2:29 PM ET Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee has hired former Oakland Raiders assistant Derrick Ansley as defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach. Volunteers coach Jeremy Pruitt announced the hire Friday and said Ansley would make all defensive calls. Pruitt handled the defensive calls last year while Kevin Sherrer served as defensive coordinator. Sherrer

Feb 14, 2019 Without question, Miami had one of the most disappointing seasons of any team in 2018, dropping from its preseason top-10 perch and eventually suffering a disastrous loss to Wisconsin in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl to close at 7-6. A few days later, coach Mark Richt delivered a stunner: He was stepping

8:55 AM ET The transfer market has become a real thing in college football, and whether coaches like it or not, players are entering their names into the transfer portal and finding new destinations at a higher rate than ever before. Quarterbacks have been more prevalent among transfers and have created almost a second recruiting

7:30 PM ET ESPN News Services A judge in California has signed an arrest warrant for Nebraska running back Maurice Washington, his lawyer said on Thursday, while university officials said the athletic department did not know the exact allegations against the player during football season. Washington was charged in California in December with possessing and

7:15 PM ET Associated Press Missouri filed a notice of appeal with the NCAA’s committee on infractions Thursday, beginning what could be a lengthy fight of what it considers overly harsh sanctions levied against three of its programs for academic misconduct involving a former tutor. The NCAA banned the football, baseball and softball teams from

6:22 PM ET The NCAA has started an all-encompassing review of the guidelines it uses when granting immediate eligibility to athletes who transfer from one school to another before finishing their degree. The organization’s Committee for Legislative Relief started its review earlier this week during a meeting in Indianapolis and plans to solicit feedback from

8:59 AM ET Nothing that will take place between now and the start of the season has a good chance to generate much enthusiasm about USC football. After collapsing to 5-7 in 2018, USC’s large fan base is quickly growing disinterested and offseason talk isn’t going to change that. Trojan fans are no longer buying

5:58 PM ET Zion Williamson might have a future in football if basketball doesn’t work out. But Clemson‘s Dabo Swinney believes he could use the 6-foot-7, 292-pound Duke star right now. In a conversation with Mike Krzyzewski on the latter’s radio show on Thursday, the football coach who led his team to a national title

5:21 PM ET Former college football coach Jerry Kill has been named athletic director at Southern Illinois. Kill, who twice had to retire from coaching because of health issues, joined Southern Illinois’ staff in February 2018 as special assistant to the university chancellor. He became acting athletic director in April 2018 before the school’s board

11:20 AM ET Oregon defensive coordinator Jim Leavitt is parting ways with the school after reaching a financial settlement, sources told ESPN. 247 Sports first reported Leavitt’s departure on Wednesday, although he attended a coaching staff meeting and was working in the football building as of Wednesday night, sources said. Leavitt had been under contract