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7:34 PM ET ESPN 300 quarterback Jake Garcia announced his commitment to Miami on Wednesday, choosing the Miami over Florida State and Arkansas. Garcia is the No. 18 ranked prospect overall in the ESPN 300. The 6-foot-2, 190-pound prospect gives Miami nine ESPN 300 commitments in the class, which is headlined by five-star defensive tackle

6:36 PM ET American Athletic Conference commissioner Michael Aresco strongly criticized the College Football Playoff selection committee for dropping undefeated Cincinnati another spot in its rankings — behind three two-loss teams. During an interview on the Paul Finebaum Show on Wednesday, Aresco said the CFP selection committee needed to do some “soul searching” and is

7:00 AM ET College football’s national signing day is here. Despite the NCAA enacting a recruiting dead period amid the COVID-19 pandemic since March, meaning recruits haven’t been able to take official visits, the early signing period has remained firm. The early signing period begins Wednesday and lasts until Friday. High school recruits are able

7:14 PM ET The top five teams in the penultimate College Football Playoff rankings, released Tuesday, remained unchanged, while Iowa State‘s playoff hopes received a boost and Cincinnati‘s absorbed another blow. Alabama continues to lead off the rankings at No. 1, followed by No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Clemson, No. 4 Ohio State and

7:44 PM ET The College Football Playoff is expected to keep one of its two semifinal games at the Rose Bowl as scheduled, but is hoping that the California government will ease its COVID-19 stadium restrictions and allow players’ families to attend the game in Pasadena, CFP executive director Bill Hancock said Tuesday night. “At

9:10 AM ET For the first time in more than a century, Indiana and Purdue won’t play for the Old Oaken Bucket. In a joint statement Tuesday, the Hoosiers and Boilermakers announced that they’ve canceled Friday’s scheduled game in Bloomington, Indiana, because of COVID-19 concerns in both programs. The game was originally scheduled for Dec.

8:48 PM ET Lane Kiffin has long credited Nick Saban for helping to re-energize Kiffin’s head coaching career, but that doesn’t mean Kiffin is opposed to poking fun at his old boss. In fact, Kiffin jokingly went into full Saban mode on Monday at his news conference when asked if he was a candidate for

8:44 PM ET Vanderbilt has hired Notre Dame defensive coordinator Clark Lea as its new head football coach, the school announced Monday night. Lea, a Nashville native who finished his college career as a fullback at Vanderbilt, will be introduced next week. He will continue working with No. 2 Notre Dame, which faces No. 3

11:00 AM ET There were a number of reasons Gus Malzahn was fired by Auburn on Sunday after eight up-and-down seasons, but none were as ironic or as frustrating as the regression of the offense. The struggle there represented the crumbling of the foundation of the program and the core of who Malzahn was as

6:47 PM ET Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said Sunday that he has “no doubt” his Tigers and Notre Dame are both among the four best teams in the country, shrugging off complaints by SEC commissioner Greg Sankey that the ACC was protecting its prized programs by giving them Dec. 12 off. On Saturday, Sankey was

2:30 PM ET Auburn fired head football coach Gus Malzahn, the school announced Sunday. The decision comes less than 24 hours after the Tigers finished the regular season with a 6-4 record after beating Mississippi State 24-10 on Saturday. “After evaluating the state of the Auburn football program, we’ve decided that it was time to

6:29 PM ET With most of the playoff contenders on either a bye or a cancellation, Week 15 provided little to no change in our writers’ College Football Playoff picks. 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

12:13 AM ET As college football limped toward the finish of its fraught 2020 regular season, it was fitting its final full-slate Saturday was saved by a guy throwing a shoe. And for a team with a leading Heisman Trophy contender in quarterback Kyle Trask, it was ironic the season’s biggest throw came from cornerback

5:33 PM ET Arizona fired coach Kevin Sumlin on Saturday, a day after the Wildcats‘ 70-7 loss to rival Arizona State. The Wildcats are 0-5 this season after dropping their final seven games in 2019. Sumlin finishes 9-20 (6-17 in Pac-12 play) in three seasons at the school. He had two years left on his

6:32 PM ET Pittsburgh will not participate in a bowl game, the second team to announce it will decline a postseason opportunity. The Panthers ended their season with a 34-20 win over Georgia Tech on Thursday night to finish 6-5. In a statement Friday, Pitt said the decision to decline a bowl invitation was made

12:30 AM ET ESPN News Services Friday night’s game had long been out of reach when Arizona State‘s Jackson He scored on a 1-yard run in the fourth quarter. Arizona State’s players acted as if he had just scored the winning touchdown against rival Arizona. A walk-on, He is believed to be the only Chinese-born

6:43 PM ET Utah State has canceled Saturday night’s scheduled game at Colorado State because of “concerns voiced by football players about religious discrimination during the search for a new football coach,” the university said in a statement Friday. The decision came after Aggies players said earlier Friday that they had opted out of the

1:54 PM ET Boston College says it will not participate in a bowl game, becoming the first bowl-eligible team to announce it would not play in the postseason. Athletic director Pat Kraft and coach Jeff Hafley said the decision was made as a team, after getting significant player input. They pointed to everything the players