1 year, 1 month ago

The dust is settling on college sports realignment. A look at where schools are going

College sports in the U.S. has seen scores of schools change conference affiliation over the past century, but the pace has quickened over the past three decades and certainly over the past year. 2024 : Boston College, California, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest. 2023 : Florida International, Jacksonville State, Liberty, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee State, New Mexico State, Sam Houston State, UTEP, Western Kentucky. 2024 : Florida International, Jacksonville State, Kennesaw State, Liberty, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee State, New Mexico State, Sam Houston State, UTEP, Western Kentucky. 2025 : Delaware, Florida International, Jacksonville State, Kennesaw State, Liberty, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee State, New Mexico State, Sam Houston State, UTEP, Western Kentucky.

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2 months, 1 week ago

Ohio State celebrates and gets ready for all the changes coming to college football in 2025

The Independent

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

NCAA board chair says there’s agreement that change is needed in how Division I is run

Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The chair of the NCAA board of governors says “there’s a lot of agreement” that the biggest schools in Division I need more say in how they govern themselves, but the real work will come in determining how, exactly, to make that happen. Baylor President Linda Livingstone advanced the idea that schools in the “autonomy” conferences — …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

With College Football Playoff down to 4 teams, not much looks different with Big Ten and SEC

Associated Press

Now that the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff is down to four teams remaining — the size of the field the previous 10 seasons — things really don’t look that much different. Even without former CFP champions Alabama and Georgia, the SEC extended its streak as the only conference with a final four team every season when league newcomer Texas …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Who’s playing where? A cheat sheet on college sports realignment

Associated Press

Scores of schools have changed conference affiliation over the past century, but the pace has quickened as schools search for more stability and more revenue in the college athletics arms race. 2024 : Boston College, California, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest. 2023 : …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

2024 College Football Playoff guide: What to know about the new 12-team format, at-large bids

New York Times

College football entered a new era Sunday with the unveiling of the first 12-team Playoff bracket. For most of its century-plus existence, college football had a “mythical national champion.” The sport’s season champion was determined after teams played in bowl games by various polls and rankings, which, of course, led to significant debate. The four quarterfinal games and both semifinals …

3 months, 4 weeks ago

College Football Playoff 2024 projections: A new No. 1, Ohio State hits the road

New York Times

My pool of teams did not change from last week to this week, but Ohio State’s inexplicable home loss to Michigan and Miami’s loss at Syracuse certainly shook up the seeding. In this scenario, I have both Texas and Penn State sustaining a second loss in their conference title games but remaining above 11-1 Notre Dame in the rankings. Finally, …

4 months ago

Meet 2024 Ohio State, the unhappiest Playoff team in college football history

New York Times

COLUMBUS, Ohio —For Ohio State, making the College Football Playoff might feel like a consolation prize. “We’re just going to have lick our wounds and regroup, but I don’t think anything’s hurt more than this,” said Ohio State linebacker Cody Simon, his eyes still damp and red, sniffing back his emotions. “I can’t even remember the last time it’s been …

4 months ago

Big Ten bowl picture reset: Nebraska’s options, CFP impact and postseason hopefuls

New York Times

Ohio State coach Ryan Day was looking to send a message in the final minutes against Indiana. The Big Ten’s bowl alignment includes seven bowls, while Washington and USC will participate in the Pac-12’s legacy bowl lineup this year and in 2025. Should the Big Ten land four teams in the College Football Playoff, it appears the winner of Iowa …

4 months, 4 weeks ago

College Football: A Cheat Sheet on Conference Realignments

Associated Press

A dozen schools have changed conference affiliations in the past year, impacting the landscape of college athletics. The Pac-12 and Mountain West conferences have seen significant changes, with the Pac-12 acquiring two teams and the Mountain West losing one. The Big Ten, ACC, and SEC conferences have also experienced changes, with several schools switching conferences.

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Big Ten football schedule rankings: The top 5 toughest and easiest slates

New York Times

Every team in the Big Ten has played at least two conference games, and six teams have arrived at the halfway point in their seasons. — Sherman GO DEEPER Iowa is losing ground on the Big Ten and CFB's serious contenders Remaining schedule: Wisconsin, UCLA, at USC, bye, Minnesota, at Maryland, Illinois, at Michigan State Scoring a single touchdown in …

5 months, 4 weeks ago

Mandel’s Mailbag: Dear Big Ten and SEC, don’t tarnish new CFP before it begins

New York Times

We’ve made it through the first month of the first 12-team College Football Playoff season. In the new CFP contract that begins in 2026, the SEC and Big Ten can institute changes to the format without the others’ approval. As we know, in its first decade of existence, the committee still mostly defaulted to “one loss is better than two, …

