David Hale, ESPN editorNovember 12, 2024, 9:05 p.m. ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduated from the University of Delaware. The committee released its second place in the top 25, and it’s (almost) all of the Big Ten at the top. That might seem a little odd in the conference that has … Read more
The college basketball season began Monday with four of the five top-ranked teams in the sport kicking off their season as heavy favorites and each of the four handling business decisively. No. 1 Kansas beat Howard by 30 points. No. 2 Alabama beat UNC-Asheville 110-54. And Big 12 heavyweights Houston and Iowa State — ranked … Read more
The No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes (5-1) will look to get back on track when they host the Nebraska Cornhuskers (5-2) on Saturday afternoon. Ohio State won its first five games of the season, but fell to then No. 1 seed. 3 Oregon in one of the most exciting games of the season two weeks … Read more
The Army-Navy game holds a special, but special, place on the college football calendar. Its importance is undeniable, given the history, ferocity and pageantry of the rivalry. This is the only game – literally – on the Saturday after conference championship weekend in December. Yet the stakes of the game generally don’t matter in terms … Read more
Editor’s Note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. It’s time to pay attention to BYU. The Cougars are undefeated and handed Kansas State and SMU their only losses of the season. Still, BYU remains outside the top 10 in the AP and Coaches polls. But not here. BYU … Read more
On the heels of two of the most exciting weeks in college football in recent memory comes a jam-packed Saturday that features a trio of SEC headliners, including a top-five clash between the blue bloods. There are also several rivalry games featuring boots (of sorts) and a potential College Football Playoff showcase in Bloomington, Indiana, … Read more
The 2024-25 Preseason Men’s College Basketball AP Top 25 Poll results are out! Kansas enters the season as the No. 1 team, facing Alabama. Meanwhile, back-to-back defending national champion UConn will begin another season outside the top 2 — but we all know what happened the last two times the Huskies did it. Can they … Read more
No. 13 LSU used the late-night magic of Tiger Stadium to beat No. 9 Ole Miss 29-26 in overtime Saturday. Quarterback Garrett Nussmeier hit receiver Kyren Lacy for a 25-yard touchdown on the Tigers’ first offensive play of the extra period to close out the Rebels, who never trailed during regulation. Hampered by a nonexistent … Read more
The No. 11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (4-1) will aim for a fourth consecutive victory by hosting the Stanford Cardinal (2-3) on Saturday afternoon. Notre Dame finishes a three-game homestand after a 31-24 win over then-No. 15 Louisville. Stanford pulled off an upset as a 9-point underdog at Syracuse three weeks ago, but suffered blowout … Read more