9:11 PM ET ESPN News Services TUCSON, Ariz. — Southern California had too many penalties, struggled in the red zone and found itself in a late hole for the second straight week. The Trojans rallied to win a week ago, and they did it again with another pair of late scoring drives. Resiliency has been

7:25 PM ET Not much changed in our writers’ College Football Playoff picks this week because, well, three of the top four teams weren’t in action. 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

9:00 AM ET It’s Week 11 of a college football season like no other. We have trouble differentiating days, but we always know when it’s Saturday. This one took forever to get here. And we have seen some major players sidelined this week, from Alabama to Ohio State to Georgia to Texas A&M — and

6:47 PM ET An NCAA committee this week declined to vote on or recommend two policies that broaden opportunities for minority candidates to interview for high-profile jobs in college athletics. On Tuesday, the NCAA’s committee to promote cultural diversity and equity (CPCDE) discussed both Oregon’s Rooney Rule and the Bill Russell Rule, which require at

8:00 AM ET Let’s talk head-to-head matchups. Except these won’t be played out on the field. The two-team battles we’re discussing today will be waged behind the closed (Zoom?) doors of the College Football Playoff selection committee. We’re asking the question: If it came down to these two teams, in these exact scenarios, which would

11:35 AM ET Associated Press Eight Tennessee football assistant coaches have declined proposed pay cuts as the athletic department deals with a $40 million loss in revenue during the coronavirus pandemic. Tennessee announced pay cuts in October starting Nov. 1 through June 30 for employees making more than $50,000 per year. But Tennessee football coaches

5:37 PM ET The Pittsburgh–Georgia Tech football game scheduled for Saturday has been moved to Dec. 12 because of coronavirus-related issues on both teams, the ACC announced Thursday. Both schools have paused football activities as a result of COVID-related protocols. Neither team revealed the number of players impacted as a result of positive tests or

1:10 PM ET Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly says his team is “in a good place” with COVID-19 issues, although two rounds of testing remain before the second-ranked Fighting Irish face Boston College on Saturday. Students and others rushed the field at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday following the team’s 47-40 double-overtime win over then-No.

2:55 PM ET Maryland‘s football game against No. 3 Ohio State is canceled and will not be rescheduled after the Terps paused all team-related activities on Wednesday because of an elevated number of coronavirus cases within the Terrapins’ program, the school announced on Wednesday. Over the past seven days, eight Maryland football players have tested

8:00 AM ET Dan Mullen ran into Steve Spurrier on Monday inside the Florida football offices, and for the second time this season, the former Gators coach gave something to the current Gators coach: a bottle of wine to celebrate another milestone. The first time, Spurrier gave Mullen a gift after the Gators’ offense set