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7:00 AM ET The good news for college football is that the 2021 season looked, more or less, like most seasons that came before, filled with big games, high drama and a satisfying conclusion, as Georgia won its first national championship in 41 years. Off the field, however, 2021 was a year of constant upheaval,

2:03 AM ET After just one season coaching at Kentucky, Eric Wolford has accepted the offensive line job at Alabama and will replace Doug Marrone, who’s expected to return to the NFL, sources told ESPN on Sunday. This will be Wolford’s third different SEC school. He also coached South Carolina‘s offensive line from 2017 to

3:51 PM ET Michigan State is adding running back Jarek Broussard, a Colorado transfer who won Pac-12 offensive player of the year honors in 2020. Broussard, who entered the transfer portal Jan. 13, announced his commitment Sunday on Twitter. He led Colorado with 661 rush yards and two touchdowns on 142 carries in 2021. The

3:37 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Boston College is targeting Notre Dame tight ends coach John McNulty as the school’s new offensive coordinator, sources told ESPN. McNulty has a mix of NFL and college experience, as he spent 15 seasons on NFL staffs in a variety of roles, including coaching quarterbacks, tight ends and wide receivers.

4:20 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Former USC quarterback Jaxson Dart is transferring to Ole Miss, a source told ESPN. Dart chose Ole Miss over Oklahoma and BYU, the other two schools he had visited since entering the transfer portal Jan. 10. The allure of developing under Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin loomed large in Dart’s

6:46 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN The Minnesota Vikings have expressed interest in hiring Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh to be the franchise’s next coach. A source told ESPN that the Vikings have requested permission to interview Harbaugh for their open head-coaching job. Harbaugh has emerged as a candidate in part because of a strong relationship with

12:22 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has made a change to its cartoon mascot Herbie Husker to eliminate confusion about the meaning of a hand gesture he makes that some people connect with white supremacy. In the original depiction of the mascot, which debuted in the early 1970s, Herbie’s

4:07 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt football coach Clark Lea has promoted Joey Lynch to offensive coordinator and hired Alex Bailey as wide receivers coach. Lea announced the changes Friday. Lynch spent last season as quarterbacks coach in Lea’s first year as head coach. Lynch helped the offense deal with an injury

6:42 PM ET Veteran defensive coordinator Kevin Steele, who has worked for some of the biggest names in the sport, is set to return to college football next season as Maryland’s defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN. Steele did not coach last season. He and Terps head coach Mike Locksley have a long-standing relationship, and the

11:56 AM ET Rutgers is adding wide receiver transfer Taj Harris, who ranks in the top 10 on Syracuse’s career receptions and receiving yards charts. Harris and Rutgers announced his addition Friday. After entering the transfer portal in early October, Harris initially committed to play for Kentucky before announcing Dec. 5 that he was reopening

11:48 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens hired Mike Macdonald as their new defensive coordinator Thursday night, creating some team history in the process. Macdonald, 34, becomes the youngest coordinator in the franchise’s 26-year existence, taking over a defense that has built a reputation for ranking among the NFL’s best. He’s believed

10:52 AM ET Oklahoma State is set to hire former Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason as defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN. Mason spent last season as defensive coordinator at Auburn but left the program Saturday, as the Tigers promoted Jeff Schmedding to replace him. Auburn ranked 27th nationally in points allowed under Mason last season. An

7:15 AM ET ESPN staff With our 2022 Way-Too-Early college football top 25 established, we asked our reporters what each team’s biggest strength will be in the coming season — in other words, what makes the best teams so good. Looking into a crystal ball more than six months before the start of the season

3:47 PM ET Pete Thamel Jamison Hensley Close ESPN Staff Writer University of Maryland graduate Lives in the Baltimore area with his wife and son The defensive coordinator who keyed Michigan‘s dramatic turnaround in 2021 is on the cusp of heading back to the NFL. The Baltimore Ravens have targeted Michigan defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald,

12:21 PM ET Former Oklahoma State All-Big 12 cornerback Jarrick Bernard-Converse has transferred to LSU, the school announced on Wednesday. Bernard-Converse, who went to high school in Shreveport, Louisiana, entered the portal last week as a graduate transfer. A four-year starter at Oklahoma State, he had 51 tackles and defended 11 passes this past season.

7:20 AM ET We’re just 16 days removed from the 2021 college football season, and after the exciting five months of football we just had, it’s hard to not look ahead to 2022. New faces in new places, rivalries renewed and rivalries intensified have us looking forward to plenty of nonconference matchups heading into next

3:02 PM ET Arizona State has hired former Baltimore Ravens coach Brian Billick as an offensive analyst and adviser to head coach Herm Edwards. Billick, who last coached in 2007 with the Ravens, is the third former NFL head coach on the ASU staff, joining Edwards and Marvin Lewis, also an adviser to Edwards. The

3:29 PM ET San Diego State has added quarterback Braxton Burmeister, a transfer from Virginia Tech who started his college career at Oregon. Burmeister, who grew up near San Diego State in La Jolla, California, has made 20 career starts in 29 games. He went 8-7 at Virginia Tech and had 1,960 passing yards and