8:00 AM ET Now that college football’s February signing period is over, we have a clear view of how each program was able to fill needs with high school prospects. Texas A&M finished with the No. 1 class overall, but plenty of other teams recruited well across the board. To give a different look at
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7:00 AM ET The 2021 NFL season is over, after the Los Angeles Rams won Super Bowl LVI on Sunday night. The Rams don’t currently have a first-round pick in the 2022 NFL draft, dealing it away to help land quarterback Matthew Stafford. It will be the sixth straight draft in which they relax on
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff FOR MORE THAN a month, speculation swirled about Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh’s future. In the days leading up to his highly publicized interview with the Minnesota Vikings on Feb. 2, Harbaugh’s actions convinced many inside Michigan’s program he would leave if given the chance. “He’s gone!” one staffer said before
4:58 PM ET The ongoing dispute between Conference USA and three of its schools was heightened Tuesday when the league released its football schedule followed immediately by a pledge to “exhaust all necessary legal actions” to ensure outgoing members Marshall, Old Dominion and Southern Miss stick around long enough to participate in it this fall.
2:55 PM ET Missouri is set to promote Blake Baker to defensive coordinator, sources tell ESPN. Baker, 39, joined the staff last month as safeties coach after spending the 2021 season as LSU’s linebackers coach. He replaces Steve Wilks, the former Arizona Cardinals head coach, who left last week to join the Carolina Panthers as
12:24 PM ET After leading Baylor to a Big 12 title and a Sugar Bowl championship in his second season, coach Dave Aranda has finalized a new contract through the 2029 season. Aranda, 45, won AP Big 12 Coach of the Year honors in 2021, when Baylor went 12-2 and beat Ole Miss to win
11:20 AM ET Pete Thamel Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Cincinnati Bengals assistant Al Golden has accepted the job to become Notre Dame’s new defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN. He’s agreed to a three-year deal, which sources say should be finalized
6:15 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN After a transformative year that saw Cincinnati crash the College Football Playoff and earn an invitation to the Big 12, the school is ramping up investment in coach Luke Fickell and his football staff. A source confirmed to ESPN on Monday that Fickell has agreed to a new contract through
4:07 PM ET In an “open letter to college football” on Monday, American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco pushed back against the Atlantic Coast Conference’s reasons for not wanting to expand the four-team College Football Playoff right now, and issued rebuttals for other key obstacles that have slowed down the approval process for a 12-team
12:13 PM ET The Denver Broncos are expected to hire Morgan State coach Tyrone Wheatley, a former Michigan and NFL running back, to coach running backs, sources told ESPN. Wheatley, 50, has led Morgan State, an HBCU program, the last three years, although the team did not play in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.