10:44 PM ET Associated Press SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse coach Dino Babers has fired defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Brian Ward, effective immediately. Babers said in a release Sunday from the university that he thought “a change needed to be made at this time.” Defensive ends coach Steve Stanard has been promoted to defensive coordinator

8:00 AM ET As David Hale noted on Saturday night, the coaching class of 2018 hasn’t distinguished itself in its second season as much as was assumed, at least not in a good way. That point was driven home when Florida State’s Willie Taggart, one of said second-year coaches, got fired. FSU had improved this

3:49 PM ET The No. 1-ranked team is a touchdown underdog to start the week. No. 2 Alabama has been installed as a 6.5-point favorite over top-ranked LSU in an SEC showdown potentially featuring two Heisman Trophy frontrunners at quarterback on Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Crimson Tide quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has been out since suffering

1:20 AM ET LOS ANGELES — With yet another loss signaling more and more questions about Clay Helton’s future at USC, the Trojans’ head coach said Saturday night that he still feels like he’s the right person to lead USC’s football program. Bristling when asked why he felt he should keep coaching the Trojans, Helton

11:44 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Brady White threw for 350 yards and three touchdowns, Antonio Gibson had a school-record 386 all-purpose yards with three scores and No. 24 Memphis held off No. 15 SMU 54-48 Saturday night to cap the biggest day yet in Tigers’ football history. The Tigers (8-1, 4-1) handed

10:17 AM ET SMU will be without top wide receiver Reggie Roberson Jr. for the Mustangs’ showdown at No. 24 Memphis on Saturday night. Roberson suffered a foot injury in last week’s win over Houston and did not travel with the team. He enters Saturday eighth in the nation in receiving yards with 803 and

10:00 AM ET Easily one of college football’s most unique rivalries, Florida-Georgia also has produced a sea of memorable moments, performances and games. So as the Dawgs and Gators get set to clash as top-10 foes for the second straight season, let’s relive some of those moments in a series that has been played every

3:27 PM ET The University of Southern California is expected to name Cincinnati’s Mike Bohn its new athletic director, sources confirmed to ESPN. Bohn, the athletic director at Cincinnati for five years, will replace Lynn Swann, who resigned in September after three years as AD at his alma mater. Bohn, 58, is likely to be

3:28 PM ET Oklahoma State receiver Tylan Wallace, a Biletnikoff Award finalist in 2018, suffered a torn ACL in practice Wednesday and will miss the rest of the season, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday. An MRI on Thursday confirmed the injury, and it’s unclear when Wallace will undergo surgery. The Oklahoman first reported the

10:03 PM ET Associated Press IRVING, Texas — The Big 12 Conference has issued public reprimands and fines of $25,000 against Kansas State and TCU for how the schools handled fans storming the field to celebrate after home victories over ranked teams. Kansas also received a reprimand, but wasn’t fined after the Jayhawks beat Texas