12:12 AM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina State blocked Alex Barbir‘s 39-yard field goal attempt with 1:18 left to beat No. 21 Liberty 15-14 on Saturday night, handing the Flames their first loss this season. Liberty (8-1) was trying to earn a third win against an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent this year,
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8:50 PM ET Week 12 presented one of the mainstays in this season’s College Football Playoff predictions with its toughest test of the year. How will Saturday’s top games affect the College Football Playoff chase? What are the current odds for the top four? The Allstate Playoff Predictor has the answers. Check back every week
8:04 PM ET Penn State tight end Pat Freiermuth will undergo season-ending surgery next week, coach James Franklin said, for an undisclosed injury he suffered against Ohio State last month. Despite sustaining the injury in the second game of the season, the junior tight end, ranked as Mel Kiper Jr.’s second-best tight end prospect for
7:55 PM ET ESPN News Services EVANSTON, Ill. — Peyton Ramsey threw two touchdown passes and No. 19 Northwestern shut down Graham Mertz and No. 10 Wisconsin for a 17-7 victory on Saturday that put the undefeated Wildcats in control of the Big Ten West. Northwestern forced five turnovers — four in the first half
5:19 PM ET Alabama senior receiver DeVonta Smith set an SEC record with his 32nd career touchdown reception on Saturday, passing former Crimson Tide great Amari Cooper and former Florida star Chris Doering. Smith hauled in a 10-yard scoring reception from Mac Jones with 10:12 remaining in the second quarter against Kentucky. It was Smith’s
4:37 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Master Teague III ran for a career-high 169 yards and two touchdowns, Justin Fields accounted for three scores, and No. 3 Ohio State held off a comeback bid by Michael Penix Jr., Ty Fryfogle and No. 9 Indiana to win 42-35 on Saturday. The Hoosiers (4-1) rallied
2:53 PM ET Louisiana coach Billy Napier has tested positive for COVID-19, the school announced Saturday afternoon. Napier, 41, began showing symptoms on Tuesday and went into isolation. After negative tests on Tuesday and Wednesday, his Friday test came back positive. Louisiana, which is 7-1 and ranked 24th, halted team operations Tuesday-Friday and canceled Saturday’s
2:32 PM ET Pitt will be missing 16 players for its game against Virginia Tech because of coronavirus issues, the school announced Saturday. The Panthers postponed their game last week against Georgia Tech and paused football activities after they had a few positive tests. They were able to resume practice Tuesday with the expectation that
11:56 AM ET Liberty coach Hugh Freeze, who recently agreed to a new deal with the Flames through 2026, said he’s “at total peace” with his current situation and is not currently interested in job openings such as South Carolina. “I won’t even entertain things of that nature at this point,” Freeze told ESPN College
11:48 AM ET Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson is among several UCLA Bruins players out for Saturday’s road game against No. 11 Oregon Ducks. The junior quarterback has thrown seven touchdowns and two interceptions in UCLA’s two games. Thompson-Robinson tweeted out Friday night that he does not have COVID-19. In a tweet Saturday morning he said he’s
10:00 AM ET ESPN Stats & Information After no ranked-vs.-ranked matchups in Week 11, there are three in Week 12. Favorites are a solid 14-5-1 ATS in games between top-25 teams. Those laying points in Week 12 are No. 3 Ohio State (-20.5), No. 10 Wisconsin (-7.5) and No. 18 Oklahoma (-7). AP top-5 teams
9:40 AM ET It’s Week 12 of the ever-evolving college football season. A quick glance across the schedule this week reveals these quirks: Ohio State may be facing its biggest conference hurdle in … Indiana. Northwestern is 4-0 after winning three games last season. A top-25 Liberty team is playing its third game against the
9:03 AM ET Florida State and Clemson will not play Saturday after the team’s medical personnel could not mutually agree on moving forward with the game, the ACC said in a statement. The teams were supposed to play at noon in Tallahassee. “We are disappointed that we will not be able to play today’s game
12:42 AM ET Purdue coach Jeff Brohm said he did not get an explanation for a controversial offensive pass interference penalty against the Boilermakers in the final minute of Friday’s 34-31 loss to Minnesota. The 15-yard penalty on Purdue tight end Payne Durham wiped out a 19-yard touchdown pass, which would have put Purdue ahead
5:13 PM ET The Washington State–Stanford game set for Saturday has been canceled, the Pac-12 announced Friday “This decision was made under the Pac-12’s football game cancellation policy due to Washington State not having the minimum number of scholarship players available for the game as a result of a number of positive football student-athlete COVID-19
4:50 PM ET The Minnesota Golden Gophers will be short-handed for Friday night’s game against Purdue as a university spokesman confirmed that 20 football players are medically unavailable due to injuries or COVID-19. The team also confirmed that offensive line coach Brian Callahan and two other staff members have tested positive for COVID-19. Minnesota’s director
2:03 PM ET Pitt and Virginia Tech will wear face coverings both on the field and sideline Saturday, in accordance with new Pennsylvania state coronavirus safety guidelines. In a statement issued Friday, Pitt said, “In alignment with the recent guidance from state officials regarding the current health climate, Pitt’s football team will be appropriately outfitted
2:18 PM ET Associated Press Seventh-ranked Cincinnati‘s game against No. 25 Tulsa has been moved again in a shuffling of the American Athletic Conference football schedule. The Bearcats and Golden Hurricane are now set to play Dec. 12, a week before the planned date of the conference championship game. The game was originally scheduled for