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6:36 PM ET ESPN News Services Boise State‘s Bryan Harsin is set to become the next head football coach at Auburn, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg. He replaces Gus Malzahn, who was fired earlier this month after eight seasons with the Tigers. The 44-year-old Harsin is 69-19 with three Mountain West titles in

5:09 PM ET Michigan has dismissed defensive coordinator Don Brown, a source confirmed to ESPN. The move was first reported by The Athletic. Michigan finished the season 2-4 and the defense ranked 87th in yards allowed per game, 59th in yards allowed per play, and was in the bottom tier in rush and pass yards

1:11 PM ET Florida has been placed on one-year probation and coach Dan Mullen has been given a one-year show-cause order after the NCAA determined that the program violated recruiting contact rules on two occasions in 2019. Mullen was found to have failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance and will be banned from all

6:42 PM ET Bo Pelini is not expected to return for another season as LSU‘s defensive coordinator, a source confirmed to ESPN. Pelini, a former head coach at Youngstown State and Nebraska, was brought on to coach LSU’s defense in January, but ultimately failed to live up to expectations as the Tigers ranked next-to-last in

8:06 PM ET Army will have the opportunity to play in a bowl game after all. The Knights had been unable to find an opponent for a bowl game coming out of the weekend, but on Monday it was announced they would face West Virginia in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl on Dec. 31. Tennessee was

11:09 AM ET For the last few weeks, Clemson’s Dabo Swinney has argued that teams should be rewarded for playing games during a season disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and that teams that started later than others and didn’t play as many games should be penalized by the College Football Playoff selection committee. While the

3:23 PM ET Welcome once again to the Alabama–Clemson College Football Playoff invitational, where it hardly seems to matter who earned the “right” to take on the two clear favorites to make the national championship game. This year, it happens to be No. 3 Ohio State and No. 4 Notre Dame. The Irish made it

1:30 AM ET The start of Bowl Season and the College Football Playoff is almost upon us. Here’s a look at all of this year’s games. (All times Eastern) College Football Playoff National Championship College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&THard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida)Jan. 11: 8 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN

12:30 PM ET In a college football season unlike any other, there’s still some familiarity in the College Football Playoff. Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State are all back in the CFP semifinals. At least two of those three schools have played in every CFP since the playoff’s inception in 2015. Joining the three stalwarts in

11:52 PM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State each won their respective conference championships Saturday,

10:55 PM ET Rose Bowl officials announced Saturday that the College Football Playoff semifinal scheduled for the Rose Bowl will be moved to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The announcement came just hours after multiple outlets reported the Rose Bowl was denied a special exemption from the state of California to allow a few hundred

9:13 AM ET Illinois is hiring former Wisconsin and Arkansas coach Bret Bielema to lead its football program, the school announced Saturday. Bielema, 50, has spent the past three seasons as an NFL assistant, working this year for the New York Giants after two years with the New England Patriots. He had expressed interest in

12:08 PM ET Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said Friday if the Irish are chosen to make the College Football Playoff, they would consider not playing if families are not allowed to attend the semifinal game. During a Zoom call previewing the ACC championship game, Kelly made pointed remarks about the need to have families

first Quarter ORE USC TD 13:49 A. Brown pass,to J. Redd for 2 yds for a TD, (H. Katleman KICK) 3 plays, 9 yards, 0:11 7 0 TD 7:14 T. Shough pass,to H. Kampmoyer for 14 yds for a TD, (H. Katleman KICK) 3 plays, 32 yards, 1:25 14 0 TD 0:50 K. Slovis pass,to

9:00 AM ET Championship weekend means one thing for the Allstate Playoff Predictor: It’s the last time to run scenarios. Two days before the College Football Playoff selection committee makes its final judgments on the 2020 playoff race, we’re taking our model out for a spin to answer this year’s pressing questions. Can Notre Dame

11:01 PM ET The Sun Belt conference championship game between Louisiana and No. 12 Coastal Carolina has been canceled due to a positive COVID-19 test within the Coastal Carolina program, the conference announced Thursday evening. Because of contact tracing, an entire position group would not be available to play for the Chanticleers due to possible

7:12 AM ET People keep asking how Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence has changed in 2020. They ask because, on the surface, it’s tough to see, but logic suggests there must be a reason the likely future No. 1 NFL draft choice is still playing college football, and the assumption is, he’s refining some small flaw

7:07 AM ET For what feels like centuries, we have debated perhaps the greatest mystery in the known universe: What would happen if (gasp!) Notre Dame ever joined a conference? We finally have our answer. College football did not spin off its axis when the best-known independent football program in the country joined a conference