The No. 10 Washington Huskies made an emphatic statement Friday night when they dispatched the No. 7 Stanford Cardinal, 44-6, at Husky Stadium in Seattle to affirm their status as the Pac-12's top team.  Washington is now 5-0 for the first time since the 1992 season, when it captured a share of the conference title and appeared in the Rose Bowl. The Huskies also captured their first win against Stanford (3-1) since 2012 thanks to Friday night's ...

Washington 44, Stanford 6 — Final Washington fans have been waiting for a breakthrough game under head coach Chris Petersen, and it looks like they got it Friday night with a 44-6 demolition of Stanford at Husky Stadium in Seattle. Jake Browning was nearly flawless for the No. 10 Huskies (5-0), completing 15 of 21 passes for 210 yards and three touchdowns (against no interceptions). He led an offensive attack that gashed the Stanford defense, gaining 424 ...

The 2017 recruiting cycle is preparing for the final stretch, and college football programs are in full swing with official visits. Verbal commitments are now more important than ever for this class. The month of September wasn't showered with an abundance of commitments, but it did see enough movement to shake things up within college football recruiting. And while some schools finished the month strong, others are looking forward to better success in October. Here are a ...

At the exact moment when a given college football season appears settled, with the future slowly becoming clear, upsets complicate the discussion. October is an important month for division—and conference—championship dreams, and several teams won't survive the slate. Consequently, the "biggest" upsets in this piece focus on five games that will have a noticeable impact on conference races, most specifically the SEC, Big Ten and Big 12. We project the five-week stretch to be quiet in terms of ...

College basketball is right around the corner, and with the season roughly a month away, teams around the nation are preparing for their Midnight Madness events. While not necessarily taking place when the clock strikes 12 a.m., Midnight Madness is an annual preseason event hosted by schools across the nation aimed at creating some excitement prior to the start of the new season. It typically features player introductions, games and events like slam dunk and shooting contests, ...

Black quarterbacks win Heisman Trophies, are taken first overall in the NFL draft, earn MVPs, win Super Bowls. Racial stigma and quarterbacking should be in the past tense by now. But on Saturday, Clemson's Deshaun Watson and Louisville's Lamar Jackson will face each other in a showdown between Heisman candidates who have opposite takes on how people will view them as black quarterbacks in America today. The term used for both is "dual-threat quarterback." On the surface, ...

A week removed from watching Tennessee expel past demons by taking apart Florida, the ESPN College GameDay crew enters Death Valley for an encounter between the No. 3 Louisville Cardinals and the No. 5 Clemson Tigers on Saturday. This Game of the Year candidate is all about the offense with two Heisman Trophy hopefuls set to collide. Clemson's Deshaun Watson has gotten off to a slower start than the upstart Lamar Jackson for Louisville, but both sides ...

Which matters more when putting together a winning college basketball team: talent or coaching? Stop, you're both right. Look back at the top teams in recent years, and they nearly all have something in common. Each had a coach who is regarded as one of the best in the game, and his squad was led by a standout player. That combination is what made many of them as good as they were, since the relationship between ...

Houston Cougars head coach Tom Herman has lost one game since taking over the program before the 2015 season, and it came against the Connecticut Huskies. He and his team dished out some revenge Thursday. Quarterback Greg Ward Jr.—who saw limited time in last year's matchup because of an injury—led the Cougars to a commanding 42-14 victory and bolstered his early Heisman Trophy campaign with 389 passing yards, 65 rushing yards, three touchdown throws and two rushing ...

Not only did college football analyst Todd Blackledge get a heads-up from one of his bosses, but his opinion was sought as well. What would you think about Stanford vs. Washington on a Friday night? "I'm all about doing the games," he said. "If we get a chance to do a great matchup and a great game, I'm all in favor of it." Little did Blackledge know it would help lead to his working one of the most ...