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David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterJun 4, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions This is a strange year for quarterbacks in college football. In 2023, Caleb Williams and Drake Maye headlined our annual tiered rankings, which came as no surprise. One had

Jun 3, 2024, 11:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Nick Saban and Urban Meyer are up for election to the College Football Hall of Fame for the first time. The ballot for the Hall of Fame class to be announced in January was released by the National Football Foundation on Monday. It includes 77 players

Neil PaineJun 3, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Neil Paine writes about sports using data and analytics. Previously, he was Sports Editor at FiveThirtyEight. Open Extended Reactions The 2024 college football season will be all about big changes. Familiar programs are going to be in very different places. The Big Ten, for example, is welcoming

Jun 3, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ESPN has released its 2024 Football Power Index (FPI) ratings and projections, and our college football reporters are here to break them down. The ratings, for the uninitiated, include forecasts for every team’s record, its chances of winning a conference title and of course, its probability

Associated Press May 31, 2024, 03:40 PM ET CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The University of Virginia will pay $9 million in a settlement related to a 2022 campus shooting that killed three football players and wounded two other students, a lawyer representing some of the victims and their families said Friday. The school in Charlottesville will

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMay 31, 2024, 01:54 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Former Notre Dame starting quarterback Tyler Buchner, who joined the school’s lacrosse team this spring after playing football last fall at Alabama, will return to the Fighting Irish football team

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterMay 31, 2024, 08:33 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Let’s review. In 1996, Conference USA began sponsoring football with a lineup of Cincinnati, Houston, Louisville, Memphis, Southern Miss and Tulane. It added East Carolina in 1997, then Army in 1998 and UAB

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterMay 30, 2024, 06:44 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions DESTIN, Fla. — ESPN on Thursday announced it will show approximately 1,000 college football games across all platforms this season starting in Week 0 of the regular season and concluding

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterMay 30, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions The 12-team College Football Playoff will be more inclusive and guarantee the country’s top conference champions have a chance to compete for the national title. You’re going to love it.

Paula Lavigne, ESPN Investigative ReporterMay 29, 2024, 11:25 PM ET Close Data analyst and reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award; finalist, 2012 IRE broadcast award; winner, 2011 Gannett Foundation Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism; Emmy nominated, 2009. Open Extended Reactions A jury Wednesday found in

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterMay 29, 2024, 07:41 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions DESTIN, Fla. — Texas won’t face Arkansas and Texas A&M until November, but the excitement surrounding the return of the storied rivalries was already creating chatter this week at the

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterMay 29, 2024, 06:50 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions SYRACUSE, N.Y. — When Fran Brown saw the Syracuse job come open last November, he watched a clip of athletic director John Wildhack ticking off what he would be

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterMay 28, 2024, 09:44 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions DESTIN, Fla. — As college athletics faces historic changes, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said he’s trying to find a balance between being a “statesman” and being “forceful” in his opinions,

Pete Thamel, ESPNMay 28, 2024, 03:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DESTIN, Fla. — SEC football coaches aren’t sure what roster caps will look like under the new settlement that’s poised to reshape college sports. Answers aren’t due for months. Collectively, the coaches made it clear Tuesday at SEC spring meetings that they want walk-ons

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterMay 28, 2024, 06:49 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Ready or not, realignment is coming. The 2024 college football season will feature the largest power conference shuffle we’ve ever seen, with Oklahoma and Texas joining the SEC; Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterMay 27, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions For the first time in a decade, college football has changed the way it determines its champion. In case you’ve been living off the grid, the field will expand from

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMay 26, 2024, 09:07 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Quarterback Madden Iamaleava, an ESPN top-100 recruit and the younger brother of projected Tennessee starting quarterback Nico Iamaleava, committed to UCLA on Saturday night. Madden Iamaleava, ranked No. 83 among

Pete Thamel, ESPNMay 24, 2024, 02:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Washington tailback Will Nixon is transferring to Syracuse, sources told ESPN on Friday. Nixon averaged 6.1 yards per carry for the Huskies last season and will have two seasons of eligibility remaining. His move east means that he will be united with his