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10 key questions ahead of this college basketball season

After an offseason of high-profile coaching changes, head-spinning transfers and record-setting NIL deals, college basketball is nearly back. The new season tips off Nov. 3, with 20 preseason AP Top 25 teams in action. What teams will be relevant in the title chase? Which coaches are under the most pressure to win to save their jobs? (Yahoo! Sports)

College football Week 10 highlights: Top games, plays, stats

Saturday wasn't anything we should've realistically expected two months ago, but that's the beauty of college football. It is never the season we deserve, but it is always the season we need. 10 weeks into this unlikely reality, what do we really know? Ohio State and Indiana look like sure things. Texas A&M, Alabama, Georgia and Ole Miss appear playoff bound. (ESPN.com)

UNC Basketball Transfer Tracker: Cade Tyson Scores 30; Jackson, Cadeau off to strong starts

Cade Tyson poured in 30 points and four 3-pointers in Minnesota's’ 87-69 victory Monday over Gardner-Webb. Ian Jackson scored 15 points for St. John's in a 108-74 win over Quinnipiac. Elliott Cadeau dished out 12 assists in Michigan’s 121-78 victory over Oakland. Ven-Allen Lubin started and scored 10 points in NC State's win over N.C. Central. (Tar Heel Tribune)

World Series Game 7 took fans everywhere in off-the-rails thrill ride of best baseball has to offer

On Saturday, this heavenly, cruel, perfectly imperfect sport sent any and all who interacted with World Series Game 7 through every emotion the human experience has to offer. Fans from Saskatchewan to Southern California, from Toronto to Tokyo, were held captive by the game’s wondrous, tortuous, addictive power. It was the best baseball has to offer. (Yahoo! Sports)

Men's NCAA basketball megapreview, predictions for 2025-26

More than 200 days will have passed between the Florida Gators winning the 2024-25 national championship and the start of the 2025-26 men's college basketball season, but the action finally returns on November 3. Which teams could make the biggest jumps? Which Top 25 programs are primed for early NCAA tournament exits? (ESPN.com)

Big East basketball preview: Projected order of finish, preseason predictions, top players to watch

Two of the top five teams in the preseason AP Top 25 poll (UConn and St. John's) belong to the league and a third (Creighton) is also ranked. In total, every Big East team but one ranks inside the top-100 at BartTorvik.com entering the 2025-26 season -- suggesting it that a majority of the league will either be NCAA Tournament quality or close to it. (CBS Sports)

Takeaways from Week 10 of College Football: Miami’s collapse; Julian Sayin for Heisman?

Miami is the biggest disappointment of the second half of the season. And we’re just one day into the month of November. It’s all collapsed so fast for the ‘Canes. Just a few weeks ago, they looked like a lock for the College Football Playoff and a team head and shoulders above the rest of the ACC. Now, Miami has two league losses with four games to go. (NBC Sports)

68 men's college basketball predictions: Cinderella isn’t dead but she’s in danger

Cinderella isn’t dead but she’s in danger. The disparity between high-majors and the rest of college basketball will continue to grow wider this season. Between soaring NIL payments and rule changes allowing unlimited transfers, talent has concentrated at the power-conference level as small-conference programs have increasingly become a farm system. (Yahoo! Sports)

SEC basketball preview: Projected order of finish, preseason predictions, top players to watch

After 13 SEC players were taken in the 2025 NBA Draft and three coaching jobs changed hands, the conference has a new feel entering 2025-26. A whopping 26 of last season's top 30 scorers from the SEC are gone, which opens the door for a new wave of stars to take over the conference. In KenPom's preseason ratings, 11 of the top 35 teams are from the league. (CBS Sports)

NC State coach Dave Doeren doesn’t plan to retire after 2025 season

Although it’s been reported as fact in some circles around the NC State program, Wolfpack coach Dave Doeren said he does not have plans to retire following the 2025 season in his weekly media availability Thursday. The Wolfpack is 4-4 through its first eight games, losing four of its last five, as No. 8 Georgia Tech visits Carter-Finley Stadium on Saturday night. (The Wolfpacker)

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