11:00 AM ET Vanderbilt has zeroed in on Notre Dame defensive coordinator Clark Lea as its top target to become the Commodores’ next football coach and hopes to finalize a deal within the next day, sources told ESPN. Lea, 38, oversees a Notre Dame defense ranked 12th nationally in scoring defense (17.1 points per game)
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8:55 AM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Paula Lavigne Close ESPN Staff Writer Data analyst and reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award; finalist, 2012 IRE broadcast award;
8:34 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com At least Florida Gators corner Marco Wilson has some company. The Gators cornerback made a big tackle on LSU Tigers tight end Kole Taylor that would have had the Tigers facing a long fourth down late in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game in Gainesville, Florida. To celebrate, Wilson threw
6:47 PM ET Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said Sunday that he has “no doubt” his Tigers and Notre Dame are both among the four best teams in the country, shrugging off complaints by SEC commissioner Greg Sankey that the ACC was protecting its prized programs by giving them Dec. 12 off. On Saturday, Sankey was
5:55 PM ET Florida coach Dan Mullen said he spoke with Marco Wilson after the Gators’ surprising 37-34 loss to LSU, and called the cornerback’s unsportsmanlike penalty for throwing a shoe “unfortunate.” The Gators stopped LSU on third down late in the fourth quarter with the score tied, when Wilson helped tackle Kole Taylor following
5:18 PM ET Stanford is declining bowl opportunities this season after spending the past few weeks of the regular season away from campus, the team announced Sunday. The Cardinal, who spent the past two weeks in Washington and Oregon to play games there, are set to travel Monday to Santa Barbara, California, to begin preparation
2:11 PM ET Former UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton plans to transfer to Florida State, he told ESPN on Sunday. Milton, who has been unable to play for the past two years while rehabbing a devastating right leg injury, said he chose the Seminoles because “it’s a great opportunity to play at the biggest level on
2:20 PM ET Associated Press The first top-10 shakeup in more than a month pushed Coastal Carolina to No. 9 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday. Alabama was a unanimous No. 1, followed by Notre Dame, Ohio State, Clemson and Texas A&M as those teams held their spots for a sixth straight
2:30 PM ET Auburn fired head football coach Gus Malzahn, the school announced Sunday. The decision comes less than 24 hours after the Tigers finished the regular season with a 6-4 record after beating Mississippi State 24-10 on Saturday. “After evaluating the state of the Auburn football program, we’ve decided that it was time to
12:33 PM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Lovie Smith is out as Illinois‘ head football coach after five seasons,
12:13 AM ET As college football limped toward the finish of its fraught 2020 regular season, it was fitting its final full-slate Saturday was saved by a guy throwing a shoe. And for a team with a leading Heisman Trophy contender in quarterback Kyle Trask, it was ironic the season’s biggest throw came from cornerback
6:29 PM ET With most of the playoff contenders on either a bye or a cancellation, Week 15 provided little to no change in our writers’ College Football Playoff picks. 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
8:20 PM ET It was cancellation weekend in college football, as a ton of games weren’t played because of COVID-19 issues. College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&THard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida)Jan. 11: 8 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App College Football Playoff Semifinal at The Rose Bowl GameRose Bowl (Pasadena, California)Jan.
10:56 PM ET USC and Washington will play for the Pac-12 football title Friday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the conference announced Saturday. At least that’s what is scheduled to happen. “In a football season that has thrown unprecedented challenges and adversity at our football teams and student-athletes, USC and Washington have performed at
11:53 PM ET LSU went on the road and upset No. 6 Florida 37-34 on Saturday night thanks to a last-minute field goal that was only made possible because a Gators defender threw a shoe that resulted in a personal foul penalty and kept the drive alive. The Tigers were stopped on third down late
4:43 PM ET Freshman Colorado wide receiver Brenden Rice, son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice, became the first Buffaloes player with a receiving touchdown and a punt return for a TD in a game in the past 25 seasons Saturday against Utah. Rice’s punt return for a touchdown came with 1:30 left
7:23 PM ET Former Tennessee coach Butch Jones has agreed to become the next head coach at Arkansas State and the two sides are working to finalize a deal, sources told ESPN. Jones is currently a special assistant to Alabama head coach Nick Saban. Jones was an offensive analyst on Alabama’s staff the previous two
6:54 PM ET ESPN News Services WEST POINT, N.Y. — Tyhier Tyler scored on a 4-yard run early in the fourth quarter, the Army defense stoned Navy with a goal-line stand in the third, and the Black Knights beat their archrival 15-0 on Saturday at fog-shrouded Michie Stadium. It was the first meeting between the