The team that came excruciatingly close to cutting down the nets in 2025 is the early favorite to get the job done in 2026.

Nothing is set in stone, though, and Purdue is not a lock to enter next season atop the rankings. But with the first phase of ...

Texas Tech and BYU climb our Way-Too-Early 2025-26 rankings thanks to key player returns and portal additions.

Michigan State basketball Tom Izzo took his magnifying glass to a number of issues affecting college athletics, from the ...

Texas Tech and BYU climb our Way-Too-Early 2025-26 rankings thanks to key player returns and portal additions.

He ranks fourth among active coaches with 44 March Madness wins behind John Calipari, Bill Self and Tom Izzo ... Walter Clayton Jr., Florida; and Braden Smith, Purdue. Watkins, who tore her ...

Michael Hickey/Getty Indianapolis Colts offensive lineman Braden Smith is opening up about an obsessive-compulsive disorder that he says kept him out of the final five games of last year’s NFL ...

The men's college basketball season may have just ended, but it's never too early to look ahead. Our projections for next season's Top 25.

Here's what he had to say: "Tom Izzo produced one of the best coaching ... who are projected to return the conference's Player of the Year, Braden Smith. Smith averaged 15.8 points and 8.7 assists ...

In December, the Colts placed right tackle Braden Smith on the non-football illness list. There was no mention of the nature of the illness. Smith has now gone public with his condition. Joel A.