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12:27 PM ET Georgia‘s scheduled game against Vanderbilt on Saturday has been postponed because of COVID-19 cases, contact tracing issues and injuries within the Commodores program, sources told ESPN on Friday. The game was scheduled for a 4 p.m. ET kickoff on Saturday at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia. The No. 8 Bulldogs don’t currently

1:30 PM ET Ohio State on Friday confirmed it will play Saturday’s game at Michigan State because COVID-19 issues within the program have improved. The fourth-ranked Buckeyes (4-0) are set to fly to East Lansing, Michigan, on Friday night. Ohio State canceled last week’s game at Illinois hours before the scheduled kickoff because of a

9:06 PM ET Alabama coach Nick Saban said he has cleared COVID-19 protocols and will travel with the team to LSU on Friday. “I’ll be there,” Saban said on his radio show Thursday night. “I’m good. I think my time is up. I’m ready to get back in the swing of things.” Saban, 69, tested

5:35 AM ET I began covering college football in 1987. Nick Saban wouldn’t be a head coach for another three years. Mack Brown had 11 career victories. The first story I wrote about the lack of racial diversity among major college football head coaches ran in 1992. The number of Black head coaches in major

8:00 AM ET David M. Hale Close ESPN Staff Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Harry Lyles Jr. It has been just 11 months since LSU topped Clemson 42-25 in the College Football Playoff national championship game, completing what might have been the best season by a team

8:28 AM ET In the last 40 seasons, no defending national champion has been as big of an underdog as LSU is this week against top-ranked Alabama. LSU is a consensus 29.5-point home underdog to the Crimson Tide. The line had grown to -30 at William Hill sportsbooks in Mississippi. Auburn, in 2011, is the

6:43 PM ET A bout of COVID-19 issues within Liberty‘s football program has put the AP Top 25 matchup between the Flames and Coastal Carolina on Saturday in jeopardy, sources told ESPN. Liberty officials expect to know by Thursday if the Flames will be able to play in the game after conferring with medical officials.

2:07 PM ET Michigan has cancelled its game against Maryland this weekend, after moving all football activities virtual earlier this week due to a rise in COVID-19 cases within the program, it was announced Wednesday. The decision to cancel the game as well as pause practices was made in consultation with medical professionals, who will

6:45 AM ET Sam Khan Jr. Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers Texas A&M and the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Houston. Dave Wilson Close ESPN Staff Writer Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas

7:12 PM ET The top seven teams in the College Football Playoff rankings remained unchanged Tuesday night, as Alabama, Notre Dame, Clemson and Ohio State continue to occupy the top four spots. The Buckeyes stayed at No. 4 despite canceling last Saturday’s game at Illinois following an increase of COVID-19 cases in the program, which

2:46 PM ET Retired Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops made a brief return to the field on Tuesday, coach Lincoln Riley said. “We brought Coach Stoops out of retirement today,” Riley said at his weekly news conference. “He was out on the field and coached with us today. It was great to have him out there.”

8:32 PM ET Texas defensive back Caden Sterns is opting out to begin preparation for the NFL draft, he announced Monday. pic.twitter.com/XS1RLhbhGb — Caden Sterns (@CSterns_7) December 1, 2020 Sterns, the Big 12 freshman of the year in 2018, is tied for second on the team with 52 tackles in seven games, to go along

12:55 PM ET Indiana starting quarterback Michael Penix Jr. will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a torn ACL in Saturday’s win against Maryland. Coach Tom Allen on Monday confirmed the injury, which is to the same ligament Penix tore as a true freshman in 2018. He ended up redshirting the season. Penix

2:20 PM ET As the hours and then the minutes ticked down to the unlikeliest of Iron Bowls for Nick Saban, he couldn’t help but think about his late father, Nick Sr. — “Big Nick,” as he was called back in their Monongah, West Virginia, community. Saban, forced to watch Alabama’s 42-13 dismantling of Auburn

7:00 AM ET Soccer practice was dragging one morning last spring when Vanderbilt assistant coach Kelly Keelan tried something different to break up the monotony. While the rest of the team practiced on the football field in the indoor facility, she gathered goalkeepers Sarah Fuller and Sophie Guilmette near the end zone. 2 Related “Today,”

10:12 PM ET Florida State has seen its scheduled game nixed for the third straight week, the ACC announced Sunday. The Seminoles were scheduled to play at Duke on Saturday, but after issues with COVID-19 and contact tracing hit the team last week, the league has opted to adjust that game and will have Miami

2:24 PM ET Vanderbilt has parted ways with coach Derek Mason as the Commodores are winless in 2020, the school announced Sunday. Mason was 27-55 at the school, including a 0-8 mark this season against only SEC opponents. The Commodores have lost 12 straight SEC games, the longest active streak for a Power 5 school.

11:13 PM ET In normal times, Saturday would have been the finale of the regular season, a chance for divisional powers to secure a spot in a conference championship game or for in-state rivals to afford their fan base license to jeer their neighbors in grocery stores, churches and office cubicles for the next year.