Boiler up! Purdue tops preseason AP Top 25 for first time, ahead of Houston, reigning champ Florida
Purdue is No. 1 in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 college basketball poll for the first time. The Boilermakers earned 35 of 61 first-place votes to top Monday’s poll to begin the 2025-26 season. That put Matt Painter’s squad ahead of the two teams that played in last year’s...
Opinion: Curt Cignetti would be a fool to leave Indiana for Penn State
If you’ve got Curt Cignetti penciled in as Penn State’s next coach, I’m afraid I see one teeny, tiny problem. Cignetti’s going to be otherwise occupied this winter, what with chasing a national championship at Indiana. If you’re thinking Cignetti could one day build a national title contender at Penn...
No. 3 Indiana has its highest ranking ever in AP Top 25, Texas, USC back in the rankings
Indiana moved up to No. 3 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday for its highest ranking in program history and Texas was among five teams entering the Top 25 after eight ranked teams, three of them previously unbeaten, lost over the weekend. Ohio State and Miami remained the...
Week 7 Flop 10: Penn State again, Luke Fickell hits rock bottom and pray for the winless
It’s an Unhappy Valley in State College, competence returned to UCLA’s sidelines and the winless programs deserve your pity in this week’s Flop 10. Here’s some of the lowlights from Week 7 of college football: Penn State Three weeks ago, Penn State was ranked No. 2 in the country. Life...
No. 7 Indiana hands No. 3 Oregon 1st regular-season loss in 2 years
No. 7 Indiana came up with the signature win of head coach Curt Cignetti’s 1½-year tenure, going into Eugene, Ore., and upsetting No. 3 Oregon, 30-20, on Saturday afternoon. The Ducks’ high-volume offense managed just 13 points against Indiana (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten), whose defense held Oregon to 14 first...
Arch Manning, Texas drop undefeated Oklahoma in Red River Rivalry
DALLAS – John Mateer had the chance to become an Oklahoma legend against Texas on Saturday after miraculously returning from injury only 17 days post-surgery. But it was all Texas at the Cotton Bowl, as the 19th-ranked Longhorns spoiled No. 6 Oklahoma and Mateer’s return en route to a 23-6...
4 coaches new to Big Ten look to get programs back on track
ROSEMONT, Ill. — Dusty May led Michigan to a Big Ten Tournament championship and an appearance in the Sweet 16 last season, his first as coach of the Wolverines, a stunning achievement for a program that finished last in the conference the previous season. Four coaches new to the Big...
NCAA recommends 15-day college football transfer portal window in January
The NCAA’s Administrative Committee has recommended a new 15-day window, from Jan. 2-16, during which college football players can enter the transfer portal, the organization announced on Tuesday, Oct. 7. The new window applies to both undergraduate and graduate transfers, though must be approved by the administrative committee, which will...
UNC’s Hulu documentary canceled amid rough start to the Bill Belichick era
It’s been a tumultuous start to the Bill Belichick era in Chapel Hill. When the legendary NFL head coach was hired at North Carolina this past offseason, there was a lot of excitement surrounding the program with a six-time Super Bowl winner taking the reins. That excitement has quickly evaporated...
Florida State ‘disappointed, angry’ heading into game with Pitt
More swiftly than Florida State rose from unranked to the top 10, the Seminoles have plummeted the past two weeks. After a second straight defeat — Saturday’s 28-22 home loss to No. 3 Miami — Florida State (3-2, 0-2 ACC) clings to the 25th and final spot in this week’s...
What we learned from each Big Ten team in Week 6 of the college football seasonVideo
Thirteen Big Ten teams were in action on Saturday. We saw a mix of great games, expected results, and quite possibly the biggest upset in college football in over a decade. As always, we’re here on Sunday with a quick takeaway from each Big Ten team this week. And we’re...
Deion Sanders: ‘I think I got more blood clots … I’m hurting like crazy’
Colorado football coach Deion Sanders revealed after Saturday’s 35-21 loss at TCU that he thinks he has more blood clots in his leg after already undergoing numerous surgeries because of blood circulation in his lower body. Sanders said he was in pain this week, in addition to his recovery from...
Bill Belichick, Alabama, Penn State lead college football Week 6 winners and losers
Let’s be honest: If Bill Belichick still had his fastball he’d be in the NFL. North Carolina’s stunning incompetence through the first five games of Belichick’s debut is proof positive that college football may be too much for him, just as success in the NFL escaped his grasp after losing...
