8:32 AM ET High-profile quarterbacks top the odds to win the Heisman Trophy entering the college football season, but an Alabama defender is attracting plenty of interest from bettors at sportsbooks around the nation. Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud, at +200, is the consensus favorite to win the Heisman, followed by last year’s winner, Alabama

11:39 PM ET Associated Press LUBBOCK, Texas — Gary Gaines, coach of the Texas high school football team made famous in the book and movie “Friday Night Lights,” has died. He was 73. Gaines’ family said in a statement that the former coach died Monday in Lubbock after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Gaines

1:22 PM ET Charlie Brewer, who passed for 9,700 yards and 65 touchdowns at Baylor, will be Liberty’s starting quarterback this season, coach Hugh Freeze announced Monday. Brewer, who will be in his sixth year of eligibility, started 39 career games for Baylor from 2017-20 and quarterbacked the Bears to the Big 12 conference championship

8:00 AM ET When Virginia coach Tony Elliott walked into ACC media day last month, his shoes commanded immediate attention. On one side of his personalized Nikes, Elliott has the names of his wife, Tamika, and their children, A.J. and Ace. On the other side, he has a Clemson jersey, where he played from 1999

10:53 PM ET USC says it is not standing in the way of former wide receiver Bru McCoy‘s quest to become eligible for the 2022 college football season at Tennessee. In a statement released Sunday, USC said it has promptly responded to every request from Tennessee related to McCoy’s eligibility. McCoy, an ESPN top-30 recruit

7:00 AM ET It’s time. In less than a week, we will have actual college football games to watch for the first time in more than seven months. The longest offseason in the world is coming to an end. We’ve written and read all the previews and profiles. We’ve debated all the debates. Now there’s

6:45 AM ET Last October, in a room underneath McLane Stadium, Baylor football coach Dave Aranda took to the podium after a 31-24 win over Texas. While a win over the Longhorns is always cause for celebration among the green and gold faithful, Aranda didn’t exult. He might not have even cracked a smile. That’s

8:10 PM ET Texas Tech surprised Patrick Mahomes on Saturday with an announcement that the Red Raiders would be inducting him into the school’s Ring of Honor this season. After the Kansas City Chiefs‘ preseason game against the Washington Commanders, Mahomes was asked to return to the field at Arrowhead Stadium. He was greeted by

3:55 PM ET There is mounting momentum among SEC schools to go from eight conference games to nine in football once Oklahoma and Texas join the league, sources told ESPN. The league’s athletics directors held their regularly scheduled meeting earlier this week. Administrators and coaches from multiple schools in the league said the feeling now

9:23 PM ET COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Jimbo Fisher feels the best he has about the trajectory of Texas A&M’s football program, and he’s ready for the story to become what the Aggies do on the field and not his offseason spat with former boss Nick Saban. “We’re talented and have established that we can