Sankey sent a letter to NCAA president Charlie Baker on Oct. 25, obtained by ESPN, making it known that the SEC disagrees with the decision to allow athletes to bet on professional sports. He said in the letter that SEC presidents and chancellors came to the conclusion that "this policy change represents a major step in the wrong direction.

The Division I Board voted Tuesday to delay the effective date of the sports betting legislative change, moving it from Nov. 1 to Nov. 22, one day after the close of a membership rescission period.

Sports betting is legal and regulated in 38 states, as well as Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and an NCAA survey conducted in 2024 found that 21.5 percent of male college athletes reported betting (legally or illegally) on sports at least once in the previous 12 months. At the Division I level, the number was 12.6 percent.

The DI Board voted to delay the effective date of the sports betting legislative change to Nov. 22, which is one day after the close of a membership rescission period. DI rules afford 30 days for each DI school to vote to rescind a proposal if it is adopted by less than a 75%…

Teams can always get hot and make a run in the NCAA tournament to turn a solid 24- or 25-win season into a miraculous finish that ends with a national title. In recent college basketball history, however, the bulk of the national champions were already flirting with that 30-win tally before they cut down the nets in the final game.

A new trend of marquee preseason matchups has given us some data points when it comes to ranking teams before the season begins.

Stalions, the central figure in the Michigan sign-stealing operation, was memorably seen on a Central Michigan sideline in 2023 wearing team gear.

Central Michigan was fined and placed on probation as four former coaches were penalized for the Connor Stalions 2023 sideline incident.

The Linfield Wildcats defeated the Lewis & Clark Pioneers 29-21 on Saturday, extending their record consecutive winning season streak - while setting a new NCAA mark in the process.