9:05 AM ET Look big picture at Lincoln Riley’s QB résumé, and it’s close to impeccable. In each of his five seasons coaching at Oklahoma — two as a coordinator, three as head coach — his quarterbacks have finished in the top five in Heisman balloting. Of the three different starting QBs Riley has had,
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8:26 PM ET Alabama coach Nick Saban on Monday pushed back against the idea that money is the primary motivating factor in attempting to put on a college football season during the COVID-19 pandemic. Saban was asked after practice about the importance of the sport, and he delivered a long and passionate response that touched
7:01 PM ET NC State has paused all athletics-related activities after identifying 27 positive cases within the athletic department, the school announced Monday. Not all cases involve student-athletes. NC State did not specify the athletic programs directly affected. Overall, NC State has conducted 2,053 tests of student-athletes, coaches and staff with 30 total positives (a
2:21 PM ET The College Football Playoff selection committee will begin its first of six weekly rankings for the 2020-21 season Tuesday, Nov. 17, the CFP announced on Monday. The committee members will continue to meet in-person on Mondays and Tuesdays, revealing the rankings each week on ESPN’s College Football Playoff: Top 25. The selection
8:00 AM ET The preseason Associated Press Top 25 poll is out. And yes, it features teams from conferences that won’t take the field this fall. While that might detract from some of its credence, there are some notable takeaways. Our pool of writers weigh in on what it all means: Let’s take it with
2:56 PM ET North Dakota State, the three-time defending FCS national champion, will face Central Arkansas in a non-league game Oct. 3 after having its fall season postponed earlier this month. The Bison will host Central Arkansas, one of five Southland Conference teams playing a partial or full fall schedule. Central Arkansas is set to
12:22 PM ET Associated Press Clemson is the preseason No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25, a poll featuring nine Big Ten and Pac-12 teams that gives a glimpse at what has already been taken by the pandemic from an uncertain college football season. Ohio State (1,504 points) was a close No. 2 behind
12:30 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins will allow up to 13,000 socially distanced fans to attend their home opener against Buffalo on Sept. 20, a decision that divided political leaders and upset Bills coach Sean McDermott. The same plan will be followed for the University of Miami‘s football home opener against
9:00 AM ET David Ubben of The Athletic is the recipient of the first annual Edward Aschoff Rising Star Award, which is named after the beloved ESPN college football reporter who died last Christmas Eve on his 34th birthday from previously undetected Stage 4 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in his lungs. In honor of Aschoff, whom ESPN
7:14 PM ET ROSEMONT, Ill. — Standing in a turf area near Big Ten headquarters Friday morning, football parents representing several programs aired their grievances about the league’s decision to postpone the fall season because of concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. Randy Wade, father of Ohio State star defensive back Shaun Wade, organized the rally