Renner’s NFL Draft summer position rankings: Best defensive tackles for 2026, including a clear-cut No. 1
By nature of the physicality required to play the position, the defensive tackle position is rife with late…
Renner’s 2026 NFL Draft summer EDGE rankings: If you need some oomph from your pass rush, look no further
This upcoming edge class is BIG. Not only in terms of talent, but quite literally in terms of…
College Football Playoff hopefuls: Should we buy what these teams are selling?
We’re exactly a month away from Kansas State and Iowa State kicking off the 2026 college football season…
‘Someone is going to get punished’
SAN ANTONIO — The revenue-sharing era in college sports is less than a month old, and football coaches…
How much would college football teams sell for? Texas leads our Power 4 valuation rankings
Editor’s note: This article is part of our Rankings & Tiers series, an evaluation across sport about the key players,…
Texas Tech Red Raiders DE David Bailey
Play of the Day No. 53: New Texas Tech edge rusher David Bailey gets the original strip-sack, but…
President Donald Trump to sign executive order establishing national NIL standards amid evolving legislation
President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order establishing national standards for name, image and likeness initiatives,…
College football QB rankings: The most fascinating players to watch in our tiers
Putting together The Athletic’s College QB Tiers illustrated that there is no shortage of fascinating quarterbacks and their…
NCAA football championship odds and best bets
With the 2025-26 NCAA college football season fast approaching, we’ll take a look at the best values to…
Blue-Chip Ratio 2025: These 18 college football teams can actually win the national championship
What does it take to win a national championship in college football? Culture, coaching, health, luck, but most…
Mandel’s Mailbag: Nick Saban’s future, Penn State pressure, top non-SEC/Big Ten games
The dirty little secret of SEC media days is that for all the hoopla, for all the $10…
College football 2025 quarterback tiers: Ranking the FBS’ projected starters from 1 to 136
No position can change a team’s fortunes quite like the quarterback. It’s often called the most difficult position…