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A new college football season brings plenty of hopes, discussion and changes. Here are the most notable offseason developments to know about before the games begin.

Win or lose, the North Carolina Tar Heels already will be in elite company when they kick off the college football season against Texas Christian University in a game played in Dublin. They will be among a small but growing number of athletic ...

Virginia Tech's hiring of James Franklin offered a marriage of a successful coach ready for an immediate challenge with a school that has been hunting for consistent success since the Frank Beamer era.

After reaching the 2024 CFP championship game and last year's surprise absence from the 12-team playoff field, the Fighting Irish begin this season still looking to end their national championship drought.

Virginia shocked everyone last season by reaching the ACC championship game and posting only the second season with double-digit wins in program history (10 in 1989).

The American Conference turned heads during the 2025 season. A conference-record nine teams reached the postseason, including Tulane, which clinched a spot in the 12-team College Football Playoff as the No. 11 seed.

The 2025 Indiana Hoosiers won the Big Ten and national championship and were the first team in the modern era to go 16-0. They have 10 starters back, the hottest coach in the game and a manageable schedule. It's Ohio State and Oregon generating most ...

Ohio State and Oregon were 1-2 in The Associated Press Top 25 released Monday, giving the Big Ten Conference the top two teams in the preseason rankings for the first time in 65 years and just the second time ever.