Miami, North Carolina and others could have permanent ACC rivalries in the last week of the regular season starting in 2014. ...more

UConn won't let ACC grant of rights, American Athletic Conference or losing in conference realignment define Huskies, AD Warde Manuel said. ...more

The Southeastern Conference is formulating its bowl-game plans for 2014, including adding the Belk Bowl, Meineke Car Care bowl and having its own selection process among a five-game slate. This plan could affect the ACC, Big Ten and more. ...more

Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany told CBSSports.com that his league entered confidentiality agreements with possibly six or more schools to protect conversations about conference membership -- before the ACC's grant of rights halted the talk. ...more

Virginia Tech is one of the most successful programs in the country but started 4-6 last season and is working to re-establish success in the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013. Quarterback Logan Thomas returning to school is a good start. ...more

North Carolina State coach Dave Doeren heard about his offer to coach the Wolfpack while on the Northern Illinois team bus driving from Detroit to Dekalb. Now Doeren wants to create a championship attitude in the Atlantic Coast Conference. ...more

Clemson's Sammy Watkins is one of nation's most talented receivers but needed a lift after an offseason drug possession arrest. He got it in the form of community service public speaking. ...more

The Southeastern Conference and ESPN will soon unveil a joint 24-hour channel. When they do, this could change the way fans watch college's best football. The SEC could surpass the Big Ten and Pac-12 Networks in some areas. ...more

North Carolina State will have a talented quarterback for 2014 in Jacoby Brissett, who lost the starting job at Florida to Jeff Driskel but is determined to be his own man in the Atlantic Coast Conference. ...more

The ACC has informed its schools that the Irish's full membership in all sports but football and hockey -- with five guaranteed football games per year -- is expected to earn each school more than $1 million per year in media rights revenue, according to two league sources. ...more