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Oklahoma head football coach Lincoln Riley speaks from the stage with mannequins in the back ground during NCAA college football Big 12 media days Wednesday, July 14, 2021, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

AP Top 25 Podcast: OU gets defensive; ISU goes next level

By Ralph D. Russo Jul. 21, 2021 01:34 PM EDT

Bret Oliverio poses at his Sup Dogs restaurant in Chapel Hill, N.C., Thursday, July 15, 2021. Oliverio wants to pursue deals with college athletes to endorse his restaurant specializing in hot dogs and burgers along the main Franklin Street drag steps from the University of North Carolina. Like other small-business owners in college towns, he has to sort out what that entails with athletes free to profit from use of their name, image and likeness (NIL) for the first time. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

NIL era brings cautious optimism to college-town businesses

By Aaron Beard Jul. 19, 2021 12:15 PM EDT

FILE - Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney speaks during the Atlantic Coast Conference NCAA college football media day in Charlotte, N.C., in this Wednesday, July 17, 2019, file photo. The post-Trevor Lawrence era begins at Clemson with the Tigers still the prohibitive favorites to win the Atlantic Coast Conference for a seventh straight season. On the latest AP Top 25 Podcast, David Hale from ESPN joins AP’s Ralph Russo to preview the ACC from Clemson at the top to Syracuse at the bottom.(AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

AP Top 25 Podcast: New-look Clemson tries to stay atop ACC

By Ralph D. Russo Jul. 14, 2021 12:47 PM EDT

MMA gym owner offers NIL deal for Miami football players

Jul. 07, 2021 12:36 PM EDT
MIAMI (AP) — A Florida business owned by a longtime Miami football fan has committed to a large financial deal for Hurricanes football players to profit from...

FILE - Alabama's Ronnie Harrison (15) breaks up a pass intended for Clemson's Artavis Scott during the second half of the NCAA college football playoff championship game in Glendale, Ariz., in this Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, file photo. The College Football Playoff would expand from four to 12 teams, with six spots reserved for the highest ranked conference champions, under a proposal that will be considered next week by the league commissioners who manage the postseason system, a person familiar with announcement told The Associated Press on Thursday, June 10, 2021. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the CFP has not yet released details. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

AP Top 25 Podcast: Home or bowl? Tweaking CFP expansion plan

By Ralph D. Russo Jun. 23, 2021 09:54 AM EDT

AP Top 25 Podcast: Road to playoff expansion; What's next?

By Ralph D. Russo Jun. 16, 2021 11:26 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 22, 2013, file photo, Derrick Gragg speaks to reporters after he was named Tulsa athletic director during a news conference in Tulsa, Oka.. Northwestern hired Gragg as its athletic director on Friday, June 4, 2021, the Big Ten school's second time filling the position in a little more than a month. Mike Polisky, a longtime deputy AD at Northwestern, was promoted to the job May 3 but stepped down amid backlash because he was named in a sexual harassment lawsuit against the school by former Wildcats cheerleaders. (Tom Gilbert/Tulsa World via AP, File)

AP Top 25 Podcast: UGA's title quest; Northwestern's AD mess

By Ralph D. Russo Jun. 09, 2021 09:03 PM EDT

Nebraska head coach Scott Frost and the Huskers run on to the field to a sea of fans for the first time since the pandemic started before the Red-White Spring game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb. on Saturday, May 1, 2021. (Kenneth Ferriera/Lincoln Journal Star via AP)

Coming to Twitter: Sponsored videos from college athletes

By Ralph D. Russo Jun. 03, 2021 04:34 PM EDT

FILE- In this Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, file photo, university football players wait for the snap on the line of scrimmage during practice in Tacoma, Wash. Heart inflammation is rare in Big Ten Conference athletes who’ve had COVID-19 and in most cases causes no obvious symptoms, according to the first data published from the Big Ten COVID-19 Cardiac Registry on Thursday, May 27, 2021, in JAMA Cardiology. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

AP Top 25 Podcast: Beware 2020 surprises heading into 2021

By Ralph D. Russo Jun. 02, 2021 09:44 AM EDT

AP Top 25 Podcast: Start 2021 season with 5 games in 5 days

Ralph D. Russo May. 26, 2021 09:44 AM EDT
From Knoxville, Tennessee, to Tallahassee, Florida, with stops in Blacksburg, Virginia, and Atlanta along the way. ...

Ex-LSU starting quarterback TJ Finley transferring to Auburn

May. 24, 2021 02:37 PM EDT
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Former LSU quarterback TJ Finley is transferring to Southeastern Conference Western Division rival Auburn. Finley...

AP Top 25 Podcast: David Shaw on Pac-12, CFP and practice

By Ralph D. Russo May. 19, 2021 09:40 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2020, file photo, LSU celebrates after their win against Clemson in a NCAA College Football Playoff national championship game in New Orleans. The photo was part of a series of images by photographer David J. Phillip which won the Thomas V. diLustro best portfolio award for 2020 given out by the Associated Press Sports Editors during their annual winter meeting. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

AP Top 25 Podcast: What lies ahead for Power 5 conferences?

By Ralph D. Russo May. 12, 2021 10:58 AM EDT

FILE - Alabama defensive lineman Christian Barmore (58) sacks Western Carolina quarterback Tyrie Adams (12) during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Tuscaloosa, Ala., in this Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, file photo. Barmore is rated as the draft's best tackle among a weak group and could be gone unless the Browns move to get him. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt, File)

AP Top 25 Podcast: Does college football need the NCAA?

By Ralph D. Russo May. 05, 2021 12:56 PM EDT

Michigan St drops Florida football recruit after arrest

Apr. 30, 2021 07:02 PM EDT
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State said Friday it has informed football recruit Steffan Johnson that he will not be a part of the program following his...