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2:26 PM ET Associated Press Cincinnati moved up to No. 2 behind Georgia in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, the first time a team from outside the traditional power conferences has been ranked that high since 2010. The Bulldogs remained a unanimous No. 1 with 63 first-place votes in the AP Top 25

1:20 PM ET Ed Orgeron and LSU have reached an agreement that he will not return as coach of the Tigers next season, sources told ESPN, confirming a report by Sports Illustrated. He is expected to finish out the remainder of the 2021 season as the team’s coach. LSU’s assistant coaches had not been told

3:01 AM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Lane Kiffin was ready for just about anything Saturday night in his first return to Neyland Stadium as a head coach. But dodging an endless sea of bottles, both plastic and glass, along with an assortment of other projectiles, including a golf ball, in what was an ugly ending

1:00 AM ET Georgia fans know better than to tempt fate. There have been far too many years when it all should have worked out, but the universe delivers a gut punch instead. See 1982. See 2002. See 2007. See 2012. See 2017. To know Georgia is to know pain. It’s inspired at least three

7:48 PM ET Freshman Caleb Williams got his first start for Oklahoma on Saturday, announced as the starter about 15 minutes before kickoff, getting the nod over Spencer Rattler against TCU. The decision ended a week of speculation and some palace drama after Sooners coach Lincoln Riley declined to publicly name a starter. The OU

9:11 AM ET Louisville will retire Lamar Jackson‘s No. 8 jersey in a ceremony against Syracuse on Nov. 13, the school announced Saturday. Jackson joins Johnny Unitas as the only other player in school history to have his number retired. Louisville retired Unitas’ No. 16 in 2003. The school surprised the current Ravens quarterback with

5:37 PM ET 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

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

5:23 AM ET David M. Hale Close ESPN Staff Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Andrea Adelson Close ESPN Senior Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. It was well past midnight on Oct. 3, but Clemson quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei was still

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

7:30 AM ET Alex Scarborough Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. Ryan McGee Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year THE HISTORY OF Kentucky Wildcats football is an encyclopedia of

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:

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

7:00 AM ET [Editor’s note: The letdown after UConn-UMass is very real, but a pair of Pac-12 teams are stepping up (or down?) to save the day in Arizona and Colorado. Meanwhile, what’s an NFL team doing in here?] Inspirational thought of the week: Where do we go from here, now that all of the

7:00 AM ET The teams currently in the mix for the College Football Playoff might be familiar, with Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma and Ohio State in position to once again earn one of the coveted four spots. But many of the players who are leading the way for those teams and others have stepped into starring

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

5:11 PM ET Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said that while some Penn State players injured in Saturday’s game had legitimate ailments, he understands why Hawkeyes fans booed when other Nittany Lions players went down. Ferentz on Tuesday noted that Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford did not return to the game after leaving early in the

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