3:22 PM ET Former Oklahoma Sooners running back Trey Sermon is transferring to Ohio State Buckeyes, he confirmed Sunday. Sermon will have immediate eligibility as a graduate transfer with one year of eligibility remaining. Sermon announced his intentions to transfer from Oklahoma on March 14 and now will join an Ohio State roster that was
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8:51 AM ET After a short break, the college football future power rankings return, possibly providing some excitement while everyone craves the return of sports. We flip to the other side of the ball with the defenses and ask: Which units project best during the next three seasons? As a reminder, these rankings examine the
8:00 AM ET ESPN.com staff Alabama coach Nick Saban was with his wife, Terry, at their home in Boca Grande, Florida, last week during spring break as the coronavirus (COVID-19) news began to flood the airwaves, seemingly changing by the hour. Like all Americans, Saban was doing his best to come to grips with the
9:04 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — A federal judge has recommended that a former Michigan State football staff member’s claims against former Spartans football coach Mark Dantonio, former athletic director Mark Hollis and former school President Lou Anna Simon should be dismissed. Curtis Blackwell filed a lawsuit in November 2018 claiming his employment agreement
8:00 AM ET Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia OXFORD, Miss. — It happened so fast, Tyrone Nix can’t
7:16 PM ET Associated Press WEST POINT, N.Y. — Army has named Mike Sullivan as director of recruiting for football. Sullivan, a 1989 graduate of West Point, returns to the academy after coaching several years in the NFL and winning two Super Bowls with the New York Giants. “We are thrilled to welcome Mike Sullivan
7:15 AM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Tom VanHaaren Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan College football’s early signing date and accelerated recruiting cycle force coaches to always look forward, not backward. Most
6:54 PM ET As colleges around the country continue to plot their coronavirus strategies, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey reiterated Wednesday that though spring football games are canceled, spring practice is not. Although Sankey is not overly optimistic that spring practice can be rescued from postponement by the SEC’s self-imposed April 16 reevaluation date, it has
8:00 AM ET Anthony Treash We have ranked college football’s top 10 returning quarterbacks and running backs for 2020, and now it’s time to turn our attention to the receivers. As a whole, the wide receiver position simply does not get enough credit for the value it brings to the gridiron. Everyone loves watching the
12:57 PM ET The ACC became the latest NCAA conference to cancel athletics activities through the end of the 2019-20 academic year in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and it might not be the last one to do so. In a statement on Tuesday, the ACC said its member schools voted unanimously to cancel “all
7:49 PM ET Ohio State added ESPN Junior 300 running back Evan Pryor to its 2021 recruiting class on Monday. Pryor is the No. 124 overall prospect, and he chose Ohio State over North Carolina and Georgia. Pryor’s decision to join the Ohio State class gives the Buckeyes three commitments in the month of March,
3:26 PM ET Associated Press Brown promoted Heather Marini to quarterbacks coach on Monday, making her the first female position coach in Division I football. Marini joined the Bears’ staff last year as the offensive quality control assistant coach. Prior to coaching at Brown, the native Australian worked with the New York Jets as a
1:00 PM ET ESPN staff Last Thursday, the NCAA announced it was canceling all championships, including the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, because of the coronavirus outbreak. Since then, there have been questions and speculation around what led to the decision. ESPN contacted commissioners, coaches, players and officials to get their takes on an unprecedented
8:00 AM ET Now is when it really starts to get fun. We’re down to 16 teams in ESPN’s fictional NCAA football tournament. We saw some upsets, clutch performances and exhilarating finishes in the first two rounds. But this is the point of the tournament when talent usually wins out … but not always. All
12:53 PM ET Oklahoma running back Trey Sermon is entering the transfer portal following a 2019 season that was cut short by injury and in which he lost his place in the Sooners offense. Sermon tweeted his decision Saturday to pursue a transfer, thanking coaches, trainers, fans and teammates but also saying he is “looking
12:24 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — The Pat Tillman Foundation has converted this year’s Pat’s Run, a 4.2-mile race scheduled for April 18 held in honor of Tillman, into a virtual race instead of hosting more than 20,000 runners in Tempe, Arizona. The decision to change the race was made in response to the coronavirus
3:50 PM ET The SEC has suspended all sports-related activity on or off campus until at least April 15 as it attempts to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, a source told ESPN’s Chris Low. The conference decision includes spring football practice. The SEC had previously cancelled all sports until March 30. Alabama announced that
2:19 PM ET The NCAA is suspending on- and off-campus recruiting for all sports through April 15. In the wake of the coronavirus threat, the NCAA has taken measures to mitigate any and all risks associated with the virus and that now includes recruiting. The NCAA recently cancelled remaining winter and spring championships, while some