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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...

Mandel's Final Thoughts: Don't blink! Bama-Georgia just another NIL-era classic

And now, 20 thoughts from Week 5, where, if you blinked, you missed a 75-yard touchdown.1. I keep waiting for college football to...

Big 12 reshaped by the best running backs in college football

Texas Tech running back Tahj Brooks arrived at Big 12 media days last month in Las Vegas with 250 custom poker chips. They...

Welcome to the new Big 12: Featuring Deion, parity, shifts in playing styles

That rainy night in Stillwater, Okla., last October still lingers for Cincinnati head coach Scott Satterfield. The Bearcats were on the road, losers...

G5 leagues also exploring selling conference naming rights: ‘Nothing should be off the table’

The Big 12 isn’t the only Football Bowl Subdivision conference considering selling its naming rights to a sponsor. At least three Group of...