This can hardly be considered news in the world of college basketball, but the Kansas Jayhawks are our overwhelming favorite to win the Big 12's 2016-17 regular-season title. It would be their 13th title in a row. Their prolonged dominance is unrivaled in any other male sport since UCLA during the John Wooden era. (But the streak doesn't even hold a candle to what Connecticut has done in women's college hoops for more than two decades.) The Atlanta ...

A trio of East Division contenders—Michigan, Michigan State and Penn State—are still searching for a starting quarterback, highlighting the Big Ten's biggest position battles heading into fall camp. The Wolverines, Spartans and Nittany Lions aren't the only teams with pivotal open positions heading into the final stretch of the offseason. Ohio State has a wide open depth chart after losing 16 total starters from last year's team. And Nebraska, a team many expect to contend in ...

Perhaps no team in college basketball is more prepared for heavy turnover than Kentucky. The Wildcats will see plenty of change heading into next season thanks to a long list of departed stars. Tyler Ulis, Jamal Murray and Skal Labissiere declared for the NBA draft, while Marcus Lee and Charles Matthews chose to transfer. Adding now-graduated Alex Poythress, there are six members of the rotation who will no longer be around. However, this is also the team ...

The law firm Pepper Hamilton, which Baylor retained to investigate its alleged poor handling and cover-up of sexual assault accusations, found the university's conduct code may have played a role in silencing victims. Jim Vertuno of the Associated Press obtained the report, which says "'perceived judgmental responses' to victims who reported being raped 'created barriers' to reporting assaults." A Baptist university, Baylor has long carried one of the strictest honor codes among United States institutions. Vertuno's report notes ...

Alabama added more protection for the future to its offensive front when offensive tackle Kendall Randolph joined its 2017 recruiting class. Randolph announced his commitment to the Crimson Tide in a video published by AL.com: The 6’5”, 290-pounder is a 4-star prospect, per 247Sports’ composite rankings, and is the No. 179 overall player, the No. 22 offensive tackle and the No. 9 prospect from the state of Alabama. Considering he is from right in their backyard, Randolph generated plenty ...

If teams indeed win championships in the offseason, finding the right winner of the biggest position battle for each 2016 College Football Playoff contender is critical. All over the country, quarterback competitions have dominated the headlines—and rightfully so. Not every top-tier program is unsettled behind center, though. Others need to fill out the receiving corps, offensive line, linebacking unit or the secondary. But which teams qualify as contenders? In addition to a starting point of Odds Shark's 10 teams with ...

College football is a team game, but every team needs a leader. It needs a guy it can turn to when the game is on the line and it needs a key first down, a big third-down stop or a crucial catch in a 4th-and-goal situation with time draining away. They’re guys you can rely on, players who are valuable to their teammates. They’re players who, at the end of the season, claim their teams' Most ...

Wide receiver Hezekiah Jones committed to the Texas A&M Aggies on Friday. The 4-star prospect announced his decision in a video he posted to Twitter:According to 247Sports' composite rankings, the Stafford, Texas, native is the 18th-best receiver and 136th-best player overall in the 2017 class. He's also the No. 20 recruit in his home state.Jones is a natural fit for head coach Kevin Sumlin's offense. He ran a 4.40-second 40-yard dash and a 4.28-second shuttle, per ...

We're still more than a month away from the start of the 2016 season, yet thanks to the release of sizable "watch lists" for a flew of national awards, it's starting to feel like college football. And few things help tide fans over before the actual games begin than predictions about what will happen. Today's focus is on those awards, ones that honor everything from the best overall player in the country to those given to ...

Antonio Armstrong, who graduated from Texas A&M and spent one year in the NFL, and his wife were shot and killed Friday morning. Their 16-year-old son has been charged with murder, per KTRK in Houston. Armstrong's wife, Dawn, died, while Antonio was hospitalized and in critical condition. Texas A&M announced later in the day Armstrong succumbed to his injuries. Former Aggies head coach R.C. Slocumb commented on Armstrong's passing: Antonio was a special young man. He was an All-American ...