6:25 PM ET ESPN staff It’s Selection Day and that means bowl season is quickly upon us — arguably the most wonderful time of the year. With Georgia, Michigan, TCU and Ohio State slated for the College Football Playoff, the rest of the bowl schedule is set. Before we get into what we’re most looking
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9:06 PM ET North Texas fired coach Seth Littrell on Sunday, two days after the team lost in the Conference USA championship game, sources confirmed to ESPN. Littrell finished 44-44 at the school in seven seasons, reaching a bowl game in all but one season. He won nine games in 2017 and 2018 but never
9:44 PM ET Florida offensive lineman O’Cyrus Torrence, a top prospect at his position, announced on Sunday that he will forgo his final season of eligibility and enter the NFL draft. ESPN NFL Draft experts Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay both list Torrence as the No. 1-ranked guard. 1 Related The 6-foot-5, 347-pound junior
8:48 PM ET Iowa fifth-year senior quarterback Spencer Petras needs shoulder surgery and will miss the Music City Bowl against Kentucky, coach Kirk Ferentz announced on Sunday. “The injury he had in the Nebraska ball game was significant enough to require surgery,” Ferentz said. “So, he’s not going to be able to compete. Nobody’s more
8:18 PM ET Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. — Part politician, part preacher and part pitchman, Deion Sanders fired up a crowd of alumni, boosters, former players and other VIPs celebrating his hire as Colorado’s coach on Sunday. He spewed motivational sayings that he promised will soon adorn the walls inside the complex at Folsom Field
6:47 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN USC starting quarterback and leading Heisman Trophy candidate Caleb Williams has a “significant” hamstring injury, and his status for the Trojans’ matchup against Tulane in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic on Jan. 2 is yet to be determined, coach Lincoln Riley said Sunday. “Those things, hamstrings are different for everybody,
6:26 PM ET Wisconsin quarterback Graham Mertz, a former top-25 national recruit who started the past 32 games for the Badgers, will enter the transfer portal. Mertz announced his decision Sunday, noting that he has two seasons of eligibility. His name does not yet appear in the portal. He had been vocal in his support
5:44 PM ET Samuel M’Pemba, one of the top remaining uncommitted players in the 2023 class, pledged to Georgia on Sunday. M’Pemba is No. 29 overall in the 2023 ESPN 300 and is ESPN’s No. 2-ranked defensive end in the class. He’ll slide into the second level — linebacker — of the Bulldogs’ defense. “I
4:46 PM ET Oddsmakers have indicated that No. 2 Michigan has an easier path to the national championship game than No. 1 Georgia. The top-ranked Bulldogs are a 6.5-point favorite over No. 4 Ohio State, while the Wolverines are favored by 9.5 points over No. 3 TCU. “Michigan is clearly the much better team, but
3:12 PM ET ESPN News Services Alabama will face Kansas State in the Allstate Sugar Bowl after missing out on the College Football Playoff for just the second time since the playoff began in 2014. The ninth-ranked Wildcats, who spoiled TCU‘s perfect season in the Big 12 championship game Saturday, will face the fifth-ranked Crimson