4:42 PM ET Associated Press WACO, Texas — Matt Powledge is returning to Baylor as defensive coordinator after a season away at Oregon. Bears coach Dave Aranda announced the hire Thursday. Powledge replaces Ron Roberts, who was fired after the 6-6 regular season and has since become defensive coordinator at Auburn for new coach Hugh

6:33 AM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin said a Texas Tech player spit on one of his players and possibly used a racial slur Wednesday night in the TaxAct Texas Bowl. A scrum between the teams came after Ole Miss’ Dayton Wade fumbled early in the fourth quarter and Texas

12:21 PM ET ATLANTA — Ohio State defensive end Jack Sawyer and his teammates are not only upset about the way they played in the second half against Michigan. They have also taken issue with the resurfaced narrative that they are not physical enough on defense. That is enough to provide extra motivation headed into

11:29 PM ET ESPN News Services BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Coastal Carolina quarterback Grayson McCall, the three-time Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year who entered the transfer portal this month but remained with the Chanticleers for the Birmingham Bowl, was injured Tuesday night in a 53-29 loss to East Carolina. On what will presumably be

3:39 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska edge rusher Garrett Nelson will declare for the NFL draft instead of returning for a fifth season with the Cornhuskers under new coach Matt Rhule. Nelson, who made the announcement on Twitter on Tuesday, is the most productive defensive player on the 2022 team to leave

12:55 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Nearly a year after Michigan‘s 34-11 loss to Georgia in the 2021 College Football Playoff semifinal, Wolverines quarterback J.J. McCarthy said that he still remembers the “deep pit of regret” he felt in his stomach after the defeat, but he reflected on how the loss has served to fuel their

6:12 PM ET PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. — New Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell will continue to be a presence around the Badgers during Tuesday night’s Guaranteed Rate Bowl at Chase Field in downtown Phoenix, but not as the man in charge, he said Monday. Fickell plans to be on the sideline, wearing a headset and coaching

7:00 AM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — TCU offensive coordinator Garrett Riley laughs when asked about a couple of his backups who might not get a lot of playing time but have plenty of name recognition. There’s sophomore quarterback Luke Pardee, the grandson of Jack, who was a Junction Boy for Bear Bryant at Texas

7:00 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 Alex Scarborough Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. IT WAS FINALLY over. Staying on as Alabama’s defensive coordinator for a

Dec 22, 2022 A day after flipping his commitment from Notre Dame to Oregon, five-star safety Peyton Bowen shocked the recruiting world by signing with Oklahoma on Thursday. Bowen, the No. 14 overall recruit and No. 2 safety in the 2023 ESPN 300, is the highest-ranked defensive player to sign with Oklahoma since ESPN began