www.espn.com - NCFFlorida has shifted its focus away from Lane Kiffin in the school's coaching search, as the school has sensed through irregular communication that he's interested in other options, sources told ESPN on Friday.Amid interest from other schools, coach Clark Lea has signed a new contract to stay at Vanderbilt. The deal is for six years, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel.Oregon State has named Alabama co-offensive coordinator JaMarcus Shephard as the school's next head coach, the school announced Friday.Missouri has agreed to a new six-year contract with coach Eliah Drinkwitz with an average annual compensation of $10.75 million, the school announced Thursday.The posturing over Brian Kelly's $54 million buyout from LSU is over, sources told ESPN, as the school sent him a letter Wednesday saying it is officially terminating him without cause.Former NFL star and current Colorado RBs coach Marshall Faulk is expected to become head coach at Southern University, sources confirmed to ESPN.Ohio State, Indiana, Texas A&M, Georgia and Texas Tech remained the top five teams in the College Football Playoff rankings, while Oregon jumped ahead of Ole Miss for No. 6 after its win over USC.UConn coach Jim Mora is leaving the school to become the next head coach at Colorado State.As the coaching carousel continues to spin, we grade every major hire.As if the intensity of rival games weren't enough, there are high stakes everywhere you look this weekend.Ahead of Rivalry Week, our college football experts get into the stakes in the biggest matchups of Week 14.The coach will announce his decision later in the week. Here's what he might be weighing in the meantime.The ongoing saga at Ole Miss, dragging through Thanksgiving, is making us a little queasy.It has been 15 years since Texas A&M came out on top on the gridiron against its rivals to the southwest.What do an axe, skillet and a gold boot have in common? Meet the iconic rivalry trophies of college football.Oregon has a typically colorful look while Virginia will be donning throwbacks, among other sleek threads from across the regular season's final week.Trying to make sense of the constantly evolving playoff picture, conference by conference.The five teams that have the most to be upset about over the latest CFP ranking.In a wild coaching carousel, this is the season of the interim coach.Is King Spud lost forever? The trophy's vanishing act is one of the stranger mysteries in college sports.Expect a wild two weeks when the college football transfer portal opens in January.A season in, the legendary NFL coach's head-scratching decision to helm a lowly ACC team continues to confound.Ohio State is one win away from a spot in the Big Ten title game -- but can Michigan spoil their perfect year?It wasn't hard to find value in the most entertaining board of the year.The top candidates have emerged in the Heisman race, but what will it take for Jeremiyah Love to vault past Fernando Mendoza and Julian Sayin?A national Seton Hall poll crowns America's favorite modern sports movie.
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