We’ve already gazed into a crystal ball for our Way-Too-Early Top 25 and Way-Too-Early All-America team. Now we’re looking more specifically at what we’re most excited to see once the teams take the field in 2024. ESPN’s college football reporters weigh in on the games they’re most excited to see, the freshmen or transfers who […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. UNLV QB Jayden Maiava finds Ricky White for a 37-yard touchdown vs. Kansas. (0:32) A day after announcing he would transfer to Georgia, former UNLV quarterback Jayden Maiava flipped his decision and will instead join USC, his father, William Maiava-Pratt, told ESPN on Tuesday night. Maiava, a redshirt freshman this past […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. No. 1 QB recruit Malachi Nelson tosses to Makai Lemon on the sideline, who makes a spectacular grab that sets up a TD run on the next play. (0:34) Quarterback Malachi Nelson, the No. 1 prospect in the 2023 class, announced Saturday that he is transferring to Boise State. Nelson entered […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Kirk Herbstreit takes an early look at the CFP National Championship game between Washington and Michigan next Monday. (2:27) With the 2023 college football season almost in the rearview mirror, we ranked the top 100 players for the year. But as with any ranking, there is plenty to debate. Our reporters […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. USC quarterback Miller Moss talks about his six-touchdown performance in a victory over Louisville in the Holiday Bowl. (0:38) SAN DIEGO — USC bid farewell to the Pac-12 Conference with a six-pack to go and an eggnog bath to toast an otherwise unremarkable season. With Caleb Williams watching from the sideline, […]
Continue readingWith the transfer portal and conference realignment hindering some college football traditions, there’s nothing like a food bath for the winner of a bowl to reaffirm fans’ love of the sport. The Pop-Tarts Bowl is the newest member of unique food celebrations with its edible mascot, named Strawberry. The Kansas State Wildcats are the inaugural […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Caleb Williams lights up San Jose State with a 278-yard, four-touchdown game in a win for USC. (1:44) LOS ANGELES — For about one half of football, the 2023 version of USC looked like a lot like the 2022 version. In its season opener against San Jose State on Saturday night, […]
Continue readingStar quarterback Caleb Williams is transferring to USC, the former Oklahoma quarterback announced Tuesday. The move reunites Williams with first-year USC head coach Lincoln Riley, for whom Williams played during his breakthrough true freshman year with the Sooners in 2021. “I wanted to go somewhere I thought would provide me with the best development both […]
Continue readingWith our 2022 Way-Too-Early college football top 25 established, we asked our reporters what each team’s biggest strength will be in the coming season — in other words, what makes the best teams so good. Looking into a crystal ball more than six months before the start of the season can be a bit murky, […]
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