ACC gets September shot to boost reputation in marquee games
2 years, 3 months ago

ACC gets September shot to boost reputation in marquee games

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! DURHAM, N.C. — Duke coach Mike Elko has been around college football long enough to know how the season’s opening month can shape the perception of a league’s strength. “We have to win football games,” said Elko, who left Texas A&M’s staff to take over at Duke this fall. “It’s great for the conference, and I’m sure the commissioner is happy.” Well, those wins — and opportunities ahead — certainly come at a critical time for ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips. That’s how you get a product worth paying for.” Yet the games are also just a starting point for North Carolina coach Mack Brown, who worked as an ESPN analyst after leaving Texas.

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Chase for spots in SEC championship game still up for grabs with two games left in regular season
1 month ago

Chase for spots in SEC championship game still up for grabs with two games left in regular season

Associated Press  

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — With two games left in the regular season, No. “There’s been no time ever where Texas A&M has been in the SEC, in the last two games controlled their own destiny to go to Atlanta. It’s the opportunity that you’ve trained for.” But a loss would create more chaos in an already tight race that could …

Lots at stake for No. 14 SMU, the CFP hopeful and newcomer atop ACC hosting Boston College
1 month, 1 week ago

Lots at stake for No. 14 SMU, the CFP hopeful and newcomer atop ACC hosting Boston College

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! SMU is the only of the 17 ACC teams without a league loss, but last season’s American Athletic Conference champion dropped a spot to 14th in the second CFP rankings released this week. Boston College has changed starting quarterbacks going into its final road game and …

SMU Soars to New Heights, Lands in AP Top 25 for First Time in 39 Years
1 month, 2 weeks ago

SMU Soars to New Heights, Lands in AP Top 25 for First Time in 39 Years

Associated Press  

SMU's impressive start continues as they climb the AP Top 25 poll to No. 13. The Mustangs' 5-0 record in ACC play is a testament to their early season dominance. Their offense is scoring 40 points per game and has over 450 yards of total offense. The defense ranks among the best in the league, showcasing SMU's overall strength and …

SMU's Unbeatable Streak Put to Test as No. 20 Panthers Aim to Knock Off Mustangs in ACC Showdown
1 month, 3 weeks ago

SMU's Unbeatable Streak Put to Test as No. 20 Panthers Aim to Knock Off Mustangs in ACC Showdown

Associated Press  

SMU remains undefeated in the ACC, currently sitting at 7-1, and will face No. 18 Pittsburgh in a crucial matchup this Saturday night. The Mustangs' impressive performance this season has them poised to reach the 12-team College Football Playoff, but they will need to overcome challenges and maintain their physical prowess throughout the remaining games.

Oregon's Rise to No. 1: A Breathtaking Comeback for the Ducks
2 months ago

Oregon's Rise to No. 1: A Breathtaking Comeback for the Ducks

Associated Press  

Oregon becomes the fourth team to hold the No. 1 spot in the AP Top 25 college football poll. The Ducks are riding a strong schedule and have shown resilience against potential traps. Iowa State, Indiana, and Pittsburgh are among the top contenders for the top spot, while Alabama and Texas are looking to bounce back after recent losses.

UNLV Makes Historic Return to AP Top 25 Poll, Earns Ranking in First Week of Season
2 months, 3 weeks ago

UNLV Makes Historic Return to AP Top 25 Poll, Earns Ranking in First Week of Season

Associated Press  

UNLV's football program had a week to remember, starting with quarterback Matthew Sluka's decision to sit out the rest of the season. Despite the setback, the Rebels made their first-ever appearance in the AP Top 25, tied with Texas A&M at No. 25. The team's performance was praised by coach Barry Odom, who attributed their success to the team's maturity …

For ACC teams, adding an NFL-like front office is the new norm for transfer-portal recruiting
2 months, 4 weeks ago

For ACC teams, adding an NFL-like front office is the new norm for transfer-portal recruiting

Associated Press  

New Boston College coach Bill O’Brien wanted to build a pro-style approach to handle the growing demands of recruiting in the transfer-portal era. “We’re continuing to grow,” said California coach Justin Wilcox, whose Bears are in their first ACC season. If there’s more investment on the front end, I’ve got to believe the back end is going to look better, …

