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For the second time in two years, the Patriot League has found a new football-playing member for its league in Virginia. Last year, it was Richmond and on Friday the league announced that William & Mary will be joining the league in football only in 2026.

Friday's vote means that Williams and its NESCAC rivals will be able to comete for a possible NCAA D-III title beginning in 2026.

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But Florida would not be denied. The Gators looked cooked when Houston opened up a 42-30 second-half lead. But Florida persevered and rallied for a 65-63 win to secure the program's third national championship. The victory denied Houston and head coach Kelvin Sampson each their first.

Not only did Fred Richard claim the individual overall title as well, but Paul Juda asked his now-fiancé a very special question after the victory.

Cade Cunningham reacts to Pistons' 118-116 loss to New York Knicks in Game 3 of first-round playoff series Thursday, April 24, 2025 in Detroit.

Feigning injuries, sometimes at the coach’s instruction, had become a concern of the Football Rules Committee in recent years.

As part of its ongoing push to ban player-based prop bets in college sports, the NCAA announced Friday the renewal of an agreement with Genius Sports that will require bookmakers to drop wagering on individual performances if they want access to real-time statistics from March Madness and other championship events.

I know that we are more prepared,” coach Ryan Carty Carty said of the ascent to FBS, “than we were to start the spring season" but more work is ahead.

Football teams from the New England Small College Athletic Conference will now be eligible for the NCAA Division III playoffs, starting in 2026, after conference presidents approved a proposal Friday made by the league’s athletic directors.

Here are the game dates and kickoff times for the 2025-26 College Football Playoff for the quarterfinals, semifinals, and the title game.

The College Football Playoff unveiled dates, times and television information for the 2025 quarterfinals, semifinals and the College Football Playoff National Championship. Action is set to commence at 7:30 p.m. ET on Dec. 31 with the Cotton Bowl, which is hosting one of the quarterfinal round games.

​The Florida Gators men's basketball team celebrated its 2025 national championship during halftime at the Orange & Blue spring football game at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday. Florida secured a 65-63 victory over the Houston Cougars on Monday behind leading scorer Will Richard, who posted 18 points in the win.

To play or not play? That is the question for college football coaches considering spring games in this new era of college athletics.

College Football Playoff 2025-26 schedule, dates, times, TV channel, sites for quarterfinal, semifinal and national championship game next season.

The 2026 National Championship Game is set to take place on Monday, January 19 at 7:30 p.m. ET, with the clash being broadcast on ESPN. But first, there's a whole season to play before two teams are left standing with a chance to write their name in the history books in this massive contest.

The 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship will be held at Hard Rock Stadium on January 19 at 7:30 p.m. Quarterfinal games begin on New Year's Eve with the Cotton Bowl at 7:30 p.m. and continue New Year's Day with the Orange Bowl (noon), Rose Bowl (4 p.m.), and Sugar Bowl (8 p.m.).

Straying from the traditional 2 p.m. kickoff time, the Rose Bowl game will instead begin an hour earlier so all three New Year's Day College Football Playoff quarterfinal games are placed "in an ideal window,