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we’ll need a comprehensive thread later so i made it now. Didn’t know where to post this:

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Average Age Of Every College Football Team, Ranked (2026)

See the average age of all 138 FBS teams in 2026, ranked oldest to youngest, plus average age by conference. UTSA is the oldest, Georgia the youngest.
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Across all 138 FBS programs, the average roster checks in at just over 20.3 years old -- but the gap between the oldest and youngest teams is wider than a full calendar year, and it says a great deal about how each program is built.

At the top sits UTSA, whose roster averages 21.02 years old -- the oldest in the country. At the other end, national contender Georgia fields the youngest roster in the sport at 19.81. Neither is an accident. In the transfer-portal era, veteran-heavy rosters and blue-chip youth movements are two different blueprints for winning -- and the numbers below show exactly who is leaning which way.
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ACC · 17 teams · average age 20.32 · oldest California (20.70) · youngest North Carolina (19.96)
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Miami is the third youngest in the conference @ 20.06 average which is 114th outta 138 in the nation.

ND: 19.97

Big Ten · 18 teams · average age 20.29 · oldest Michigan State (20.64) · youngest USC (19.87)
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SEC · 16 teams · average age 20.17 · oldest Arkansas (20.50) · youngest Georgia (19.81)
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Big 12 · 16 teams · average age 20.46 · oldest Oklahoma State (20.74) · youngest West Virginia (20.19)
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Group of 5 and P4 have similar averages; 20.33 and 20.31 respectively. Just from browsing thru the lists, a majority of the good teams have younger than average rosters which is a bit counterintuitive: LSU, IU, Oregon, Ohio State, OU, Texas, Michigan, Alabama, A&M, etc….Not a steadfast rule ofc.


Will be interesting to see how roster management changes with the new 5 for 5 rule.
 
Boston College loses one of their best players off rip

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Boston College's Chudzinski (Achilles) expected to miss '26 season

Boston College's Kaelan Chudzinski, one of the country's most promising young tight ends, is expected to miss the 2026 season with an Achilles injury.
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Chudzinski emerged as one of the country's top true freshman tight ends in 2025, catching 24 balls for 313 yards and four touchdowns.

Kaelan Chudzinski projected as a starter and a staple in Boston College's offense, but the injury in spring practice is expected to keep him out until January, O'Brien said.

"He's doing unbelievably well in his rehab," O'Brien said. "And if you asked him, he would tell you he's not out for the season. As those injuries go, the likelihood of being back for any part of the season is not [great]. So he'll be back in January, but his rehab's going really well."
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He's the son of BC tight ends coach and former Cleveland Browns coach Rob Chudzinski. And the injury has prompted a shuffle in his father's position room….BC moved over second-year defensive end Bryce Lewis, who'd been originally recruited as a tight end but moved to defensive end during camp in 2025. (Lewis is the son of former Boston College defensive coordinator Tim Lewis.)

O'Brien indicated that Bryce Lewis -- at 6-foot-6 and 245 pounds -- was one of the more promising young players in the program.
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Boston College is amid a significant roster overhaul after going 2-10 in O'Brien's second season there. They brought in 53 new players -- 25 freshman and 28 portal transfers -- highlighted by Division II quarterback transfer Mason McKenzie and Washington State linebacker transfer Anthony Palano.

O'Brien told ESPN that the financial commitment to the program "doubled" from the administration last year, as he believed they had the lowest financial support in the ACC.
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ACC hires referee who quit last season as supervisor

The ACC hired Gary Patterson as its supervisor of football officials. He's the referee who quit two weeks into last season.
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Highline17 said:
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Sources: ACC ref quits over handling of UConn-Syracuse review

Gary Patterson, frustrated by the handling of a replay review during the UConn-Syracuse game last week, abruptly terminated his contract with the conference after the contest, sources told ESPN.
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ACC Head Ref of 2 decades Gary Patterson quits after command center calls for a replay after another play had happened after the potential fumble.


Starts at 58:25

What a great showing from the ACC replay center, they’ll be here all year folks.
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