AP Top 25: Texas passes Georgia for first No. 1 ranking in football poll since 2008
College football has a new No. 1 team in the AP Top 25 poll, as Texas jumped past Georgia for the top spot on Sunday. The move comes after the …
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College Football Playoff Bubble Watch: Will teams like Ole Miss, Kansas State be in or out?
This is a season about hope. For most of college football’s existence, much of the sport had none when it came to competing for a national title. Somehow, those odds …
2024 Heisman Trophy Fantasy Draft: Travis Hunter, Jalen Milroe and 34 more picks for NYC
The Athletic’s Heisman draft is back, with a new crop of challengers undertaking the tricky task of projecting this year’s most outstanding player. With all four of 2023’s finalists off …
Oddly specific predictions for every Top 25 college football team (with another title for the Big Ten!)
I read the comments, and you laughed at me. Well, guess what? It’s that time of year for you to do it again. If you missed last year’s installment of …
What do March Madness stars listen to before tip-off? 13 players and coaches share their mixtapes
As college basketball players head to NCAA Tournament arenas on their team buses, many will slip on headphones, zone out to a song and absorb the vibes. Coaches also sometimes …
Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Iron Bowl delivers drama, but 2023’s chaos near-misses continue
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Women’s college basketball power rankings: South Carolina returns to a familiar spot
If the hope was that two weeks of basketball would have given a clearer picture of the hierarchy in women’s college basketball this season, that has not been the case. …
College football’s best day yet, Heisman contenders shine: Week 10 Saturday Superlatives
Sign up for the Until Saturday newsletter | Jayna Bardahl and The Athletic’s college football staff deliver expert analysis on the biggest CFB stories five days per week. Get it sent to …
Women’s college basketball top 25: LSU, UConn, UCLA lead 2023-24 rankings
The 2022-23 women’s college basketball season ended on a high note as nearly 10 million viewers tuned in to watch LSU and Iowa — two teams on seemingly fate-driven runs …