ACC schools have a new path to more revenue: Just win... in the postseason
3 months, 2 weeks ago

ACC schools have a new path to more revenue: Just win... in the postseason

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! That “success initiative” could mean $20 million to $25 million more for a school in a big year, based primarily on football like everything else in college athletics. The plan also includes existing revenue distributions for success in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, with “units” earned …

Bulked-up Big Ten and SEC set to dominate college football on and off the field
4 months ago

Bulked-up Big Ten and SEC set to dominate college football on and off the field

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “An incredibly strong conference, amazing TV deals, incredible partner, certainly exciting times to be part of the Big Ten,” Oregon athletic director Rob Mullens recent said recently on the Navigating Sports Business podcast. “Now, as a TV guy, if I’m going to pay increasing dollars, I’m …

New ACC member SMU hits the road to open season as substantial favorite at Nevada
4 months ago

New ACC member SMU hits the road to open season as substantial favorite at Nevada

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The Mustangs are substantial favorites over a Nevada team that last season went 2-10 and was outscored by an average of 16.1 points per game. The Mustangs hope membership in a power conference and the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff will help get them back among …

It’s a college football player’s paradise, where dreams and reality meet in new EA Sports video game
4 months, 4 weeks ago

It’s a college football player’s paradise, where dreams and reality meet in new EA Sports video game

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! There was only one move to make, really: Lagway benched Graham Mertz and inserted himself into the starting lineup for a quick game of EA Sports College Football 25 against teammate Tank Hawkins. It’s surely happening across the country, with college football players finally getting to …

SMU embracing challenge of ‘moving up in weight class’ and joining Atlantic Coast Conference
5 months ago

SMU embracing challenge of ‘moving up in weight class’ and joining Atlantic Coast Conference

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I think it just speaks to the acknowledgement from our community, the SMU community, this isn’t just about athletics,” athletics director Rick Hart said. “That us off pretty bad and we are mad at that.. That’s a big motivator because now we know we just can’t …

EA Sports College Football 25, among most anticipated sports video games in history, hits the market
5 months ago

EA Sports College Football 25, among most anticipated sports video games in history, hits the market

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! EA Sports College Football 25, among the most highly anticipated sports video games of all time, has flooded the market as gamers who waited more than a decade for the franchise’s next installment rush to play. “To say we’ve been blown away by the excitement, energy …

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey: ‘Time to update your expectations for what college athletics can be’
5 months, 1 week ago

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey: ‘Time to update your expectations for what college athletics can be’

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! DALLAS — Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey unofficially opened the league’s first football season as 16-team league Monday in a massive hotel ballroom in North Texas, a new setting for SEC Media Days at a time when everything about college sports seems to be in flux. …

SEC gathers to sort through consequences of settlement, comes away with more questions than answers
6 months, 3 weeks ago

SEC gathers to sort through consequences of settlement, comes away with more questions than answers

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “It’s going to be a process,” Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin said. “We have to recognize we don’t have all the answers right now.” One way to boost revenue schools are already considering is selling advertising that would be displayed on football fields or uniforms. In …

With CFP snub still stinging, Atlantic Coast Conference ponders how to boost football perceptions
7 months, 1 week ago

With CFP snub still stinging, Atlantic Coast Conference ponders how to boost football perceptions

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — The College Football Playoff snub of unbeaten Florida State is still a fresh wound for the entire Atlantic Coast Conference. Unbeaten ACC champion Florida State was passed over after losing quarterback Jordan Travis to a season-ending leg injury late in the year, …

Pitt modernized its offense over the winter. The growing pains will be felt for a while
8 months, 1 week ago

Pitt modernized its offense over the winter. The growing pains will be felt for a while

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “ taken a huge leap,” Yarnell said Saturday after Pitt’s annual Blue-Gold scrimmage. Pitt’s long history of producing NFL-capable running backs is one of the reasons the Panthers consider themselves “RBU.” Yet that approach will get an overhaul in 2024 as Pitt tries to rebound in …

The ACC keeps winning in March Madness. It wants to convert that into more future NCAA bids
8 months, 2 weeks ago

The ACC keeps winning in March Madness. It wants to convert that into more future NCAA bids

