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SEC fines Tennessee $100,000 after massive fan celebration
School establishes crowdfunding effort to pay fine, buy new goalposts
ACC’s Phillips revives notion of expanded March Madness
Power Five conference commissioner says wave of dramatic industry change mandates a consideration of enlarging 68-team fields for basketball tournaments
Big 12 hires WME Sports, IMG Media to drive growth
The Big 12 Conference has appointed the Endeavor-owned WME Sports and IMG Media to drive commercial growth for the organization at a time of seismic change in the United States collegiate athletics landscape
Northwestern reveals new Ryan Field plans
Northwestern University has unveiled plans for the new Ryan Field stadium one year after Pat and Shirley Ryan’s $480m (€499.7m) donation to replace the university’s current 97-year-old stadium.
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UC Regents meet on UCLA move to Big Ten
The University of California Board of Regents met in a closed-door session on September 22 in San Diego, California, where members discussed the University of California, Los Angeles’ move to the Big T…
Nebraska, Playfly Sports strike $300m, 15-year multimedia rights deal
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced a new multimedia rights deal with Pennsylvania-based sports marketing and media company Playfly Sports, which is poised to generate more than $300m (€308m) ov…
Maryland, SECU strike 10-year, $11m naming rights deal for football stadium
The University of Maryland has secured a 10-year, $11m (€11m) naming rights deal with SECU, Maryland's largest state-chartered credit union, for its college football facility, which will now be known a…
ESPN has best college football opening weekend since 2016
ESPN announced its most-watched kickoff weekend of college football since 2016 and second-best since 2009 after airing 17 games across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU
Pat McAfee joins ESPN’s College GameDay
Former National Football League punter and American football analyst Pat PcAfee has joined ESPN’s popular college football pregame show, College GameDay as a full-time member on a multiyear deal.
SDSU faces heat challenges in Snapdragon Stadium opener
The new Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego, California hosted its first sporting event on September 3 when San Diego State University hosted the University of Arizona in a non-conference college football…
College Football Playoff to expand to 12 teams
The College Football Playoff’s Board of Managers voted on September 2 to expand the CFP from four teams to 12 beginning in 2026.
Momentum returns for potential CFP expansion
Opposition softens toward new, 12-team format
Big 12 to explore media rights extension with Fox, ESPN
The Big 12 Conference said it will enter into accelerated discussions with current media partners Fox and ESPN about a possible extension of their rights contracts
Vanderbilt University secures FirstBank naming rights deal
Vanderbilt University has secured a landmark 10-year naming rights deal with Nashville, Tennessee-based financial institution FirstBank for the college's football stadium, which will now be known as FirstBank…
ABC to air NCAA women’s basketball title game
The 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I women’s basketball championship will be broadcast on ABC for the first time.
The game is scheduled for Sunday, April 2 at 3 p.m.
FirstEnergy Stadium to stage inaugural ice hockey game
Haslam Sports Group (HSG), its subsidiary the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League, and Ohio State University have announced the first-ever ice hockey game, the “Faceoff on the Lake,” to be …
Big Ten signs landmark media rights deals with CBS, Fox, NBC
Agreements are by far the most lucrative conference pacts in US college sports history
USC, UCLA exit may cost other Pac-12 schools $13m each
A report released on August 17 shows the planned moves to the Big Ten Conference by the University of Southern California and University California-Los Angeles could mean around $13m (€12.7