For the first time since 1992, Bowling Green hoisted the MAC Championship Trophy; Photo: USA Today Sports The MAC is known for it's early week wild shootouts. After putting a team in a BCS game in 2012, the conference hoped to build it's reputation into more than just an early week highlight show for hardcore […]

With newly minted BCS National Champ Florida State carrying the ACC banner, the league enters a new era of football with a touch of credibility that was lacking for much of the last decade. There are a number of strong non-conference games, especially with Notre Dame sort of half in and half out of the […]

It was a magical season for the Auburn Tigers; Photo: USA Today Sports Alabama, Florida, Georgia, LSU, South Carolina and Texas A&M all came into the season in the AP Top 12 but when the dust cleared none of them would play for the SEC Championship in Atlanta. The SEC was defined by big games […]

Baylor's season was a work of Art. (Photo courtesy: USA Today Sports) The Big 12 looked to be wide open heading into 2013. In terms of the race for the conference title, the league didn't disappoint. Nothing was decided until the final week of the season, which saw Oklahoma State fall to in-state rival Oklahoma […]

Louisville and UCF represented the American well all season long. Photo: USA Today Sports The college football world say good bye to the Big East in 2013 and welcomed in The American. The conference underwent a face lift with a new name, new members and a new logo, but changes will continue to come in […]

It was ECU and Marshall and that got the hype during the season, but Rice raised the trophy after the Championship Game. Photo: USA Today Sports With Houston, Memphis, SMU and UCF exiting the conference and FAU, FIU, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee and UTSA entering, 2013 was a year of change for Conference USA. At […]

Boston College may have had a Heisman Trophy finalist, but Florida State had the Heisman Trophy winner. Photo: USA Today Sports Crystal Ball Run is taking a look back at the 2013 season on a  conference by conference basis, so what better place to start than the conference that comes first in alphabetical order and […]

Florida State could once again be celebrating at the end of next season. Photo: USA Today Sports CBR's "Way Too Early" Top 10 No. 1 Florida State Seminoles If you have been following our countdown then this should come as no surprise. Florida State looks to have all of the ingredients in the cupboard to […]

Dabo is pretty pumped about his new contract. PHOTO: USA Today Sports' The average length of a first marriage in the United States is about eight years. Dabo Swinney has been at Clemson for six years and the school has just locked him up for another eight with a contract extension. Despite not having hired […]

PHOTO: USA Today Sports Former Vanderbilt head coach James Franklin accepted the Penn State job and has promptly raided the Commodores coaching staff. While Franklin has not yet made a formal announcement, PennLive.com is reporting that as many as eight (yes, eight!) members of the Commodores staff will be joining Franklin in Happy Valley. This […]

Will these two teams be playing for more than pride next season? PHOTO: USA Today Sports There is a growing movement in college football to pay players. Dennis Dodd wrote a good piece on it on Wednesday and how it figures to be one of the key issues at the upcoming NCAA Convention. In the […]

(Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) CBR's "Way Too Early" Top 10 No. 2 Auburn Tigers So if you follow college football at all (and let’s be honest, if you’re on this website, you do), then chances are, you probably don’t need us to tell you the story of the 2013 Auburn Tigers. By now, you […]