It's all about the bottom line for top three

...Texas A&M and then the Big 12 North winner in the Big 12 championship game on...will spend the next three weeks -- at South Carolina on Saturday, followed by home games against Florida...

ACC ready to hit the ground running

For the first time in its history, the ACC returns three 1,000-yard rushers. That doesn't even scratch the surface when looking at the depth at the running back position in the league.

Will the ACC make the BCS leap?

The ACC is chock-full of talent. Will this be the year the conference fields a BCS contender?

College football's top workout warriors

Their awesome feats in the weight room and on the practice field distinguish them from their peers. Bruce Feldman counts down the top 10 workout warriors in college football.

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Highlights, good & bad, of bowl season

With so many games, it was easy to cull out the best (and worst) of the bowl season crop.

Noles, Ducks, Yellow Jackets look like bowl winners

Bruce Feldman rolls out his second set of bowl predictions.

Bowl-der Dash sprints from D.C. to Miami

Ready to play a little Bowl-der Dash? With the 34-game bowl-season sprint from Washington, D.C., to Miami about to kick off, The Dash picks the winners.

PlayStations, Blu-ray players, Oakleys … and hair dryers

One of the traditions of bowl season is the bowl gifts. What player wouldn't love a PS3 or a Blu-ray player or an -- ahem -- hair dryer, Heather Dinich writes.

Best (or worst) in show: Ranking all 34 bowls

Bowl season has arrived, but not every game is created equal. See how Mark Schlabach ranks all 34 bowl games.

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Terps keep North Carolina winless in Maryland since 1997

Chris Turner engineered a dramatic fourth-quarter drive that produced a 26-yard field goal by Obi Egekeze with 1:42 left, and Maryland beat No. 16 North Carolina 17-15 Saturday for its school-record sixth consecutive win over a ranked opponent.

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Separation Saturday showed the Big 12's Haves and Have-Nots

From the Big 12's Haves and Have-Nots to the extent of hiding signals to the SEC's lack of offense, the Dash runs through it all.

SEC is top conference so far, but Big 12 isn't far behind

...Defending national champion LSU and Auburn were supposed to battle it out in the SEC West. South Carolina was a popular choice to be the league's dark horse. What we know: For the first...