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7:45 AM ET In what is shaping up to be one of the weirder seasons in recent memory, allow us to introduce you to the weirdest one-sided matchup in the past decade. No. 7 Texas A&M and No. 16 Arkansas meet on Saturday having played each other 77 times dating back to 1903. The two

7:08 PM ET The battle of top-15 teams Alabama and Ole Miss is still a week and a half away, and already Rebs’ coach Lane Kiffin has some things to say about his former employer. Kiffin, who served as offensive coordinator at Alabama under Nick Saban from 2014-16, said on Wednesday that the No. 1

9:46 AM ET [Editor’s note: Can anyone stop the Bottom 10 juggernaut that is UConn? There are plenty of candidates, including … Florida State and the Pac-12?] Inspirational thought of the week: I got a baby on the East CoastI got a gig going on the West Coast(I got a) suitcase full of sorrowI’m so

6:18 AM ET GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The fifth-largest crowd in the history of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium was howling. With the fourth quarter about to begin and Florida storming back into the game against No. 1-ranked Alabama, 90,887 fans sang along to the Tom Petty anthem, “I Won’t Back Down.” The usually disciplined Crimson Tide

12:14 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The quarterback competition at Southern California might be over before it even started. Jaxson Dart did not practice Tuesday after the freshman sustained a knee injury in the Trojans’ 45-14 win at Washington State, while three-year starter Kedon Slovis took first-team reps after being knocked out of

10:51 AM ET Rutgers cornerbacks Max Melton and Chris Long have been suspended after being taken into police custody because of a paintball gun incident, coach Greg Schiano announced Tuesday. NJ Advance Media reported that the two players have been charged with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose, stemming from an

6:55 AM ET After Alabama opened the college football season with a 44-13 rout against Miami in Atlanta, there was probably the same collective moan from Athens, Georgia, to Eugene, Oregon: “Oh, no, not again!” Then, after the defending national champion barely survived a 31-29 victory at Florida on Saturday, the widespread reaction was: “Oh,

3:16 PM ET Associated Press Purdue receiver David Bell used his Twitter account to tell fans he was all right after Saturday’s scary scene at No. 12 Notre Dame. It’s still unclear when the Boilermakers could get their biggest playmaker back on the field. Coach Jeff Brohm announced Monday that Bell is in the concussion

7:45 AM ET ESPN staff The White Out Game in Happy Valley reminded us that fans make a difference, demonstrated the depth of the Big Ten and showed how problematic officiating can be. But there was more than just one game in Week 3. Here is what our reporters took away from this week in

2:19 PM ET Associated Press Clemson and Ohio State slipped to the back of the top 10 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday and Penn State jumped four spots to No. 6 after another weekend in which lots of ranked teams had issues. Even No. 1 Alabama. The defending national champion Crimson Tide

9:43 PM ET GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida coach Dan Mullen hopes Florida builds off its 31-29 loss to Alabama on Saturday … enough so the Gators get a rematch against the Crimson Tide in the SEC championship game. The last two seasons, the Gators have come close to knocking off the No. 1 team in

9:22 PM ET STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — An apparent officiating mix-up by an SEC crew cost Penn State a down on an offensive series during the first half of Saturday’s game against Auburn. Trailing 10-7 early in the second quarter, Penn State punted to Auburn after referee James Carter ruled it was fourth-and-11. The Nittany

11:47 PM ET Alabama is mortal. This makes sense intuitively, because Nick Saban is human and his players (except maybe Evan Neal) are human. But throughout the final three quarters of that 31-29 showdown in the Swamp, Alabama wasn’t just theoretically mortal. Instead, its flaws were visible. The ground game ran into its share of

8:37 PM ET Alabama coach Nick Saban was happy to leave the Swamp with a 31-29 win over No. 11 Florida on Saturday, but he couldn’t overlook the performance of his defense, which struggled to stop the run and get off the field on third down. The Gators racked up 258 rushing yards against the

12:53 PM ET The post-Clay Helton era at USC has gotten off to a bizarre start ahead of Saturday’s game at Washington State. After landing in Lewiston, Idaho, on Friday, the Trojans’ team plane tipped backward on the tarmac, sending the plane’s nose into the air after the grounds crew did not put the plane’s

3:37 PM ET Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — LSU and Caesars Sportsbook announced Friday that they have entered into a multi-year sponsorship agreement, making Louisiana’s flagship state university the first in the Southeastern Conference to enter a financial partnership with a gambling company. The value will be “multiple millions” of dollars, a person familiar with

9:30 PM ET SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Purdue’s famous giant bass drum has drummed up quite a controversy before Saturday’s road game at Notre Dame Stadium. After being told that the World’s Largest Drum would not be allowed to enter the playing field through Notre Dame Stadium’s home entrance, Purdue’s All-American Band will play its

12:25 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — A former University of Miami football player pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of killing a teammate outside a South Florida apartment complex in 2006. An attorney for Rashaun Jones, 35, entered the plea during a remote court hearing after prosecutors formally filed second-degree murder charge against