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Associated Press Sep 5, 2023, 02:14 PM ET No. 21 Duke and No. 22 Colorado moved into the Associated Press Top 25 college football poll Tuesday after scoring the biggest upsets of the opening weekend of the season and No. 4 Florida State jumped into the top five after its resounding victory over LSU in

Well, it only took one week for Deion Sanders to get Colorado into the AP Top 25 college football poll. Fresh off a stunning win over then-No. 17 TCU, the Buffaloes enter the rankings at No. 22. Florida State convincingly won the week’s only top-10 matchup, routing then-No. 5 LSU 45-24. Meanwhile, the preseason top

Coach Deion Sanders said his Colorado Buffaloes were coming in 2023, and now they’ve arrived in our Power Rankings. The Buffaloes’ 45-42 victory in Week 1 at No. 17 TCU, the national runner-up in the 2022 season, made believers out of ESPN’s writers. Colorado, which had only one win last season, went from unranked to

ESPN News Services Sep 4, 2023, 11:25 PM ET DURHAM, N.C. — Riley Leonard ran for one touchdown and threw for another as the Duke Blue Devils upset No. 9 Clemson, 28-7, on Monday night, capping a wild Week 1 of college football. The Tigers (0-1) outgained the Blue Devils (1-0) and won the time

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterSep 4, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. CLEMSON, S.C. — Maybe it’s the hair. This much, Cade Klubnik is willing to concede. It’s neatly trimmed, parted at the side, clean-cut, professional and, yeah, a pretty close resemblance to the

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterSep 4, 2023, 02:12 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. ORLANDO, Fla. — LSU coach Brian Kelly said his team’s 45-24 loss to Florida State on Sunday night was “a total failure,” after a second-half collapse allowed the Seminoles to run away

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 3, 2023, 06:07 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Northwestern interim coach David Braun on Sunday had the usual disappointment, frustration and self-critiquing that stems from a largely non-competitive loss to open a season. But Braun felt something else

Chris Low Close Chris Low ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee M.A. Voepel Close M.A. Voepel ESPN.com M.A. Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterSep 2, 2023, 08:40 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. FORT WORTH, Texas — On the first weekend of the 2023 season, hype gave way to history. Deion Sanders arrived

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 2, 2023, 03:50 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. FORT WORTH, Texas — Deion Sanders spent the past nine moths flipping Colorado‘s roster and the vibe around a once-elite program, telling everyone who would listen: “We comin’.” Sanders finally got a chance

Pete Thamel, ESPNSep 2, 2023, 09:38 AM ET Army has emerged as the American Athletic Conference’s top expansion target, sources said. After a call with AAC presidents and ADs on Friday morning, it was clear that Army was the league’s top choice to replace SMU, according to sources. Commissioner Mike Aresco has begun informally exploring

Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterSep 1, 2023, 12:40 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Jalen Milroe will start at quarterback for Alabama in Saturday’s season opener against Middle Tennessee, sources told ESPN on Friday. Milroe, a redshirt sophomore, had been competing for the job this

Pete Thamel, ESPNSep 1, 2023, 08:04 AM ET The Atlantic Coast Conference is expanding from its Eastern roots. The ACC presidents and chancellors met on Friday morning and voted to add three new schools — Stanford, Cal and SMU, sources told ESPN. It will bring the league to 18 members, 17 of which will play

Harry Lyles Jr., ESPN Staff WriterSep 1, 2023, 08:06 AM ET ATLANTA — GEORGIA TECH football coach Brent Key’s office looks out onto Bobby Dodd Stadium, with part of the Atlanta skyline in view as well. One of the buildings visible is the old Equitable building, now owned and operated by Georgia’s Own Credit Union,

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNSep 1, 2023, 01:11 AM ET SALT LAKE CITY — Cam Rising jogged off the field at Rice Eccles Stadium with a broad smile and not a drop of sweat on his head. Rising, Utah‘s starting quarterback, didn’t see the field Thursday night as he continues to recover from an offseason ACL surgery,

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 31, 2023, 06:22 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. ACC presidents and chancellors are scheduled to have a phone call Friday morning to discuss expansion again, multiple sources told ESPN. While it remains unclear whether there are enough votes to add

David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterAug 31, 2023, 08:22 AM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 It has been eight years since oddsmakers anointed a team other than Alabama or Clemson as the preseason favorite. That streak is over, as Georgia is firmly the consensus betting favorite to win the

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterAug 30, 2023, 06:44 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University IRVING, Texas — For the first time since the Pac-12 was gutted by realignment, the 10 FBS commissioners and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick met Wednesday to discuss the future of the