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Florida enters AP women’s hoops poll; South Carolina No. 1
Florida coach Kelly Rae Finley has the Gators playing their best basketball in years, with wins over four ranked teams in their past five games. Buoyed by that success, the Gators jumped into The Associated Press women’s basketball poll at No. 19 on Monday, the team’s first ranking since 2016....
Auburn, Gonzaga stay 1-2 in AP Top 25; Texas Tech up to 9th
Auburn remained No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll for the third straight week, while Texas Tech cracked the top 10 and Murray State joined the rankings for the first time in nearly seven years. Bruce Pearl’s Tigers earned 48 of 61 first-place votes to stay ahead...
America East bans Stony Brook from conference tournaments
Stony Brook’s basketball teams will need to receive at-large bids to the NCAAs if the Seawolves want to make it to the tournament this year. The America East announced Wednesday that the school is ineligible for conference postseason tournaments because it’s leaving for the Colonial Athletic Association next year. Stony...
With packed portal, NCAA signing day becomes transfer seasonVideo
The transfer portal remains remains packed as college football’s second signing period arrives, a glut that has the sport’s leaders pondering ways to clean up a roster management mess. The most notable free agent came off the market Tuesday when former Oklahoma quarterback Caleb Williams made his long-anticipated transfer to...
Former Oklahoma QB Caleb Williams transferring to USCVideo
LOS ANGELES — Quarterback Caleb Williams is transferring to Southern California, following coach Lincoln Riley from Oklahoma to the Trojans. Williams posted his long-awaited announcement on social media Tuesday with a video that included the former five-star recruit in a USC uniform and famous Trojans fan Snoop Dogg rapping. The...
Michigan earns its highest ranking in women’s AP Top 25Video
Michigan moved up one spot to sixth in the Associated Press women’s basketball poll Monday, the team’s highest ranking ever. South Carolina remained the No. 1 team in the poll, garnering 29 of the 30 first-place votes from a national media panel after beating Vanderbilt, then-No. 24 Mississippi and Florida....
Kentucky makes big leap in AP men’s Top 25Video
Auburn keeps winning, Kentucky is rising and that has the SEC putting its imprint atop this week’s Associated Press men’s college basketball poll. Bruce Pearl’s Tigers earned 49 of 61 first-place votes in Monday’s new poll to extend the program’s first stay at No. 1 for a second straight week,...
Louisville parts ways with men’s basketball coach Chris MackVideo
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Chris Mack is out as Louisville men’s basketball coach after he and the school agreed to part ways. Assistant Mike Pegues has been named interim coach for the remainder of the Cardinals’ season. The agreement was announced Wednesday following a special joint meeting of the school’s Board...
Gillespie scores 28, No. 11 Villanova beats Georgetown 85-74
Collin Gillespie scored 28 points, Justin Moore added 19 and No. 11 Villanova won at Georgetown 85-74 on Saturday. Gillespie connected on 6 of 9 3-pointers, including four in the second half. Villanova erased an eight-point, second-half deficit to continue its dominance over Georgetown. The Wildcats (14-5, 7-2 Big East)...
Former UConn coach Kevin Ollie owed $11M over firing, arbitrator rulesVideo
STORRS, Conn. — An arbitrator has ruled that UConn improperly fired former men’s basketball coach Kevin Ollie and must pay him more than $11 million, Ollie’s lawyer said Thursday. Attorney Jacques Parenteau called Thursday’s ruling from arbitrator Mark Irvings a “total vindication” for Ollie, who was fired in the spring...
University of Michigan reaches $490M settlement over sexual abuse
The University of Michigan has agreed to a $490 million settlement with more than 1,000 people who say they were sexually assaulted by a former sports doctor during his nearly four-decade career at the school, the university and those involved in the settlement announced Wednesday. The university said 1,050 people...
South Carolina still No. 1 in women’s Top 25; Oklahoma jumps 9 spots
South Carolina remained the No. 1 team in The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll released Monday. The Gamecocks received 28 of the 30 first-place votes from a national media panel after beating Texas A&M and Arkansas last week. South Carolina is off until hosting Vanderbilt next Monday. There was...
