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What to watch in college basketball this weekend: Conference play delivers top matchups

The 2025 calendar year jump starts with a set of captivating conference matchups. Illinois and Oregon tip things off Thursday. And Saturday’s schedule...

AP men's basketball Top 25: Auburn closing gap to No. 1 Tennessee, Kentucky drops to No. 10

Tennessee is the nation’s No. 1 team, followed by Auburn at No. 2, for the third consecutive week in the AP men’s basketball...

AP Top 25 men's college basketball rankings: Kansas, UConn still 1-2 as Feast Week tests begin

Ahead of one of college basketball’s busiest weeks of the regular season, Kansas remains at No. 1 in the men’s basketball Top 25,...

Mandel's Final Thoughts: The bracket, the bubble and the Big 12 race have new main characters

And now, 20 Final Thoughts from Week 12, where no one won bigger than Indiana’s Curt Cignetti. He got a new $64 million...

Ranking 134 college football teams after Week 11: Will shaky contenders feel an SEC squeeze?

Editor’s note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. The ACC and Big 12’s hopes of sending...

Overcoming Big Ten, SEC skepticism is first hurdle for super league proposals

Len Perna’s job is to embrace change.Since 2020, four of the Power 5 conferences hired new commissioners and the NCAA appointed a new...