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5:19 PM ET Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. — Injured Clemson starting offensive lineman Hunter Rayburn is moving to the Tigers coaching staff. Rayburn will become a student coach on Dabo Swinney’s staff this upcming season because of neck problems, school spokesman Ross Taylor said Thursday. Rayburn is a 6-foot-4, 320-pound junior from Pensacola, Florida. He

3:19 PM ET Ohio State kept one of the top in-state football prospects home on Thursday when ESPN Junior 300 offensive lineman Luke Montgomery committed to the Buckeyes. Montgomery had a top list that included Ohio State, Michigan, Clemson, Oklahoma and Notre Dame. He’s the No. 69 prospect overall and a 6-foot-5, 260-pound lineman from

7:00 AM ET The transfer portal has become an everyday part of college football roster management as more players switch teams each season. With more and more players opting to transfer, we have seen quite a few schools lose key contributors this offseason. Looking at the schools that have seen the most transfers since the

7:00 AM ET The 2021 NFL season is over, after the Los Angeles Rams won Super Bowl LVI on Sunday night. The Rams don’t currently have a first-round pick in the 2022 NFL draft, dealing it away to help land quarterback Matthew Stafford. It will be the sixth straight draft in which they relax on

4:58 PM ET The ongoing dispute between Conference USA and three of its schools was heightened Tuesday when the league released its football schedule followed immediately by a pledge to “exhaust all necessary legal actions” to ensure outgoing members Marshall, Old Dominion and Southern Miss stick around long enough to participate in it this fall.

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff FOR MORE THAN a month, speculation swirled about Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh’s future. In the days leading up to his highly publicized interview with the Minnesota Vikings on Feb. 2, Harbaugh’s actions convinced many inside Michigan’s program he would leave if given the chance. “He’s gone!” one staffer said before

12:24 PM ET After leading Baylor to a Big 12 title and a Sugar Bowl championship in his second season, coach Dave Aranda has finalized a new contract through the 2029 season. Aranda, 45, won AP Big 12 Coach of the Year honors in 2021, when Baylor went 12-2 and beat Ole Miss to win

11:20 AM ET Pete Thamel Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Cincinnati Bengals assistant Al Golden has accepted the job to become Notre Dame’s new defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN. He’s agreed to a three-year deal, which sources say should be finalized

6:15 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN After a transformative year that saw Cincinnati crash the College Football Playoff and earn an invitation to the Big 12, the school is ramping up investment in coach Luke Fickell and his football staff. A source confirmed to ESPN on Monday that Fickell has agreed to a new contract through

4:07 PM ET In an “open letter to college football” on Monday, American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco pushed back against the Atlantic Coast Conference’s reasons for not wanting to expand the four-team College Football Playoff right now, and issued rebuttals for other key obstacles that have slowed down the approval process for a 12-team

12:13 PM ET The Denver Broncos are expected to hire Morgan State coach Tyrone Wheatley, a former Michigan and NFL running back, to coach running backs, sources told ESPN. Wheatley, 50, has led Morgan State, an HBCU program, the last three years, although the team did not play in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

5:11 PM ET The SEC on Thursday said revenue rose to $777.8 million during the 2020-21 fiscal year — an increase of $120.1 million from the previous year. The money will be divided equally among the conference’s 14 schools. Excluding bowl expenses, each school will receive roughly $54.6 million. The total distribution is made up

11:58 AM ET Pete Thamel Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Auburn University is expected to announce Friday that head football coach Bryan Harsin is returning after completing a university-directed inquiry into the program, ESPN has learned. Harsin has been in limbo

4:48 PM ET Marshall, Old Dominion and Southern Miss all will terminate their membership with Conference USA on June 30, the schools announced Friday. The three schools, who are bound for the Sun Belt, said in similar statements that they first communicated their intent in December to cease participation in Conference USA at the end

4:30 PM ET After a week of rampant speculation about Bryan Harsin’s future at Auburn and an internal inquiry into his handling of the football program, Harsin remains the head coach of the Tigers. On Friday, the school announced that Harsin will return for his second season at the helm. “My most recent conversations with

1:44 PM ET Jake Trotter Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Washington & Lee University Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee After less than one month with Ole Miss football, Chris Kiffin is returning

7:00 AM ET Are college football’s rules perfect? Not necessarily. So our writers tried to solve some issues on the field. From changing penalties like taunting and targeting to adjusting overtime — we know that’s a hot-button issue in the NFL right now — our staff wanted to make some changes to the college game.

7:55 PM ET Pete Thamel Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Auburn coach Bryan Harsin met with the officials running the school’s inquiry into the football program on Wednesday night, sources told ESPN. Upon Harsin’s return to the country from his previously