Top contenders Ohio State and Penn State are the preseason favorites to face off in the Big Ten Conference Championship this season.  The Buckeyes (+190), Nittany Lions (+240) and Oregon Ducks (+350) have the best chance of becoming Big Ten Champions, per odds released Tuesday by BetMGM.  But just as those three lead the list, someone has to finish last.  …

Tennessee is the only College Football Playoff team featured in the new Netflix SEC docuseries, but the Vols didn’t get as much screen time as their opponents. UT granted behind-the-scenes access to Netflix during the 2024 season for its seven-episode series called “SEC Football: Any Given Saturday,” which premiered on Aug. 5. Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, Oklahoma, Ole Miss and Texas …

We know about the starting edge rushers for Michigan football entering 2025, but what about the backups and younger pass rushers? It wasn’t that long ago that fifth-year senior TJ Guy was an up-and-coming EDGE, and he finally sprang into action as a reserve and occasional starter last year. But there’s a bumper crop of young talent that hasn’t seen …

On3’s Brett McMurphy is sold on how good Penn State could be this fall, but enough to make them No. 1 in his preseason AP Poll with a little over two weeks to go until the season gets underway is a far different conversation. McMurphy appeared on the latest edition of “Andy and Ari” Tuesday and took a deep dive …

Since Lane Kiffin arrived at Ole Miss, the question has been from day one if he will jump ship again and go to a bigger program. Over the years, Kiffin has been the head coach of the Oakland Raiders, the USC Trojans, and the Tennessee Volunteers. After being fired at USC, Kiffin went to Alabama to work under Nick Saban …

Former Georgia Bulldogs edge rusher Damon Wilson II made a surprising decision when he transferred to the Missouri Tigers, an SEC rival, this offseason. Many Georgia fans wondered why Wilson II decided to transfer, but according to Joey Van Zummeren of Missouri Tigers SI, there was a connection from 1991 that helped get Wilson II to play football at Columbia, Missouri. …

We are now less than a month away from the start of the 2025 college football season, and several teams have emerged as early national championship front-runners. One team that fits that description is the Texas Longhorns. With Arch Manning entering his first full season as the program’s starting quarterback, expectations are sky high for Steve Sarkisian’s team. DraftKings Sportsbook …

Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney will always love the Alabama Crimson Tide.  Swinney, after all, joined Alabama as a walk-on receiver in 1989 under former coach Bill Curry. He spent the next three years playing for Gene Stallings, and as a senior in 1992, Swinney won a ring as a member of the Crimson Tide’s 13-0 national championship squad.  After …

Illinois isn’t flying under the radar anymore. With a veteran roster, rising expectations and a manageable Big Ten slate, the Fighting Illini enter the 2025 season eyeing a College Football Playoff berth under fifth-year coach Bret Bielema. Expert Jeremy Werner of Illini Inquirer joined Bud Elliott on the Cover 3 College Football Summer School series to preview expectations for Illinois this fall. …

The US LBM Coaches Poll was released on Monday, and soon the preseason polls will give way to games, and all that will matter is what happens on the field. The Sooners were left out of the poll for the first time in 25 years. Oklahoma is right where they want to be, with something to prove. But the SEC is full …

Getty Images The University of Louisiana Monroe finalized an agreement with coach Bryant Vincent to serve as the university’s interim athletic director. Vincent would temporarily replace the departing John Hartwell, who announced his resignation on Aug. 4.  It’s rare to see an FBS coach serve as an athletic director in the modern era of college football. Former Tennessee coach Derek Dooley, …

Ohio State is five practices into training camp, and the burning question of August looks no closer to a resolution. No front-runner apparently has emerged in the battle between Julian Sayin and Lincoln Kienholz to succeed Will Howard as the Buckeyes’ quarterback. “They both have had good moments, and moments where they’re growing,” coach Ryan Day said Aug. 5. “The …

The Big Ten is one of the two premier conferences in modern college football, alongside the SEC. And they have the recruiting prowess to back it up. So far in the 2026 recruiting cycle, Big Ten teams claim the No. 2 (USC), No. 7 (Oregon), No. 9 (Ohio State), No. 11 (Michigan), No. 16 (Penn State) and No. 17 (Washington) …

Expect an eye-opening Diego Pavia clip from the new Netflix SEC series to resurface in the Tennessee football locker room before the Vanderbilt game this November. “We can beat Tennessee literally any given Saturday. They think they’re going to destroy us,” Pavia, the Vanderbilt quarterback, said in the Netflix documentary, which was released on Aug. 5. “(Expletive) every single one …

A new chapter in college athletics has begun … but the story is far from finished. This summer’s landmark House v. NCAA settlement cracked open the door to revenue sharing and ushered in sweeping reforms, but even a multibillion-dollar agreement can’t escape turbulence. Legal challenges are already mounting, Congress is inching closer to direct involvement, and the sport’s power brokers …