Pamela MaldonadoOct 3, 2025, 07:03 AM ET Close Pamela Maldonado is a sports betting analyst for ESPN. This is a sentence I never thought I’d type: Undefeated Vanderbilt is rolling into Tuscaloosa with playoff chatter starting to swirl. And yet, here we are. The Commodores are 5-0, playing with confidence and looking nothing like the...
Pamela MaldonadoSep 30, 2025, 11:31 AM ET Close Pamela Maldonado is a sports betting analyst for ESPN. The first five weeks of the college football season shook the betting board. National title odds are starting to reveal who’s built for a postseason run and who’s still a step behind, while the Heisman race has turned...
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Sep 29, 2025, 07:34 AM ET The first full month of the 2025 college football season is officially in the books, and some of the nation’s biggest early-season surprises were once again on display across a thrilling Week 5 slate. At Ole Miss, Ferris State transfer Trinidad Chambliss eclipsed 300 passing yards for a third...
Alexa PhilippouSep 28, 2025, 10:08 PM ET Close Covers women’s college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer USC star JuJu Watkins will sit out the 2025-26 college...
Bill ConnellySep 28, 2025, 07:00 PM ET Close Bill Connelly is a writer for ESPN. He covers college football, soccer and tennis. He has been at ESPN since 2019. Oregon and Penn State went to overtime. Alabama and Georgia nearly did. Tennessee went to overtime for a second time in three weeks. Illinois watched a...
25. South Florida (3-1, Previous Rank: 23) Week 5 Result: BYENext Week: vs. Charlotte Despite a lopsided 49-12 loss to Miami in Week 3, the Bulls still have an impressive resume with early wins over then-No. 25 Boise State and then-No. 13 Florida to kick off the season and climb into the AP poll for...
Week 5 of the season finally gave us a glimpse of some presumed College Football Playoff contenders against stouter competition. Allstate Playoff Predictor How will this season’s top games affect the College Football Playoff chase? What are the current odds for the top four? The Allstate Playoff Predictor has the answers. Check back every week...
Big wins always feel good — and so does trolling your opponent after the final whistle. Ole Miss picked up such a win in Week 5, downing LSU 24-19 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. In doing so, the Rebels, now 5-0 on the season, added a prime-time ranked win to their College Football Playoff resume. Editor’s Picks...
Bill ConnellySep 26, 2025, 07:30 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a writer for ESPN. He covers college football, soccer and tennis. He has been at ESPN since 2019. Since the college football preseason, it has been easy to circle Week 5 as sort of a rubber-meets-road weekend. It’s finally here, and it’s as big...