Associated Press  

GLENDALE, Ariz. — No one expected North Carolina State to be in the Final Four after needing a miracle run through the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament to even make the NCAA Tournament. “The national narrative could not be more inaccurate as it relates to the success our teams are having and have had in the NCAA Tournament, over whatever period …

Analysis: Big Ten and SEC power play undermines credibility of playoff, marginalizes ACC and Big 12
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Analysis: Big Ten and SEC power play undermines credibility of playoff, marginalizes ACC and Big 12

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! There will be at least two 12-team playoffs, this season and next, but the Power Five is now down to four, dominated by a Big Two: The Southeastern Conference and Big Ten have decided to throw their weight around to protect their own interests with little …

Nick Saban’s Alabama dynasty fueled 20 years of Southeastern Conference college football dominance
11 months, 1 week ago

Nick Saban’s Alabama dynasty fueled 20 years of Southeastern Conference college football dominance

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! PHOENIX — While turning Alabama into college football’s greatest dynasty, Nick Saban helped the Southeastern Conference become the epicenter of the sport. “We’ve always had people that set the standard of excellence,” said SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey, who was in Phoenix attending the NCAA convention when …

Florida State to discuss future of athletics, affiliation with ACC at board meeting, AP source says
1 year ago

Florida State to discuss future of athletics, affiliation with ACC at board meeting, AP source says

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The board is expected to consider a possible exit strategy that could involve legal action against the ACC and contracts that bind the conference’s members for 12 more years, according to the person, who spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because the school had not yet …

AP Sports Story of the Year: Realignment, stunning demise of Pac-12 usher in super conference era
1 year ago

AP Sports Story of the Year: Realignment, stunning demise of Pac-12 usher in super conference era

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The redrawing of the college sports map and demise of the Pac-12, a conference that claims the most NCAA championships and a legacy that includes the likes of Jackie Robinson, Bill Walton, Aaron Rodgers, Katie Ledecky, Tiger Woods and Cheryl Miller, made conference realignment The Associated …

Column: College football delivers the perfect fiasco to cap the four-team playoff era
1 year ago

Column: College football delivers the perfect fiasco to cap the four-team playoff era

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference got it all wrong when he sent out a defiant statement Sunday claiming “college football deserved better.” Actually, college football got just what it deserved. The 12-team playoff will finally arrive with the 2024 season, but that’s too late …

UNC-NC State rivalry and FSU’s QB pivot headline the ACC slate to end the regular season
1 year, 1 month ago

UNC-NC State rivalry and FSU’s QB pivot headline the ACC slate to end the regular season

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The game pairs a UNC offense featuring star quarterback Drake Maye against a defense led by one of the nation’s top linebackers in the Wolfpack’s Payton Wilson. There’s also the Wolfpack’s late surge since a dreadful performance in a loss at Duke with four straight wins, …

What’s next in major college football realignment? How about a best-of-the-rest league
1 year, 3 months ago

What’s next in major college football realignment? How about a best-of-the-rest league

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! A relegation approach is a complicated if inclusive way to reach what might be the best next move for the two schools and other top programs in the so-called Group of Five conferences: A best-of-the-rest, football-only conference that ignores geography and focuses on maximizing TV dollars …

Texas A&M-Miami showdown, Virginia’s 1st home game since fatal shooting part of ACC Week 2
1 year, 3 months ago

Texas A&M-Miami showdown, Virginia’s 1st home game since fatal shooting part of ACC Week 2

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! HONORING TEAMMATES Virginia will play its first home game since the shooting deaths of three Cavaliers players and the wounding of a fourth last November. 4 Florida State’s win over LSU last Sunday was the first win of 20 or more points over an Top-Five team …

SMU celebrates entrance into ACC. It’s quite the contrast from the death penalty days
1 year, 3 months ago

SMU celebrates entrance into ACC. It’s quite the contrast from the death penalty days

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “We’re finally back where we belong,” Miller told several hundred supporters in the football team’s indoor practice facility, an upgrade the Mustangs believe played a role in their move out of the Group of Five. “As several of the conference commissioners said to us,” Miller told …

Analysis: Conference realignment has mangled the college sports map, but to what benefit?
1 year, 3 months ago

Analysis: Conference realignment has mangled the college sports map, but to what benefit?

