4:23 PM ET South Carolina president Robert Caslen issued a statement on Wednesday in which he clarified his remarks from earlier this week that suggested the Gamecocks were at least exploring whether to buy out football coach Will Muschamp’s contract. In his latest comments, Caslen said he and South Carolina athletics director Ray Tanner supported

9:00 AM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Nick Saban hears over the loudspeakers that his show is back from commercial break and going on without him, but he doesn’t stop. Alabama’s head football coach keeps working the room inside Baumhower’s Victory Grill, shaking hands and posing for pictures. A mountain of a man dressed in a

6:59 PM ET LSU is once again atop this week’s edition of the College Football Playoff rankings, with Alabama staying at No. 5 in the wake of quarterback Tua Tagovailoa‘s season-ending hip injury. 1. LSU (10-0)2. Ohio State (10-0)3. Clemson (11-0)4. Georgia (9-1)5. Alabama (9-1)6. Oregon (9-1)7. Utah (9-1)8. Penn State (9-1)9. Oklahoma (9-1)10. Minnesota

7:20 PM ET The season-ending injury to Alabama starting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa shocked and saddened many college football fans across the country Saturday, but it didn’t impact the No. 5 Tide’s standing with the College Football Playoff selection committee — at least not yet. The third CFP ranking stayed mainly status quo, with No. 1

3:24 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — The status of quarterback Tanner Morgan is uncertain for 11th-ranked Minnesota‘s game at Northwestern after back-to-back sacks in the last game put the sophomore in the concussion protocol. Coach P.J. Fleck said Tuesday that Morgan has made progress this week, but he has not yet been cleared for

6:11 PM ET BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU linebacker Michael Divinity returned to practice on Monday, two weeks after leaving the team for what Coach Ed Orgeron described at the time as personal reasons. 1 Related Divinity’s status on the team is unclear, however. Orgeron isn’t scheduled to address the media until Wednesday. Divinity’s return

5:05 PM ET With two weeks to go in the regular season, there are three remaining undefeated teams: LSU, Ohio State and Clemson. If they win out, they’re obviously making the College Football Playoff. Which team is most likely to join them? Can Alabama, even without Tua Tagovailoa, make a run? Can Georgia get by

1:46 PM ET Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia coach Kirby Smart has apologized for using an expletive after his team’s victory over Auburn, which sent the No. 4 Bulldogs to the Southeastern Conference championship game for the third year in a row. Smart began his regularly scheduled news conference Monday by saying he was

6:33 PM ET Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is scheduled to have hip surgery Monday after being evaluated in Houston, orthopedic surgeon Lyle Cain said in a statement released Sunday night. Tagovailoa dislocated his hip in the Crimson Tide’s 38-7 win over Mississippi State on Saturday, ending his season. Sources confirmed to ESPN that he also

9:00 AM ET With convincing victories on Saturday by No. 1 LSU, No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Clemson and a tough road win by No. 4 Georgia, there shouldn’t be any change this week in the College Football Playoff selection committee’s top four. That doesn’t mean, though, that the fourth spot will be