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New Mexico State throttles Auburn for first win over SEC team
More Teams. More Games. Diego Pavia throws 17-yard touchdown pass vs. Auburn (0:36) Diego Pavia passed for 201 yards and three touchdowns as New Mexico State upset host Auburn 31-10 on Saturday for the Aggies’ first win over an SEC team. New Mexico State (9-3) outscored the Tigers (6-5) 21-3 in the second half after […]
Continue readingJamonta Waller, No. 18 prospect in ’24, latest to flip to Auburn
Waller, who attends Picayune Memorial High School in Mississippi, had been committed to Billy Napier and the Gators since June 19. The No. 18 overall prospect in 2024, Waller is one of two five-star recruits in Florida’s third-ranked class, along with quarterback D.J. Lagway, who is No. 16 overall. He is the third top-45 player […]
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 […]
Continue readingWill Auburn’s big gamble on Hugh Freeze pay off?
More Teams. More Games. Hugh Freeze joins “The Paul Finebaum Show” to detail how the Tigers plan to improve performance by creating competition within the locker room. (3:06) AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn coach Hugh Freeze spoke from the front of the team meeting room before a practice this spring — his hands tucked in the […]
Continue reading2023 college football conference outlook: SEC at a glance
More Teams. More Games. Bill Connelly analyzes whether favorites Georgia or Alabama will take the SEC title, or if another team will swoop in. (2:27) The SEC is the undisputed champion of the college football world, with Georgia, the top Dawg, looking for its third consecutive national title. Heady stuff even for the best conference […]
Continue readingCoach Hugh Freeze ‘anxious,’ ‘uncomfortable’ as Auburn opens camp
Auburn first-year coach Hugh Freeze opened preseason camp Thursday with a lingering sense of doubt because of all the new players who weren’t with the team during the spring, including eight transfers. “It makes me feel a little bit anxious that I may be behind in our evaluation of who we are and what we […]
Continue readingAuburn’s Hugh Freeze says team could play two QBs this season
NASHVILLE — When Hugh Freeze took over at Ole Miss in 2012, the Rebels had lost 15 straight SEC games. They made a bowl in his first season and began an upward trajectory that included an appearance in the Peach Bowl in his third season. As he takes over at Auburn more than a decade […]
Continue readingSEC football media days: Five questions for the 2023 season
The SEC enters media days with its talk of realignment and new schedules already in the past. Oklahoma and Texas will join the conference next season to much fanfare and a new era will begin in college football. So what will the coaches and players talk about during media days? The on-field action, of course. […]
Continue readingQB Henry Hasselbeck, son of former NFL great, commits to Michigan State
Henry, a three-star quarterback from Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood, Massachusetts, chose the Spartans over Boston College, Pittsburgh and UAB. Henry had been committed to play lacrosse at Maryland since last year but decided the opportunity to play in the Big Ten was too good to pass up. He’ll join a quarterback room in […]
Continue readingCollege football Power Rankings after Week 1
The Week 1 college football slate was loaded with top-tier matchups to officially kick off the season while ushering fans back into stadiums and onto message boards. Some games lived up to the hype — No. 5 Notre Dame went toe-to-toe with No. 2 Ohio State for three quarters and 10 minutes in a 21-10 […]
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