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How Diego Pavia helped Vanderbilt land the five-star QB who could replace him
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SIZING UP OUR TOP 25 TEAMS
25 players you'll find out about this college football season
Someone from each of the top teams you may not know now, but will by the end of the 2026 season.
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Top 25 portal classes: Re-evaluating Texas Tech after the Sorsby news
These teams nailed their top targets or won a QB battle. Others had to reload at quite a few positions.
TEXAS TECH QB OUT INDEFINITELY
Wetzel: Heisman hopes and career in jeopardy after college football's latest gambling scandal
Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby's decision to get treatment for gambling addiction feels like an inevitable result of a sports betting boom. The NCAA has to hope it doesn't get worse.
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What to know about Brendan Sorsby's situation and what's next at Texas Tech
The high-profile transfer's future is up in the air. It leaves Tech with big questions.
LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT SEASON
Reid's early NFL mock draft for next year: Which 2027 prospects -- and QBs -- could go in Round 1?
We're still a full year out, but let's make way-too-early predictions for every first-round pick of the 2027 NFL draft. Will Arch Manning go No. 1? Jeremiah Smith?
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Replacing the first round of the NFL draft: Who's up next in college football?
The teams that lost first-round players will be looking for the next man up.
'HE'S A LEADER'
CJ CARR HAD 24-TD SEASON IN 2025
Notre Dame heads into 2026 with a QB it hasn't had in a long time
CJ Carr is forging his own path with the Irish. He could also be the QB to lead them to a title.
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Revealing 2026's Prospect X, his unique backstory and dramatic NFL draft journey
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Kalen DeBoer elaborates on rolling Crimson Tide's momentum into new year
DeBoer joins The Paul Finebaum Show and says he's looking for Alabama to build on the positives of last season.
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- Optimistic Baker: New age rules not retroactive
- Ex-Bama DT pleads guilty after posing as NFLers
- La. Tech cleared for move to Sun Belt this summer
- Gators get commit from No. 1 center in '27 class
- Texas A&M lands third 2027 five-star in OT Brown
- Haven, No. 1 overall QB in '27, chooses Alabama
- Auburn beats out UM for 4-star RB Johnson-Cook
- 💰 Wetzel: Brendan Sorsby's gambling scandal
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Murder at The U: Trial Coverage
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Previous ESPN coverage of Bryan Pata's death
Here's where to read ESPN's past coverage of the Bryan Pata murder and police investigation.
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College football top 25: Biggest strength, weakness for every team
We look at where we expect the best teams to excel and where they have potential trouble spots.
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'It's his superpower': Inside Fernando Mendoza's extraordinary rise to No. 1
The consensus top pick is bringing his unique mix of curiosity, quirk and command to the NFL.
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Wake Forest is giving Gio Lopez a breath of 'fresh air'
From North Carolina to Wake Forest, the dynamic has changed for quarterback Gio Lopez.
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2026 college football transfer portal: Bill Connelly's favorite classes
Looking beyond the numbers, here are the teams that took the boldest steps in their portal approaches.
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College football transfer portal tampering: How does it work?
Tampering 101, 201 and 301: What is considered OK, and what crosses the line in college football?
