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How a 64-team college football tournament would play out
At ESPN, we expanded the college football postseason a long time ago and will again count down from 64 teams in our fictional 2024 NCAA football tournament. At the very least, the real world in college football is slowly catching up. Here’s the format: We’ve seeded the teams 1 through 64, and the seeds are […]
Continue readingRanking the top 10 college football quarterbacks in 2024
We polled our college football reporters, asking them to rank their top 10 QBs entering the 2024 season. Points were assigned based on their votes: 10 points for first place, 9 for second place, down to 1 for 10th place. Our picks include four quarterbacks from the SEC and two who are returning from injury […]
Continue readingThe biggest strengths for college football’s top 25 teams
These are the biggest strengths for each team, according to our reporters. Biggest strength: Linebackers Most teams would take a step back after losing an All-SEC linebacker to a conference rival via the transfer portal and one of its top young linebackers to his father’s alma mater. But Georgia’s linebacker corps might still be the […]
Continue readingThe biggest spring questions for college football’s top 25 teams
Here are our writers’ biggest spring questions for each team. Will the Bulldogs be able to replace their departing defensive stars? Georgia’s pass defense was great again last season, ranking sixth in the FBS in yards allowed per attempt. But the Bulldogs will have to do some reloading in the secondary with safeties Javon Bullard […]
Continue readingUpdated 2024 Way-Too-Early college football Top 25 rankings
In the 36 days since then, Alabama coach Nick Saban retired, Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh left for the NFL and Ohio State hired two offensive coordinators, the second one a sitting power conference coach. Saban’s surprising announcement Jan. 10 precipitated eight coaching moves that led to five FBS schools — Washington, Arizona, South Alabama, Buffalo […]
Continue readingTexas A&M’s Jaylen Henderson hurt on 1st play in Texas Bowl loss
More Teams. More Games. Jaylen Henderson walks off with an apparent arm injury after the first play from scrimmage in the TaxAct Texas Bowl. (0:43) Already short-handed, Texas A&M lost starting quarterback Jaylen Henderson to an injury on the first play of Wednesday night’s 31-23 loss to Oklahoma State in the TaxAct Texas Bowl at […]
Continue readingJimbo Fisher fired by Texas A&M, to receive record buyout
More Teams. More Games. Quarterback Jaylen Henderson, playing in his first game of the season, has two passing and two rushing TDs while the Texas A&M defense stifles the Bulldogs 51-10. (1:47) Texas A&M fired coach Jimbo Fisher on Sunday morning, a move that resets the paradigm for coaching buyouts and opens up one of […]
Continue readingESPN 2023 College Football Power Rankings after Week 5
More Teams. More Games. Quinn Ewers rushes for two touchdowns and throws for another, leading Texas to a big win over Kansas. (1:26) Week 5 didn’t quite deliver the drama of Week 4, Notre Dame-Duke notwithstanding, but it tried. Two top-10 teams — the Georgia Bulldogs and USC Trojans — avoided road upsets, while another, […]
Continue readingJimbo Fisher, Bobby Petrino look to relieve pressure at Texas A&M
More Teams. More Games. QB Conner Weigman dishes out five touchdowns with 236 passing yards as three different WRs snag a touchdown in No. 23 Texas A&M’s 52-10 win over the Lobos. (1:04) COLLEGE STATION, Texas — John James Fisher Jr. frequently found himself in trouble for not listening when he started the first grade […]
Continue readingAP college football poll reaction: What’s next for each Top 25 team
More Teams. More Games. Heather Dinich and Dan Orlovsky preview Alabama’s matchup vs. Texas. (1:20) Well, it only took one week for Deion Sanders to get Colorado into the AP Top 25 college football poll. Fresh off a stunning win over then-No. 17 TCU, the Buffaloes enter the rankings at No. 22. Florida State convincingly […]
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