaughn on a run play in the first quarter, although Thompson

11:32 AM ET Tulane‘s football team will return to campus and play its first game there since Hurricane Ida on Sept. 25 when it hosts UAB at Yulman Stadium. The Green Wave left campus for Birmingham, Alabama, before the storm hit, and all of Tulane’s athletic operations have been taking place there. Tulane moved its

12:44 PM ET Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said Monday that Casey Thompson will replace Hudson Card as the Longhorns’ starting quarterback. Card, who started the first two games, was 8-of-15 for 61 yards and was sacked three times in the Longhorns’ 40-21 loss to Arkansas. Thompson, who also played in the second half against Louisiana,

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff Week 2 of the 2021 college football season is in the books. Two top-10 teams lost. Two other top-10 teams needed fourth-quarter rallies to avoid upsets. But at the end of the day, here is what our reporters take away from the weekend’s action. The Ohio State defense misses Jeff