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Beyond dollars moving from one bank account to another it’s hard to see the overall benefit, but the most disruptive round of conference realignment at the highest level of college sports appears to be almost over — at least for the near future. We’ll probably have …

ACC becomes latest super conference, expanding cross-country by adding Stanford, Cal and SMU
1 year, 3 months ago

ACC becomes latest super conference, expanding cross-country by adding Stanford, Cal and SMU

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “Joining the ACC will ensure the Power Conference competitive infrastructure and long-term media revenues that are critical for our student-athletes to compete.” For the ACC, adding three schools will increase media rights revenue from its long-term deal with ESPN and allow the conference to spread much …

Realignment prompts fresh look at the number of automatic bids in 12-team College Football Playoff
1 year, 3 months ago

Realignment prompts fresh look at the number of automatic bids in 12-team College Football Playoff

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! IRVING, Texas — The conference commissioners who manage the College Football Playoff met Wednesday for the first time since a wave of realignment tore apart the Pac-12, raising the possibility that the number of automatic bids in the 12-team postseason format to be implemented next year …

Ubben: College football’s ruthless next step is a matter of when, not if
1 year, 4 months ago

Ubben: College football’s ruthless next step is a matter of when, not if

New York Times  

In the 2022 fiscal year, the 11 Big Ten schools receiving full shares of revenue earned $58.8 million. Or the SEC surpasses the Big Ten and its members become the sport’s highest earners, edging out the clear other college football superpower. The Pac-12’s most valuable properties — USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington — are already headed to the Big Ten. …

Florida State has a chance to return to elite status. The program’s history offers examples how
1 year, 4 months ago

Florida State has a chance to return to elite status. The program’s history offers examples how

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “You watch these teams,” Verse said, “and you’re like, ‘These guys play different.’ … We’re like, ‘All right, we’ve got to live up to this standard.’” Consider it an example of how Mike Norvell’s program is reaching into the past to teach lessons for what could …

ACC football mailbag: Ranking brands, realignment misses, playing the what-if game
1 year, 5 months ago

ACC football mailbag: Ranking brands, realignment misses, playing the what-if game

New York Times  

ACC media day begins Tuesday in Charlotte, N.C. That means we are getting close to the beginning of preseason camp, so it’s a great time to answer your questions about the league. Corrigan later told PennLive columnist David Jones he’d have persuaded ACC presidents to get Penn State into the league had he known it was looking to leave the …

ACC leadership touts progress in trying to address financial gap with the Big Ten and the SEC
1 year, 7 months ago

ACC leadership touts progress in trying to address financial gap with the Big Ten and the SEC

Associated Press  

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — The Atlantic Coast Conference emerged from three days of spring meetings at a posh, oceanside resort with one resolution: the formalization of tiebreaker rules for the league’s new, no-division format. Most everything else discussed behind closed doors remained secretive works in progress, most notably how the league plans to close the financial gap on college football’s …

Dykes, Smart stump for changes to recruiting calendar
1 year, 11 months ago

Dykes, Smart stump for changes to recruiting calendar

Associated Press  

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The College Football Playoff championship on Monday night is the biggest game of TCU coach Sonny Dykes’ career. Dykes and Georgia coach Kirby Smart called for changes to the condensed and crowded college football calendar during their final news conference before the top-ranked Bulldogs and third-ranked Horned Frogs play for the national title. “There has not …

TCU brings ‘fight for credibility’ to CFP against Michigan
1 year, 11 months ago

TCU brings ‘fight for credibility’ to CFP against Michigan

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A day before facing off in the College Football Playoff, TCU’s Sonny Dykes and Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh talked fondly about the fathers they followed into coaching and a time when they might have shared more than a stage for one final pregame press …

Ryan Day, Buckeyes feel urgency behind second chance at CFP
2 years ago

Ryan Day, Buckeyes feel urgency behind second chance at CFP

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “We’re going to start making the transition into game planning here soon and then we get down to bowl week, so we have three phases when we talk about bowl practice, but the energy has been really, really good.” The Buckeyes took the back door into …

CFP deja vu: TCU in third, Ohio State lurking and lobbying
2 years ago

CFP deja vu: TCU in third, Ohio State lurking and lobbying

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Undefeated TCU has a Big 12 championship game to play, and the best the Buckeyes can do is try to tout what they had already done before last week’s 45-23 home loss to Michigan that kept them from reaching the Big Ten title game. “When you …

