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9:03 PM ET SEC commissioner Greg Sankey told ESPN on Thursday that the expected move of Big 12 co-founders Oklahoma and Texas to his league shouldn’t impact the consideration of a 12-team College Football Playoff. Sankey also expects to continue working with Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby on the CFP’s management committee in spite of

4:14 PM ET ESPN News Services ESPN bolstered its response to a Big 12 conference letter that accused the network of trying to “destabilize” the league, writing in a letter of its own that ESPN has “engaged in no wrongful conduct” and that “there is nothing to ‘cease and desist.'” The letter from Magnus restated

4:10 PM ET After finishing the 2021 recruiting cycle outside of the top 25 in the class rankings, Penn State football has had a massive turnaround in 2022 with the most ESPN 300 commitments of any FBS program. ESPN 300 safety Cristian Driver was the latest to commit to the Nittany Lions on Thursday, giving

THIBODAUX, La. — The evolution of the quarterback is on full display for anyone willing to endure the thick heat of Louisiana over a long weekend in mid-July. Slog through the muddy fields on the Nicholls State campus an hour outside of New Orleans, and you’ll find more than 1,000 high school-aged boys taking part

7:41 PM ET ESPN News Services Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby told The Associated Press that ESPN is pushing other conferences to pick apart the league so Texas and Oklahoma can move to the Southeastern Conference without paying a massive buyout. “I have absolute certainty they (ESPN) have been involved in manipulating other conferences to

9:00 AM ET The words “college football” and “stability” don’t go together all that well. Such is life when your livelihood is based on the whims of a pointy ball, eccentric boosters and a bunch of 18- to 22-year-old players. In this sport, drama is never far from the surface and a conference realignment earthquake

7:00 AM ET Texas and Oklahoma leaving the Big 12 for the SEC could have a massive ripple effect on the college football recruiting landscape beyond the two schools themselves. The SEC teams trying to recruit the state of Texas, the Longhorn State recruits themselves and even schools nationally will feel some change because of

4:15 PM ET The Florida Gators and UCF Knights have agreed to a three-game series that is scheduled to start in 2024, it was announced Tuesday. The Gators will host the Knights in Gainesville on Oct. 5, 2024, travel to Orlando on Sept. 14, 2030, and then host UCF again on Sept. 3, 2033. New

2:15 PM ET How do you gauge your own success when you’re living in a division with a college football monolith? Penn State and Michigan both built themselves into top-10 level programs in the late stages of the 2010s, Indiana just fielded its best team in 30 years, and Michigan State isn’t that far removed

1:51 PM ET Texas and Oklahoma have officially notified the SEC they’re seeking “an invitation for membership” beginning July 1, 2025. This comes after the two schools notified the Big 12 they did not intend to extend their grant of rights media agreement, which ends one day before on June 30, 2025. The announcement has

7:12 PM ET Missouri and athletic director Jim Sterk announced on Monday that they have mutually agreed he will step down once the school is able to find his replacement. Sterk’s announcement comes during a turbulent time in collegiate athletics as Missouri’s former Big 12 brethren Oklahoma and Texas consider a move to the SEC.

11:45 AM ET Teams change conferences. It’s a fact of college football life. The more football-obsessed members of the Southern Conference left to form the Southeastern Conference in the 1930s. Conference USA has had almost as many different members at one point or another (24) as years of existence (25). Forty-two schools have called themselves

12:15 PM ET ESPN staff Texas and Oklahoma officially made their first move toward leaving the Big 12 on Monday, when the flagship programs notified the rest of the conference they do not intend to extend their grant of rights media agreement, which runs through June 30, 2025. High-ranking decision-makers throughout the country expect the

8:25 PM ET The Big 12 executive committee met with the presidents of Texas and Oklahoma on Sunday amid speculation that the two schools intend to depart for the SEC. Texas’ Jay Hartzell and Oklahoma’s Joe Harroz met via videoconference with the committee, which includes Big 12 Chairman of the Board of Directors and Texas

8:21 PM ET Arizona State tight end coach Adam Breneman is on paid administrative leave amid an NCAA investigation into possible recruiting violations, the university confirmed to ESPN on Sunday night. The Sun Devils first confirmed that they were under investigation by the NCAA back in June but did not specify what the allegations were

7:06 PM ET Texas A&M athletic director Ross Bjork says the Aggies will be prepared should the SEC add Texas and Oklahoma, adding that any concern with the potential move was about preserving the collaborative nature of the league. “Regardless of who joins the SEC, whether it’s now in the future, The 12th Man is

11:07 PM ET ESPN staff The news this week that Texas and Oklahoma have expressed interest in joining the SEC shook the foundation of the Big 12 conference and caught many high-ranking officials in college athletics off guard. Now, it has their full attention, as commissioners and athletic directors from coast to coast are preparing

1:22 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Ohio State coach Ryan Day thinks that while college football’s highest-profile players will have immense earning opportunities through name, image and likeness, there should be consideration to sharing money among other players. Day, speaking Friday at Lucas Oil Stadium, was asked about Alabama coach Nick Saban’s recent comment that Crimson