Heartlandcollegesports News Updates

Athlon Sports has unveiled its list of coaches most likely to win their first national championship in 2025, and while no Big 12 coaches cracked the Top 10, one former Big 12 name—now in the Big Ten—earned a mention: Nebraska’s Matt Rhule. The Top 10 was loaded with familiar faces:… Read more »

Athlon Sports ranked the top 10 coaches to win their first national championship during the 2025 college football season. There were some big names in their Top 10 list, but none were in the Big 12 Conference. The Top 3 listed were Texas‘ Steve Sarkisian at No. 1, followed by Penn… Read more »

Kelley Ford’s 2025 schedule difficulty rankings are out, and they bring good news for one Big 12 program in particular: BYU. According to Ford’s model, which measures how many games the No. 12 power-rated team would win against a given schedule, the Cougars enter 2025 with the easiest path in… Read more »

Iowa State’s roster will soon be without one expected newcomer, as junior guard Mason Williams will likely miss the 2025–26 season following hip surgery, the program confirmed. Williams, a 6-foot-5 guard from Seattle’s powerhouse O’Dea High School, joined Iowa State as a transfer from Eastern Washington with two years of eligibility… Read more »

Kelley Ford has released his 2025 schedule difficulty rankings for the 2025 college football season. And the Big 12 Conference didn’t have a team ranked in the Top 35 of most-difficult schedules in college football. The rankings are based on how many wins the No. 12 power-rated team would win… Read more »

The 2025 Men’s College World Series championship is down to two: perennial power LSU and red-hot Coastal Carolina. Oddsmakers have set LSU as a big favorite entering the best-of-three finals, but Coastal’s historic win streak and explosive offense make this matchup far from predictable.   LSU Favored in Title Series… Read more »

The quarterback position is the most scrutinized role in all of sports. It’s high-stakes, high-reward—and when things go sideways, the fallout is brutal. Just ask Shedeur Sanders. As the son of NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, Shedeur has been under the microscope since his teenage years. From dominating at… Read more »

In a big development that’s creating significant buzz across the Big 12, Arizona State has emerged as the league’s top team in College Football Playoff odds according to BetOnline. The sportsbook currently lists ASU with the best odds of any Big 12 team to make the CFP, signaling a big… Read more »

College athletics has long operated like the Wild West, with tampering, soft poaching, and under-the-table conversations becoming the norm. Now, Wisconsin has done something unprecedented. The Badgers and their NIL collective have filed a lawsuit in state court against Miami, accusing the Hurricanes of interfering with a binding, NIL-based revenue-sharing… Read more »

EA Sports unveiled the official trailer for College Football 26 this week, and a familiar Big 12 rivalry made a high-profile appearance. Kansas State vs. Iowa State, known to fans as Farmageddon, was featured prominently in the video’s opening moments, signaling national recognition for one of the league’s most notable… Read more »