2:08 PM ET Sunday’s NFL action featured a lot of clear-cut winners from a betting perspective, but that wasn’t the case on Saturday in the world of college football. Those who had action on games in the American Athletic Conference and SEC West learned no bet is ever safe until the final whistle. Here are
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11:00 AM ET NORMAN, Okla. — As Chuba Hubbard rumbled through a trio of Sooners defenders into the end zone for yet another Oklahoma State touchdown, the boos came cascading down from the Owen Field bleachers. Boos, presumably, directed at the Oklahoma defense. If OU fans feel this way about their own team’s defense, imagine
9:14 AM ET On this Thursday night, the wait staff at Ruth’s Chris Steak House in Granger, Indiana, will scramble to locate the last of its remaining bread bowls and push together a long string of tables in the back corner of the restaurant. They are accustomed now to the onslaught of 4,500 pounds of
8:00 AM ET ESPN staff These rankings are all about rating teams against their conference brethren, but we are also ranking the conferences against each other. Check out the chart below, and click on a conference to get full details on why we ranked teams how we did. 1. SEC | 2. Big Ten |
7:34 PM ET Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Ian Book‘s stay on No. 3 Notre Dame’s sideline will be a short one. Coach Brian Kelly announced Sunday that the 6-foot, 208-pound junior quarterback, who led the Irish (10-0, No. 3 CFP) to six straight victories before suffering a rib injury in Notre Dame’s 31-21
4:00 PM ET Exactly two years ago this week, Louisville made its College Football Playoff push. Behind future Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson and a string of blowout victories, the Cards sat at No. 5 in the playoff rankings, with a last-second loss to eventual champion Clemson as its only blemish. Could unheralded, upstart Louisville
4:19 PM ET Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. — Duke says safety Dylan Singleton is out indefinitely with a broken left ankle. Team spokesman Art Chase said Singleton had surgery Sunday to repair the injury suffered a day earlier in a 42-35 victory over North Carolina . He’s the 15th player with starting experience to miss
2:41 PM ET Associated Press The day after earning a spot in the Big Ten championship game, Northwestern is ranked in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time this season. First-place votes in parentheses 1. Alabama (61)2. Clemson3. Notre Dame4. Michigan5. Georgia6. Oklahoma7. West Virginia8. Washington State9. Ohio State10. LSU11. UCF12. Syracuse13.
5:01 PM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Mitch Sherman Close ESPN Staff Writer Nebraska/Big Ten/Recruiting reporter. Joined ESPN in 2011. Graduated from the University of Nebraska. All times Eastern. College Football Playoff schedule College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl
11:53 AM ET Louisville has fired coach Bobby Petrino as the Cardinals have stumbled to a 2-8 record this season, athletic director Vince Tyra announced Sunday. Louisville’s season has bottomed out during a seven-game losing streak and a five-game stretch of ACC defeats by at least 18 points, including blowout losses to Clemson and Syracuse