10:11 AM ET Western Michigan coach Tim Lester has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss this week’s home game against San Jose State. Lester, 44, received a positive test Monday morning after experiencing mild symptoms Sunday. The fifth-year Broncos coach is vaccinated. “Thankfully, due to being fully vaccinated, I am feeling OK,” Lester said
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6:55 AM ET After Alabama opened the college football season with a 44-13 rout against Miami in Atlanta, there was probably the same collective moan from Athens, Georgia, to Eugene, Oregon: “Oh, no, not again!” Then, after the defending national champion barely survived a 31-29 victory at Florida on Saturday, the widespread reaction was: “Oh,
9:19 PM ET Associated Press IRVING, Texas — The American Athletic Conference has extended the contract of commissioner Mike Aresco for three years through June 2025, the league announced Monday. Aresco, a former CBS Sports executive, was hired as Big East commissioner in 2012 during sweeping conference realignment that ultimately forced the league to rebuild
8:36 PM ET Clemson defensive tackle Tyler Davis needs surgery to repair a torn bicep and is expected to miss seven to eight weeks, coach Dabo Swinney said on his radio show Monday night. Swinney also announced that running back Lyn-J Dixon has entered the transfer portal, a blow to the Tigers’ backfield depth. Davis
3:16 PM ET Associated Press Purdue receiver David Bell used his Twitter account to tell fans he was all right after Saturday’s scary scene at No. 12 Notre Dame. It’s still unclear when the Boilermakers could get their biggest playmaker back on the field. Coach Jeff Brohm announced Monday that Bell is in the concussion
3:23 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska running back Gabe Ervin Jr. is out indefinitely, and possibly for the season, with a knee injury he sustained in the loss at Oklahoma. Coach Scott Frost said Monday that Ervin has an injury to his right patellar tendon, which runs from the bottom of the
1:54 PM ET LSU defensive end Andre Anthony will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury, coach Ed Orgeron told reporters on Monday. Anthony, who ranks second on the team with 3.5 sacks, suffered the injury during Saturday’s win over Central Michigan. In the first quarter of the game, Anthony recovered a
1:46 PM ET Associated Press Doctors gave Indiana quarterback Michael Penix Jr. the all clear to play this weekend at Western Kentucky, and Hoosiers coach Tom Allen said he remains confident his star will pull himself out of an early-season funk. Allen said Penix would remain the starter despite concerns over his low completion percentage
8:22 AM ET Associated Press CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Miami quarterback D’Eriq King has a shoulder injury that will need further evaluation this week, the latest blow to the reeling Hurricanes. King will meet with doctors again on Tuesday, coach Manny Diaz said. The Hurricanes, who fell out of the AP Top 25 on Sunday
8:15 AM ET GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For three hours inside a packed Swamp, over 90,000 fans roared so loud and stomped so hard they became a force in the game unfolding between Alabama and Florida, and it truly felt like old times — back when the Gators were the dominant team in the SEC. Though