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College football preseason power rankings: Alabama — who else? — starts at No. 1
And then there are teams like Texas A&M, North Carolina and Iowa State, which make the top 10 and are looking to earn a CFP bid for the first time. From the Group of 5, Cincinnati, Coastal Carolina and Louisiana all check in. Where does your favorite team rank? Methodology: Thirty-three ESPN college football experts […]
Continue readingCollege football post-spring Top 25 power rankings
Alabama, the defending national champion, had six players selected in the first round of last week’s NFL draft, tying the Miami Hurricanes’ record set in 2004. Alabama and Ohio State each had 10 players drafted overall, the most of any program in this year’s draft. Georgia was third with nine draft selections, the most in […]
Continue readingThe most intriguing 2022 NFL draft prospects from each Top 25 college football team
With the NFL draft just days away, the 2021 draft prospects have all been evaluated over and over and the fans have heard the scouting reports … over and over. And while the draft hasn’t even happened yet, it’s already time to look forward to the 2022 NFL draft. Our writers came together and picked […]
Continue readingCollege football spring games 2021 — Games, storylines, position battles to watch
From quarterback battles to walk-ons showing what they can do for a team, here are the games we’re keeping our eyes on. Alabama Crimson Tide 1 p.m. ET on ESPN and the ESPN App It’s time to see what Bryce Young has to offer. The former five-star prospect was Mac Jones’ backup as a freshman […]
Continue readingCollege football’s most compelling spring storylines
Shoulder pads popping. Whistles chirping. Coaches shouting. After a one-year hiatus due to COVID-19, college football’s spring practices are back as teams slowly begin to resume more normalcy amid the worldwide pandemic. What hasn’t changed since a year ago are the teams at the top of the sport’s upper echelon — Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, […]
Continue readingBiggest offseason question for each college football team in the Way-Too-Early Top 25
Some top teams need to replace generational quarterbacks. Others have new coaches who need to fill big roles. No one, not even Clemson and Alabama, is perfect heading into 2021. Here’s a breakdown of the most pressing offseason questions for each of the Way-Too-Early Top 25 teams. Sure, the Tigers are replacing some big names […]
Continue readingCollege football’s 2021 breakout players for each Top 25 team
The 2020 college football season has just ended, but it’s never too early to start looking ahead to next season. Here’s a look at one potential breakout star for each player in the 2021 Way-Too-Early Top 25. No. 1 Clemson: QB D.J. Uiagalelei This feels like cheating. Saying Uiagalelei is going to be Clemson’s breakout […]
Continue readingCollege football Week 15 scores, Top 25 analysis and must-see moments
Week 15 of the college football season has already been a busy one, and we’re just now to Saturday. We lost one of the great rivalry games when Michigan and No. 4 Ohio State had to cancel. No. 5 Texas A&M lost its game against Ole Miss, too. Everyone wanted them to play, even a […]
Continue readingSEC West college football preview: Is Alabama ready to reclaim its throne?
If you were squinting just right, you could see the ground moving beneath Nick Saban’s feet last season. LSU, until recently one of the last proud purveyors of Big Burly Manball, had modernized its offense and produced numbers no one had seen before, throwing for 6,000 yards, beating Alabama in Tuscaloosa and zooming to 15-0. […]
Continue readingHow each top 2020 college football team becomes a national title contender
Every college football team begins a given season with questions to answer. Some just have far more than others. This time last year, we were wondering if Justin Fields was ready to dominate at Ohio State or if Joe Burrow’s late-2018 surge at LSU meant something significant. He was, and it did. This year the […]
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