Editor’s note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. It’s time to take notice of BYU. The Cougars are undefeated and have…
Read more Ranking 134 college football teams after Week 8: BYU can no longer be ignoredCollege football conference play is (mostly) underway and the stakes will be raised accordingly. The sport dips its toes this weekend with ranked matchups in the Big Ten,…
Read more Ranking Week 4’s top 10 college football games: From NC State-Clemson to Tennessee-OklahomaAnd now, 18 thoughts on an early September Saturday that dared AP voters to just blow up their ballots and start over. 1. Two weeks in, I feel…
Read more Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Georgia, Ohio State and Texas at the top. After that, guess againA handful of Week 1 results set the stage for what should be an epic season of college football. A few other programs leaned on FCS opponents to…
Read more Week 2’s top 10 college football games: Texas visits Michigan in top-10 blockbusterDURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke made a quick climb under Mike Elko. Now it’s up to Manny Diaz to build something more. The former Miami head coach and…
Read more Duke rose quickly under Mike Elko. Now Manny Diaz is aiming to keep that upward trajectoryRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State keeps putting together successful seasons that flirt with accomplishing even more. That has coach Dave Doeren firmly entrenched with a winning…
Read more No. 24 NC State keeps posting 8- and 9-win years. Coach Dave Doeren is chasing a breakthrough momentThere has been much discourse since the latest round of realignment and media deals that every team in the ACC and the Big 12 should want to be…
Read more Ranking CFB teams better off (Texas), worse off (USC), or same (Nebraska) in new eraThe Athletic has live coverage of the March Madness Sweet 16 matchups. PITTSBURGH — DJ Burns Jr. is holding court again. NC State’s gregarious giant with the gap-toothed…
Read more ‘He’s like a polar bear and a ballerina’: The incomparable DJ Burns is powering NC StateThe 2023 season comes down to conference championship weekend. We could have the simplest and most impressive College Football Playoff field in the 10-year history of the event,…
Read more The Athletic 133: Conference championship games to settle 2023’s final debatesIf 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…
Read more Women’s college basketball power rankings: South Carolina returns to a familiar spotIt’s time to put some respect back on Washington’s name. The Huskies are undefeated and have the best win in the country, based on these rankings, but they…
Read more The Athletic 133: 11-0 Washington deserves more respectWe’re finally in the stretch run. The biggest games have arrived, and the shakeup at the top is underway. Michigan finally played a notable team, taking care of…
Read more The Athletic 133: Five 10-0 Power 5 teams, three weeks to sort themIn a sport with 362 teams, one would have to be a dummy to attempt any contextualization of the hierarchy of the coaches who lead the game. Fortunately,…
Read more College basketball coaching tiers 2023: Dan Hurley moves into Tier 1, John Calipari fallsSign 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…
Read more The Athletic 133: Ohio State on the rise in Week 8 as Penn State, USC slideSign 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.…
Read more The Athletic 133: Why Washington has earned the No. 1 ranking at midseasonSign 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.…
Read more The Athletic 133: Who knocked Georgia off the top spot after Week 5?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…
Read more Women’s college basketball top 25: LSU, UConn, UCLA lead 2023-24 rankingsSign 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.…
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