Who will make a Final Four run in March Madness? Our experts make their picks

Who will make a Final Four run in March Madness? Our experts make their picks

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

2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: North Carolina will be the fourth No. 1 seed

2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: North Carolina will be the fourth No. 1 seed

(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

College football bowl projections: LSU-Notre Dame in Tampa, USC-Clemson in San Diego?

College football bowl projections: LSU-Notre Dame in Tampa, USC-Clemson in San Diego?

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

College football picks against the spread: Stewart Mandel’s Week 9 picks

College football picks against the spread: Stewart Mandel’s Week 9 picks

Last week marked the return of the successful Stewart Mandel Upset Special (Georgia State over Louisiana), but also, the return of the Stewart Mandel failure to crack .500 against the spread. I’m just trying to get bowl-eligible by season’s end. Last week: 5-6 against the spread.Season: 41-46-1. No. 6 Oklahoma (-10) at Kansas, Noon (Fox) … Read more

College football TV schedule 2023: Dates, kickoff times, networks and streaming

College football TV schedule 2023: Dates, kickoff times, networks and streaming

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

AP Top 25 rankings: Georgia No. 1 in preseason poll; Michigan and Ohio State are Nos. 2-3

AP Top 25 rankings: Georgia No. 1 in preseason poll; Michigan and Ohio State are Nos. 2-3

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

Big Ten presidents discuss adding Oregon, Washington, Stanford, Cal from Pac-12: Sources

Big Ten presidents discuss adding Oregon, Washington, Stanford, Cal from Pac-12: Sources

A subgroup of four Big Ten university presidents met virtually on Wednesday as part of exploratory discussions about potentially expanding membership by two or four teams, two sources briefed on the call confirmed to The Athletic. It was not the only call they have had in recent weeks. The two sources reiterated that discussions are … Read more