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Max OlsonSep 4, 2025, 04:03 PM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Major changes are coming to the transfer portal in college football after the NCAA FBS Oversight Committee voted Thursday to move to a January transfer window and eliminate the spring window. The proposed lone transfer window would be …

Dan MurphySep 2, 2025, 08:03 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame A pair of Vanderbilt football players are among 10 athletes suing the NCAA in an effort to force the association to allow college athletes to compete for five seasons rather than four. Linebacker Langston Patterson and defensive …

Who says the reigning NCAA champions who didn’t lose a single starter have to be the preseason No. 1? In Golf Channel’s preseason rankings, the top team in men’s college golf is not Oklahoma State but rather Texas, which like the Cowboys boasts a pair of top-10 amateurs in the world but is the only program in the country with …

NEW ORLEANS – The return of cross country means that polls reign until championship season. NCAA Division I — Women’s Cross Country This Week’s National Top Five 1BYU 2Oregon 3NC State 4New Mexico 5West Virginia Cross Country Polls & Rankings Preseason polls can be taken different ways. Take BYU, for example. The Cougars are a unanimous No. 1 in the …

NEW ORLEANS – Cross country is back! Here is the 2025 preseason edition of the NCAA DI Men’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll, which was released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Tuesday. USTFCCCA polls and rankings are presented by AthleticNET. NCAA Division I — Men’s Cross Country This Week’s National Top Five …

David PurdumAug 26, 2025, 07:56 AM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 The NCAA and online payment service Venmo announced a partnership Tuesday aiming to combat abuse and harassment of college athletes, some of whom have reported receiving unwanted requests for money from losing bettors and solicitation for inside information. The NCAA-Venmo partnership features …

No. 17 Kansas State battles No. 22 Iowa State in one of the biggest Week 0 matchups in recent memory. The clash between the two teams takes place as part of the Aer Lingus College Football Classic at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, and marks the first FBS game of the 2025 college football season.  The Cyclones stormed to a …

Iowa State and Kansas State Set to Open NCAA Football Season in Ireland  Uni Watch Matchup in Ireland is among the last for the Farmageddon football rivalry  ESPN Pick Six Previews: Kansas State the favorite over Iowa State in early playoff stakes game  KSL.com College football Week 0 picks against the spread: Iowa State-Kansas State highlights opening games  The New York Times Kansas State …

There was no ruling Tuesday from U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey during a hearing in the Jimmori Robinson et al v. National Collegiate Athletic Association in the Northern District Court of West Virginia.  However, a lawyer representing the NCAA revealed potentially fateful news regarding Robinson — one of four players seeking eligibility on the Mountaineers in 2025 — when …

After the NCAA handed down punishments against Michigan stemming from its sign-stealing scandal, Urban Meyer shared his reaction. He defended the decision to avoid punishing athletes, but argued the NCAA’s role “as an enforcement arm no longer exists.” Meyer’s full reaction will come Wednesday when his next Triple Option podcast releases. The show shared a quote ahead of time, though, …