National champion

Georgia holds strong at No. 1, while Texas rises to No. 2. SEC teams like Alabama and Tennessee also climb.

Kansas is the preseason No. 1 in the AP men's college basketball poll. The Jayhawks received 46 of 63 first-place votes to outdistance second-place Duke and third-place Purdue.

Michael Jordan is finalizing a deal to sell the majority share of the Charlotte Hornets, a move that will end his 13-year run overseeing the organization.

Friday night the 16th-seeded Montana Bobcats will be going against defending national champion Stanford and Hall of Famer Tara VanDerveer, the winningest women’s basketball coach of all time.

The college sports leaders who run the College Football Playoff have about four months to come to an agreement on a new format if expansion is to be implemented for the 2024 season.

Point guard Kiana Williams of national champion Stanford is declaring herself eligible for the WNBA draft. Aari McDonald of Arizona is also entering the WNBA draft.

LSU is out of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time since 2017 and is the first defending national champion to drop from the rankings in nine years.

No. 2 Baylor in its second game in three nights, Erin DeGrate and NaLyssa Smith combined for 37 points stretching their winning streak to 34 games with a 90-28 win over Lamar.

For the first time, the defending national champion Tigers are No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 presented by Regions Bank .

National champion Baylor has accepted an invitation to visit the White House next week. Coach Kim Mulkey and the Lady Bears are scheduled to be in Washington on Monday.