Derek Carr earned the right to wear a title belt with a historic season. Photo: USA Today Sports The Mountain West conference has been in a bit of transititon during the realignment wars of the past few years. 2013 was the first of many future years of stability for the league-at least, that is the […]

The top QB recruit of the 2011 class has yet to live up to his potential; Photo: USA Today Sports With National Signing Day just around the corner, I thought it would fun to take a look back at the top QB recruits from the class of 2011. Did they go on to be successful, […]

Stanford managed to shove aside their biggest threat to a Pac 12 title, Arizona State. Photo: USA Today Sports The Pac 12 made as strong a case as any we have seen over the recent years to challenge the SEC for the top spot in the conference rankings. The depth in the conference may be […]

Mark Hudspeth and the Ragin' Cajuns were tough to beat in 2013; Photo: USA Today Sports 2013 was a year of re-alignment for the Sun Belt Conference. Georgia State and Texas State joined the fold while FAU, FIU, Middle Tennessee and North Texas exited stage left to Conference USA. Arkansas State's revolving door of coaches […]

Michigan State kept Ohio State's championship dreams just out of reach. Photo: USA Today Sports The Big Ten is full of rich college football history, but the national perception seems to be the Big Ten is history. Another year flew by with the conference's best team during the regular season coming up small on the […]

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 […]