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Who’s playing where? A cheat sheet on college football realignment

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 2024 : Boston College, California, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest. 2023 : Florida International, Jacksonville State, Liberty, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee State, New Mexico State, Sam Houston State, UTEP, …

7 months, 1 week ago

A dream road trip to see every AP Top 25 team with conference realignment adding some spice

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! These clashes between big-name powers provide plenty of new options for AP’s annual attempt to map out college football’s hypothetical dream road trip. 22 Kansas at BYU Yes, that’s two straight games in the state of Utah and you can kill some time catching two home …

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Big Ten football predictions for 2024: Can anyone challenge mighty Ohio State?

New York Times

The Big Ten got a lot bigger. Oregon: Don’t expect much of a drop-off from Bo Nix to Oklahoma transfer Dillon Gabriel, who could have a field day throwing to Tez Johnson and Texas A&M transfer Evan Stewart. The defense finished in the top 20 last season, and All-Big Ten running back Kyle Monangai emerged as a force. Wisconsin: I’d …

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Oddly specific predictions for every Top 25 college football team (with another title for the Big Ten!)

New York Times

I read the comments, and you laughed at me. Let’s go over my greatest hits: • I told you the ACC would get left out of the four-team College Football Playoff and that Duke would upset mighty Clemson in the opener. But assuming nothing short-circuits Moore’s availability to coach, the Wolverines will be the third and final Big Ten team …

7 months, 2 weeks ago

The confused college football fan’s guide to the many changes for 2024 season

New York Times

Hello, and welcome to my news conference to preview the 2024 college football season. To ask the questions, I’ve assembled a room full of college football fans who fell asleep somewhere around the end of 2019 and woke up at some point this weekend. GO DEEPER ‘All hell broke loose’: The chaotic final days that shook the Pac-12 and college …

8 months, 4 weeks ago

College football realignment recap: Who’s switching conferences this summer?

New York Times

Three years after Texas and Oklahoma announced their move to the SEC and set off a tectonic shift across college sports, the Longhorns and Sooners are finally actually joining the SEC. Big Ten Will add USC and UCLA from the Pac-12 on Aug. 1 Will add Oregon and Washington from the Pac-12 on Aug. 1 Full members as of Aug. …

9 months ago

Making sense of college sports realignment. Which schools are changing conference affiliation?

Associated Press

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Breaking down the teams playing for national championship at the College World Series

Associated Press

A look at the eight teams competing in the College World Series, which starts Friday at Charles Schwab Field. The Cavaliers’.336 season batting average is the best among teams in Omaha.. Their 116 homers are 33 more than the previous program record of 83, set last year. They scored the winning run or runs on their last at-bat in three …

1 year ago

2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: North Carolina will be the fourth No. 1 seed

New York Times

It only took until the day before Selection Sunday, but finally we can say for sure who the top eight seeds will be in the 2024 NCAA Tournament. New Mexico beat Colorado State in the Mountain West semis and should be safely in. Colorado finally gets over the hump on our bracket by beating Washington State in the Pac-12 semifinals …

1 year ago

2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Race for the final No. 1, and a 2-bid Valley

New York Times

The full NCAA Tournament bracket has been released with UConn leading the way as No. 1 seed — Blind resumes Team A Team B Team C NET 4 5 7 KenPom 6 5 8 BPI 4 5 11 SOR 11 5 4 KPI 6 3 5 Road 7-4 8-3 8-2 Q1 8-3 7-6 7-4 Q2 6-3 6-1 6-2 Noncon SOS …

1 year ago

2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Iowa State climbs to No. 2 line, Zags get in

New York Times

The full NCAA Tournament bracket has been released with UConn leading the way as No. Get your March Madness printable bracket In a recent interview with ESPN, NCAA president Charlie Baker indicated that he’s open to the idea of expanding the tournament if it’s “done with care and consideration.” Baker added that there could be updates on tournament expansion by …

1 year, 1 month ago

ACC football recruiting: 17 thoughts on 17 teams to wrap up Class of 2024

New York Times

The early signing period in December has made it such that February signing day — at one time the only signing day — no longer has much significance on the calendar. Florida State’s average player rating of 90.90 is good for 12th nationally and is the program’s highest mark since the Class of 2018. GO DEEPER NC State and QB …

1 year, 2 months ago

College basketball viewers’ guide: Crucial tests in Big 12, Big East and SEC races

