10:42 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Clemson benched starting quarterback DJ Uiagalelei after two series in the ACC championship game against North Carolina on Saturday, turning to backup Cade Klubnik to provide a spark. Klubnik did just that, going 10-of-11 for 149 yards and a touchdown in the first half. He was eventually pulled in
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10:33 PM ET Colorado has named Deion Sanders as its next head coach, the school announced in a statement on Saturday. The announcement came minutes after Sanders led Jackson State to its second straight SWAC title. Sanders, 55, has gone 27-5 at Jackson State in three seasons. Jackson State defeated Southern 43-24 in the title
6:52 PM ET ATLANTA — Georgia‘s top receiver this season, Ladd McConkey, was ruled out of the second half of the SEC championship game on Saturday after experiencing what coach Kirby Smart called tendinitis in his knees. Smart said it was a continuation of knee issues that have bothered McConkey through much of the season.
9:22 PM ET Two things have been true of the College Football Playoff committee’s first eight years of selections. First, the committee has almost certainly gotten the top four correct on every occasion. For any debates over Ohio State in 2014 or Alabama in 2017, the eventual results — a national championship for both —
8:22 PM ET ESPN News Services ATLANTA — With all sorts of turmoil behind them in the rankings, the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs left no doubt about the top team heading into the College Football Playoff, dismantling No. 11 LSU 50-30 in the Southeastern Conference championship game Saturday. Stetson Bennett threw a season-high four touchdown
8:30 PM ET With Alabama’s College Football Playoff future in limbo, coach Nick Saban said on Saturday that there was an argument for his team to be included among the top four and framed the debate over who’s in and who’s out with a single question: How are they playing at present? The question lends
7:26 PM ET Mason Cobb, Oklahoma State‘s leading tackler this season, announced Saturday that he has entered the transfer portal. Cobb, a 6-foot junior from Provo, Utah, has two years of eligibility remaining. “I will always be a Cowboy at heart!” he wrote in a statement posted on his Twitter account. “It’s time for me
5:00 PM ET ESPN News Services Ty Zentner kicked a 31-yard field goal in overtime as 10th-ranked Kansas State beat No. 3 TCU 31-28 in the Big 12 championship game Saturday, leaving the Horned Frogs to wait another day to find out if they had done enough to get into the four-team College Football Playoff.
3:44 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Va. — Virginia Military Institute has hired Danny Rocco as its football coach. The school made the announcement Saturday. Rocco replaces Scott Wachenheim, who resigned after eight seasons last month. “He is clearly someone who believes in developing his players into leaders of character in perfect alignment with VMI’s
11:13 AM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Pitt defensive tackle Calijah Kancey, the ACC’s Defensive Player of the Year, is skipping the Panthers’ bowl game. Kancey, a junior, alluded to a health issue in an Instagram post as the main reason behind the decision. “Thanks to the best trainers in the country at Pitt,” Kancey