The Big Ten schools plan to schedule tougher non-conference games -- for fans and the college football playoff. ...more

The Southeastern Conference altered its media rights deal with CBS, but no new money is involved. The SEC has a 24-hour network with ESPN. ...more

The SEC's joint network with ESPN could help the College Football Playoff positioning. The SEC will look to outdistance the Big Ten in the television arms race. ...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

The Big 12 will navigate the looming college football playoff as a unique power conference: the only 10-team league, no championship game and no 24-hour channel. The only goal that matters is making a national semifinal. ...more

The ACC is eschewing its $50 million exit fee model in favor of a Grant of Rights, which could solidify the league from the Big Ten or other conference realignment poachers. The league also wants an ACC channel. ...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

Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy explains how he almost left his alma mater for Tennessee, a job that went to Butch Jones after Gundy declined. ...more