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Conference championship weekend is here in college football, and College Football Playoff implications are on the line all over the country. That won’t necessarily be the case in Indianapolis, but the Big Ten Championship may still be the best game of the day. Of course, both No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Indiana will […]

With conference championship weekend approaching, James Madison football has been one of the quiet stories of the college football season. The Dukes have raced out to an 11-1 record and will play for a Sun Belt Championship, and possibly a College Football Playoff berth, on Friday against Troy. JMU is also a victim of its […]

The 12-team College Football Playoff is getting closer and closer, which means the selection committee’s final decision is right around the corner. while 12 teams will be thrilled to have the chance to play for a national championship, but some others will be left heartbroken. One team that looks like it’s going to end up […]

Every year in college football, there seems to be a great debate between two powerhouses for a spot in the College Football Playoff. Sometimes, it’s between one traditional power and a newcomer trying to break through. In 2023, Alabama got in over Florida State. Last season, the Tide were left out in favor of SMU. […]

The college basketball season is in full swing! Feast Week brought a whole lot of great basketball, and even more discourse about the crowds at the Players Era Festival. Fan discourse aside, Las Vegas was the center of the college basketball world leading up to Thanksgiving, and it was the Michigan Wolverines that made a […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are trying their best to hang onto first place in the NFC South, but things have gotten more and more difficult as the season has gone on as the Bucs get more and more banged up. During a Week 12 loss to the Los Angeles Rams, quarterback Baker Mayfield suffered a […]

The regular season is in the rearview mirror, and the College Football Playoff picture is clearer than ever. Rivalry Week was devoid of chaos on Saturday after Texas A&M suffered its first loss of the season against Texas on Friday night. Oklahoma and Alabama both survived close calls late on Saturday, and Oregon rolled over […]

College football fans came into Rivalry Week expecting chaos in the College Football Playoff picture, but what they got was the exact opposite. Only one team — Texas A&M — in the top 14 took a loss during the final weekend of the regular season, so the playoff picture will remain largely unchanged apart from […]

Over the last couple of weeks, Florida football has been one of the final three schools in play for Ole Miss’ Lane Kiffin as its next head coach. However, after the Gators were ruled out of the race on Friday morning, things moved quickly in Gainesville. Now, Florida is set to hire Tulane head coach […]

One of the more under-the-radar coaching searches going on around the country recently has been the one in Fayetteville at Arkansas, but the Razorbacks have now settled on their next coach. Arkansas is set to hire Memphis head coach Ryan Silverfield as its next head coach going into 2026, according to Brett McMurphy of On3 […]

Halfway through the 2025 NFL season, it looked like the Indianapolis Colts had all but wrapped up the AFC South crown and had their sights set on the top seed in the conference when the playoffs rolled around. fast-forward a few weeks, and things are looking much different. Now, after a crushing overtime loss to […]

The Players Era Festival is coming to a close, and Feast Week’s new showcase event delivered when it comes to the basketball. While there was some criticism about the environments in Las Vegas, Michigan, Gonzaga and many of the other top teams in the nation delivered the goods on the floor. On Wednesday night, the […]

The Baltimore Ravens got off to a nightmarish 1-5 start to the season, and all hope was looking lost for one of the Super Bowl favorites coming into the season. Lamar Jackson and a number of key defensive players were injured, and the Ravens continued to free fall all the way to the bottom of […]

The Chicago Bears are sitting pretty at 8-3 through 12 weeks despite some poor play on defense and a multitude of injuries on that side of the ball. However, Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams have the offense humming and the Bears are right in the middle of the playoff race as a result. In Week […]

Michigan basketball has been one of the most impressive teams so far this college basketball season, and it has carried on that momentum into the Players Era Festival. The Wolverines have absolutely dominated the competition in Las Vegas during Feast Week, trouncing San Diego State 94-54 on Monday night before crushing No. 21 Auburn 102-72 […]

After a couple of seasons on a downward trajectory, Colorado State football has zeroed in on the man that it is hoping can turn things around. Current UConn head football coach Jim Mora is expected to be named the next head coach at Colorado State, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. The deal is expected to […]

There was a lot of hype coming into the season around UCLA basketball after a fairly disappointing 2024-25 campaign, but the Bruins are already going through some adversity. During Tuesday’s game against Cal, star point guard Donovan Dent went down with an apparent lower leg injury and left the game in the final minutes. Dent […]

The College Football Playoff rankings have become a contentious talking point each week leading up to the games, and this week will be no different. With just one week to go in the regular season, the rankings mean more than ever as the CFP picture starts to take shape. There wasn’t a lot of shakeup […]

Week 12 of the NFL season gave fans an absolutely wild Sunday of action to follow up a crazy Thursday night victory for the Houston Texans over the Buffalo Bills. Sunday featured a pair of overtime games in the early window, with the Lions and Chiefs coming away with big wins in the playoff picture. […]

