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Predicting this fall's top 25 teams is a large enough task. Just look at USC last year, which finished unranked after entering the season No. 1. ESPN.com decided to up the ante even more this week, ranking the 25 teams most likely to have success ...

NCAA president Mark Emmert told the Wall Street Journal's Rachel Bachman this past weekend that he would form a council of 10 athletic directors who would meet regularly with NCAA brass starting in July. The names making up that group of 10 were u...

Six Big East players have been named to the defensive watch lists for the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA). The defensive awards are grouped by position. Memphis' Martin Ifedi and UCF's E.J. Dunston made the defensive line watch list; UC...

Do the Spurs finish it tonight? Former Cincinnati running back George Winn has signed with the New England Patriots, ESPNBoston's Mike Rodak writes. The Memphis Commercial Appeal's Kyle Veazey says that Justin Fuente isn't just trying to tamp d...

Our series taking a team-by-team look at the marquee nonconference players Big East teams will face in the fall continues today with Houston. To read the Cincinnati entry, click here. Offensive opponent to watch: Jordan Taylor, WR, Rice. The Ow...

Today we kick off a new series that will take a team-by-team look at the marquee nonconference faces the Big East will see in the fall. Every regular reader of this blog knows about the Teddy Bridgewaters and Greg Blairs of the world, but who are som...

Good to be back. Who will be the best-dressed team this fall? AthlonSports' Braden Gall ranks the conference by uniforms. A Nippert Stadium renovation is looking more likely, Cliff Peale writes in the Cincinnati Enquirer. Houston's Oct. 12 ga...

PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Rutgers incoming athletic director Julie Hermann visited the campus Wednesday and was to meet with coaches and Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delaney. The embattled Hermann, whose appointment has come under fire since it was discover...

UCF's game at FIU has been moved up one day to Sept. 6, Conference USA announced Wednesday. The game will kick off at 8 p.m. ET at FIU Stadium and air on CBS Sports Network. The Knights now have five weekday games scheduled for this fall, as th...

Oh, A-Rod ... Louisville fans may rejoice: Gordon Gee is retiring. Colleague Ivan Maisel says that it was Gee's attention-seeking ways that ultimately did him in. Athlon Sports' Steven Lassan predicts each Big East team's record for this fall. ...

Our series looking at the best and worst of each Big East's team' personnel units continues today with Louisville, widely expected to be the class of the conference this fall. To read previous entries, click here. Strongest position: Wide recei...

Teddy Bridgewater has not had a conventional college career. The Louisville quarterback has been a hit through two years, winning Big East Freshman of the Year honors and conference Offensive Player of the Year honors the past two seasons. Now with h...

Houston and Arizona signed a home-and-home deal for the 2017 and 2018 seasons, both schools announced Tuesday. The Cougars will travel to Tucson, Ariz., in 2017 before the Wildcats make a return trip to Houston the following year. "We are excit...

... well that game was underwhelming. Yahoo! Sports' Pat Forde has a fun offseason quiz that will test your knowledge of college sports events this spring. Tennessee believes former Cincinnati coach Butch Jones is right for the job, Tom Groesch...

Our series looking at the best and worst of each Big East's team' personnel units continues today with conference newcomer Houston To read Monday's entry, Cincinnati, click here. Strongest position: Wide receiver The loss of Dewayne Peace wi...

Game 7. Who ya got? Butch Jones keeps his Cincinnati ties close at Tennessee, Tom Groeschen writes in the Cincinnati Enquirer. Rutgers general counsel John Farmer Jr. defends Julie Hermann in a guest column in the (Newark) Star-Ledger. Steve Po...