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8:00 AM ET ESPN staff Conference championship weekend: when a quarterback threw for 577 yards and four touchdowns, and lost. When a historically good defense surrendered 41 points. When a fake slide led to a 58-yard touchdown run. When a freshman running back threw a 75-yard touchdown pass. And to think, the week started with

9:50 PM ET Star Oregon defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux is declaring for the NFL draft, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday. Thibodeaux will not play in the Ducks’ bowl game, a matchup against No. 16 Oklahoma in the Valero Alamo Bowl on Dec. 29, and instead will start preparing for the draft, sources said.

6:35 PM ET ESPN News Services Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson, Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett and Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud were announced Monday as the finalists for the Heisman Trophy. The Heisman will be presented Saturday in New York, returning to its usual routine and date after it was forced

12:29 PM ET So much for a complete transformation in the College Football Playoff. With CFP mainstays Clemson, Ohio State and Oklahoma not advancing to their respective conference championship games, and Alabama looking rather ordinary over the last month of the season, there seemed to be a good chance we would have four not-so-familiar participants

8:43 PM ET Oklahoma has finalized a deal with Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables to be the Sooners’ next football coach, sources told ESPN on Sunday. Venables has been a major part of Clemson’s championship run under Dabo Swinney and has a long history at Oklahoma. He was on the Sooners’ staff from 1999 to

3:00 PM ET College football bowl season is almost here. There will be 44 bowl games, including the College Football Playoff and the national championship games, beginning Friday, Dec. 17, and ending on Monday, Jan. 10. Here’s a look at all of this season’s games. (All times Eastern) Bowl schedule Go perfect in your bowl

12:28 PM ET GRAPEVINE, Texas — Two SEC teams and the first Group of 5 team in the history of the College Football Playoff will play for the national title, as the CFP selection committee revealed No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 Georgia and No. 4 Cincinnati as its top four teams on

10:04 PM ET ESPN staff In the last edition of playoff picks before the College Football Playoff field is announced, we got plenty of upheaval and change. How will Saturday’s top games affect the College Football Playoff chase? What are the current odds for the top four? The Allstate Playoff Predictor has the answers. Check

6:51 PM ET ESPN staff The No. 2 Michigan Wolverines face the No. 15 Iowa Hawkeyes for the Big Ten title. For Michigan, there’s a lot more than conference glory on the line in Indianapolis. The Wolverines are a win away from their first berth in the College Football Playoff. At 11-1, Michigan currently has

1:53 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Oregon coach Mario Cristobal confirmed the school has approached him with an enhanced contract but also acknowledged other programs likely will pursue him in the coming days. The Miami Herald and several other media outlets reported Friday that Miami is poised to make a push for Cristobal, a former

7:00 AM ET The Allstate Playoff Predictor is running scenarios for the final time in the 2021 college football season. With just conference championships ahead, there aren’t that many permutations of game outcomes remaining. But the College Football Playoff selection? That can still go a number of different ways. We’ll use our trusty model —

5:03 PM ET Oregon has offered football coach Mario Cristobal a contract extension in hopes of keeping him in Eugene, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday. There is increasing chatter that Cristobal would be the main target at Miami if the Hurricanes fire Manny Diaz. Cristobal, a Miami native, played and coached at Miami. As

7:00 AM ET In a season filled with gaudy statistics and jaw-dropping plays, Alabama quarterback Bryce Young finally had his so-called “Heisman moment” last Saturday in the Iron Bowl. Trailing by seven points on the road at Auburn with 1:35 remaining in regulation, he took over with the ball backed up against his own goal

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff For much of the past decade, Alabama has been the elephant-sized obstacle standing in Georgia‘s way of ending what is now a 41-year drought without a national title. The 2012 SEC championship game ended with the Bulldogs catching a pass at Alabama’s 5-yard line as time expired in the Tide’s

7:00 AM ET “So, I am a Jedi.” “Not yet. One thing remains. Vader. You must confront Vader. Then, only then, a Jedi will you be. And confront him you will.” Kirby Smart doesn’t watch a lot of movies. He doesn’t have time for that. Certainly not from August through spring, when every precious free

7:00 AM ET THE LAST PASS Sam Hartman threw in his hometown was an interception. That also was the last time he threw a ball in the month of December. It was Wake Forest‘s 2020 bowl game against Wisconsin. With the score tied midway through the third quarter, Hartman threw his first pick. Then he

9:20 PM ET Notre Dame defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman, with mounting support from players and recruits, has emerged as the leading candidate to become the Fighting Irish’s head football coach, sources told ESPN. No deal has been finalized, and several steps remain before Freeman can be formally announced as head coach, sources said. Freeman, 35,

11:04 AM ET Oklahoma wide receiver Theo Wease and tight end Austin Stogner have entered the football transfer portal. The moves come less than a week after coach Lincoln Riley left Oklahoma to take the head-coaching job at USC. The Sooners have now had five players enter the portal. Wease was the No. 3 receiver