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NCAA permanently bans 3 Fresno State, San Jose State hoops players as part of gambling investigation

Three basketball players who spent time with either Fresno State University or San Jose State University were permanently banned by the NCAA on Wednesday as part of a gambling investigation, the organization announced. Mykell Robinson, Steven Vasquez and Jalen Weaver were deemed permanently ineligible by the NCAA. (Yahoo! Sports)

Ten Men’s College Basketball Players Primed for a Breakout 2025–26 Season

Even with NIL deals keeping stars in college longer than they otherwise might have stuck around, men’s college basketball is facing a pretty significant talent drain from last season. The main crux is the end of the COVID year. Who are some rising stars who could fill that void and play huge roles for some of the best teams in the sport? (Sports Illustrated)

Virginia Tech football coach Brent Pry on hot seat as Hokies start 0-2

Virginia Tech coach Brent Pry is already feeling the heat after an 0-2 start, capped by a 44-20 home loss to Vanderbilt. The Commodores outscored the Hokies 34-0 in the second half alone, and with five minutes remaining, the stadium was largely empty -- a rare sight for Lane Stadium. The season opened with a loss to South Carolina. (CBS Sports)

Duke basketball roster breakdown, starting lineup prediction

Cameron Boozer, alongside his brother Cayden Boozer, headlines another star-studded recruiting class entering the program that finished No. 1 in the 2025 recruiting cycle by 247Sports. The Boozer brothers and returning players Caleb Foster, Isaiah Evans, and Patrick Ngongba will make Duke one of the top title contenders heading into 2025-26. (CBS Sports)

Syracuse football coach Fran Brown makes entire team run sprints after overtime win in wild scene

Syracuse University might have won its first game of the season, but that didn’t mean the Orange’s coach was all that thrilled with the effort. Quarterback Steve Angeli’s touchdown pass in overtime helped Syracuse survive, 27-20, over UConn, but head coach Fran Brown said afterward it was not the overall result he was mad about. (New York Post)

Explaining the College Football Playoff's new strength of schedule metric

The CFP announced that it will use an "enhanced" tool to further emphasize strength of schedule in its selection process. The new metric -- titled record strength -- will give further credit to how a team performs against its schedule. It will give extra credit for beating quality teams, while lessening the penalty for losses against tougher opponents. (CBS Sports)

Is college hoops video game returning? 2K Sports teases 'experience' after EA Sports' pulls proposal

College basketball is making its way back into the virtual world. 2K Sports announced that it will soon include college basketball programs in its NBA video game franchise on the heels of EA Sports reportedly rescinding its licensing offer to create a standalone game. 2K revealed that its "college basketball experience" will feature more than 100 programs. (CBS Sports)

College football Week 2 highlights: Top games, plays, stats

In Starkville, they stormed the field with cowbells. In Gainesville, they might soon be storming the castle with pitchforks. For the SEC's tale of two cities on Saturday, it was the best of times for Mississippi State and, if not the worst of times for Florida, it was perhaps the moment any hope for a revival under head coach Billy Napier reached its nadir. (ESPN.com)

Lee Corso’s final ‘College GameDay’ picks were a perfect 6-0

In every way possible, Lee Corso went out on top. Corso’s final College GameDay on Saturday set viewership records for ESPN. Every team Corso played for or coached during his career won on Saturday. That included Florida State, which upset Alabama. Corso was the only person on the GameDay desk to pick the Seminoles to beat the Crimson Tide. (Awful Announcing)

Six games in 5 days: What a college football road trip taught me about the state of the sport

College football is an assault on the senses. It’s the smell of gumbo simmering in a cauldron on a foreign campus, a literal melting pot of clashing cultures. It’s the sound of 20,000 voices carrying out the final stanzas of “Enter Sandman,” that Virginia Tech anthem, after the speakers cut Metallica’s guitars. College football is so many things. (The Athletic)

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