Tracking the four true freshmen who started the season as QB1

We'll be tracking how the four Week 1 true freshman starting quarterbacks do throughout their debut seasons in college football.

College Football Playoff 2025: Bubble watch after Week 3

Putting the spotlight on select teams and questions around others as the early playoff picture takes shape.

Ranking college football's unbeaten teams following Week 3

Bill Connelly separates the contenders from the pretenders among the remaining undefeated teams.

Sagapolutele's 3 TD passes lead Cal to 27-14 win over Minnesota

— Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele threw three touchdown passes and California beat Minnesota 27-14 on Saturday night for the Golden Bears' third straight win to open the season.

Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. California Golden Bears: Full Highlights

Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. California Golden Bears: Full Highlights

2026 college football recruiting: Most exciting recruit for each top-40 team

As we look at top teams to start the 2025 season, they've got some high-profile recruits on the way.

College Football Playoff 2025: Bubble watch after Week 2

Putting the spotlight on select teams and questions around others as the early playoff picture takes shape.

Cal squares off against Minnesota

Minnesota (2-0) at Cal (2-0), Sept. 13 at 10:30 p.m. EDT.

California rolls past Texas Southern 35-3 behind Raphael's big day

— Kendrick Raphael ran for a career-high 131 yards and a touchdown, and California beat Texas Southern 35-3 on Saturday.

2026 college football recruiting class rankings: top 40 schools

As more of the best recruits commit, here's how the top classes stack up.

Cal announces stadium section for Raiders' 'Black Hole' fan group

The longtime Las Vegas Raiders fan group will return to repping a Bay Area football team, approximately 11 miles north of its original home in the Oakland Coliseum.

College football overreactions: Arch Manning, Bill Belichick and more

What happened to Arch Manning? And Clemson?? And Alabama??? We jump to some way-too-early conclusions.

College football takeaways: Everything to know about Week 1 performances

Our college football experts break down the most important things they saw this weekend.

California Golden Bears vs. Oregon State Beavers: Full Highlights

California Golden Bears vs. Oregon State Beavers: Full Highlights

College football hot seats: Brace for blue-blood turnover

USC, Florida State, Oklahoma among the schools that could look elsewhere, but big buyouts loom.

College football 2025: Transfer portal experience added

Max Olson looks at which teams added the most in the portal this offseason.

Oregon State looks to rebound from last season's rout in rematch against California

California at Oregon State, Saturday, 10:30 p.m. EST.

College football championship winners by year: NCAA list

Ohio State took home their ninth college football championship at the end of the 2024 season. Check out which other schools have won titles now.

Which college football teams have won back-to-back titles?

Georgia, Alabama, and Michigan are among the college football teams that have won consecutive national championships. Check out the full list now.

Our favorite college football game-day traditions

With a new season here, we look at some of the wild, wacky, wonderful reasons we love college football.

Which college football conferences have the most titles?

The Big Ten is the winningest conference in college football, with 32 championships. How do other conferences stack up? Check out the breakdown now.

Cal names freshman Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele starting QB

Freshman Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele was named as the starting quarterback for Cal at Oregon State on Aug. 30, beating out Ohio State transfer Devin Brown. Sagapolutele joins Jared Goff as the only true freshman quarterbacks to start a season opener at Cal.

2025 preseason College Football Playoff, bowl projections

It's August and no games have been played, but we're breaking down who will be where in December and beyond.

Ranking all 136 FBS teams in tiers

From Tier 1 to Tier 20, David Hale ranks all 136 college football program into tiers ahead of the 2025 season.

2025 ACC football preview: Power rankings, top players, key games

Can Miami, Louisville or SMU challenge Clemson? Here's what you need to know about the ACC.

2025 ACC college football projections, preview

The Tigers are the favorite, but with Miami, SMU, Louisville and Bill Belichick, storylines abound.

College football 2026 recruiting: June winners, big questions and what's next

A wild month of visits and commitments is over. Here is what's happening and what it means.

College Football Future Power Rankings through 2026

Coaches, current roster, recruits: Who has the best overall team over the next two seasons?

Ranking all college football head coaches as players

There are small-school standouts and a Heisman winner. There's a national title QB and one of the best ever.

Tennessee-UCLA 'QB swap' headlines college football spring portal superlatives

We awarded superlatives for a spring college football transfer portal window that saw Tennessee and UCLA swap quarterbacks, among other intriguing moves.

Spring update of 2025 college football SP+ rankings for every FBS team

How the spring portal and other changes have impacted the numbers for the coming season.

Ranking all 136 FBS QB situations into tiers ahead of the 2025 season

From Clemson to Kennesaw State, David Hale ranks all 136 FBS school quarterbacks into tiers.

Transfer portal final ranking: College football's 100 best

A definitive list of the top players to enter the portal this winter and spring.

Ranking the offseason for every Power 4 college football team

Nail the transfer portal? Miss a big recruit? Find a top coordinator job? All are part of a college team's offseason.

Ranking best players in spring college football transfer portal

A look at the players who entered the portal this spring and how they fit with their new teams.

Nohl Williams' NFL draft profile

Check out some of the top highlights from Cal's Nohl Williams.

Cal GM Ron Rivera seeks to ease concerns over portal losses

Cal football GM Ron Rivera sought to ease the concerns of a worried fan base after star RB Jaydn Ott and several other key players entered the transfer portal this spring, saying, "For the most part when you look at what we're doing, we have a plan."

College football spring transfer portal: Biggest movers

A look at schools making moves, players moving again and what to expect before the portal closes Friday.

Former Cal running back Jaydn Ott transferring to Oklahoma

Jaydn Ott, one of the top playmakers coming back in college football, is moving on to Oklahoma, just one day after entering the transfer portal.

Sources: Cal RB Jaydn Ott enters transfer portal

Cal running back Jaydn Ott, a first-team All-Pac-12 selection in 2023, entered the transfer portal on Monday, sources told ESPN.

Ranking college football's top 90 quarterbacks of the 2000s

Make way for Dillon Gabriel, Jaxson Dart and more on Bill Connelly's updated list of the 90 greatest quarterbacks of the century.

Ron Rivera excited to 'come home and give back' as Cal football GM

Ex-NFL head coach Ron Rivera, the new general manager of the Cal football program, said he is excited to "come home and give back" to his alma mater.

How a 64-team 2025 college football tournament would play out

What if the CFP went as deep as March Madness? We picked our college football bracket and played out the first two rounds.

2025 spring college football schedule for power conference teams

For an early look at the 2025 season, spring games are the place to be.

ACC spring football preview: Key storylines, players to watch

As spring practices get underway, we begin our conference-by-conference previews with the ACC.

The teams, coaches and players who have the most to prove next season

Spring football is coming up and our college football experts give their thoughts on who has the most to prove next season.

Initial 2025 college football SP+ rankings for every FBS team

As spring camps approach, Bill Connelly looks at what the metrics tell us about which teams to watch next season.

Saints hire Cal DC Peter Sirmon to coach LBs, sources say

The Saints are hiring Cal defensive coordinator Peter Sirmon to be New Orleans' linebackers coach, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel.

College football 2025 returning production for all 136 FBS teams

What teams have the most (and least) coming back, and what will it all mean next season?

2025 college football recruiting class rankings: Top 75 schools

With national signing day closing out the 2025 classes, we rank all the top teams.