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7:58 PM ET It’s been quite the night for Alabama WR DeVonta Smith, who caught three touchdowns in the first half of the College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T against Ohio State. The Heisman Trophy winner’s first-half stats Monday say it all — 12 receptions for 215 yards and three touchdowns. According to

11:37 PM ET Even in a 2020 college football season that featured more starts and stops than Los Angeles traffic, there were a handful of near certainties, such as Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State reaching the College Football Playoff. Even a pandemic couldn’t balance power in the most top-heavy sport. Will we finally see those

9:50 PM ET MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. — Alabama safety Jordan Battle was ejected for targeting in the second quarter of the national championship game against Ohio State on Monday night. 2 Related Battle was flagged after leading with the crown of his helmet and hitting Ohio State tight end Jeremy Ruckert in the facemask area.

8:49 PM ET MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Alabama receiver DeVonta Smith set the SEC career receiving yards record with his first catch against Ohio State in the national championship game Monday night. The Heisman Trophy winner had one reception for 15 yards on the opening drive, moving him past Jordan Matthews, who set the record

7:19 PM ET Ohio State starting defensive tackle Tommy Togiai, defensive end Tyreke Smith and kicker Blake Haubeil will miss Monday night’s College Football Playoff National Championship against Alabama. In all, 13 players were listed on the team’s unavailability report, including two other defensive linemen. Backup kicker Dominic DiMaccio is also unavailable. Alabama receiver Jaylen

4:22 PM ET Leading Nebraska Cornhuskers wide receiver Wan’Dale Robinson is entering the NCAA’s transfer portal, he announced Monday on Twitter. Robinson led Nebraska with 51 receptions for 461 yards and a touchdown in eight games this season, making 33 more catches than any other Huskers player. He also added 240 rushing yards, ranking fourth

3:44 PM ET Maryland is hiring Dan Enos as offensive coordinator, replacing Scottie Montgomery, who is out after two seasons with the Terrapins. Enos, who spent the past season as Cincinnati’s running backs coach, worked with Maryland coach Mike Locksley at Alabama in 2018, when Locksley served as the team’s offensive coordinator and Enos coached

12:40 PM ET Former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops, Heisman Trophy winner Carson Palmer of USC, Clemson running back C.J. Spiller and Eastern Illinois star Tony Romo headline the 2021 College Football Hall of Fame class announced Monday. Kansas State’s Darren Sproles, who still holds 21 school and Big 12 records, and Tennessee linebacker Al Wilson,

9:00 AM ET The point spread on the College Football National Championship between Ohio State and Alabama continued to grow over the weekend, while the betting action on the game was almost dead even entering game day at sportsbooks around the nation. On Sunday night, roughly 24 hours before Monday’s kickoff, the SuperBook at Westgate

7:28 AM ET Former Alabama offensive coordinator Mike Locksley still remembers glancing over at Jeremy Pruitt one late-December night in 2017 at a Sugar Bowl function. Alabama was in New Orleans, preparing to face Clemson in the College Football Playoff semifinal, and Pruitt, then Alabama’s defensive coordinator, was doing his best to burn both ends

7:00 AM ET JUSTIN FIELDS STEPS into an injury tent like Clark Kent entering a phone booth. On the outside, he’s a mild-mannered quarterback, not much of a talker. At heart, he’s still that small-town kid from the Atlanta suburbs who desperately wanted to stay close to home and play for Georgia and who nearly

7:00 AM ET Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Alabama and Ohio State most recently met during the inaugural College Football Playoff in 2015. Behind

7:18 AM ET The casual smile gets you first. Then comes the all-knowing, perfectly timed glance up to the cameras. It was all Ohio State running back Trey Sermon could do — cheesing it up for television as officials reviewed whether he scored a touchdown on a long run against Clemson in last week’s College

3:11 PM ET Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. South Carolina is hiring Western Kentucky defensive coordinator Clayton White for the same role, sources confirmed

7:32 AM ET Back in October, Alabama coach Nick Saban finally waved the white flag. The longtime defensive connoisseur had seen enough. The idea that “defense wins championships,” much to Saban’s dismay, is a relic of college football’s past. “It used to be that good defense beats good offense,” Saban said before a win over

8:59 PM ET Former Tennessee quarterback Jarrett Guarantano, who entered the transfer portal three weeks ago, will transfer to Washington State, he announced Friday. Guarantano started seven games in 2020 for the Volunteers, and 32 in his career, before losing his starting job late in the season to Harrison Bailey. Washington State started true freshman

5:52 PM ET Northwestern quarterback Peyton Ramsey will not return for the 2021 season after helping the team to a Big Ten West Division title in his only season as a Wildcat. Ramsey informed head coach Pat Fitzgerald and offensive coordinator Mike Bajakian of his plans Friday, a team spokesman told ESPN. He also posted

8:02 PM ET Indiana senior wide receiver Ty Fryfogle announced he was returning to play for the Hoosiers in 2021. Fryfogle had an opportunity to declare for the NFL draft after being named the Big Ten Wide Receiver of the Year in the 2020 season but decided to use his last year of eligibility in