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7:30 AM ET Save the best for last, right? While almost all of the FBS programs attempting to play football this fall have already gotten underway, the SEC is still a week and a half from kicking off. When it does, we will witness a season full of fascinating questions. Does overwhelming raw talent (Georgia)

8:00 AM ET Welcome to our first official Heisman Watch of the 2020 college football season. Throughout the season, ESPN.com writers will vote on their top Heisman candidates. We are not including players whose fall seasons were postponed or who opted out. To get the final rankings, we use the following methodology: 14 voters, five

4:26 PM ET LSU defensive lineman Neil Farrell is expected to opt back in for the 2020 season, a source told ESPN. Farrell opted out of the season in August, citing family concerns around the coronavirus pandemic. The Athletic first reported that Farrell intended to rejoin LSU. Farrell started three games and appeared in all

4:35 PM ET The Pac-12’s “most aggressive” return plan is currently targeting mid-to-late November, according to a source familiar with the league’s discussions. Earlier this month, the Pac-12 announced its partnership with Quidel Corporation, a manufacturer of FDA-approved rapid tests that will allow the league to test its student-athletes daily for the coronavirus. While the

7:00 AM ET First, a flashback to the most impressive throw I’ve ever seen in person. It came in a spring game — the 2009 Missouri spring game, to be exact. Blaine Gabbert, the home-state, five-star QB, was prepping to become the starter. On one play in the scrimmage, the sophomore-to-be rolled left, couldn’t find

6:58 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 The Big Ten’s presidents and chancellors did not vote Sunday on whether to start the fall football season

2:43 PM ET Associated Press Louisiana-Lafayette and Appalachian State were among 10 new teams ranked Sunday in first regular-season Associated Press college football poll, which was stripped of the teams not yet scheduled to play a fall season. There was no change at the very top: Preseason No. 1 Clemson received 60 of 61 first

12:43 AM ET The first AP Top 25 poll to feature only teams playing this fall is out, and Clemson, off a season-opening win over Wake Forest on Saturday night, remains on top. How does the rest of the list shake out, and what’s in store for every ranked team? Let’s break it down. No.

12:27 AM ET Nick Saban spent the second Saturday in September coaching a scrimmage, then talking to the media through an Internet connection about a game that’s still two weeks away. Dabo Swinney checked in with ESPN’s College GameDay using FaceTime on his cell phone — which, inexplicably, he held, arm outstretched, the whole time

6:02 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 The Big Ten’s council of presidents and chancellors will meet Sunday to review the latest medical information and

11:25 AM ET Adam RittenbergESPN Senior Writer Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Follow on Twitter Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print West Virginia has suspended 11 football players for Saturday’s season opener against Eastern Kentucky. The suspensions are not coronavirus-related. All are one-game suspensions for violating team

5:17 PM ET Memphis has paused football activities, and its game next week against Houston is in jeopardy after a “significant number of individuals inside the program were placed into quarantine, the school announced Friday. The school did not specify how many positive coronavirus tests it has inside the program, saying only “a number of

6:01 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. The Big Ten medical subcommittee will present new testing programs Saturday to a subcommittee of conference presidents and

7:00 AM ET “WHAT DO YOU make of this?” Trevor Lawrence asked. Darien Rencher sat with Lawrence on a kitchen counter in an apartment just north of downtown Atlanta, the sweep of Piedmont Park in the distance, the city roiling below. The two — one white, one Black, teammates at Clemson, friends — heard the

7:35 PM ET Rutgers president Jonathan Holloway described President Donald Trump’s involvement in the push to start the Big Ten football season as “cheap politics.” Speaking to NJ Advance Media, Holloway said Trump’s involvement in the Big Ten’s situation will not impact his decision on when Big Ten sports should resume. Trump spoke last week

2:45 PM ET North Texas quarterbacks coach Tate Wallis, who was arrested Sept. 3 on charges of an improper relationship between an educator and student, has resigned. “Tate Wallis has offered his resignation and we have accepted it,” the school said Thursday. Wallis was hired at North Texas in January. The allegations stem from his

The opening weekend of Power 5 college football has finally arrived after one of the more challenging summers in modern history that included the coronavirus pandemic and a racial reckoning in America. Arguments have been made about whether games should happen because of the pandemic, and the Big Ten and Pac-12 postponed their fall football

3:15 PM ET After a demoralizing 55-3 loss to BYU on Monday, Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo blamed the listless performance on himself, having decided against significant contact during fall camp out of concerns about the spread of COVID-19. On Wednesday, Niumatalolo said additional coronavirus testing and the brutal result have necessitated a change in approach.