12:51 PM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee, wanting to solidify its commitment to coach Jeremy Pruitt and the direction he is taking the program, has added two years to his contract and rewarded him with a $400,000 annual raise, the school announced Thursday. Discussions about sweetening Pruitt’s deal started in January but were put on

7:35 PM ET The Division I Football Oversight Committee on Thursday recommended that any FBS team playing football this season should be eligible to play in a bowl game, regardless of record, if it meets Academic Progress Rate requirements for postseason eligibility. The Division I Council must still approve the measure and is scheduled to

10:39 PM ET The Mountain West will play an eight-game football season starting the weekend of Oct. 24, the conference announced Thursday night. League presidents met Thursday and voted to start the fall season, which had been postponed Aug. 10 because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. The Mountain West championship game will take place

12:08 PM ET NC State announced temporary salary reductions and furloughs to try to make up for an expected $25 million-$35 million shortfall in projected revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic, athletics director Boo Corrigan said Thursday. In a letter to NC State fans and supporters, Corrigan said the reductions would run from Oct. 24

2:36 PM ET The North Texas–Houston football game scheduled for Saturday has been postponed, the fourth season opener the Cougars have been unable to play due to the coronavirus pandemic. North Texas said in a statement Wednesday that four positive COVID-19 tests this week, and subsequent contact tracing, left the Mean Green unable to field

2:38 PM ET SEC commissioner Greg Sankey says he hasn’t considered whether there should be a minimum number of games required to qualify for the College Football Playoff. Rather, Sankey said Wednesday that he has reviewed the selection criteria and anticipates a “number of challenges” facing the CFP selection committee as conferences play disparate schedules

11:06 AM ET The makeup date for Wake Forest and Notre Dame‘s rescheduled football game will be Dec. 12, the ACC announced Wednesday. The game, billed as the Duke’s Mayo Kickoff Classic, was originally set to be played in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday. The game was moved to Winston-Salem when attendance was capped by

2:59 PM ET The Notre Dame-Wake Forest football game scheduled for Saturday has been postponed after the Irish announced 13 players are in isolation. In a statement Tuesday, Notre Dame said seven players tested positive for coronavirus out of 94 tests done Monday. Combined with testing results from last week, 13 players are in isolation,

8:31 PM ET Baylor athletic director Mack Rhoades on Tuesday took exception to the tone of recent comments made by Houston football coach Dana Holgorsen in the aftermath of the two teams’ postponed game, which was to be played last Saturday. Rhoades, in an appearance on SicEm365 Radio in Waco, Texas, was asked if he

1:09 PM ET Notre Dame will not practice Tuesday afternoon after four players tested positive for COVID-19 in the team’s latest round of testing, a source told ESPN. The program on Monday announced the four positive results out of testing last week as well as six other players being placed in quarantine because of contact