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5:45 PM ET Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. BYU, Houston, UCF and Cincinnati are planning to submit applications next week to join the Big 12, sources

7:15 AM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama linebacker Will Anderson Jr. is used to starting fast. According to Dr. Matt Rhea, the Crimson Tide’s director of sports science, Anderson has reached 20 mph on GPS while running in practice. Even more impressive, Anderson is the fastest player on the team going from zero to five

8:43 AM ET FOR TWO WEEKS last summer, Justin Foster puttered around his Clemson apartment, working out as best he could, waiting for the 14 days of his COVID-19 quarantine to pass. He was one of more than 40 Clemson football players to test positive, and, like most of them, his symptoms were barely noticeable.

6:50 AM ET ESPN staff The Houston Texans are the team that’s most likely to have the No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 NFL draft when it begins on Thursday, April 28, according to the preseason 1-32 draft order projections from the ESPN Football Power Index (FPI). Could the Texans target a quarterback next

8:00 AM ET Let’s imagine the 12-team playoff format were implemented now. What would the playoff landscape look like as we head into the 2021 season? How would it be different? Each week during the college football season we use this space to breakdown the playoff race, using the Allstate Playoff Predictor. Most of the

8:00 AM ET ESPN Stats & Information Welcome to the first full weekend of college football, when we get to see many of the top contenders in action. Week 1 is also a time to see many prominent nonconference matchups, like No. 1 Alabama taking on Miami, or No. 5 Georgia taking on No. 3

3:14 AM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — When UCF fell behind by 21 points in the season opener against Boise State on Thursday night, coach Gus Malzahn realized what happened the remainder of the game would tell him a lot about his new team. What he — and the nation — learned is that his team

1:33 AM ET ESPN News Services TULSA, Okla. — Isaiah Gomez kicked two of his four field goals in the fourth quarter, and UC Davis, an FCS school, stunned Tulsa 19-17 in a nonconference season opener on Thursday night. The Golden Hurricane closed as 22-point favorites at Caesar Sportsbook, making it the largest upset defeat

1:48 AM ET MINNEAPOLIS — When C.J. Stroud began to struggle early in his first career start as Ohio State’s quarterback, coach Ryan Day pulled the redshirt freshman aside. The fourth-ranked Buckeyes had no intention of backing off their typically aggressive game plan on offense. Day fully expected growing pains for Stroud, who didn’t even

1:06 AM ET MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota star running back Mohamed Ibrahim left Thursday’s season-opening loss to No. 4 Ohio State with a lower left leg injury. Ibrahim went down on a 1-yard run late in the third quarter and appeared to be injured as he planted his left foot. He limped off the field and

first Quarter OSU MINN TD 7:22 Miyan Williams 71 Yd Run (Noah Ruggles Kick) 5 plays, 92 yards, 1:42 7 0 second Quarter OSU MINN FG 12:50 Noah Ruggles 35 Yd Field Goal 14 plays, 74 yards, 6:47 10 0 TD 9:11 Dylan Wright 13 Yd pass from Tanner Morgan (Matthew Trickett Kick) 6 plays,

3:23 PM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University As the Big 12 continues to consider expansion, four leading candidates have emerged in BYU, UCF, Cincinnati and

4:20 PM ET Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. — A former Washington State player contends in a lawsuit that his civil rights were violated when he was kicked off the football team after complaining about potential exposure to COVID-19 and for joining an association of Black student-athletes. Kassidy Woods, a wide receiver from Addison, Texas, filed

12:51 PM ET Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Ala. — Former Alabama football player and assistant coach Jim Fuller, who worked as both athletic director and head coach for Jacksonville State, has died after suffering from complications due to COVID-19. He was 76. Fuller died Wednesday night at his home in Texas, Jacksonville State athletic director Greg

8:15 AM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — G.J. Kinne and Gus Malzahn stand steps away from each other on the UCF practice field, near the quarterbacks of course. Malzahn points animatedly at the receivers before the passing drill begins. Kinne listens, then backpedals like a defensive back, keeping his eyes on the signal-callers. It is hard

7:30 AM ET The college football season is kicking into high gear, the NFL season starts Sept. 9, and the baseball pennant races are heating up. For the first time since 2019, nearly all stadiums will be fully open to fans. In the so-called Before Times, sitting shoulder to shoulder inside a stadium with tens

1:26 PM ET Illinois starting quarterback Brandon Peters has returned to practice after leaving last week’s season-opening win against Nebraska with left shoulder injury. Peters, who suffered the injury to his non-throwing shoulder in the first quarter, has been throwing passes this week. Illinois coach Bret Bielema said the sixth-year senior should return “sooner than

11:18 AM ET Associated Press PISCATAWAY, N.J. — The season-opening game between Temple and Rutgers scheduled for Thursday night has been postponed until Saturday after the remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped historic rain over the Northeastern U.S. Rutgers officials did not immediately announce a new starting time. Information on tickets, credentials and parking for the