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College Football Week 9 Recap: Notre Dame solidifies BCS title case

Big Ten With the exception of Alabama, Kansas State, Notre Dame and teams not playing Colorado, it was a rough week to be undefeated. Saturday began with 11 remaining undefeated teams and ended with s...

College Football Predictions: Every Game in Week 9

Big Ten College football’s Week 9 is highlighted by two huge games in the SEC (Florida vs. Georgia, Mississippi State at Alabama) and a meeting of two storied programs in Norman, Okla., as Notre Dame tak...

29 weeks ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, AJ McCarron, Jeff Driskell, Mike Gillislee, Tyler Bray, Tyler Russell, Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida Gators, Georgie Bulldogs, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oregon Ducks, Tennessee Volunteers

College Football Award Watch: Post-Week 8

Big Ten The Heisman Trophy isn’t the only award worth watching on a weekly basis. The Lombardi, Outland, Davey O’Brien and Biletnikoff races are all worth watching and debating as the season goes along...

Michigan Wolverines vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers Preview and Prediction

Big Ten The battle to win the Big Ten Legends Division is still one of the most clouded races in college football. However, there could be some clarity after this weekend’s games. Michigan is the Legends...

29 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big Ten, Michigan Wolverines, Nebraska Cornhuskers

College Football Week 9 Upset Predictions

Big Ten There's no shortage of possible upset picks for Week 9. UCLA is nearly a touchdown underdog against Arizona State, which is a bit surprising considering how both teams have played this year. NC Sta...

29 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, Pac 12, SEC, Kentucky Wildcats, NC State Wolfpack, TCU Horned Frogs, UCLA Bruins

Big Ten Week 9 Preview and Predictions

Big Ten The Big Ten championship could be on the line when Michigan visits Nebraska this weekend. Wisconsin has the Leaders Division all but locked up, but will likely be an underdog to their Legends ...

29 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

College Basketball's Worst Coaching Tenures since 1984-85

Big Ten Sometimes a coach inherits a bad team or steps into a program where the university simply does not invest in basketball. In some cases, through recruiting, Xs and Os and inspiration, that coach can...

College Football's Top 20 Coaches on the Hot Seat: Post-Week 8 Rankings

Big Ten Week 8 of the 2012 college football season is in the books and plenty of coaches saw the temperature on their seat increase by a few degrees. Kentucky's Joker Phillips and Boston College'...

30 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC, Auburn Tigers, Boston College Eagles, California Golden Bears, Connecticut Huskies, Kentucky Wildcats, South Florida Bulls, Syracuse Orange, Tennessee Volunteers

College Football Post-Week 8 Bowl Projections

Big Ten College football's bowl season is inching closer, but it's never too early to take a look at what the matchups might look like. With eight weeks of results in the books, it's still too early to mak...

30 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC

Big Ten Post-Week 8 Power Rankings

Big Ten Penn State continues to be a national story with another easy road conference win. Montee Ball's record-setting pace is creeping in on two huge all-time milestones as Wisconsin continues to improve...

30 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

College Football: BCS Analysis Post-Week 8

Big Ten Shades of 2008 and 2009 continue to play out in the BCS standings as Alabama and Florida remain on top in the second release of the rankings. The two teams met in the SEC championship game in...

College Football Week 8 Recap: Kansas State, Florida solidify BCS contender status

Big Ten The skeptics are nowhere to be found in Manhattan, Kan., and Gainesville, Fla. Of course, Alabama and Oregon keep rolling in the national title hunt, but two potential usurpers continue to state th...

College Football Post-Week 7 Award Watch

Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Northwestern Wildcats Preview and Prediction

Big Ten The Big Ten is having a rough 2012 campaign, and the news only got worse with the first release of the BCS standings. The conference failed to have a team inside of the top 25 and only one squad is...

30 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big Ten, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats

College Football's Second-Half Predictions for 2012

Big Ten The first half of the college football season provided plenty of twists and turns, but the second half is really when the national championship and the conference title races will be decided. With ...

Big Ten Week 8 Preview and Predictions

Big Ten The round robin in the Legends Division got started with Iowa's win over Michigan State last weekend. Otherwise, none of the top five teams in that division have faced each other yet. That wil...

College Football Week 8 Upset Predictions

Big Ten Week 8 of the college football season features a handful of intriguing top 25 matchups, including South Carolina-Florida and West Virginia-Kansas State. While those games will grab the national hea...

30 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Northwestern Wildcats, Penn State Nittany Lions, Washington Huskies

10 College Basketball Players Returning from Injury

Big Ten A season can be changed by an injury. In the same way, 10 teams are hoping a key player returning from injury will change their fortunes for 2012-13. Among those players returning from injury ...

30 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, News, ACC, Atlantic 10, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, Arkansas Razorbacks, Florida State Seminoles, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Missouri, North Carolina Tar Heels, St. Bonaventure, Temple Owls, Texas A&M Aggies, USC Trojans

10 College Basketball Coaches on the Hot Seat in 2012-13

Big Ten After a year in which the Pac-12 regular season champion failed to qualify for the NCAA Tournament, none of the programs in the league made a coaching change. That’s partly a testament to so...

31 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Conference USA, Pac-12, SEC, Arizona State Sun Devils, DePaul Blue Demons, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Northwestern Wildcats, Oklahoma State, Oregon State Beavers, Rice Owls, Stanford Cardinal, Wake Forest Demon Deacons

College Football's Midseason BCS Championship Predictions

Big Ten With the first half of the season in the books, it's time to evaluate the preseason picks and make a few changes. Athlon's predicted a LSU-USC showdown in August but things have changed over the la...

31 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Pac-12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Oklahoma Sooners, Oregon Ducks

College Football's Top 25 Games to Watch of the Second Half

Big Ten The first half of the college football season is over. Athlon Sports awarded midseason honors to those players and teams who surprised, disappointed and achieved the remarkable. But the heart of th...

31 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC, undefined

Urban Meyer or Bill O'Brien: Who Is The Big Ten's Midseason Coach of the Year?

Big Ten Ohio State's Urban Meyer and Penn State's Bill O'Brien are two of the top candidates for college football's midseason coach of the year award. Meyer has the Buckeyes off to a 7-0 start, while O'Bri...

31 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big Ten, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions

College Football Post-Week 7 Bowl Projections

Big Ten College football's bowl season is inching closer, but it's never too early to take a look at what the matchups might look like. With seven weeks of results in the books, it's still too early to mak...

31 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC

College Basketball's Top 10 Impact Transfers for 2012-13

Big Ten The full list of the top 40 transfers can be found in the Athlon Sports 2012-13 College Basketball annual available in the online store. College baske...

College Football 2012 Midseason Awards and Recap

Big Ten With the completion of Week 7, the first half of the 2012 college football season is officially in the books. As expected, there have been plenty of surprises from the first two months of action an...

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