7:00 AM ET Our 2021 college football preview series begins in Conference USA. The East division struggled in 2020, fielding plenty of decent units but, aside from early-season Marshall, not really featuring any teams that had their acts together on both sides of the ball. With the Thundering Herd changing head coaches, and with most

1:15 PM ET One of the biggest brand names in college football isn’t yet sure whether it wants to be included in the revitalized EA Sports college football video game when it returns to market. University of Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said his school will not provide its name, logos and other branding

5:38 PM ET Former Oregon starting quarterback Tyler Shough is joining Texas Tech as a graduate transfer, he announced Monday. Shough, who started all seven games in 2020 as Oregon won its second consecutive Pac-12 championship, will have three years of eligibility remaining with the Red Raiders. He completed 63.5 percent of his passes for

1:25 PM ET Former Nebraska quarterback Luke McCaffrey announced Monday that he will transfer to Louisville. “Excited to continue my athletic and academic career at the University of Louisville,” McCaffrey tweeted. As a redshirt freshman in 2020, McCaffrey played in seven of eight games for the Cornhuskers, making two starts. He completed 48 of 76

9:30 AM ET There has been a significant increase in the number of college football players entering the transfer portal this offseason. This year more than ever, coaches utilized the transfer portal as part of their recruiting strategy to help fill holes on the roster, in part because the NCAA granted every student-athlete an extra

7:48 PM ET Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders said following his Jackson State coaching debut on Sunday that his personal items were stolen from the coaches’ office during the Tigers‘ 53-0 victory over NAIA program Edward Waters, leading him to have “mixed emotions” about the day. “For one, the kids played really well,”

3:16 PM ET Auburn picked up a late recruit in the 2021 class on Saturday when ESPN 300 defensive end Dylan Brooks announced his commitment to the Tigers. Brooks, ranked No. 18 overall in the ESPN 300, had signed with Tennessee in the early signing period but was recently released from his national letter of

6:59 AM ET Did you enjoy your college football offseason? Get a lot done? Get the flowers planted? Reconnect with your family and (non-football) friends? Decompress a bit? Good, because the offseason is over. Sort of. The Football Championship Subdivision, which had its championships and most of its games canceled or postponed last fall, gets

7:15 AM ET The 2021 NFL draft is getting closer, and I’ll be spending most of my time over the next two months digging through tape and talking with NFL scouts as I begin to finalize my prospect evaluations for this year’s class. And what a talented class it is, starting with an elite quarterback

7:00 AM ET Trying to play one football season during a pandemic is daunting enough. But parts of three seasons potentially … all in a span of a year? And with three different head coaches squeezed into a four-month window? Welcome to Austin Peay‘s world. “Honestly, it’s been a blessing, just to have football all