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

Wisconsin running back James White is best friends with UNC running back Gio Bernard, who will be selected in this week's NFL Draft. White is hoping to take a similar path into the 2014 draft after backing up Bernard in high school and Montee Ball in college. ...more

If the Southeastern Conference stayed at 14 teams in the coming years, even if future conference expansion swirled around it, that wouldn't exactly shock. But one thing could force a change, Florida's president said: An 'ace jewel' calling for help. ...more

Ohio State AD Gene Smith says 14-team Big Ten is 'not doing anything right now' in the realignment game and hasn't had any substantial talks on such matters in recent months. ...more

Without babysitting, the ACC is keeping tabs on its membership since the Big Ten lured the cash-strapped Maryland Terrapins in November. ...more

The Big 12 expressed widespread satisfaction with its 10-team model during a Monday meeting with athletic directors, but still identified potentially available schools that the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference likely wouldn't target, CBSSports.com has learned. ...more

A little over two years after the NCAA/Gary Wichard mess, North Carolina is embracing NFL agents in a different way. The school*s compliance department is developing an agent program geared to educate players about the business, and it has reached out to NFL agents it feels are reputable during the research process, athletics director Bubba Cunningham said. ...more