8:15 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN The looming changes to the structure of college football simultaneously highlight the strength of the SEC and Big Ten while exposing the fluidity of the rest of the major-conference landscape. With the Big Ten and SEC preparing to start 16-program versions in 2024 and the 12-team playoff looming the same
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4:48 PM ET NC State football coach Dave Doeren received a one-year contract extension through the 2027 season, the school announced Friday. Financial terms remain the same; Doeren is scheduled to make $5 million annually. “We are very proud of the standard and culture that Dave has established for our football program,” athletic director Boo
3:58 PM ET BOULDER, Colo. — Deion Sanders strived for greatness throughout a Hall of Fame playing career, and he set similar goals as coach of the Colorado Buffaloes, despite the team’s 1-11 season in 2022. Sanders told ESPN on Friday that he doesn’t cater his message to the team he inherited. Instead, he requires
1:53 PM ET Longtime NFL special teams coordinator and former Central Michigan head coach John Bonamego told ESPN on Friday he is retiring from coaching. Bonamego, 59, spent 19 years as a special teams assistant or coordinator in the NFL and another 16 as a college coach, including a four-year stint as the head coach
8:00 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN High school freshman Julian Lewis has already made a Georgia state title game as a starting quarterback, has Ohio State, USC and Georgia among his 35 scholarship offers and has gone viral by wowing NFL stars with his skills. The 15-year-old profiles as the precocious prodigy in nearly every way,
12:11 PM ET The state of Florida updated its NIL legislation on Thursday, pulling back on restrictions while allowing universities to provide additional entrepreneurial workshops to their players. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed HB 7B: Intercollegiate Athlete Compensation and Rights into law with Florida State football coach Mike Norvell, Florida football coach Billy Napier and
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff Spring practice is only a few weeks away for most college football teams, so what better time than now to spring hope for teams across the country. Using Mark Schlabach’s Way-Too-Early Top 25, we look at 25 possible paths to the 2024 College Football Playoff. For teams like Georgia and
11:53 PM ET Former NFL coach Ken Whisenhunt has joined Alabama‘s football staff as the special assistant to head coach Nick Saban. Whisenhunt’s name appeared in Alabama’s staff directory Wednesday night. He spent the past two seasons as an offensive analyst at Penn State. The former Arizona Cardinals and Tennessee Titans head coach last held
7:39 PM ET Notre Dame is expected to promote tight ends coach Gerad Parker to offensive coordinator, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday, ending a roller-coaster search that initially targeted outside candidates to replace Tommy Rees, who was hired as Alabama‘s offensive coordinator. After talks with Kansas State offensive coordinator Collin Klein and Utah offensive
4:52 PM ET Ohio State has canceled a home-and-home series with Washington that had been scheduled for the 2024 and ’25 seasons, the schools announced Wednesday. In a statement, Buckeyes athletic director Gene Smith said his school initiated the cancelation and will be responsible for a $500,000 penalty under terms of the contract that must