Sep 27, 2020 The early indications suggest it’s going to be an unpredictable season in the SEC. And perhaps a wild couple of months in the Big 12. And for the ACC, most definitely a race for second best. How would you rank each team in the three Power 5 conferences that have already begun?
NCAAF
4:04 PM ET Georgia State didn’t need to postpone its game on Saturday on the road at Charlotte after all. On Sunday, the school announced that the postponement was the result of COVID-19 tests that were read incorrectly. The game has not been rescheduled. Georgia State received the incorrect results from Thursday’s tests as it
2:27 PM ET Associated Press No. 6 Ohio State, No. 10 Penn State and No. 14 Oregon returned to The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday, weeks before they start playing, creating a Top 25 as unusual as this season. At the top of the rankings this week, Clemson remained No. 1 with 55
11:36 PM ET Playing college football in the midst of a pandemic has made this September even more unpredictable than the usual, sloppy starts we see to start a season. Combine an offseason unlike any other with typical roster and coaching turnovers, plus a lack of a true home-field advantage without packed stadiums, and you
Sep 26, 2020 The schedule says the 2020 college football season officially kicked off three weeks ago, and the announcements from the Big Ten, Pac-12 and others suggest the sport won’t be at full capacity for another month or more, but all of that is wrong. College football season began Saturday. What do we truly
8:42 PM ET Associated Press LUBBOCK, Texas — Sam Ehlinger threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Joshua Moore in overtime, sending No. 8 Texas to a wild 63-56 victory over Texas Tech on Saturday that saw the Longhorns rally with two touchdowns in the final 3 minutes of regulation. Moore’s second touchdown catch came with
11:28 AM ET LSU star cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. was hospitalized overnight on Friday and is expected to be discharged soon, the school said in a statement hours before its season-opening game against Mississippi State on Saturday. According to the statement, Stingley became “acutely ill” on Friday night but the condition was not COVID-19 related.
7:36 AM ET What qualifies as normal in 2020? To get a brief idea, there might not be a better example than the latest installment of the heated rivalry between Florida State and Miami, set for Saturday night (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN App) in South Florida. Let’s check in first with Florida State. In Tallahassee,
8:00 AM ET Every morning, we simulate the rest of the college football season 20,000 times. I’ve peered into these parallel worlds, and let me tell you, some of the simulations are kind of wild. We’ve got some where Indiana wins the Big Ten. There are others where Kentucky wins the SEC. There’s at least
7:00 AM ET It appears the band might be getting back together after all. After months of hemming and hawing about if, when and who their teams will play, all five FBS power conferences have committed to playing football this fall. All Group of 5 conferences might end up patching a schedule together, too. Now
10:00 PM ET Multiple Contributors The Pac- 12 presidents and chancellors on Thursday voted to play a seven-game conference schedule beginning on Nov. 6, and culminating with a conference championship game on Dec. 18 — just in time to be included in the College Football Playoff discussion. With the Pac-12’s decision, every Power 5 conference
6:57 PM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University The Pac-12 will play a seven-game conference football season beginning Nov. 6, the league announced Thursday. The decision,
7:00 AM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Jeff Allen glances down nervously at his Apple Watch after seeing that a new message has just popped in. It’s 9:45 a.m. on Sept. 17, still more than a week away from Alabama’s season opener, and the Crimson Tide’s veteran head athletic trainer looks up after reading the message
2:36 PM ET The North Texas–Houston football game scheduled for Saturday has been postponed, the fourth season opener the Cougars have been unable to play due to the coronavirus pandemic. North Texas said in a statement Wednesday that four positive COVID-19 tests this week, and subsequent contact tracing, left the Mean Green unable to field
8:00 AM ET Myles Brennan leans on a tried and true metaphor when he looks back on the long arc of his career at LSU. It has been a mountain he has had to climb, he says. Even before he set foot on campus, there were missteps. A blue-chip quarterback prospect, he originally committed when
Sep 17, 2020 Editor’s note: As SEC football creeps closer, the Big Ten makes official its return and the Pac-12 is perhaps poised to do the same, the Bottom 10 isn’t waiting for anyone. There is already plenty of bad college football to grade. Inspirational thought of the week: They can’t keep you awayI’ll find
8:31 PM ET Baylor athletic director Mack Rhoades on Tuesday took exception to the tone of recent comments made by Houston coach Dana Holgorsen in the aftermath of the two teams’ postponed game, which was to be played on Sept. 19. Rhoades, in an appearance on SicEm365 Radio in Waco, Texas, was asked if he
2:59 PM ET The Notre Dame-Wake Forest football game scheduled for Saturday has been postponed after the Irish announced 13 players are in isolation. In a statement Tuesday, Notre Dame said seven players tested positive for coronavirus out of 94 tests done Monday. Combined with testing results from last week, 13 players are in isolation,