Michigan State has fired football coach Jonathan Smith less than two years after he was hired.

Michigan State has hired former Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald to lead its football program.

Texas A&M is out of the top five in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in two months.

Oregon has returned to the top five in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll.

The No. 18-ranked Michigan Wolverines have found their stride and are sitting at 8-2 with a trip to College Park on deck as they’ll take on the Maryland Terrapins.

In the final weeks of the college football season, some SEC teams are enjoying a breather with easier matchups before rivalry week.

MSU’s stout defense will take an early-season test against Kentucky’s high-powered offense on Nov. 18 at Madison Square Garden as part of the State Farm Champions Classic.

College football's Week 12 features exciting matchups, especially in the Southeastern Conference.

Instead of simply pushing for a limited number of automatic qualifiers in the next version of the College Football Playoff, leaders in the Southeastern Conference are now suggesting they don’t want any at all.

The Big Ten has announced that Southern California should have received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty during its game against Northwestern.

Ohio State received top billing in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season, followed by Indiana, Texas A&M and Alabama.

Week 7 of college football has some exciting matchups with playoff hopes and conference races on the line.

AP's Top 25 college football rankings are in.

Jayden Maiava threw three touchdown passes and rushed for two more scores, and Makai Lemon caught a scoring pass and ran for another TD in No. 25 Southern California’s 45-31 victory over Michigan State.

Football fans, mark your calendars! The GameAbove Sports Bowl is set to return to Ford Field on Dec. 26, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.

The NCAA has released the list of punishments for Michigan football in the sign-stealing investigation.

Ohio State and Pittsburgh each placed three players on The Associated Press All-Time All-America football team and four other schools have two players each on the first team.

The NCAA has informed Michigan that the organization will announce the results of its sign-stealing investigation on Friday, a person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press.

Texas is No. 1 in the Associated Press preseason Top 25 for the first time.

Commissioner Tim Pernetti wants the newly rebranded American Conference included in the College Football Playoff conversation.

The Big Ten commissioner is reiterating the league’s preference for multiple automatic qualifiers in the next version of the College Football Playoff, increasing the likelihood of a showdown with the Southeastern Conference when the format for 2026 is decided.

Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti sent a letter to the NCAA Committee on Infractions suggesting that Michigan’s football program should not face more sanctions stemming from a sign-stealing scheme, according to two people familiar with the situation.

In monumental news, Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti said the Michigan Wolverines football program has already paid its price for their involvement in the 2023 sign-stealing scandal.

The SEC Media Days this week highlighted the ongoing rivalry between the SEC and the Big Ten in college football.

Former Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh and current athletic director Warde Manuel were named in an amended lawsuit against the University of Michigan.

After a lackluster debut season for Michigan State Football Head Coach Jonathan Smith, the Spartans are looking for improvement in year two.

Michigan basketball added a 7-foot-3 center and their second Big Ten transfer to the top-ranked portal class in the nation.

Fittingly for an NCAA Tournament in which big schools from big conferences took record numbers of spots in the first week, then hogged them all for the second week, the Final Four will bring four teams seeded No. 1 to the sport’s biggest stage to play for the title.

Years of bracket chaos have given way to the year of the power conference.

The Michigan Wolverines were given the No. 5 seed after winning the Big Ten Tournament championship, and pundits feel they’re going home in the round of 68.

Michigan State earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament and will play No. 15 seed Bryant in the first round.

Michigan basketball earned a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament and will play No. 12 seed UC San Diego in the first round.

Minnesota fired coach Ben Johnson after four years of repeatedly rebuilding rosters at his alma mater.

Jace Richardson scored 22 points and No. 8 Michigan State wrapped up the outright Big Ten regular-season championship with an 91-84 victory over Iowa on Thursday night.

With their first regular season conference championship in 31 years in hand, Southern California will turn its attention to the Big Ten tournament.

Former Michigan Wolverines soccer player Joseph Hertgen, 26, was reportedly bludgeoned and stabbed to death by his older brother.

Conference commissioners who are part of the College Football Playoff have put off any decisions on potential changes to the format, including how the 12-team field is seeded.

