7:50 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — Tua Tagovailoa threw for a career-high 444 yards and tied his personal best with five touchdowns to help No. 2 Alabama open Southeastern Conference play with a 47-23 victory over South Carolina on Saturday. Coach Nick Saban improved to 12-1 at Alabama in SEC openers and wiped
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6:04 PM ET Florida State starting receiver D.J. Matthews did not travel with the Seminoles for their game against Virginia on Saturday night. A team spokesman told reporters that Matthews “did not meet expectations this week.” Matthews started the first two games of the season, and has a team-high 11 receptions for 66 yards and
6:03 PM ET Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — As Blake Anderson thought about all that pink between the hedges, he struggled to hold back the tears. The emotions are still very raw for the Arkansas State coach, whose wife Wendy died last month after a two-year fight against breast cancer. But even as time eases
6:20 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Coach Brent Thompson was working as The Citadel’s offensive coordinator when the school upset South Carolina four years ago. Now that he’s got a signature win of his own, Thompson has a big building block for his team. “This is what we needed as a program, what I
4:28 PM ET Associated Press UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi joked before the 100th meeting between the Panthers and 13th-ranked Penn State that the next time the rivals face off, he’ll either be retired or “in a coffin.” That’s a long time to live with some curious decision-making that helped the Nittany
2:07 AM ET After a ho-hum weekend in college football — unless, of course, you’re a fan of say The Citadel, BYU, UCF or Arizona State — there will finally be some actual movement in the College Football Playoff race next week. Two games could go a long way in separating the early contenders from
1:20 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — The Atlantic Coast Conference said Saturday the replay official erred on the final play of the North Carolina Tar Heels–Wake Forest Demon Deacons game by failing to initiate a review that would have put one second back on the clock. League supervisor of football officials Dennis Hennigan
12:50 PM ET Louisville starting quarterback Jawon Pass will not play against Western Kentucky on Saturday because of a lower extremity injury, coach Scott Satterfield said. Malik Cunningham will start in his place. Pass, who started the first two games of this season, will be evaluated next week and is considered day-to-day. Cunningham played last
11:39 AM ET Indiana starting quarterback Michael Penix Jr. will not play in the Hoosiers’ noon ET home game against sixth-ranked Ohio State. On Thursday, coach Tom Allen said Penix was “working through some things right now” but gave no specifics. Allen said he wasn’t aware of Penix, a freshman, being injured in last week’s
11:39 AM ET ESPN News Services Indiana starting quarterback Michael Penix Jr. did not play in the Hoosiers’ 51-10 home loss to sixth-ranked Ohio State on Saturday. Junior quarterback Peyton Ramsey got the start for Indiana and went 19 for 33 for 162 yards with zero touchdowns and an interception. He was also sacked four