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College football QB tiers: Caleb Williams, Drake Maye, Michael Penix, but who’s next?

On Monday’s episode of The Audible, a discussion about Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson led us to come up with our “QB Tiers” heading into the 2023 season. While we had a few disagreements, ultimately our lists were close enough to combine them into a consensus version. Heisman winner Caleb Williams is the obvious top pick, …

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College basketball rankings: Kansas and Purdue rise, Kentucky sinks after deadline day

Football

Wednesday was Decision Day in college basketball. The NCAA’s deadline for underclassmen to withdraw from the NBA Draft struck at 11:59 p.m. ET. That landmark moment capped a fast and furious couple of months that saw thousands of players transfer, break and remake commitments, and move in and out of the draft. Now that all …

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SEC football coaches sound off on tampering — but what about solutions?

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MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. — Shane Beamer’s South Carolina team had just completed an 8-4 season, highlighted by upset wins over Clemson and Tennessee, to secure the program’s first top 25 finish since a decade before under Steve Spurrier. He’d finished his player meetings to close the season and was surprised to later learn that four …

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College basketball top 25 for 2023-24: Duke, Michigan State lead updated rankings

Basketball

When I published my rankings for the 2023-24 season the morning after the NCAA championship game, we rightly called it the “way too early” top 25. Well, it got a lot less early Thursday night, which marked the deadline for undergraduate players to enter the transfer portal. Most of the nearly 2,000 players who have …

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Oklahoma’s bid for 3-peat alive as NCAA softball tournament heads to Super Regionals

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Top-ranked Oklahoma routed California 16-3 on Sunday to advance to the Super Regionals. The Sooners went undefeated in the Norman Regional, winning their three games by a combined score of 38-3. Oklahoma will host No. 16 Clemson. Here’s what you need to know: Oklahoma is chasing its third straight national title. Thirteen of the 16 …

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