8:04 AM ET Just three months after losing the college football national championship, the Clemson Tigers are back on top. On top of our 2020 projections, anyway. Dabo Swinney will have a hard time spinning his Tigers as underdogs after this, because the numbers from our Football Power Index (FPI) and the Allstate Playoff Predictor
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1:55 PM ET While the coronavirus pandemic has brought college sports to a halt this spring, the College Football Playoff staff is still planning for a regularly scheduled season and postseason events, CFP executive director Bill Hancock told ESPN on Monday. “We’re planning on a CFP,” he said. “That’s what our staff is doing as
7:00 AM ET College football is defined, in large part, by legendary coaches who become institutions at the schools they call home. But in many cases, those coaches came within an inch of never ending up at those schools in the first place. How different would the landscape of the game look if Bob Stoops
6:30 PM ET Defensive back Meiko Dotson, who tied for the nation’s lead in interceptions last season with nine, will transfer from Florida Atlantic to Florida State, he announced on social media Saturday night. Dotson, 23, as a graduate transfer, will be able to play immediately for the Seminoles and first-year coach Mike Norvell. 2
8:00 AM ET So many of our favorite college football games come down to one play — the Kick Six, the Bush Push, a late flag in Miami vs. Ohio State. And if those plays go the other way, not only does the outcome change, but the domino effect is almost impossible to measure. Legacies
Apr 13, 2020 Tom Luginbill Close ESPN Analyst Senior National Recruiting Analyst for ESPN.com Coached in four professional football leagues Graduated from Eastern Kentucky and Marshall Craig Haubert Close ESPN Staff Writer National recruiting analyst and analyst for ESPNU More than a decade of college and pro coaching experience. Graduated from Indiana and Nebraska-Omaha The
4:02 PM ET Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy on Saturday apologized for comments he made last week during a teleconference in which he talked about the national and state responses to the coronavirus pandemic. Gundy had said his goal is to return to the football building on May 1 because he hopes that tests for
8:18 PM ET As the NFL draft approaches and experts debate the best overall prospect, there is no doubt in Chase Young‘s mind as to who is at the top. On Instagram, ESPN’s Maria Taylor asked Young if he thought he was the best player in the draft and his answer was concise and confident.
8:00 AM ET Nick Saban knows a thing or two about what makes for a great quarterback. He played the position throughout Pop Warner and high school, winning a West Virginia state championship in 1968. For the past five decades, he has seen it from the other side of the field as a defensive-minded coach
1:04 PM ET Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith knows the resumption of college sporting events in venues without fans is an option amid the coronavirus pandemic, but he just doesn’t see how it would ensure the safety of those on the field or the court. Smith said Friday that he needs more information from