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Top Virginia Tech Insider Believes James Franklin Will be Next Hokies Football Head Coach
A Virginia Tech Hokies football insider believes former Penn State Nittany Lions boss James Franklin will be the next head coach in Blacksburg. Andy Bitter of TechSideline, who has been covering the team for the past 14 seasons, can’t confirm anything just yet. But he’s spoken with enough people to the point where he feels it’s going to happen. (
Nittany Sports Now)
In new era of college hoops rosters, $20.5M salary cap feels more like a suggestion than a rule
Imagine an NBA where teams in the Eastern Conference have a salary cap twice as big as those in the West. In college basketball, it’s sort of like that with the added fact that nobody really knows what everyone else is spending. With schools now allowed to shell out $20.5 million to their players, most are doling out the lion’s share to football players. (
Associated Press)
College Football Playoff committee makes clear it will use the ‘eye test’ to sort out contenders
When the first set of rankings were revealed Tuesday, committee chairman Mack Rhoades said the members were just as apt to look at game tape alongside all the statistics. “I think we refer to it as art and science,” said Rhoades, the athletic director at Baylor. What’s known after the first reveal: Defending champion Ohio State is No. 1. (
Associated Press)
How Hugh Freeze's blind spot at QB -- and, yes, his love of golf -- doomed Auburn football
There will now be plenty of time for Hugh Freeze to golf after Auburn fired him Sunday following an abysmal 15-19 record over three seasons. In talking to multiple sources within Auburn football and around the community, it is striking just how much Freeze seemed to prioritize his golf game over doing everything possible to improve the Tigers' football program. (
CBS Sports)
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)