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After going 12-0 last season, Ohio State knew the target on its back was only going to grow for 2013. And right now, the Buckeyes are ranked No. 1 in at least one preseason poll: ESPN.com's Way-Too-Early-Preseason Top 25. Colleague Mark Schlabach ...

Nebraska provided a touching moment on Saturday when the team let 7-year-old cancer patient Jack Hoffman line up and score a touchdown during the Cornhuskers' spring game. Colleague Mark Schlabach has the back story on that special touchdown: Andy [...

We've had an awful lot of rankings talk today, which is typical for the day after the season officially comes to an end. Earlier, we offered you our first stab at the 2013 Big Ten power rankings, and now colleague Mark Schlabach has compiled his Way-...

ESPN.com's midseason All-America team is out, and two Big Ten players made it: Ohio State left tackle Jack Mewhort and Northwestern's Kain Colter, who was named as the team's all-purpose player. Here is what Mark Schlabach wrote about Mewhort: Af...

As part of the coaching series we are doing all week on ESPN.com, national columnist Mark Schlabach weighed in Tuesday with his list of the most underrated coaching jobs in college football. His Big East team on the list: Louisville. Schlabach ...

Earlier today, you saw my take on the good news and bad news for the Big East in a future four-team playoff. My ESPN.com colleague Mark Schlabach goes over some unanswered questions this afternoon, and specifically addresses a few that relate to t...

Happy first day of summer. Adam Rittenberg and Mark Schlabach are on the scene of the latest playoff meetings. Here's a preview. Greg Garmon isn't sure when he's headed to Iowa. A closer look at Hawkeyes incoming freshman running back Barkley H...

Four Big Ten teams made colleague Mark Schlabach's post-spring top 25, led by the Michigan Wolverines. Schlabach ranks LSU No. 1, followed by USC. Michigan's opening opponent, Alabama, is ranked third. The Wolverines cracked his top 10 at No. 9...

With another round of BCS meetings set to take place this week, it appears neutral sites could be the favored format for a four-team playoff. ESPN colleague Mark Schlabach reports a playoff is a near certainty, citing a source. All 11 FBS commissi...

You will have to wait until later this afternoon for my way-too-early 2012 Big East power rankings. But to keep you happy until then, I present Mark Schlabach's way-too-early Top 25 for 2012. Two Big East teams make the list. Or is that 1.5 Big Ea...

Colleague Mark Schlabach has revealed ESPN.com's midseason All-America team, and six Big Ten players have made the exclusive squad. They are: Wisconsin quarterback Russell Wilson Michigan center David Molk Illinois defensive end Whitney Merci...

Colleague Mark Schlabach is back with another early Top 25, this time his post-spring edition. And he's bullish about West Virginia. Schlabach didn't have the Mountaineers ranked in his pre-spring Top 25 but now has them all the way up to No. 14. ...

Today, colleague Mark Schlabach takes a look at the pressures of being the "hot" team. You know, the ones the wise guys say will be the breakout club, the sleeper that everyone seems to be awake on. Who qualifies for that title in the Big East for 20...

We've been talking about 2010 games that generate heat today on ESPN.com, and my choice for the Big East, Pitt vs. Cincinnati, checks in as the No. 7 grudge match nationally in colleague Mark Schlabach's countdown. Of course, that's not the only g...

I don't envy colleague Mark Schlabach's job of trying to identify a Top 25 in early May. It's hard enough to do that in September. But Schlabach is up to the task and issues his post-spring Top 25 today on ESPN.com. Two Big East teams made the cut...

I've been at Pitt all day doing interviews and watching practice, so I haven't had a chance yet to comment on Mark Schlabach's story about NCAA investigators looking into potential rules violations at West Virginia. They are looking at things that ha...