Our bodies, our self-confidence, our independence — they’re not going to stop until women have the same rights and opportunities they did before the 1970s. Which were almost none.
- Blake Toppmeyer USA Today
Brian Kelly sounds like he's politicking for another job. He's good at politics, too. He just needs to win one vote.
- Sean Keeler, The Denver Post
DENVER — Coach Prime can’t shank the reboot. Nobody wears a $10-million hat the way Deion Sanders wears a $10-million hat. But 2026 is the year his Buffs must show, to borrow a beloved Texas idiom, that they’ve got the cattle, too. “No one knows football is a results-based business more than…
- Jordan Mendoza USA Today
From the mountain range of Utah to the country roads of West Virginia and the bounce house in Orlando, the Big 12 has a wide arrange of stadiums.
- Kevin Skiver USA TODAY
College football is home to some of the most electric atmospheres in American sports.
- Max Reinhart, The Detroit News
DETROIT — Former University of Michigan head football coach Sherrone Moore's Scio Township home is up for sale, but it will set back a prospective buyer more than $1 million for the spacious house on a half-acre of property. Moore was fired by Michigan in December after the university determ…
- Mark Story, Lexington Herald-Leader
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Southeastern Conference football team won the national championship 13 times in the 17 years between 2006 and 2022. Yet it is not until the past three years, when not one SEC team has made it to the College Football Playoff championship game, that I have found SEC Football…
DALLAS — Pressed at SEC media days on whether his fiefdom remains the greatest in all the land despite recent results suggesting he’d been dethroned, if not beheaded, Greg Sankey cited metrics supporting his claims of supremacy. The commissioner’s got numbers. The Big Ten has trophies. If Sankey’s argument gains any traction with the rank and file, it could open up a whole new line of defense ...
No college football stadium tour is complete without a tour of the South’s iconic cathedrals. Fall Saturdays serve as much more than game day within the SEC’s footprint.
TAMPA, Fla. — You hate that he left. You hate that he took so many players with him. You hate the catty way he talked about USF’s stature once he was no longer on the payroll. Mostly, you hate that he may be right. With a new college football season barely a month away, Alex Golesh returned to town to remind South Florida fans of what might have been. Now that he’s taken his perpetually ...
Some of college football’s most iconic locations reside in the Big Ten.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — There was a moment when Will Stein appeared to think twice about whether to deliver the viral soundbite in his first SEC Media Days appearance. Stein had opened his stint at the podium of the main media room with a passionate explanation of why he embarked on the challenge of building Kentucky football into a consistent winner, but toward the end of his news conference he was ...
College football changes fast in the era of the transfer portal. If you blink, the dominant teams of the current era can become afterthoughts. And those that were in the cellar can rise to the elite.
Where North Carolina and Duke finish on the ACC food chain this football season is anyone’s guess. But as training camp approaches, the Tar Heels and Blue Devils lead in defiance.
Debates about the best college football programs can often get heated. USA TODAY Sports experts collaborated to produce a ranking of the best 25.
I love the Super Bowl. I love the World Series and the College Football Playoffs. The Stanley Cup is great — especially when the iconic trophy is used to pour beer off of the Elbo Room’s second-floor balcony — and the Olympics are fun every two years. But after nearly six weeks of the World Cup, I think I am convinced. It was the most amazing sporting event I’ve ever witnessed. For 39 days, we ...
When the commissioner of the SEC declares that the possibility of his conference breaking away from everyone else is “real” and isn’t “a leverage point,” it’s probably time to listen.
The SEC football season is officially underway with Media Days in Tampa. Commissioner Greg Sankey hit on several topics.
No Power Four college football conference has had its program hierarchy wildly change in the 21st century more than the Big 12.
Colorado football coach Deion Sanders once again is bucking old norms to put together a team in his own way.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Given the historical levels of success of Kentucky men’s basketball vs. UK football, what follows will qualify as a major upset: For the 2026-27 school year, there will be more former Wildcat players serving as NCAA Division I football head coaches than there will be ex-Cats working as D-I men’s basketball head men. While Mark Pope (Kentucky) and Travis Ford (Little Rock) will ...
Dabo Swinney has 13 seasons of double-digit wins in 17 full seasons as coach at Clemson. He has won 11 championships in the last 15 years, including two national titles.
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In certain outposts throughout the South, it’s pronounced “progrum,” not program.
Utah’s coach Morgan Scalley is ready to share a vision to save college football’s bowl system. Fix the calendar, too.
The question: Which program is the best in the Big Ten? It’s not a hard one to answer.
The legislation is being revised by its co-sponsors with the possibility of a floor vote before the full Senate in the working session that extends through Aug. 7.
Who are the best coaches in college football? It's always a difficult question to answer.
With Clemson coming off a 7-6 finish in 2026, coach Dabo Swinney highlights the Tigers' run of success over the last six years.
Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman received a contract extension through 2036 after the university’s board of trustees approved a new deal Thursday. Under the new terms, Whitman will receive a base salary of $2.15 million in the upcoming school year and will get a salary bump of $100,000 every year until 2035-36, when a $200,000 bump will put his salary at $3.15 million. Whitman will ...
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The University of Michigan Board of Regents met Thursday, but didn't discuss the $12 million investigation into the culture of the scandal-ridden athletics department or the future of athletic director Warde Manuel. After the meeting, the board went on a "private retreat" where no reporters were allowed. "Nothing related to the athletics investigation or Warde Manuel's ...