An SEC Championship Game between Florida and Alabama is nothing new. This will be the ninth time the Gators and Crimson Tide have battled for the conference crown since the league adopted the divisional format in 1992. The teams have split the previous eight games, with Alabama winning last year, 29-15. While both teams have their injuries entering this game, Florida is decimated on both sides of the ball. That's a big reason why the oddsmakers see ...

The College Football Playoff selection committee is hours away from unveiling its latest rankings, which will offer more clarity ahead of Friday and Saturday's conference championship games. Depending on how those games play out, this week could be straightforward, with little to no drama—or it could devolve into complete anarchy. The Alabama Crimson Tide, Clemson Tigers and Washington Huskies should all be in the playoff with victories, likely joining the Ohio State Buckeyes as the four semifinalists. ...

There's no substitute for experience, but in today's college basketball it's becoming more difficult to find a lot of that going around. The best players don't tend to stick around long, heading for the pros at the first chance when they think they can make it, and most of those who do end up using up their eligibility don't find themselves in a featured role until that final year. It may seem like the standout senior ...

"Dysfunctional hell." That's how he describes it, years later.       The coach, in his first days on the job at one of college football's most prominent programs, walked into the office of the former staff's recruiting coordinator and stared at the big board. He asked who the most important player available was, and he was pointed toward a 5-star defensive lineman who was down to three schools. The program was struggling, falling further behind its conference ...

The ACC/Big Ten Challenge kicked off Monday with two of the best conferences in the nation looking for bragging rights. While top teams like North Carolina, Indiana, Duke and Wisconsin won't be in action until later in the week, there was a lot of talent on display on the first day of competition. Wins by Florida State and Northwestern created a 1-1 tie to start the challenge, but there is still a long way to go before one ...

The Big Ten announced Monday it publicly reprimanded Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh and fined the school $10,000, according to Bleacher Report's Barrett Sallee. Harbaugh was critical of the officiating in Michigan's 30-27 double-overtime defeat against the Ohio State Buckeyes, per Adam Rittenberg of ESPN.com: I'm bitterly disappointed in the officiating. Can't make that any more clear. ... Two penalties called all day [on Ohio State]. Multiple holding penalties let go, multiple false starts. The official on my ...

Colorado wide receiver Abdul Jaleel Awini was arrested and tight end Christopher Hill was cited early Sunday morning after being involved in a bar fight after the Buffaloes' 27-22 win over Utah. According to court records obtained by Mitchell Byars of the Daily Camera (h/t Denver Post), Hill punched Awini after a verbal altercation. Police then found a substance that is believed to be cocaine when searching Awini on the scene. Hill was cited with third-degree assault, while Awini was arrested on suspicion ...

Congratulations, you've made it this far. You've survived 13 wild and exciting weekends of college football, during which there have been blowouts and nail-biters, upsets aplenty and Hail Marys on plays that shouldn't have happened. And yet so much still has to be decided before the four playoff teams are set and the rest of the massive bowl picture is complete. That happens this weekend, when championships will be awarded. They're of the conference variety but still ...

Wisconsin quarterback Alex Hornibrook left the Badgers' win over the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Saturday with a head injury. Continue for updates. Updates on Hornibrook's Playing Status Monday, Nov. 28 Hornibrook is questionable for Saturday's Big Ten title game against the Penn State Nittany Lions with a head injury, according to ESPN CollegeFootball.  "I know he got on the bike (Sunday) and did some things and said he felt good," Wisconsin head coach Paul Chryst said Sunday, per Alex Putterman of Land of 10. "We’ll ...

After a wild and crazy week of early season tournaments, Kentucky and Villanova at Nos. 1 and 2 are just about the only things that didn't change in the Week 4 edition of college basketball's Associated Press Top 25. Indiana dropped 10 spots from No. 3 to No. 13 while Oregon suffered a similar slide from No. 13 to No. 23. Texas, Florida State and both Michigan schools dropped out of the Top 25 altogether, making ...