Basketball coach Billy Gillispie placed on leave after complaint
Tarleton State coach Billy Gillispie is on temporary administrative leave as the school investigates an anonymous complaint, the university announced Friday. No details were provided about the complaint against Gillispie, who previously coached at Kentucky, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and UTEP. Officials at Tarleton State, a member of the Western...
Duke men’s basketball coach Scheyer receives 2-year extension
Duke men’s basketball coach Jon Scheyer agreed to a two-year contract extension Thursday that extends his current deal through the 2030-31 season. Scheyer, 38, has posted an 89-22 record in three seasons since succeeding the legendary Mike Krzyzewski as Duke’s head coach in 2022. The Blue Devils have qualified for...
USC star JuJu Watkins will miss 2025-26 women’s college basketball season
Southern California Trojans superstar JuJu Watkins will miss the 2025-26 college women’s basketball season as she continues to focus on her recovery. Watkins announced the news Sunday evening. “These last few months have been filled with a lot of healing, rest and reflection,” Watkins said in an Instagram story and...
Oregon moves to No. 2 behind Ohio State in AP poll; Penn State drops to No. 7
Oregon moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday, Mississippi earned its highest ranking since 2015, Alabama jumped back into the top 10 and Virginia was in the Top 25 for the first time in six years in the wake of a volatile weekend...
Sister Jean, longtime Loyola Chicago chaplain and March Madness icon, retires at 106
Longtime chaplain for Loyola Chicago’s men’s basketball team, Sister Jean, has retired at 106 because of health concerns. The school’s student newspaper, The Loyola Phoenix, announced her retirement earlier this month. Sister Jean rose to the spotlight during Loyola Chicago’s trip to the Final Four in the 2018 NCAA Tournament....
Oklahoma QB John Mateer to undergo hand surgery, expected to return this seasonVideo
Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer, one of the nation’s top players in the early weeks of the season, will have surgery to repair an injury to his throwing hand. Oklahoma coach Brent Venables said Tuesday that Mateer, a transfer from Washington State who has led the Sooners to wins over top-25...
Oklahoma State fires football coach Mike Gundy after 20-plus years
The Mike Gundy era is over. Gundy, one of college football’s most colorful coaches over the last two decades, was fired by Oklahoma State on Tuesday. The 58-year-old Gundy had a career record of 170-90 at his alma mater, where he was a star quarterback in the late 1980s. He...
Clemson’s Swinney says Tigers must reset goals following 1-3 start to the season
CLEMSON, S.C. — Still stinging from a devastating 34-21 home loss to Syracuse that dropped his team to 1-3 on the season, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said it’s time to reset season goals heading into the bye week. He added that he doesn’t anticipate making a change at quarterback or...
Bruce Pearl, winningest men’s basketball coach in Auburn history, announces retirement
AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn coach Bruce Pearl announced his retirement Monday less than six months after finishing the Tigers’ best season in program history with another trip to the Final Four. Pearl’s 38-year-old son, Steven Pearl, who has been on his father’s coaching staff for all 11 seasons at Auburn,...
Shawn Clark, UCF offensive line coach and former Appalachian State coach, dies at 50
ORLANDO, Fla. — UCF offensive line coach Shawn Clark died Sunday at 50 years old nearly two weeks after he was hospitalized with a medical emergency, the school announced. Clark suffered the medical emergency on Sept. 9 and had been away from the team. He was said last week to...
ACC fines, reprimands Syracuse for feigning injuries in 34-21 upset win over Clemson
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Atlantic Coast Conference fined Syracuse $25,000 and issued a public reprimand for the Orange feigning injuries in Saturday’s 34-21 win over conference opponent Clemson. Play was stopped several times for injuries to Syracuse players during the game at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, which a frustrated Tigers...
Angeli, Syracuse upset Clemson 34-21; Dabo Swinney off to worst start of his career
CLEMSON, S.C. — Steve Angeli threw for 244 yards and two touchdowns before leaving with a lower-leg injury, Justus Ross-Simmons hauled in two TD passes and Syracuse upset heavily-favored Clemson, 34-21, on Saturday, sending the Tigers to their worst start ever under coach Dabo Swinney. Angeli threw first-half TD passes...
