7:00 AM ET SOUTH BEND, Ind. — When USC and UCLA announced their decision last week to join the Big Ten in 2024, Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick was watching closely. After all, every time the sport realigns, his program gets dragged into the conversation. “Much like Texas and Oklahoma,” he said, “I was
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7:30 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN The shock and awe portion of realignment appears to have hit a pause. We’ve transitioned from the searing range of emotions in the immediate aftermath of USC and UCLA hopscotching to the Big Ten to the cold calculations of the next steps that will shape the future of college sports.
12:46 PM ET Five-star quarterback Dante Moore has committed to the Oregon Ducks, he announced Friday on SportsCenter. Moore, who is ranked No. 8 overall in the 2023 ESPN 300, is the highest ranked commitment for new Ducks coach Dan Lanning and his staff. The 6-foot-3, 200-pound quarterback from Martin Luther King High School in
10:00 AM ET COLUMBIA, S.C. — As a guest last August at one of South Carolina‘s football practices, Michael Vick found himself nodding along with nearly every word. Shane Beamer, the Gamecocks’ first-year head coach, was addressing his team, and his message, his mannerisms, his conviction — really, everything — took Vick back in time,
4:53 PM ET For the first time in the Big 12’s history, Baylor is the preseason pick to win the football league in the media poll. Oklahoma, winner of six straight Big 12 championships from 2015 to 2020, finished second, receiving 12 first-place votes to Baylor’s 17. It’s the first time in seven years and
12:00 PM ET Craig Haubert Close ESPN Staff Writer National recruiting analyst and analyst for ESPNU More than a decade of college and pro coaching experience. Graduated from Indiana and Nebraska-Omaha Tom Luginbill Close ESPN Analyst Senior National Recruiting Analyst for ESPN.com Coached in four professional football leagues Graduated from Eastern Kentucky and Marshall A
RK PLAYER POS HOMETOWN HT WT STARS GRADE SCHOOL 1 QB-PP Chandler, AZChandler High School 6’3” 220 92 Ohio StateCommitted05/09/2022 2 CB Bradenton, FLIMG Academy 6’2” 185 92 3 WR Hollywood, FLChaminade-Madonna College Preparatory School 6’2” 180 90 4 RB Bradenton, FLIMG Academy 5’11” 195 90 5 CB Pinson, ALClay-Chalkville High School 6’0” 175 90
8:00 AM ET Alabama coach Nick Saban’s demanding style of leadership isn’t for everyone. He’s prone to the occasional outburst, as the college football world saw firsthand in 2016 when he ripped off his headset and screamed at then-offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin during the waning moments of a 28-point win over Western Kentucky. Afterward, Saban
6:34 PM ET Jaquaize Pettaway, a wide receiver who is No. 33 on the ESPN 300, gave Brent Venables’ program a huge shot in the arm by committing to Oklahoma on Wednesday. Pettaway, a 5-foot-11, 180-pound prospect from Langham Creek High School in Houston, is the seventh-best receiver in ESPN’s rankings. He picked the Sooners
7:33 AM ET Ny Carr, a prospective top prospect in the 2024 class, committed to Georgia late Tuesday night. “I would like to let the world know I’m committed to the University of Georgia!” he tweeted. “Go Dawgs.” Carr is a 6-foot, 170-pound wide receiver from Colquitt County High School in Colquitt County, Ga. He’s
8:30 AM ET If the old “Defense wins championships” adage were actually true, the Big Ten West would have won one by now. No division in major college football has collectively stuck to the “defense and a good run game” approach more religiously. On average, Big Ten West teams ran 64% of the time on
5:04 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — The Pac-12 is pushing up negotiations for its next media rights agreements in the wake of the decision by UCLA and USC to leave for the Big Ten. The Pac-12 announced its board of directors authorized negotiations following a meeting Tuesday morning. The conference’s current media rights
10:00 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN The only certainty in conference realignment is uncertainty, much like the only constant in college athletics is change. Decisions can whipsaw on the whims of a board member or a president pressured into a ready-fire-aim strategy. When diagnosing the travails of modern college sports, the fact that university decision-makers have
8:00 AM ET Maybe the wildest semi-legitimate conference realignment rumor ever didn’t come when Texas, Oklahoma and half the Big 12 nearly joined the Pac-10 a decade or so ago. It was much earlier than that. For most of 1959 and 1960, it looked as if about half of the Pacific Coast Conference (Cal, Stanford,
5:55 PM ET LSU picked up a pair of defensive line recruits, Da’Shawn Womack and Darron Reed, on Monday. Womack, a defensive end from St. Frances Academy in Baltimore, is ranked No. 93 overall in the ESPN 300. “They were just telling me how much they really want me and I can help be a
4:35 PM ET Jonathan Echols, a prospective top prospect in the 2024 class, committed to Tennessee on Monday. The 6-foot-4, 220-pound Echols, who’s seen time at defensive end and tight end for IMG Academy, says he is going to play offense for the Volunteers. “It’s really both of them, kind of about the same,” Echols
2:26 PM ET Blake BaumgartnerESPN Staff Writer Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Karmello English decided to stay close to home by committing to Auburn on Monday. English, a 5-foot-11, 175-pound wide receiver from Central High School in Phenix City, Alabama, is ranked No. 66 in the ESPN 300. He chose Auburn over Alabama,
9:30 AM ET SMU safety Ra’Sun Kazadi is a unique talent among college football players. You might see that he’s appeared in 10 games over the past two seasons and registered two tackles and say that’s a stretch, but it’s not. Ra — as he’s often referred to by his teammates, friends and family —