5:01 PM ET Associated Press DENTON, Texas — Seth Littrell has decided to remain at North Texas after Kansas State had expressed interest in one of the nation’s up-and-coming coaches to replace Hall of Famer Bill Snyder. Littrell told the Mean Green in a meeting Friday that he would not be leaving for the Wildcats.

9:21 AM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Staff Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Former Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze has agreed to

9:37 PM ET Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa and Oklahoma’s Kyler Murray split four college football year-end awards Thursday, setting up a showdown for Saturday night when they contend for the Heisman Trophy. Tagovailoa received the Maxwell Award for player of the year while Murray was named the nation’s top quarterback with the Davey O’Brien Award at

5:28 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey on Thursday said UCF should look “inward” to address the strength of schedule issues that have held back the Knights in the College Football Playoff rankings. Central Florida (12-0) was ranked eighth in the final playoff rankings by the selection committee after

10:24 PM ET Associated Press LSU‘s Devin White is the Butkus Award winner as the best linebacker in the country. The winner was announced Wednesday. White is the first LSU player to win the Butkus in its 34-year history and the third straight winner from a Southeastern Conference school. Roquan Smith of Georgia won it

10:33 PM ET Associated Press LANSING, Mich. — Former Michigan State football player Auston Robertson will spend up to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting a female student in her off-campus apartment. The Lansing State Journal reports that the 21-year-old Robertson was sentenced Wednesday to a minimum of three years and seven months behind

4:11 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Baker Mayfield won’t lobby for Lincoln Riley, but Mayfield believes his former college coach is ready for the NFL. “Lincoln’s been ready,” Mayfield said Wednesday as the Browns prepared for Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers. “Just who he is, how he coaches, the respect level he’s had from

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10:20 PM ET President Donald Trump will attend Saturday’s Army–Navy Game in Philadelphia. The White House confirmed Trump’s attendance to The Associated Press on Tuesday. Trump also went to the 2016 game when he was president-elect. Trump will be the 10th sitting president to attend Army-Navy, a tradition that began with Theodore Roosevelt in 1901.

4:00 PM ET Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy reimbursed an Oklahoma City radio personality who bet $250 on the Cowboys to win more than eight games in Las Vegas before the season. Oklahoma State junior defensive end Jordan Brailford, a first team All-Big 12 selection this season, will forgo his senior season and enter the