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Ryan Bears, who was 19-16 at Missouri State as he guided the Bears through the transition from FCS to FBS, has been hired as the new head coach at Coastal Carolina.

Southern Miss promoted offensive coordinator Blake Anderson to head coach on Thursday to replace Charles Huff, who recently left for Memphis.

Fernando Mendoza was named Associated Press Player of the Year on Thursday after leading unbeaten and top-ranked Indiana to its first Big Ten championship since 1967 and the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff.

Tennessee has hired Jim Knowles from Penn State as the team's defensive coordinator, giving him a three-year contract that will pay him an average of $2.2 million annually.

South Carolina cornerback Brandon Cisse is leaving school early to declare for the NFL draft.

Fired Michigan coach Sherrone Moore remains in custody as officials told ESPN that they don't expect a decision on whether to file criminal charges to come Thursday.

Kentucky is set to hire Texas A&M defensive coordinator Jay Bateman for the same role, sources confirmed to ESPN.

After leaving pro baseball, the quarterback ignited a debate about whether his age was helping him tear up college football.

Sherrone Moore was in custody in county jail Wednesday evening, just hours after he was fired as Michigan's head football coach.

Louisville's Chris Bell, one of the top wide receiver prospects in the 2026 NFL draft, suffered a torn ACL in the Cardinals' 38-6 loss at SMU on Nov. 22, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter and Pete Thamel.