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10:37 PM ET The biggest impact to our writers’ picks this week actually came off the field. 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 back every week as the odds are updated following that

2:00 PM ET Sarah Fuller became the first woman to play in a Power 5 football game on Saturday when she delivered the opening kickoff of the second half for Vanderbilt against Missouri. Fuller, a senior goalkeeper on Vanderbilt’s SEC championship soccer team, sent the low kick to the 35-yard line where it was downed

7:57 PM ET Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz took issue with Nebraska attributing center Cameron Jurgens‘ snapping issues during Friday’s game to clapping from the Hawkeyes’ sideline. After the Huskers’ 26-20 loss Saturday, Nebraska coach Scott Frost was asked about Jurgens, who had five snaps go awry in the first half. Frost told media members he

10:42 PM ET Ohio State has canceled Saturday’s game at Illinois because of a COVID-19 outbreak within the No. 4 Buckeyes’ program, and they have paused all team-related activities indefinitely after additional positive tests were revealed Friday evening, the school announced. Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith, university president Kristina M. Johnson and head team

2:37 PM ET Sarah Fuller is poised to become the first female to play in a Power 5 football game when Vanderbilt plays at Missouri in an SEC contest Saturday. A Vanderbilt official confirmed that Fuller made the trip to Missouri and will be dressed out for the game. If she sees action Saturday, Fuller

8:55 PM ET ESPN News Services No. 19 USC’s game against Colorado (2-0) that was scheduled for Saturday has been canceled, the Pac-12 announced Thursday. The conference said USC (3-0) did not have enough scholarship players available in a position group due to positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing. The position group is the offensive

4:22 PM ET Oklahoma‘s game at West Virginia on Saturday has been postponed, the Big 12 announced on Wednesday. The No. 11 Sooners have temporarily paused organized team activities because of recent positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing within the program. The game with the Mountaineers, originally scheduled to be nationally televised by ABC on

8:05 AM ET Like most things in 2020, college football’s rivalry week is a little askew. Conferences staggered their starts. Due to the truly regional nature of the sport, there’s no uniform approach. Some leagues played nonconference games, while others haven’t. An extremely nontraditional year means our hallowed traditions are upended: Florida isn’t playing Miami

5:54 PM ET Backed by some big names, Oklahoma assistant head coach for offense Shane Beamer will interview for the South Carolina head coaching vacancy and is a strong candidate for the job, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Beamer, the son of Hall of Fame coach Frank Beamer, was South Carolina’s recruiting coordinator in 2009

10:48 AM ET [Editor’s note: The first College Football Playoff rankings for 2020 are out, but the Bottom 10 has been here all season, thanks to big names like Penn State, Stanford and Cal.] Inspirational thought of the week BewareI bear more grudges than lonely high court judgesWhen you sleep I will creep Into your

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. Mack Brown was standing on the sideline at Kenan Stadium in April 2019, watching his new North Carolina football team run through a spring scrimmage. Next to him was Urban

6:57 PM ET Wisconsin‘s home football game Saturday has been canceled after Minnesota paused all team-related activities as it responds to positive COVID-19 cases in the program. The game will not be rescheduled, per Big Ten policy, and will be ruled a no contest. It’s the Badgers’ third game to be canceled this season, following

7:15 PM ET Alabama is ranked No. 1 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings, followed by Notre Dame, Clemson and Ohio State, while BYU debuts at No. 14 despite a 9-0 start to its season. Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide are among four SEC teams appearing in the top-9 of the initial rankings, along with

7:00 AM ET You can find McKenzie Milton on the UCF practice field these days, making plays on the move and getting defenders to miss, pushing around linemen when he believes they need a spark. Coach Josh Heupel told him just the other day he thought “the old KZ was back,” the one who played

7:30 PM ET The SEC has shuffled its football schedule for this week, resulting in Vanderbilt playing at Missouri on Saturday instead of the Commodores’ originally scheduled home game against Tennessee and the Tigers’ originally scheduled home game against Arkansas. The SEC said in a statement that the Arkansas-Missouri game was postponed due to a

12:20 PM ET Purdue coach Jeff Brohm said the team is moving forward after a controversial offensive pass interference penalty at the end of Friday’s loss at Minnesota. Brohm on Monday said he had spoken to the Big Ten office about the offensive pass interference foul on tight end Payne Durham with 52 seconds left

1:55 PM ET One day after Dabo Swinney suggested Florida State ducked last Saturday’s game using a Clemson player’s positive COVID-19 test as an excuse, Seminoles coach Mike Norvell emphatically denied the charge, saying the decision to postpone the game was made entirely by medical personnel. Asked if COVID-19 was the reason for the postponement,

7:30 PM ET A day after Florida State abruptly postponed its scheduled game against Clemson due to a positive COVID-19 test among the Tigers’ roster, Dabo Swinney lambasted FSU’s administration for the decision. Swinney said Sunday that Clemson followed all required protocols when it traveled with a player who had shown prior symptoms for COVID-19