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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 readingBreakout players from the top 25 teams to watch in 2024
This week, our writers picked potential breakout stars from each of those top 25 teams to watch for this upcoming season. With former starting inside linebacker Jamon Dumas-Johnson transferring to Kentucky, the Bulldogs are looking for someone to start next to Smael Mondon Jr. in the middle of their defense. After a knee injury that […]
Continue readingRanking college football’s top 10 running backs in 2024
There’s plenty of talent in this group, including some breakout stars from last season and some players looking to shine even brighter in different roles or a new school. And we have a pair of teammates that make up a formidable duo in what should be a powerhouse backfield. We polled our resident college football […]
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 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 reading2024 Way-Too-Early college football Top 25
More Teams. More Games. Now that the college football season is over, ESPN names its way-too-early top 25 for the 2024 season. (1:56) The curtain fell on the four-team College Football Playoff in Houston on Monday night, and it more than delivered in its last season with two nail-biting semifinals that weren’t decided until the […]
Continue readingESPN 2023 College Football Power Rankings after Week 13
More Teams. More Games. After Washington converts on fourth down, Michael Penix Jr. cannot bear to watch the game-winning kick, which Grady Gross nails from 42 yards. (1:00) Rivalry Week, or at least the Saturday portion of it, lived up to its billing and then some. Ohio State-Michigan. Alabama-Auburn. Washington State-Washington. Heart-stoppers all. Michigan managed […]
Continue readingESPN 2023 College Football Power Rankings after Week 12
More Teams. More Games. Check out all six of Bo Nix‘s record-tying touchdown passes in the first half against Arizona State. (1:20) The unbeatens at the top of the Power Rankings remained unbeaten after Week 12, but while Georgia, Ohio State and Florida State won handily, Michigan and Washington both eked out wins. And with […]
Continue readingPenn State’s Drew Allar takes blame as offense flops vs. Ohio State
The misery of losing to the Buckeyes for the 11th time in their past 12 meetings was only compounded by Penn State having gone belly-up offensively, wasting a staunch defensive performance in a 20-12 loss at Ohio Stadium. “Sucked,” Allar said when asked about his performance. The sophomore quarterback, who grew up in Medina, Ohio, […]
Continue readingESPN 2023 College Football Power Rankings after Week 7
More Teams. More Games. Keon Coleman gets Florida State into Syracuse territory with a miraculous one-handed catch. (0:26) College football has reached its midpoint with a deep pool of contenders still alive for a College Football Playoff berth and a spot atop our Power Rankings. It’s a diverse pool, too, with each of the Power […]
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