The Pac-12 dissolved in 2024, but one vestige of the former conference remains relevant to the college football season unfolding this fall: the bowl lineup. The legacy teams are locked…
Instant reaction to Week 11 developments on the field … 1. Meltdown in Madison Washington and Oregon flew across the country into brutal weather and experienced firsthand the weekly sinkholes that…
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After 10 weeks of utter mayhem across the sport, the initial College Football Playoff rankings unveiled Tuesday evening were comparatively sane and devoid of major controversy. Perhaps the tame reaction was rooted…
The Big 12 power rankings are published weekly by the Hotline throughout the regular season. They are the result of a deep dive into the analytics, an assessment of subjective factors and,…

Arizona wide receiver Kris Hutson, left, pulls in a pass for a touchdown (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Instant reaction to Week 10 developments … 1. And then there were four … The first Saturday in November was the last Saturday before the release of the College Football…
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Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark, a messaging master with a life-long fondness for college basketball, wasted no time drawing his line in the hardwood. One week before the start of…
Welcome the Hotline’s weekly picks against the point spread, published Thursdays throughout the regular season with a focus on the top games nationally and the most intriguing matchups across the West. Last…
Not a week goes by, it seems, without news of stellar TV ratings for college football game broadcasts and studio shows alike. ESPN typically takes the lead, touting its SEC…





