The Big 12 announced Friday that it will institute a conference championship game for football and remove divisions starting with the 2017 season.  According to the official release, the addition of a Big 12 title game was imperative because it will aid in the conference's bid to consistently have representation in the College Football Playoff.  Furthermore, the Big 12 confirmed the championship will be played between the teams that rank No. 1 and No. 2 in the conference ...

For many fans, waking up to watch ESPN's College GameDay is a Saturday morning tradition. And for a select group of schools, they get to host the popular kickoff show. GameDay has traveled to nine different locations this season—including the upcoming stop in Salt Lake City—and there's an excellent chance it avoids repeating a destination in 2016. After featuring Washington vs. Utah in Week 9, Kirk Herbstreit and Co. have three likely trips on the radar. However, the three ...

The ESPN College GameDay crew will invade Pac-12 territory in Week 9 to preview the heavyweight bout between the No. 4-ranked Washington Huskies and the No. 17-ranked Utah Utes. The storylines run deep ahead of the contest, which will mark not only one of the biggest tests of the year for an undefeated Washington team thinking about crashing the College Football Playoff, but it also carries massive conference implications. As usual, Rece Davis, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond ...

Check out five of the top NFL and NCAA football headlines from Thursday night and Friday morning. Tennessee Titans Dominate Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday Night Football The Tennessee Titans knocked off the Jacksonville Jaguars, 36-22, on Thursday Night Football. ".@Titans have scored 26+ points in 4-straight games for the first time since 2003," NFL Research tweeted. "Marcus Mariota was 10 years old at the time. #JAXvsTEN" Click here for more.   Roger Goodell Comments on Josh Brown, NFL's Handling of Domestic Violence "What you see ...

In two weeks' time, we'll finally get some college basketball back into our lives with the start of the 2016-17 season. Though the meat of the schedule won't happen until January, when teams dive into conference games for the stretch run to the NCAA tournament, nonconference play has its fair share of strong matchups. Depending on the school, every Division I team has from nine to 17 non-league games on the slate that are mostly condensed ...

The No. 25-ranked Virginia Tech Hokies survived a tough road battle to beat the Pittsburgh Panthers 39-36 at Heinz Field on Thursday night. The battle between two of the top teams in the ACC Coastal Division was as close as expected, but a plus-two turnover margin for the Hokies and six Joey Slye field goals made the difference. James Conner was the star for the Panthers, rushing for 141 yards on 19 carries with three touchdowns in ...

Joe Williams was already one of the most bizarre stories in college football. Following Utah's second game of the season, the team's starting running back decided to quit. The school sold it as his "retirement." A retiree—at 23. The story got even wackier two weeks ago when Williams was welcomed back to the Utes. He is now the hottest running back in college football, running for 511 yards in two games, and he's looking to play spoiler ...

USC 45, California 24. Game Over. The USC Trojans built on their current hot streak, while the California Golden Bears failed to establish some consistency as the two sides met at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Thursday night. California entered the night with one of the worst rush defense in the FBS, and the unit was a poor as advertised in this one.  USC ran for 398 yards on 47 attempts, as its two main rushers ran for career highs. ...

A jury awarded former Penn State Nittany Lions assistant football coach Mike McQueary a $7.3 million judgment in his defamation and misrepresentation case against the school Thursday. Matt Maisel of WPMT Fox43 reported the ruling in the civil case, which stemmed from the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal. Mark Scolforo of the Associated Press reported McQueary filed the lawsuit "seeking more than $4 million in lost wages and other claims," saying the decision to ...

Check out five of the top NFL and NCAA football headlines from Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. C.J. Anderson Done for the Year? Following a report from NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, which suggested that Denver Broncos running back C.J. Anderson may have told people close to him that his season was done, Anderson took to Twitter to refute it. Click here for more.            C.J. Spiller Cut by Seahawks "With third-down back C.J. Prosise healthy and playing," Rapoport tweeted, ...