The Athletic's Stewart Mandel received an interesting proposition in his mailbag on Thursday from a reader who proposed an ...

A complete breakdown of what's next in college football realignment and expansion after the Pac-12 adds Texas State.

The move gives the conference based in Farmington a stronger foothold in the Beehive State, with all three FCS institutions — ...

The upcoming year for college sports has at least a modest sense of stability: The $2.8 billion House settlement has been ...

1996 (11): Arkansas State, Army, Central Florida, East Carolina, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Louisiana Tech, Navy, Northern Illinois, Notre Dame, UAB.

— Western realignment Closer to Big Sky headquarters, the Pac-12 and Mountain West have been seeking media rights deals and finalizing their membership structures for the summer of 2026.

The Big 12 loses Missouri and Texas A&M to the SEC and adds TCU (Mountain West) and West Virginia (Big East). The Mountain West adds former WAC programs Fresno State, Hawai’i, and Nevada.

The ACC and Big East were on equal footing in the early 2000s, but neither conference had the required 12 members to stage a championship game, setting the stage for one to poach from the other.

House vs. NCAA settlement: Gonzaga, Big East and billable hours the biggest winners (fans, bloat, Olympic sports among the losers) Schools that don’t have football programs can devote more ...

College athletics is entering a less stable, more opportunistic era. Following the seismic exits of Oklahoma and Texas in years past, this next realignment wave may not have the same impact.