College sports realignment will bring big challenges to fans who travel to see their teams on the road. Longer plane rides and potentially higher costs are two key challenges.
The women's Pac-12 Conference Tournament gets underway Wednesday in Las Vegas with four first-round games. The conference has a chance to place at least eight teams in the NCAA Tournament.
Tennessee moved into a tie with Ohio State for No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll. That sets up a 1 vs. 2 matchup next week between the Volunteers and top-ranked Georgia.
Georgia is No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll, earning their second national title by beating Alabama. The Bulldogs received all 61 first-place votes to be a unanimous No. 1.
The Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten and Pac-12 are forming an alliance to work together on the future of college athletics and scheduling. Conference officials have been discussing the idea for weeks.
Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby accused ESPN of encouraging other conferences to pick apart the league so Texas and Oklahoma can move to the SEC more quickly and without paying a massive buyout.
Big 12 leaders held a call without Texas and Oklahoma on Thursday to discuss how to keep the league’s flagship schools from bolting to the Southeastern Conference.