Michigan State’s Tom Izzo followed one of the most disappointing losses of his coaching career with a record-setting victory.

Malik Renea had 16 of his 19 points in the second half to help Indiana beat No. 11 Michigan State 71-67, leaving Tom Izzo on the brink of breaking Bob Knight’s Big Ten wins record.

The No. 24 ranked Michigan Wolverines are taking their three-game winning streak to Indiana, where they'll face the Hoosiers in a tough afternoon matchup.

Eric Dailey Jr. scored the go-ahead basket over two defenders with 7 seconds left, lifting UCLA to a hard-fought 63-61 victory against No. 9 Michigan State.

Hooping in the Big Ten takes a lot of resolve, as each game is filled with ebbs and flows, especially for the Michigan Wolverines.

Through 18 games, the Michigan Wolverines have a shaky tendency that continues to rear its ugly head at the most inopportune times.

The Big Ten could puff out its chest over having two of its teams in the College Football Playoff semifinals.

The Big Ten and Southeastern Conference each has seven teams ranked in the AP top 25 women’s basketball poll, including four apiece in the first 10.

Oregon withstood many challenges en route to being the only unbeaten team and the top seed in the College Football Playoff.

College football’s conference shakeup left concerns about two super conferences dominating the playoff field.

Dillon Gabriel threw four touchdown passes and No. 1 Oregon outlasted No. 3 Penn State 45-37 on Saturday night in the Big Ten championship, giving the Ducks a first-round bye and almost certainly the top seed in the College Football Playoff.

Oregon and Penn State piled up seven touchdowns, 537 yards, 28 first downs and 55 points in the Big Ten title game.

There’s more than just school pride and bragging rights to all that bellyaching over who might be in and who might be out of college football’s first 12-team playoff.

Michigan has a nickname for its pair of 7-foot newcomers: Area 50-1.

Ohio State, Miami and Clemson plunged in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll following losses over the weekend.

Drew Allar threw for a touchdown and ran for another score as No. 4 Penn State beat Maryland 44-7 and advanced to its first Big Ten championship game since 2016.

The expanded Big Ten is poised to be a major player in this season’s College Football Playoff.

Indiana should be able to breathe easy.

Oregon’s dominance in its first year in the Big Ten and Indiana’s monumental turnaround have helped the conference stack four of its teams in the top five of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time.

The Big Ten will not punish players involved in the Michigan Wolverines vs. Michigan State Spartans football teams.

Michigan State is looking to snap a three-game losing streak Saturday when it hosts Iowa.

Dillon Gabriel threw two touchdown passes and ran for another late score to help third-ranked Oregon hand No. 2 Ohio State its first loss of the season, 32-31 on Saturday night.

The Big Ten and SEC already have the upper hand in college football.

The Big Ten kicked off its season with four new teams, five new coaches and 13 schools featuring new starting quarterbacks.

Here are my thoughts on Michigan football's preseason ranking after last year's national championship.

Georgia is No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason college football poll for the second straight year.

Michigan football landed a commitment from a quarterback prospect the day after he received a scholarship offer from Ohio State.

A potential multibillion-dollar settlement of an antitrust lawsuit cleared the second of a three-step NCAA approval process Tuesday, with no change to a payment structure that would have the 27 college conferences not named in the suit cover the majority of a $1.6 billion portion of the damages.

The Big 12 is about to play its first season without Oklahoma and Texas.

Big Ten quarterback competitions that started in the spring will carry over to the fall.

Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese have been catalysts for the rapid rise of women’s college basketball because of their play on the court that has drawn millions of new fans to the sport and their success off of it.

Caitlin Clark’s audacious logo 3-pointers and record-breaking accomplishments have driven sports fans who previously wouldn’t walk across the street to watch women’s basketball to set their DVRs for Iowa games.

The nine Bowl Subdivision conferences and Notre Dame have reached an agreement on a six-year deal to continue the College Football Playoff through the 2031 season.

The first-half stats for Caitlin Clark in the Big Ten championship game were cringe-worthy.

