8:00 AM ET The good news about Week 5: 18 ranked teams are in action. By 2020’s standards, that’s pretty fantastic. The less good news: 13 of them are favored by double-digits, and only four play each other. The No. 4 Georgia vs. No. 7 Auburn game (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN) could be dynamite, but

4:48 PM ET The Mountain West Conference released its 2020 schedule Thursday, which includes abbreviated conference slates for Boise State, Air Force and San Diego State. Boise State will play seven conference games, plus an additional home game against No. 22 BYU on Nov. 7. Air Force will play six conference games in addition to

1:46 PM ET The California Department of Public Health updated its interim guidance for collegiate athletics and will start allowing teams to practice in groups as large as 75 when outdoors, if the team is able to provide daily antigen testing for COVID-19. Under the previous guidelines, the state limited teams from practicing in groups

7:00 AM ET David M. Hale Close ESPN Staff Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Harry Lyles Jr. This is the weekend you’ve been waiting for in college football. We’re slowly getting to a point where all Power 5 football is going to be played, and we’ll be

11:42 AM ET LSU star cornerback Derek Stingley Jr., who was hospitalized Friday, practiced Tuesday and is expected to play this week against Vanderbilt, coach Ed Orgeron said Wednesday. Stingley was sent to the hospital after falling “acutely ill,” the school said. He was discharged Saturday but did not play in LSU’s season-opening loss to

2:21 PM ET Missouri football coach Eli Drinkwitz said there’s no uniform SEC policy for public reporting of COVID-19 test results, and no sharing of that information among the 14 member programs. Drinkwitz told reporters on Wednesday that he has “no idea” what’s going on with other teams from week to week. “It’s kind of

8:00 AM ET Welcome to our third Heisman Watch of the 2020 college football season. Two SEC QBs make their debuts this week. Throughout the season, ESPN.com writers will vote on their top Heisman candidates. We are not including players whose fall seasons were postponed or who opted out. To get the final rankings, we

2:34 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina starting linebacker Sherrod Greene will miss at least the next four to six weeks with a fractured hip, Gamecocks coach Will Muschamp said Tuesday. Greene, a 6-foot-1, 230-pound senior who had started 23 of the past 26 games for South Carolina, was injured in the

1:13 PM ET Clemson coach Dabo Swinney reiterated comments in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and his own players’ push toward social justice reforms Tuesday, but he noted that he was uncomfortable with messages displayed on uniforms and with the politicization of the efforts. Swinney again said Tuesday that “Black lives more than

8:54 PM ET Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh confirmed Monday on Inside Michigan Football’s radio show that offensive lineman Jalen Mayfield has been granted a waiver to return for the 2020 football season in October. Mayfield, a redshirt sophomore right tackle for the Wolverines, opted out for the season and declared for the NFL draft after