8:00 AM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — In Gary Patterson’s 21 years as head coach of TCU, his job has taken him to the biggest of stages, such as his 2011 Rose Bowl victory, when his little Mountain West-era Horned Frogs beat an undefeated Wisconsin team to make college football history. Patterson is a Hall

6:00 PM ET Alabama beat Clemson on the recruiting trail for five-star defensive end Jeremiah Alexander, who announced his commitment to the Crimson Tide on Thursday. Alexander is the No. 11-ranked recruit overall and the No. 1-ranked prospect in the state of Alabama. He’s a 6-foot-2, 230-pound defensive end, who could also play linebacker, from

6:01 PM ET Former LSU left tackle Dare Rosenthal announced Thursday that he will transfer to play football at Kentucky. “My decision was not based on my athleticism alone,” Rosenthal said as part of his announcement on Twitter. “It was based on me attending the University that I believe can help mold and shape me

7:00 AM ET Let’s face it: The 2020 season was not college football’s finest. There were empty or partial crowds, no tailgating and no atmosphere. In the run-up to the season, all of the sport’s cracks and flaws — the lack of centralized leadership, the outdated model for treatment of athletes, even the limitations of

2:37 PM ET Former Georgia receiver Demetris Robertson, whose career has been hampered by injuries, announced on Thursday that he’ll transfer to Auburn for his senior season. It marks the second time Robertson has changed schools. A former four-star prospect, Robertson started out at Cal on a promising note, catching 50 passes for 767 receiving

1:18 PM ET North Carolina coach Mack Brown said Thursday that during a team discussion about the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff, his players were against the format and preferred six to eight teams. During a wide-ranging Zoom with reporters, Brown mentioned that ACC commissioner Jim Phillips had asked all coaches to get feedback from

10:00 AM ET Editor’s Note: We recently discovered that our previous preseason release of the Football Power Index in April contained data and modeling errors. We have remedied the issues and are re-releasing FPI here ahead of the 2021 season. ESPN Analytics regrets the error. In five of the past six seasons, the top spot

RK PLAYER POS HOMETOWN HT WT STARS GRADE SCHOOL 1 DE Milton, GAMilton High School 6’3” 265 93 2 QB-PP New Orleans, LAIsidore Newman School 6’3” 204 93 3 DT Thompson, ALThompson Public School 6’3” 275 90 4 CB Lakeland, FLLake Gibson High School 6’2” 165 89 5 OLB Denton, TXBilly Ryan High School 6’2”

9:00 AM ET Craig Haubert Close ESPN Staff Writer National recruiting analyst and analyst for ESPNU More than a decade of college and pro coaching experience. Graduated from Indiana and Nebraska-Omaha Tom Luginbill Close ESPN Analyst Senior National Recruiting Analyst for ESPN.com Coached in four professional football leagues Graduated from Eastern Kentucky and Marshall The

6:49 PM ET Associated Press The Florida Panthers may soon be signing a quarterback. Or a center who plays basketball. Or a goalie who plays soccer. It all makes sense. The Panthers are the first NHL team, and they believe the first U.S. major pro sports team, to establish an opportunity for college athletes to