Caitlin Clark overcame a cold start to score 30 of her 34 points after halftime in third-ranked Iowa's rally past Nebraska 94-89 in overtime to win a third straight Big Ten Tournament.

Caitlin Clark had 28 points to pad her all-time NCAA scoring total and matched a season high with 15 assists to lead third-ranked Iowa past Michigan 95-68 in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals.

Shyanne Sellers had 25 points, eight rebounds and seven assists to lead Maryland’s upset of fourth-ranked and regular-season champion Ohio State 82-61 in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament.

Fox will expand its coverage of college football with a package of Friday night games.

Zach Edey had 28 points and eight rebounds as No. 3 Purdue rallied in the second half to beat No. 12 Illinois 77-71, becoming the first team in 17 years to win consecutive outright Big Ten regular-season championships.

College Football Playoff officials are considering a 14-team model that would guarantee multiple automatic bids for each of the four power conferences, starting in 2026.

Ohio State has fired seventh-year basketball coach Chris Holtmann with the Buckeyes in the middle of another subpar season.

When two early road losses threatened to derail No. 2 Purdue’s Big Ten championship journey, the Boilermakers charted a different course.

The visual of one of the nation’s most popular athletes knocked to the floor after a fan who was staring at her phone collided with her while storming the court was a stark reminder of the dangers athletes face when crowds get out of control.

NCAA President Charlie Baker says Michigan won the national championship fair and square.

When Michigan polished off a perfect 15-0 season with a national championship on Monday night, it also cemented itself as one of the sport’s top five programs of the four-team College Football Playoff era.

The College Football Playoff championship is quite the stage for Washington and Michigan to get reacquainted with each other.

The College Football Playoff semifinal at the Rose Bowl pits the No. 1 Michigan Wolverines against the No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide, the two winningest programs in major college football.

Despite dominating their competition, the Wolverines were plagued by sign-stealing allegations, firings, suspended coaches and social media banter.

The NCAA sent Michigan a notice of allegations related to impermissible on- and off-campus recruiting during the COVID-19 dead period and coaching activities, potential violations that led to the school’s self-imposed three-game suspension of Jim Harbaugh to start the season.

The NCAA sent Michigan a notice of allegations related to impermissible on- and off-campus recruiting during the COVID-19 dead period and coaching activities, potential violations that led to the school’s self-imposed three-game suspension of Jim Harbaugh to start the season.

Conference realignment and the downfall of the Pac-12 is The Associated Press Sports Story of the Year.

Blake Corum scored twice, tying the school record for touchdown runs with 55, and No. 2 Michigan beat No. 18 Iowa 26-0 on Saturday night in the Big Ten championship game to likely take the top seed in the College Football Playoff.

Michigan defeated Iowa to earn a third-straight Big Ten championship and secure its spot in the College Football Playoff.

Freshman Jackson Shelstad, an Oregon high school product making his first start and home-court debut, hit a deep 3-pointer with 1.4 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Ducks an 86-83 win over Michigan on Saturday.

Other than the people inside the Iowa football building and the team’s most optimistic fans, few expect the Hawkeyes to pose much of a challenge to Michigan in the Big Ten championship game.

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh is ready to put his money where his mouth is if it means college football players and other athletes would be paid.

Michigan will head to their third straight Big Ten title game next week after beating Ohio State for the third year in a row.

If it’s Michigan-Ohio State it is almost always a huge game.

The Michigan-Ohio State rivalry has always been a bubbling cauldron of antagonism, bitterness and dislike — maybe even hate.

The University of Michigan football team abruptly fired its linebackers coach one day after the school settled with the Big Ten over its suspension of head coach Jim Harbaugh.

A judge with ties to the University of Michigan has blocked all cameras from a Friday hearing on Jim Harbaugh’s suspension from the Big Ten.

In the two weeks since the first College Football Playoff rankings were revealed, four contenders have fallen from the ranks. Now there are nine teams left fighting for four spots.

Jim Harbaugh stood behind a lectern and delivered prepared remarks Monday to kick off a week in which he will either lose another opportunity to coach No. 2 Michigan or win a hearing to at least temporarily lift the Big Ten’s penalty against him for a sign-stealing scheme.