There is just one week left in the college football regular season, and it is the best one of them all. Rivalry week will bring tears, cheers, and jeers alike, with conference and national title stakes on the line. Week 13 was a bit of a sleepy one in college football as rivalry week loomed, […]

Week 12 gave us a wild Sunday in the NFL, with the playoff picture shifting in both conferences. The Ravens moved into the AFC North lead, Matthew Stafford and the Rams took over pole position for the No. 1 seed in the AFC, and Drake Maye and the Patriots also took the top spot in […]

The Cincinnati Bengals have seen their season spiral somewhat out of control since losing Joe Burrow to a toe injury in Week 2. After a 26-20 loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday, the Bengals now sit at 3-8 and are far away from the playoff picture. Now, Burrow could be coming back just […]

Former Baylor head football coach Art Briles, who has not coached in college football since being fired by the Bears in 2016m is returning to the sport. On Sunday evening, Briles reached an agreement to become the new head coach at Eastern New Mexico University, a Division II school located in Portales, New Mexico, according […]

The hype around the Seattle Seahawks has cooled a little bit after losing a heavyweight battle against the Rams in Week 11, but Seattle had a nice reset on Sunday against the Tennessee Titans. The Seahawks controlled most of the game before surviving a late comeback from Cam Ward and company to get a 30-24 […]

The Philadelphia Eagles are still in a very good position in a competitive NFC, but they are now going to have to pick up the pieces from a painful Week 12 collapse. Despite taking a 21-0 lead in the second quarter against the Dallas Cowboys, Dak Prescott and company staged an epic second-half comeback to […]

Week 13 is in the rearview in college football, and the College Football Playoff picture is clearer than ever. Just one weekend remains in the regular season with the top 10 all setting their eyes on the postseason. Saturday was uneventful in terms of upsets, but there were still plenty of results that could cause […]

The New England Patriots have emerged as surprise contenders in the AFC this season, but their title chances have taken a big hit in Week 12 against the Cincinnati Bengals. New England has suffered a variety of injuries on the offensive line, none more serious than to rookie left tackle Will Campbell. Campbell appeared to […]

College basketball season is back, and the madness isn’t waiting until March to get going. On Thursday night, USC basketball found itself in a triple-overtime battle with Troy at home, staring down one of the biggest upsets of the young season so far. USC trailed by as many as eight points in triple-overtime, but it […]

The Kansas City Chiefs have their backs against the wall coming into Week 12 of the NFL season after a crippling loss to the Denver Broncos in Week 11. Now, the Chiefs are sitting at just 5-5 on the season, their worst start in a decade, and are largely out of the AFC West race […]

The Green Bay Packers have been one of the more frustrating teams in the NFL so far this season, but they are still right in the middle of the playoff picture after a 27-20 win over the New York Giants in Week 11. Now, the Packers are sitting at 6-3-1 through 10 games, just a […]

2025-26 is going to be a but of a transition period for Auburn basketball. Months after the Tigers lost a large part of a Final Four team, including star big man Johni Broome, head coach Bruce Pearl also stepped down and appointed his son, Stephen Pearl, as the team’s new head coach. Pearl had already […]

There isn’t much in terms of big games on the horizon for Week 13 of the college football season, but all eyes will descend on Eugene on Saturday afternoon for the biggest game of the day. College GameDay will be in town for the matchup between No. 15 USC and No. 7 Oregon in what […]

There are just seven weeks to go in the 2025 NFL season, and the playoff race is heating up. Much of the focus is on the races one each division and in each conference as teams gear up to make a run at a Super Bowl. However, there is sure to be plenty of drama […]

Things haven’t quite gone according to plan so far this season for Kansas basketball, but there’s still plenty of time to get things back on the right track. On Tuesday night, however, things weren’t pretty at the end of the second half in a 78-66 loss to No. 5 Duke. Of course, there will be […]

The teams at the very top of the College Football Playoff rankings are focused on securing a first-round bye and working their way into their conference championship games, but the best Group of Five squads in the country are focused on outpacing each other to earn the final spot in the 12-team field as the […]

There are just two weeks left in the college football season and the College Football Playoff picture is starting to take shape. On Tuesday night, the CFP committee revealed the latest rankings heading into Week 13. After Alabama’s loss to Oklahoma, the top six in the rankings was essentially set in stone and will remain […]

There was a lot to learn from Week 11 of the NFL slate on Sunday, as teams like the Rams, Broncos and Eagles all established themselves as Super Bowl contenders and remained at two losses with impressive victories. On the other side of the coin, the Seahawks, Chargers and many others. ended up on the […]

Two heavyweight battles in the SEC were the storylines coming into Week 12 of the college football season, and it turns out those two results had a major impact on the College Football Playoff rankings heading into Week 13. Oklahoma went on the road and upset Alabama and Georgia crushed Texas in Athens to solidify […]

After a sleep couple of Sundays, Week 11 felt like a very consequential slate in the NFL that would have major ramifications on the playoff picture and how we view some of the top teams in the league coming down the home stretch of the season. The results backed that up. The Rams took control […]