LOS ANGELES — His feet plunged in an NCAA cooler half full of crushed ice, eyes glued to the black carpet inside North Carolina’s locker room, Cormac Ryan tried to answer a simple and simultaneously impossible question: What are you feeling right now? “F—ing pissed off, first and foremost,” Ryan said. “Wanted to win that … Read more
Who’s in your Final Four? Who’s winning it all? Those are the only questions worth asking for the next couple of days. So, naturally, we asked our staff to answer them. Not surprisingly, UConn was the most popular national championship pick, but the Huskies aren’t unanimous among our college basketball experts. GO DEEPER NCAA Tournament … Read more
(Editor’s note: This is part of the Bracket Central Series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments.) It only took until the day before Selection Sunday, but finally we can say for sure who the top eight seeds will be in … Read more
Sign 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 sent to your inbox. LSU and Brian Kelly versus Notre Dame and Marcus Freeman in Tampa. USC versus Clemson in San Diego. The Dennis Erickson Bowl in El … Read more
The ACC released its new scheduling model for 2024-2030 on Monday, with the additions of Cal, Stanford and SMU, which officially begin league play next season. The league protected 16 annual rivalry games. It limited travel out West for the 14 current ACC members who will each play a total of three times in California … Read more
Bruce Feldman’s 2023 College football Freaks list is now available. College football is back! Bookmark this page and check back weekly to find the latest kickoff times, TV networks and/or streaming services for each game. FBS games only. All times in ET. Networks ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and ESPN are bolded. GO DEEPER Kansas, South Carolina, Duke: … Read more
The Georgia Bulldogs are ranked No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 college football poll after winning back-to-back national championships. Here’s what you need to know: Georgia received 60 of 63 first-place votes in the poll, which was released Monday, as it tries to become the first team to win three consecutive AP poll … Read more