6:58 PM ET Associated Press NORMAN, Okla, — Ruffin McNeill is stepping down as Oklahoma‘s assistant head coach and outside linebackers coach to help care for his 85-year-old father in North Carolina. The school made the announcement Thursday. Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley hired McNeill in 2017. He coached defensive tackles that season and at
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8:00 AM ET In our second-to-last installment unveiling the top 100 games of the 2019 college football season, we go heavy into added context. Today’s list includes Rivalry Week games, high-impact bowls and a few controversial finishes. And a dance-off. Can’t forget the dance-off. CONTROVERSY 40. Temple 30, Memphis 28 (Oct. 12) Here’s what it
8:00 AM ET Can’t the 2020 college football season go ahead and get here already? We aren’t even to the start of spring practice and we are desperately in need of a college football fix. While we wait, ESPN has you covered with the way-too-early All-America team for the 2020 season. 2 Related Some of
9:33 PM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — The NCAA’s board of governors plans to meet in a special session in the coming weeks to work on expanding the organization’s sexual violence policy. Chairman Michael Drake said the board had a “robust discussion” during its meeting at the annual NCAA convention Wednesday about the need for new
9:15 PM ET Baylor associate head coach and defensive ends coach Joey McGuire will remain at the school as part of new head coach Dave Aranda’s staff, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. McGuire, who was named interim head coach after Matt Rhule left to take the Carolina Panthers‘ head-coaching job, was one of multiple
6:45 PM ET Boise State is suing the Mountain West Conference, alleging the league and its other members breached its re-entry agreement by approving a new television deal with CBS and FOX without its approval, and reneging on future $1.8 million annual bonuses for the Broncos. In the lawsuit, filed in state district court in
6:36 PM ET Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Wide receiver Velus Jones will join Tennessee as a graduate transfer from Southern California. Jones already had said Jan. 9 on social media that he was going to play for the Volunteers. Tennessee announced Wednesday that Jones was joining its program. Because Jones has already graduated from
3:33 PM ET Mississippi State coach Mike Leach is hiring Zach Arnett as his new defensive coordinator, the school announced Wednesday. “Zach is one of the brightest defensive coaches in all of college football,” Leach said in a statement. “Having been mentored by Rocky Long during his successful time at San Diego State, Zach understands
11:49 AM ET Former Penn State center John Urschel, Colorado athletic director Rick George, and Wyoming athletic director Tom Burman have been named to the 13-member College Football Playoff selection committee, the CFP announced on Wednesday. Iowa athletic director Gary Barta, who is entering his second season with the committee, will be the new chair
12:34 PM ET Iowa is adding offensive tackle Coy Cronk, a graduate transfer who started 40 games for Indiana. Cronk’s name appears in Iowa’s student directory, and a source confirmed to ESPN that he will join the Hawkeyes for the 2020 season. Cronk, who suffered a season-ending ankle injury in September and underwent surgery, recently