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What we heard at Big Ten meetings: No push to mandate 10 Power 4 opponents amid CFP talksMay 23, 2026 10:51 am - This fall, the SEC and ACC both shift to nine league games with every team in those leagues playing at least 10 power-conference opponents. Every Big 12 team plays 10, too, if the matchups with Pac-12 leftovers Washington State and Oregon State are counted. The Big Ten is now the outlier in this debate, with four teams — Indiana, Penn State, USC and Nebraska — facing only nine Power 4 opponents. And there’s no interest from the league office to require its teams to play 10 power opponents.
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CEO of NIL enforcement reminds frustrated schools: These are your rules, we just enforce themMay 21, 2026 7:08 pm - While frustration mounts across college sports and talk of breakaway conferences hits the hallways at conference's spring meetings, the leader of the agency formed to police name, image and likeness payments has a simple reminder: These are the rules you wrote.
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Big Ten, Tony Petitti all in on 24-team CFP: ‘We feel strongly about it’May 20, 2026 11:41 am - Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti and his 18 universities are unanimous in their support of a 24-team College Football Playoff and bullish on what additional access would mean for their football programs in a larger tournament structure.
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ACC formally backs Big Ten’s push for the College Football Playoff to expand to 24 teamsMay 13, 2026 3:19 pm - AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — The Atlantic Coast Conference is backing the Big Ten’s push for a 24-team playoff, commissioner Jim Phillips said Wednesday. Speaking at the end of ...
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Expanding the NCAA tourneys: Don’t let it ruin your dayMay 11, 2026 8:28 pm - Expanding the NCAA basketball tournaments to 76 teams seems to be a resoundingly negative hot topic on social media. Mike McGraw sees a few positives in this latest revenue grab.
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Big Ten reports $1.47B in revenue for 2024-25, average $79.9M full-share payouts to member schoolsMay 08, 2026 7:33 pm - The Big Ten joined the Southeastern Conference in crossing the $1 billion mark in total revenue for the 2024-25 fiscal year, marking a significant uptick in payouts to it...
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Big Ten schools receive record $1.37 billion from 2024-25 fiscal yearMay 02, 2026 8:47 pm - The Big Ten generated nearly $1.47 billion in the 2024-25 fiscal year and distributed $1.37 billion to its 18 members, the league announced Friday. Revenue surged $540 mi...
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Illinois’ Andrej Stojakovic announces he’s returning next seasonApr 17, 2026 3:12 pm - Junior Andrej Stojakovic announced on Instagram Friday that he will return to Illinois for the 2026-27 season. Stojakovic was the Illini's second-leading scorer, averagin...
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Is Hurley hubris a missing ingredient for Illini? No, but UConn coach is on a rollApr 04, 2026 10:14 pm - After beating Illinois 71-62 in the national semifinals Saturday, UConn coach Danny Hurley made sure everyone knew he’d be headed to his third title game in four years.
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UCLA withstands Texas’ late charge, reaches first national championship game with grinding 51-44 winApr 03, 2026 11:23 pm - Lauren Betts had 16 points and made a huge block late, and UCLA withstood a late charge by Texas on Friday night for a 51-44 win to reach the women's NCAA Tournament national championship game for the first time.
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