New York Times

As January winds to a close, a few potential Cinderellas are coming into focus. FAU, still hovering in the Top 25 after last year’s surprise run to the Final Four, remains an elite offense under head coach Dusty May and led by junior guard Johnell Davis. 13 Wisconsin, Friday, 8 p.m., FS1 Michigan State continues to be one of college …

1 year, 2 months ago

2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Bear of a week shakes up the 68-team field

New York Times

A major plot point in last year’s best TV show unexpectedly involved college basketball. In Season 2 of FX’s “The Bear,” ambitious young chef Sydney is given a copy of Mike Krzyzewski’s motivational book “Leading With the Heart.” She carries it everywhere and uses the book’s wisdom as she prepares to lead the kitchen staff at a new restaurant in …

1 year, 2 months ago

No. 1 Purdue faces big tests in Big Ten with Maryland, No. 9 Illinois coming up

Associated Press

Purdue should be accustomed to playing highly ranked opponents by this point of the season. Purdue, which also faces Maryland on Tuesday night, has already dropped a conference game to Northwestern, and another loss this week would put coach Matt Painter’s crew in catch-up mode before they even hit mid-January. “We still haven’t won a road game and we’re going …

1 year, 2 months ago

SEC vibe check: CFP loss a hit to the ego, but nothing more, now on to 2024

New York Times

The shots came from the north, the west and all over social media: The vaunted SEC, dominator of college football, had been humbled. Given where Missouri was this time last year, the vibes are better in Eli Drinkwitz’s program than anywhere else in the new 16-team league. It’s hard to project, but with quarterback Carson Beck and a lot of …

1 year, 3 months ago

2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Purdue, Arizona, Houston, Kansas are top seeds

New York Times

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1 year, 3 months ago

Mandel’s Mailbag: Where’s the respect for Michigan, which teams overperformed?

New York Times

It was a bit of a quiet week in my inbox, perhaps not surprisingly given we’ve hit that holiday lull between the regular season and the major bowls. As for Kelly’s proposed 64-team football conference — that sounds neat and tidy, but what incentive do the SEC and Big Ten have to join forces with the less-valued ACC and Big …

1 year, 3 months ago

The dust is settling on college sports realignment. A look at where schools are going in 2024

Associated Press

1 year, 4 months ago

Vannini: Michigan-Big Ten battle shows the problem with those NCAA breakaway dreams

New York Times

Each year, we hear arguments that the top schools in college football should break away from the byzantine rules and organization of the NCAA. Consider Michigan’s ongoing war with the Big Ten, in which the school claims head coach Jim Harbaugh was suspended because of pressure from other schools and accuses them of cheating, too. Or do you trust SEC …

1 year, 4 months ago

Big Ten 2024 football schedule: 10 thoughts on travel concerns, rivalry weekend and more

New York Times

There’s a numerical symmetry attached to the Big Ten’s 2024 football schedule, which was unveiled on Thursday afternoon. “Normally, we don’t get out of the late 20s or 30s when it comes to football schedules,” said Kerry Kenny, the Big Ten’s chief operating officer. “We felt like through the lens of both individual schedules, it was an equitable outcome in …

1 year, 4 months ago

Big 12 football scheduling model for 2024-2027 revealed: Breaking down the conference’s changes

New York Times

By Max Olson, Sam Khan Jr. and Justin Williams The Big 12 revealed its new football scheduling model for the 2024 through 2027 seasons Wednesday, offering a first look at how it will operate as a 16-team conference starting next year. Four protected rivalries will play every year in the new model: Arizona versus Arizona State, Baylor versus TCU, BYU …

1 year, 5 months ago

Eight storylines to know as the 2023-24 men’s college basketball season nears tipoff

New York Times

Maybe you haven’t thought much about college basketball since the Final Four back in April. Purdue’s 7-foot-4 Zach Edey will try to do what Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe could not: become the first repeat national player of the year since Virginia’s Ralph Sampson three-peated in the early 1980s. GO DEEPER College basketball’s top 20 bigs for 2023-24: Zach Edey leads a …

1 year, 5 months ago

Expanding Big Ten weighs competition, rivalries, TV ratings and road trips to make football schedule

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Weighing competitive balance, traditional rivalries, television ratings and some very long road trips, the Big Ten produced 262 versions of a football schedule to find the one that best fit its soon-to-be 18-team, bicoastal conference. Big Ten Chief Operating Officer Kerry Kenny said the conference wants …

1 year, 5 months ago

Big Ten reveals new football scheduling model for 18-team league: How this changes the conference

New York Times

The Big Ten conference announced Thursday each school’s home and away Big Ten opponents for the 2024 through the 2028 football seasons, underscoring how challenging these schedules are going to be for all teams in the new 18-team league. “We just couldn’t be more excited about what you see on paper, what it really looks like.” Each Big Ten member …

1 year, 5 months ago

Penn State football schedule analysis: What teams will the Lions play in revamped Big Ten slate?

