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Alabama remains one of the favorites to win the national championship, despite the Crimson Tide's loss to Auburn on Saturday. Alabama, Clemson and Oklahoma are co-favorites at 4-1 in updated national title odds at the Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas. Auburn is 9-2, followed by Ohio State and Georgia, each at 7-1. At the South Point sportsbook, Auburn and Oklahoma are co-favorites to win the national title at 4-1. Alabama and Clemson are next, each at 5-1. But there's still a lot to be decided with important conference championship games taking place this week. In the SEC championship game, Auburn...

Tennessee has backed out of a memorandum of understanding that would have made Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano its new head coach, according to ESPN's Chris Low. Schiano and the Volunteers had reached an agreement earlier Sunday, but UT officials changed their minds after Schiano's anticipated hiring was met with sharp criticism by UT fans.

While Dan Mullen may be arriving in Gainesville, Jimbo Fisher could be departing Tallahassee. A Houston TV news director reported on Sunday that Fisher has agreed to a contract with Texas A&M to replace Kevin Sumlin, who was fired on Sunday.

After six seasons at Mississippi State, Dan Mullen is heading to Florida to be its next football coach. Mullen's 69-46 record for the Bulldogs makes him the second-winningest coach in school history, behind only Jackie Sherrill. The Bulldogs are 8-4 (4-4 SEC) this season.

Tennessee has been deluged with protests over the reported impending hiring of Greg Schiano as head football coach, with people citing his alleged connection to the Jerry Sandusky era at Penn State. Schiano, Urban Meyer's defensive coordinator at Ohio State, and Tom Bradley, defensive coordinator under recently fired UCLA coach Jim Mora, were both Penn State assistants under Joe Paterno during Sandusky's tenure.

Did you really think figuring out the 2017 College Football Playoff field was going to be straightforward? Thanks to No. 1 Alabama losing to No. 6 Auburn on Saturday and No. 2 Miami’s upset loss at Pitt on Friday, there’s still a lot to play for during championship week. Will the Crimson Tide make it in to the playoff despite not winning its own division in the SEC? Will Wisconsin move to 13-0 with a win over Ohio State? Will the Big 12 have a team make the playoff for the second time in four years?

Nebraska has fired coach Mike Riley after the Cornhuskers spiraled to a 4-8 finish in his third season.

UCLA has informed its football staff that it is hiring Chip Kelly as its next head coach, sources told ESPN's Mark Schlabach. An agreement with Kelly and UCLA was first reported by the Los Angeles Times.

Arkansas has fired coach Bret Bielema after five disappointing season, moments after a season-ending 48-45 loss to Missouri on Friday.

Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin will be fired following the Aggies' regular-season finale at LSU on Saturday night, multiple people with knowledge of the situation said. Sumlin is expected to be dismissed in the day or days following the A&M game against the Tigers. The Aggies are a double-digit underdog to the Tigers, and an A&M victory wouldn't save his job at this point, the sources said.

Week 13 of the college football schedule features multiple rivalry games between ranked opponents. No. 1 Alabama plays at No. 6 Auburn in the latest edition of the Iron Bowl, No. 9 Notre Dame faces No. 20 Stanford and No. 22 South Florida matches up with No. 13 UCF.

1 University of Alabama 2 University of Miami 3 Clemson University 4 University of Oklahoma 5 University of Wisconsin 6 Auburn University 7 University of Georgia 8 University of Notre Dame 9 Ohio State University 10 Penn State University

President Trump hosted the National Collegiate Athletic Association champion sports teams at the White House on Friday - or most of them, that is. The event began with the student athletes meeting President Trump in the Rose Garden for photos. "A lot of great athletes," Trump told the press pool. The Marine Corps Marching Band played nearby from the South Lawn, as President Trump joked with athletes, meeting them in groups. When talking with the Ohio State men's volleyball team, the president was seen jokingly smacking a volleyball in the air. While interacting with the West Virginia rifle team in...

Here are 10 takeaways from the day that was – and, really, wasn’t – in college football: 1. The slate skies, persistent sleet and high winds that pockmarked a majority of the country on this dreary Saturday set a fitting backdrop for the season’s most sluggish weekend. There ended up being just two top 25 upsets – Wake Forest over No. 19 N.C. State and Kansas State over No. 13 Oklahoma State – making Saturday the season’s most drama-free day of the 2017 season.

e’re used to it by now: the weekend before Rivalry Weekend is a little bit of a pit stop. Some teams save their FCS opponents for mid-November, and plenty of powers play non-powers. Some games that looked big in July have fizzled along the way. Still! Look beyond just the FBS schedule — which is fine on its own, IMHO — and you’ll see this is a totally enjoyable weekend of college football, like all the others.

President Trump got his wish Wednesday afternoon when the three UCLA basketball players busted in China for shoplifting thanked him for his help in getting them home. The three, Jalen Hill and Cody Riley and LiAngelo Ball — younger brother of Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball — also apologized to their families and their school, while thanking the Chinese cops for treating them well. “I would like to thank President Trump and the United States government for the help they provided. I am grateful to be back home and I will never make a mistake like this again. I...

Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long will not return, according to SI.com’s Bruce Feldman and multiple media reports. Feldman reports that Long’s fate was sealed at last week’s Board of Trustees meeting, which Long flew in for but was not allowed to take part in. The struggles of the football program under coach Bret Bielema, a Long hire, played a major role in the change.

President Trump is hearing crickets from a trio of UCLA basketball players, despite his successful full-court press to get China to drop shoplifting charges against them. The three players, LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill and Cody Riley, were arrested after being accused of stealing designer sunglasses from a Louis Vuitton store next to the team’s hotel in Hangzhou. Trump, while on a tour of Asia, urged his Chinese counterpart to let them go, and may have been looking for some credit Wednesday. *snip* “Do you think the three UCLA Basketball Players will say thank you President Trump? They were headed for...

1: University of Alabama 2: Clemson University 3: University of Miami 4: University of Oklahoma 5: University of Wisconsin 6: Auburn University 7: University of Georgia 8: University of Notre Dame 9: Ohio State University 10: Penn State University

Could Jimbo Fisher be heading to the SEC? Texas A&M is getting ready to ask about the Florida State coach's interest in leading the Aggies, USA Today reported. Texas A&M would make the move after it informs current coach Kevin Sumlin that he won't be returning, according to the report. Fisher already has a long and solid relationship with Texas A&M athletics director Scott Woodward, both of whom were at LSU in the early 2000s. Along with the fact that the Seminoles are only 3-6 this season, USA Today sources indicate it might not be that hard to persuade Fisher...