CFP expansion ‘not finished,’ still working toward 12 in ’24
2 years, 2 months ago

CFP expansion ‘not finished,’ still working toward 12 in ’24

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The CFP management committee, comprised of 10 major college football conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s athletic director, met for six hours at an airport hotel to work on a plan to triple the number of playoff teams from four to 12 for the 2024 season. It’s …

Takeaways: After rush to give Tucker megadeal, MSU slips
2 years, 2 months ago

Takeaways: After rush to give Tucker megadeal, MSU slips

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Michigan State blew up the market for college football coaches last season by giving Mel Tucker a massive 10-year contract as the Spartans charged out to a 9-1 start in his second campaign. Tucker’s overall record as a head coach was 16-13 at that point, covering …

Herd Rising: Marshall basks in storybook win over Notre Dame
2 years, 3 months ago

Herd Rising: Marshall basks in storybook win over Notre Dame

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Fifteen games into his Marshall career, coach Charles Huff’s Thundering Herd became the talk of college football with Saturday’s 26-21 win over the 20.5-point favorite Fighting Irish. “What you’ve got to do is you’ve got to show your players that you are real,” Huff said. Smith, …

All eyes on Richardson as Kentucky, Florida begin SEC play
2 years, 3 months ago

All eyes on Richardson as Kentucky, Florida begin SEC play

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Anthony Richardson dazzled a packed Swamp in Florida’s season opener, delivering more feel-good moments than anyone honestly could have expected. Just ask him, he’ll throw it a hundred yards.” Richardson threw for 168 yards, ran for 106 more and three scores, and, most …

ACC gets September shot to boost reputation in marquee games
2 years, 3 months ago

ACC gets September shot to boost reputation in marquee games

Daily Mail  

DURHAM, N.C. - Duke coach Mike Elko has been around college football long enough to know how the season's opening month can shape the perception of a league's strength. Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney points during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Georgia Tech Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, in Atlanta. ___ Follow Aaron Beard on Twitter …

Harbaugh hopes players get a revenue share from 12-team CFP
2 years, 3 months ago

Harbaugh hopes players get a revenue share from 12-team CFP

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh hopes players get a cut of the money generated by an expanded College Football Playoff. “I do believe the players should receive a revenue share from the massive TV deals that have been worked out,” Harbaugh said Monday …

Analysis: Will a bigger College Football Playoff be better?
2 years, 3 months ago

Analysis: Will a bigger College Football Playoff be better?

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! While enthusiastically announcing plans to expand the College Football Playoff, those in charge of the postseason system downplayed the revenue windfall that will come with tripling the number of participants and declined to speculate about whether a new format will tap the brakes on conference realignment. …

Changing Pac-12 still seeking next CFP appearance
2 years, 4 months ago

Changing Pac-12 still seeking next CFP appearance

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “This conference has been really deep and it’s really hard to run the table in this conference,” Stanford coach David Shaw said. Our conference, if you slip up, you’re going to get beat.” FAVORED UTES Utah won the Pac-12 championship a year ago and is favored …

ACC looking for ways to boost revenue, shrink financial gap
2 years, 5 months ago

ACC looking for ways to boost revenue, shrink financial gap

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! At ACC Kickoff preseason media days on Wednesday, Phillips said “all options are on the table.” “It’s significant. But there has to a value in whatever move you end up making.” The ACC’s most recent tax filing listed a record $578.3 million in total revenue while …

CFP board chair: New format ideally in place by June 2023
2 years, 6 months ago

CFP board chair: New format ideally in place by June 2023

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The CFP management committee, comprised of 10 FBS conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s athletic director, spent the final six months of 2021 trying to come to unanimous agreement on a 12-team plan — but never got there. “Whether or not that comes back and how this …

After early CFP expansion fails, job only gets tougher
2 years, 10 months ago

After early CFP expansion fails, job only gets tougher

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “Seems like everyone says they’re committed to expand the CFP, but it’s hard to believe that because we can’t expand the CFP,” Sun Belt Commissioner Keith Gill told The AP. Relatively new commissioners in the Big Ten, Pac-12 and ACC, already leery of a process that …

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