Gonzaga back at No. 1 in AP Top 25; Auburn up to No. 2
A wild week of upsets led to big changes in the AP Top 25. Amid the chaos, a familiar team returned to the top. Preseason No. 1 Gonzaga climbed back to the top of The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll released Monday, ending Baylor’s five-week run. The Bulldogs had...
Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz disbands diversity group created after 2020 probeVideo
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz disbanded an alumni advisory committee that was created after a 2020 investigation found evidence of racial bias against Black players in his program and bullying behavior by some of his assistants. The Gazette reported Ferentz’ decision to end the committee came...
Longest tenure grows as Iowa extends Ferentz’s contract
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The nation’s longest-tenured FBS head coach plans to stick around a lot longer as the University of Iowa on Friday announced it was extending Kirk Ferentz’s contract through the 2029 season. Iowa athletic officials announced the four-year extension that followed a 10-4 record in 2021. It...
Georgia savors national championship, already looks ahead to next seasonVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Kirby Smart learned from his former boss that the time for celebrating is short in college football. Even while he reveled Tuesday in the hangover from Georgia’s first national title since 1980, the coach already was thinking about what comes next. “The wind blows a lot stronger at...
Georgia finishes No. 1 in AP poll for only 2nd time
INDIANAPOLIS — Georgia is No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll, earning their second national title by beating Alabama on Monday night. The Bulldogs received all 61 first-place votes to be a unanimous No. 1 for the ninth time this season. Georgia’s only other time finishing No. 1...
College Football Playoff talks stall, dimming hopes of expansion before 2026
INDIANAPOLIS — College Football Playoff expansion talks remain stalled and the possibility of implementing a new format by the 2024 season dimmed Monday after three days of meetings failed to produce an agreement. “We have entrenched issues that are no closer to be resolved, ” Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby...
South Carolina still No. 1 in AP women’s basketball poll
South Carolina beat two more ranked opponents to strengthen its grip on the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll. The Gamecocks topped then-No. 13 LSU and No. 21 Kentucky this past week to raise their record to 8-0 against Top 25 teams this season. South Carolina...
Georgia gets 2nd shot at Alabama with national title at stakeVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Georgia coach Kirby Smart got an inside look at what it takes to build a college football juggernaut working for Nick Saban at Alabama for eight seasons. Blueprint in hand, Smart took over at his alma mater in 2016, and the Bulldogs have been ascending ever since, going...
Former Pitt coach Todd Graham’s Hawaii program subject of legislative hearingVideo
HONOLULU — The University of Hawaii Board of Regents plans to address the issue of morale on the university’s football team following a legislative hearing that featured testimony from former players and that the university system president criticized as one-sided. More than a dozen football players have said they are...
Different paths to title game for Alabama’s Bryce Young, Georgia’s Stetson BennettVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Alabama’s Bryce Young and Georgia’s Stetson Bennett both transferred in 2018. One got a lot more attention than the other. Already a celebrated quarterback prospect heading into his junior year of high school, Young made headlines in Southern California when he decided to attend powerhouse Mater Dei. There...
North Dakota State beats Montana State for 9th FCS title in 11 yearsVideo
FRISCO, Texas — North Dakota State began practice more than a year ago for an unprecedented spring season that ended without a championship. Things felt much more normal for the Bison this time. Hunter Luepke ran for three touchdowns in the first half, plowing over a defender going into the...
Mid-major pop-up game pits San Francisco, Loyola ChicagoVideo
This college basketball season feels like an extension of the last one, the coronavirus leaving pauses, cancellations and postponements in its wake. A beacon of basketball brilliance has risen from the ashes: two of the nation’s best mid-majors squaring off in a junior college gym. Struggling to find opponents amid...
History not on Alabama’s side in CFP championship rematch vs. GeorgiaVideo
A mere 37 days after they last played, Alabama faces Georgia again with a national championship on the line. History shows how tough it is to win again in the rematch. Nick Saban knows that first-hand — from the losing side. During the 2011 season, Saban’s Crimson Tide were edged...
