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7:59 PM ET William E. Ricks Another week, another exciting slate of college football action! Week 7 of the college football season kept the chaos going, as some top-ranked teams tasted defeat. Purdue handled business against No. 2 Iowa, winning as an unranked team against the Hawkeyes 24-7. LSU poured on the points, putting up

12:30 PM ET ESPN staff Can you believe we’re already halfway through the season? Well, Week 7 is here, and we’re looking in to whatever happens on Saturday. Can Texas bounce back after losing to Oklahoma last week? Can Kentucky stay undefeated and upset Georgia? Well, don’t count out the Wildcats just yet — Alabama’s

7:30 AM ET ESPN staff Just when pundits had penciled in Alabama and Georgia as two unstoppable forces on a collision course for the SEC championship game and College Football Playoff, Texas A&M stepped into the breach and reminded the college football world that there is only one sure thing at the midpoint of 2021:

5:31 AM ET KAYVON THIBODEAUX SAT in Mario Cristobal’s office on a recruiting visit, searching for answers. As the No. 1 prospect in the country, he was trying to wade through the thousands of text messages and recruiting pitches from coaches hoping to persuade him to attend their schools. But Thibodeaux was tired of coaches

11:26 AM ET An NCAA task force recommended on Friday that incoming freshmen in Division I and II sports should no longer be required to meet minimum scores on standardized tests for initial eligibility. The recommendation was made by the NCAA Standardized Test Score Task Force, which was formed as part of the NCAA’s eight-point

2:14 PM ET Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley said Tuesday that he does not plan on naming a starting quarterback for Saturday’s game against TCU, days after freshman Caleb Williams replaced Spencer Rattler and led the Sooners to a comeback win over Texas. “We’ll see how it goes Saturday,” Riley said. After two turnovers early, Rattler

5:22 PM ET Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. — Former Kansas football coach David Beaty is no longer part of an NCAA infractions case against the school, according to the independent agency investigating the matter. Marc Quigley of the Independent Accountability Resolution Process’ Complex Case Unit notified Beaty last week that investigators had decided to withdraw

Oct 12, 2021 Five-star defensive lineman Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy, the No. 5 overall recruit in the ESPN 300, has committed to the Oklahoma Sooners on Tuesday. Brownlow-Dindy, a 6-foot-3, 280-pound defensive end out of Lakeland (Florida) High School, had narrowed his choices down to Oklahoma and Texas A&M. “[Oklahoma] treated me like family,” Brownlow-Dindy said. “When

2:00 PM ET Ohio State defensive coordinator Kerry Coombs hasn’t lost his confidence or his willingness to work hard for the program despite losing playcalling duties earlier this season. Head coach Ryan Day assigned defensive playcalling duties to secondary coach Matt Barnes after Ohio State’s loss to Oregon on Sept. 11. Coombs, who is in

8:16 PM ET Penn State‘s James Franklin on Wednesday fired back against accusations from Iowa fans and coaches that his players faked injuries in Saturday’s 23-20 loss to the Hawkeyes, saying that strategy “has not shown up” in his 12 years as a head coach. When a reporter asked Franklin specifically how he felt about

11:22 AM ET LSU All-American cornerback Eli Ricks will miss the rest of the season after opting for surgery on his injured shoulder, coach Ed Orgeron announced on Wednesday. Ricks emerged as one of the top corners in the SEC as a freshman last season, intercepting four passes and earning third-team All-America honors from the

Oct 11, 2021 MESQUITE, Texas — Utah football player Aaron Lowe was remembered for his kindness, brilliant smile and his “infectious optimism” at a memorial service for him on Monday in his hometown. Lowe, a sophomore cornerback, was killed on Sept. 26 after being shot at a party in Salt Lake City. Utah president Taylor

2:14 PM ET LSU star receiver Kayshon Boutte will miss the rest of the season with a leg injury, coach Ed Orgeron confirmed Monday. Boutte, whose nine touchdowns this season are tied for the most in the FBS, injured his leg during last Saturday’s loss to Kentucky. The sophomore has found the end zone 13

5:47 AM ET ESPN staff We are halfway through the regular season, and it’s safe to say it has been a wild year of college football thus far. That’s a good indicator that we’re in for a hectic finish. Our reporters break down the surprises and favorite moments of the first six weeks and look

3:51 PM ET Arizona quarterback Jordan McCloud will miss the rest of the season because of knee and ankle injuries, coach Jedd Fisch said Monday. McCloud, who started the past two games for the Wildcats, suffered the injuries during the third quarter of Saturday’s 34-16 home loss to UCLA. A sophomore from Tampa who transferred

12:26 PM ET Associated Press BESSEMER, Ala. — An argument over the Crimson Tide‘s loss to Texas A&M on Saturday led to a deadly shooting at an Alabama home, police said. Two men started fighting over which team was better at a gathering in the Birmingham suburb of Bessemer when the game was in its

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6:35 PM ET IOWA CITY, Iowa — Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford left Saturday’s 23-20 loss to No. 3 Iowa at Kinnick Stadium with an unspecified injury and did not return. Clifford was injured on a third-down pass play early in the second quarter. He went into Penn State’s medical tent and then to the