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Each Power Four conference adopts policy to ban pro football players from joining their conferences

Each of the Power Four conferences have banned pro football players from joining their respective leagues. The ACC was the last of the group to adopt policy prohibiting that kind of comeback, which has gained sudden popularity as several members of the 2022 high school class eyeing a fifth year of eligibility have turned to the courts. (Yahoo! Sports)

Video: IC Podcast - UNC Athletes and the NCAA's Five-for-Five Conundrum

Greg Barnes and Tommy Ashley of Inside Carolina discuss the NCAA's messy failure to take the simple step of grandfathering in the 2022 class to their new five-for-five eligibility rule. And while football and basketball make the biggest headlines, the decisions and legal actions affect the fall Olympic Sports in Chapel Hill. (View Video)

Ole Miss collective operator says school had FBI sweep building for 'bugs' after Lane Kiffin left

Lane Kiffin‘s exit from Ole Miss has been written about plenty, but there are still new revelations being made about how chaotic the process was as he took the coaching job at LSU. According to Walker Jones, the executive director of the Grove Collective, the Ole Miss program asked for help from the FBI to determine whether Kiffin had bugged the team’s offices. (On3.com)

SEC football preview: Can the conference reclaim supremacy?

Can the SEC conquer college football again?When the preseason AP poll came out this week, Big Ten teams (Ohio State, Oregon) occupied the two top spots. Georgia was the top SEC team, ranked No. 3, with Texas checking in at No. 5. No SEC team received a single first-place vote, which is notable — and would have seemed unfathomable a few years ago. (NBC Sports)

Vic Molodet, who led NC State basketball to its first ACC title, dies at age 93

Seventy years separate N.C. State’s first ACC men’s basketball championship and its most recent. One player responsible for the program’s first title died earlier this month, the school announced. “Sending condolences to his family, friends and the entire Wolfpack family,” the program’s announcement stated. Vic Molodet died on Aug. 14 at age 93 in Greensboro. (MSN.com)

Wetzel: Mad about college football eligibility chaos? The NCAA should have seen it coming

College athletics is always about self-dealing and self-interests. They talk a good game about "student-athletes" and paint slogans like "family" and "team" on the weight room wall, but if some NFL camp roster cut might help convert on third down, many won't hesitate to dial up a sympathetic magistrate and bump a sophomore down the depth chart. (ESPN)

Candid Coaches: Who will be the best college hoops team in 2026-27?

We're coming off one of the five best seasons of the 21st century as far as I'm concerned. The sport's offseason has been a predictable mess, but the product on the floor remains terrific. Which team should take up the top spot? Who is most likely to spend the most time at No. 1? Nine schools got votes from the nearly 100 coaches we surveyed. (CBS Sports)

Kansas' Bill Self dishes on 2026-27 Jayhawks roster, compares Tyran Stokes to Carmelo Anthony

For the second straight season, Bill Self has the No. 1 recruit in the country. Five-star forward Tyran Stokes picked Kansas in late April, but Self is certainly hoping that the injury-riddled, in-and-out season that swirled around Darryn Peterson is not in Stokes' future. But the Tyran Stokes Experience does not come without its fair share of drama. (CBS Sports)

Big 12 football preview: Texas Tech, Deion Sanders, first-year coaches lead top storylines

The very first thing commissioner Brett Yormark said when he sat down with me at Big 12 media days was this: “For the short-term and long-term viability of the conference, we need multiple teams in the Playoff. I strongly believe that. Obviously, for the first two years of the 12-team format, we’ve only had one, and we haven’t won a game yet.” (NBC Sports)

Former UNC QB Max Johnson to start for Georgia Southern

Georgia Southern has named quarterback Max Johnson as the Eagles' starter. This will be the seventh season of college football for Johnson, 25, who will be starting for his fourth program after having been QB1 at LSU, Texas A&M, and North Carolina. He brings a proven track record to the Sun Belt Conference, passing for 6,355 career yards and 49 touchdowns. (ESPN)

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