The public furor over relatively light NCAA penalties in Michigan’s sign-stealing scandal was barely 24 hours old Saturday when the Big Ten interrupted the news cycle with a leaked proposal to super-size…
Jon Wilner
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On the college football lists that generate outsized attention, the Big 12 occupies a secondary position. It did not place a team in the top 10 of the AP preseason…
The Pac-12’s postseason marriage of convenience that began last summer will continue in 2025 with the 12 legacy schools, despite their scattered existence, tied to the conference’s traditional bowl partners…
It was one remark out of the thousands uttered over the course of three days — one man’s window into a reality that does not exist, yet. But three weeks…
The Associated Press preseason poll was released Monday, less than two weeks before the start of the 2025 season. Texas was No. 1 for the first time in school history,…
Only three teams from the western third of the country were included Monday in the Associated Press preseason Top 25 rankings. The AP’s preseason All-American team is expected to be released early…
The Hotline mailbag publishes weekly. Send questions to wilnerhotline@bayareanewsgroup.com and include ‘mailbag’ in the subject line. Or hit me on the social media platform X: @WilnerHotline Some questions have been edited for…
The ballot below was submitted to Associated Press headquarters late last week in advance of the AP preseason poll release Aug. 11. You’ll notice the teams responsible for the five…
LAS VEGAS — Expansion of the College Football Playoff and NCAA Tournament, which recently seemed inevitable, could be on hold indefinitely based on comments Tuesday by two key voices. Speaking…