1:12 PM ET The inevitable became official Monday as top-ranked Alabama named Bryce Young its starting quarterback for Saturday’s game against No. 14 Miami. Young, a sophomore and former five-star prospect, spent last season as the back-up to Mac Jones, who was selected by the New England Patriots in the first round of this year’s
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12:51 PM ET Michigan will start junior Cade McNamara at quarterback for Saturday’s season opener against Western Michigan, coach Jim Harbaugh said Monday. Harbaugh labeled McNamara as the Wolverines’ starter before preseason camp opened, and the junior has only strengthened his position during the past month. McNamara appeared in four games last season and started
1:09 PM ET Notre Dame junior linebacker Marist Liufau underwent surgery Monday morning for a broken and dislocated ankle and it will likely miss the season, head coach Brian Kelly announced on Monday. Liufau had 22 total tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss last season and was slated to be a significant contributor again in
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff Week 1 is finally here. So let’s get right into the thick of it. What coaches are already under pressure? Which players do we think are going to become stars this season? Is there any chance of an underdog reaching the College Football Playoffs? Our college football reporters break down
9:14 PM ET Oklahoma transfer Tanner Mordecai will be SMU‘s starting quarterback, a source confirmed to ESPN. Mordecai, who backed up Kyler Murray, Jalen Hurts and Spencer Rattler at OU, beat out highly touted freshman Preston Stone, a four-star recruit who was ranked No. 121 in the ESPN 300 and chose SMU over LSU, Penn
7:00 AM ET LAFAYETTE, La. — Billy Napier isn’t in a hurry. The football coach sits in his office at the University of Louisiana on a Friday morning earlier this month, leans back in a red leather chair and waits patiently for the question he knows is coming: What’s he still doing here? It’s blunt,
6:42 PM ET CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The most frustrating thing about Nebraska’s 30-22 season-opening loss at Illinois is that the mistakes that have hamstrung the Huskers in recent years all seemed to show up. The scariest thing is that coach Scott Frost and his players don’t know why the same things keep happening to them.
7:36 PM ET With Hurricane Ida approaching the Louisiana coast and expected to make landfall on Sunday, LSU announced that the football team would be moving to Houston on Saturday for next week’s practice. The Tigers play at UCLA on Sept. 4. The school says the team will leave from Houston for Los Angeles on
3:51 PM ET CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois starting quarterback Brandon Peters left Saturday’s season opener with a left arm/shoulder injury suffered late in the first quarter. Peters, a sixth-year senior, remained down after being sacked by Nebraska‘s Deontre Thomas on Illinois’ final series of the opening quarter. He immediately went into Illinois’ injury tent, and
1:45 PM ET College football is back and so is College Gameday. Along with it comes all the signs. For Week 0, College GameDay was live from Atlanta, Georgia, for the MEAC/SWAC Challenge with HBCU powers Alcorn State and North Carolina Central facing off. Rap trio Migos was in the house and the fans were