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2025 Big 12 college football projections, preview

Arizona State returns most of the reasons for last year's late surge (Cam Skattebo aside), and Texas Tech both returns a lot and welcomes one of the nation's most intriguing transfer classes. But Baylor, Kansas State, Arizona and Utah all boast high experience levels, and teams like Oklahoma State, West Virginia and Colorado are bringing in big transfer hauls. (ESPN.com)

SEC Football Media Days: Day 3 takeaways

Kalen DeBoer didn't exactly break news but still likely mollified Alabama Crimson Tide fans in acknowledging his first year in Tuscaloosa didn't meet expectations. If you need a refresher, Alabama went 9-4 in DeBoer's first season as Nick Saban's replacement, which included losses to Vanderbilt and a 6-7 Oklahoma Sooners team. (CBS Sports)

Reese Brantmeier headed to US Open again. Her legal fight to keep prize money just got a boost

2025 ACC Women's Tennis Player of the Year, Reese Brantmeier, filed a federal lawsuit in North Carolina against the NCAA in March 2024 over the organization’s restrictions on individual athletes keeping prize money from outside competitions. Brantmeier’s lawsuit challenging those rules now looks like it’ll be allowed to advance. And the timing is fortuitous. (WRAL.com)

SEC Football Media Days: Day 2 takeaways

Few coaches around the nation -- let alone in the SEC -- face as much pressure as Auburn's Hugh Freeze entering the 2025 season. Freeze was brought in to revive a stagnant program by injecting it with new talent and bringing back its winning ways. Auburn has recruited well under Freeze, but those efforts haven't materialized on the field yet. (CBS Sports)

Ryan Reid, former Florida State basketball player, dies at 38

Former Florida State basketball Ryan Reid died Wednesday, French professional basketball club SLUC Nancy Basket shared. Reid spent four seasons with the Seminoles from 2006-10 as a key piece in the earlier years of the Leonard Hamilton era. The 6-foot-8, 235-pound forward earned a reputation as one of the best defensive forwards in the country. (CBS Sports)

For Duke’s Jon Scheyer, no shying away from Final Four loss to Houston

Before he won a high school state championship in Illinois and before he won an NCAA title as a Duke player, Duke coach Jon Scheyer endured difficult losses. The Blue Devils’ 70-67 loss to Houston in April’s NCAA Tournament national semifinals ranks right up there. A team loaded with NBA talent couldn’t hold off Houston in the second half. (WRAL.com)

SEC Football Media Days: Day 1 takeaways

Louisiana State University coach Brian Kelly understands the expectations that come with coaching at LSU. After all, the last three men to hold his job all led the Tigers to national titles. Heading into Year 4 at the program, Kelly is driving home a playoff-or-bust mindset this fall for a team that exhausted resources to build a complete roster. (CBS Sports)

House attorneys slam NCAA and power conferences over denied NIL deals, issue legal warning

In another twist in college athletics’ new revenue-share era, attorneys for the plaintiffs in the House settlement believe the NCAA and power conferences are violating terms of the legal agreement and are threatening to report the wrongdoing to the court. Attorneys are planning to bring the issue before Judge Nathanael Cousins. (Yahoo! Sports)

Big 12 Football Media Days: Takeaways From Day 2

In a release at Big 12 Media Days, the conference and WWE announced a fall tour that will bring WWE SmackDown to Big 12 campuses this fall during the 2025 season. The tour will kickoff at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland a day before the Iowa State/Kansas State game. On top of that, SmackDown will make stops in Cincinnati, Tempe, and Salt Lake City. (Heartland College Sports)

CBS Sports ranks ACC Football head coaches' seats from hottest to coolest

1. Brent Pry, Virginia Tech: Pry enters 2025 with the ACC’s hottest seat after going 16-21 overall and 10-13 in league play through three seasons. Despite back-to-back bowl seasons, Virginia Tech hasn’t finished higher than fourth in the ACC and hasn’t been competitive. It’s a far cry from when Frank Beamer had Virginia Tech reaching double-digit wins. (On3.com)

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