New York Times

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — With the next wave of Big Ten expansion up us — this time to include Oregon and Washington — the conference announced each team’s future opponents on Thursday. 🏈 The #B1G Announces 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰-𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟴 Future Football Schedule Formats 🚨 Check it out below 👇https://t.co/EXbVy0FiuL — Big Ten Football October 5, 2023 Who will Penn State play? 2024 …

1 year, 6 months ago

Big 12 announces 2023-24 basketball schedule: How it shapes up after conference realignment

New York Times

The Big 12 announced its 2023-24 basketball schedule Tuesday featuring the conference’s four new schools: Houston, BYU, Cincinnati and UCF. College basketball’s regular season begins Nov. 6, and Big 12 play opens on Jan. 6. The program also makes for a seamless fit in the Big 12’s Texas-focused footprint and should provide some stellar conference showdowns with home-and-homes against Kansas …

1 year, 6 months ago

The dust is settling on college sports realignment. A look at where schools are going in 2024

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 2023 : Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest. 2024 : Boston College, California, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse, …

1 year, 6 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 …

1 year, 6 months ago

Stanford and Cal's ACC move shows college sports are broken

LA Times

It’s the fall of 2024. This scenario is just one of the ridiculous ideas I’ve seen floated on how to make Stanford, Cal and SMU’s move to the ACC — made official Friday morning — work out for the hundreds of affected athletes who don’t play football or men’s basketball. The leadership at those prestigious California institutions simply was unwilling …

1 year, 7 months ago

Conference realignment reset: Where everyone stands as 2023 football season approaches

New York Times

The fallout from college sports’ frenzied summer of conference realignment has bled into the start of football season, and with Week 0 just days away, there are a few loose ends still to be settled after six Pac-12 schools jumped for the Big Ten and Big 12 within the span of a month. But that’s not our priority.” If the …

1 year, 7 months ago

ACC football preview 2023: Can anyone threaten Florida State and Clemson?

New York Times

Editor’s note: ACC presidents have voted to add Stanford, Cal and SMU It’s no secret that Florida State, Clemson and a few other schools in the Atlantic Coast Conference aren’t happy they’re about to fall behind in the race for TV dollars. Read all of our conference previews: American | Big Ten | Big 12 | Pac-12| MAC | Mountain …

1 year, 7 months ago

College sports realignment, always chaotic, gets another spin as Pac-12 dwindles

Associated Press

College sports in the U.S. has seen scores of schools change conference affiliation over the past century, but the pace has quickened over the past three decades. 2023 : Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest BIG TEN 1996 : Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan …

1 year, 7 months ago

With college football realignment, we’re once again asking, ‘What. Is. Happening?’

New York Times

Is anyone else having a serious case of realignment deja vu? In the meantime, during the span of a few hours Wednesday, reports emerged that the Big Ten is exploring adding more West Coast schools, and Florida State’s president openly threatened that his school might leave the ACC. The earthquake that began when Texas and Oklahoma left the Big 12 …

1 year, 8 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 …

1 year, 8 months ago

Why did Big Ten add Nebraska, Rutgers, Maryland? Jim Delany reflects on realignment impact

New York Times

Perhaps the most impactful moment in realignment history took place on an overcast, cold afternoon on Dec. 15, 2009, in Park Ridge, Ill. Nine days after the 11-member Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors met in person at league headquarters, the Big Ten office issued a 287-word news release that shook college athletics like an earthquake. Between Penn State’s …

1 year, 8 months ago

College football conference realignment timeline: 124 years of drama, money and bitterness

New York Times

The Western Conference, known today as the Big Ten, was formed in 1896 by the universities of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue, Wisconsin and Chicago. GO DEEPER Journey back to Sewanee, a founding SEC member that has no regrets Dec. 12, 1948: Nearly a decade after original member Chicago dropped football, the Western Conference becomes the Big Ten again by …

1 year, 9 months ago

USC, UCLA will face Michigan during their first season in Big Ten

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Southern California and UCLA will both face Michigan during their first season as members of the Big Ten Conference in 2024. USC and UCLA both announced last year that they were leaving the Pac-12 Conference to join the Big Ten. For its first two seasons in the Big Ten, USC will have home-and-home series against Penn State …

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