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7:00 AM ET Every Tuesday as the College Football Playoff rankings are released, one virtually unprecedented decision has stood out: where Oregon has been placed. The Ducks sit at No. 3 in the current rankings, an honor bestowed upon them seemingly for a win over Ohio State, and one that presumably puts them in strong

8:00 AM ET As the 2001 Miami Hurricanes celebrated a fifth national championship in the Rose Bowl locker room 20 years ago, not one person screamed, ‘GOAT!’ or thought they had just unlocked legendary status. Truthfully, the players and coaches felt relief that they had reached the goal they set for themselves 12 months earlier.

6:50 AM ET Andrea Adelson Close ESPN Senior Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. David M. Hale Close ESPN Staff Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. When it came time for the 2001 Miami Hurricanes to do their summer workouts, they

6:37 AM ET ESPN staff Michigan State defensive coordinator Scottie Hazelton begins each game plan by studying the opposing offense’s explosive plays. “It took a little bit more time this week,” Hazelton told ESPN. Hazelton’s defense on Saturday faces an Ohio State offense that leads the nation in yards per play (8.03), scoring (46.3 points

9:12 PM ET The Big 12 on Wednesday issued a public reprimand of the Texas Tech radio announcers for their call of Saturday’s 41-38 win over Iowa State. Play-by-play host Brian Jensen and analyst John Harris were critical of the officials during the game, going so far as to list off individual names. As a

5:58 PM ET Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley downplayed speculation Tuesday about whether he had interest in LSU’s coaching position, saying his feelings about the Oklahoma job haven’t changed. Riley is 54-9 at Oklahoma, which promoted him to replace longtime coach Bob Stoops after the 2016 season. His name has been connected to NFL coaching vacancies,

7:30 PM ET With just two weeks left in the regular season, there was very little change, at least at the top, in the third edition of the College Football Playoff selection committee’s rankings, which were released on Tuesday. The top seven teams — Georgia, Alabama, Oregon, Ohio State, Cincinnati, Michigan and Michigan State —

7:00 AM ET It is a busy time here at Bottom 10 headquarters. It always is. Because, as it says in the Good Book, there is no rest for dreary … er, weary. And these days, as the 2021 college football season trudges toward the oasis that is December (or more likely a mirage), there

7:56 AM ET Justin Fuente, who had a 43-31 record in six seasons at Virginia Tech, is out as the Hokies’ football coach, athletic director Whit Babcock announced Tuesday. J.C. Price will serve as interim head coach while school starts a national search to fill the position. “We sincerely appreciate the contributions that Coach Fuente

11:33 AM ET Florida International coach Butch Davis will not return in 2022. Davis, who has led FIU since 2017, told The Action Network that he’s out after the season and criticized the school’s administration for “sabotaging the program.” He has informed the coaching staff that he will not be back, sources told ESPN, although

4:30 PM ET Jimbo Fisher reiterated his plan to remain at Texas A&M despite continued speculation that LSU would have interest in hiring him. Fisher said the Aggies could wind up with the No. 1-ranked recruiting class in college football, and if he were to leave, that “you ought to say that’s the dumbest human

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff We are now 11 weeks into the college football season, and only three undefeated teams remain: Georgia, Cincinnati and UTSA. Just as we all predicted at the beginning of the year. Saturday saw Michigan rally past Penn State, Oklahoma have its bid for perfection end at the hands of Baylor,

9:00 PM ET Auburn quarterback Bo Nix confirmed that he will have surgery to repair an ankle injury he suffered during Saturday’s loss to Mississippi State. Nix tweeted on Sunday night: “The road to recovery begins tomorrow.” A source told ESPN that Nix is expected to miss the rest of the regular season. Bones break

5:12 PM ET Washington has fired football coach Jimmy Lake in his second season, the school announced Sunday. “Making a head coaching change in any sport is difficult, recognizing that the decision impacts coaches, staff, student-athletes and their families,” Washington athletic director Jen Cohen said in a statement. “However, as the steward of UW Athletics,

2:22 PM ET Associated Press Alabama jumped Cincinnati to No. 2 behind Georgia in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday, and Oklahoma dropped eight spots to No. 12 after losing for the first time this season. Georgia is a unanimous No. 1 in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank for the

1:59 AM ET Just two weeks remain in the 2021 regular season, and all we’re certain of is that Georgia looks awfully good. Beyond that, nearly everything seems debatable, and Week 11 proved particularly adept at illustrating just how foolish many of our assumptions have been. Oh, sure, there were the truly hilarious twists of

5:33 PM ET Baylor fans were so excited that their No. 13 Bears beat No. 8 Oklahoma that they stormed the field twice. Assuming the game was over, throngs of fans who had been perched on walls waiting for the final seconds to tick off the clock rushed the field, not realizing Baylor coach Dave

1:52 PM ET Ohio State added five-star safety Sonny Styles to its 2023 recruiting class on Saturday, when the Ohio native announced his commitment to the Buckeyes. Styles is a 6-foot-4, 215-pound safety from Pickerington Central High School in Pickerington, Ohio, and is the No. 9 prospect overall. He’s the top safety in the class