The University of Illinois football team will start the season among the best in the nation. The Illini was ranked No. 12 in the USA Today preseason coaches poll on Monday. It is the first time ...

What's my Associated Press Top 25 voting process? Never thought of it like that before. I'm midway into my second decade as a Top 25 voter. The News-Gazette always runs a way-too-early look at the ...

Defensive coordinator (ranking): Tim McGarigle (No. 17) ...

Bob Simmons’ favorite memory of his son came when Nathan Simmons picked his dad. Nathan Simmons was a plum tailback out of ...

Iowa Hawkeyes football is unranked in the coaches' preseason top 25 but has a lot of potential. Exactly where Kirk Ferentz and Co. want to be, right?

Michigan football spokesman Dave Ablauf, who doubles as a de-facto program historian, said there are only two times on record U-M has not had concecutive home games. That was back in 1924 and 1937, ...

Yep, Penn State’s fan base has not been this excited about the Nittany Lions in a long time. Great talent. Terrific coaching staff. James Franklin, in his 12th season leading Penn State, said it ...