4:55 PM ET Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said quarterback DJ Uiagalelei will start the ACC championship game despite struggling in a loss to South Carolina to end the regular season. Swinney on Sunday again defended his quarterback, who went 8-of-29 for 99 yards with one touchdown and one interception in the 31-30 loss to the
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5:31 PM ET Tulsa is firing football coach Philip Montgomery after going 5-7 this season, sources confirmed to ESPN on Sunday. Montgomery had served as the Golden Hurricane coach since 2015, going 43-53 while leading Tulsa to four bowl appearances. But Tulsa hadn’t won more than seven games in a season following a breakout 10-3
4:25 PM ET Purdue starting quarterback Aidan O’Connell announced Sunday that his oldest brother, Sean, recently died. O’Connell became very emotional on the sideline toward the end of Saturday’s 30-16 win over Indiana, where Purdue clinched its first Big Ten West title and a spot in the league championship game against Michigan. After the game,
1:57 PM ET Associated Press Michigan moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, with TCU at No. 3 and USC at No. 4 behind top-ranked Georgia after four top-10 teams lost on the final day of regular-season games. The Bulldogs (12-0) are No. 1 for the eighth straight week
1:19 PM ET Texas State is firing coach Jake Spavital, sources told ESPN. Spavital went 13-35 over four years and 4-8 in back-to-back seasons to end his tenure. Spavital failed to make a bowl game in his four years as Bobcats head coach. He had one year remaining on his initial five-year deal and is
11:12 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Wisconsin has targeted Luke Fickell to be the school’s next head coach, sources told ESPN. No deal is signed, but there’s a strong push by the Badgers to try and land Fickell in the next 48 hours. Fickell led Cincinnati to the College Football Playoff last season and has gone
5:16 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Stanford head coach David Shaw has resigned after 12 seasons at his alma mater. Shaw announced his decision to step down, effective immediately, after Saturday night’s 36-25 loss to BYU in Stanford’s season finale. “I prayed about it, I thought about it,” Shaw said. “With every hour it seemed, it
1:37 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LOS ANGELES — Caleb Williams has had better nights statistically. He’s scored more touchdowns, passed for more yards and completed more passes in other contests. But on Saturday night against a stout Notre Dame defense in prime time, Williams showed why the story of his season requires a three-dimensional explanation.
12:39 AM ET ESPN News Services COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Riding a five-game winning streak and assured of playing in next week’s Southeastern Conference title game, No. 5 LSU just had to take care of underperforming Texas A&M to keep its College Football Playoff hopes alive. Instead, Devon Achane had a career-best 215 yards rushing
10:28 PM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Nick Saban wasn’t sure who had won or lost around the country after Alabama‘s 49-27 rout of Auburn on Saturday, but he is sure that his team at least deserves consideration for one of the four sports in the College Football Playoff. The Crimson Tide, who’ve been to every