The Big East has completed a media rights deal with ESPN, and could a name change be next? A potential name change was part of the Big East's televisions negotiations with NBC, which originally offered a reported $20-23 million per year for Big East rights. ...more

East Carolina has a contract extension ready for head coach Ruffin McNeill that should be finalized upon the hiring of a new athletic director, according to a source. Athletics director Terry Holland is retiring and moving into an athletics emeritus role once the school hires its new AD. ...more

When his hiring became official 12 months ago, New Mexico president Robert Frank saw a Mountain West Conference shrouded in uncertainty. Frank looks at his conference now and sees something far different. ...more

The "group of five" conferences are working to finalize a three-tier playoff revenue distribution system that rewards the conference with the best team and the conference with the best overall performance, CBSSports.com has learned. ...more

San Diego State is returning to the Mountain West Conference, leaving the Big East picking up the pieces yet again. But the Big East has plans, too. ...more

The Mountain West Conference is keeping Boise State but might not be done -- Texas schools are expressing interest, and San Diego State could stay in the league, too. The Mountain West wants to position itself as the strongest non-BCS conference. ...more

The Mountain West Conference's restructured television contract with CBS creates an interesting dynamic for 2016, when CBS can apply its four-year option to keep the conference's rights until 2020. ...more

Big East football still has its membership intact despite the seven Catholic basketball schools' imminent departure and talk of a total dismantling of the league. The Big East still has a 12-team football membership in 2013 and hopes for more. Execution of a television deal will be crucial. ...more

Tulane joined the Big East last month but is now being pegged as one of the reasons the Catholic basketball schools are leaving the conference, thus jeopardizing the league's future. But it's not Tulane's fault, says a booster. ...more

New college football playoff projections show likely every conference but the Big East will make more postseason money starting in 2014. ...more