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Nicole Auerbach Press Box

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Can Penn State break through? Will Clemson regain its standing among the sport’s best? Nicole and Joshua try their best to project the future.
James Franklin will finally win The Big One — more than once. Preseason favorite Arch Manning will actually win the Heisman. Iowa will have a 3,000-yard passer. Plus, more bold-but-possible predictions.
A high-stakes, ranked-on-ranked Big 12 matchup highlights the Week 0 slate. It’s the best possible way to begin a new college football season.
The era of heavy-handed NCAA penalties is over. It’s worth looking for shortcuts, playing in the gray area and even cheating outright. If you get caught, you’ll simply pay a fine for your bad behavior — just like they do in the pros.
During her first year as a voter on the AP college football panel, Nicole Auerbach takes a deep dive into the thought process behind her ballot for the Top 25 college football preseason rankings.
Arch Manning waited two years for this opportunity. He did something that’s essentially unheard of as a five-star, can’t-miss quarterback prospect in the 2020s — he sat on the bench for two seasons, backing up Quinn Ewers.
The two titan conferences of college football will ultimately decide how the College Football Playoff will evolve — or won’t.
The revenue-sharing era will be transformative for college sports. But its future is anything but certain.
If the Big Ten and SEC can’t come to an agreement on a new format by December, the expectation is that the Playoff moves forward in its current iteration — with 12 total teams, including five conference champions and seven at-large selections. And that is the best possible outcome.
Shedeur Sanders’ fifth-round selection wasn’t the only notable slide for a big-name quarterback.
One of the most dramatic men’s title games ever could only end with one team celebrating — and the other wondering what could have been.
How the Huskies won their 12th national championship — and why Auriemma wanted so badly for Paige Bueckers to get this one.
On Sunday, UConn will either win its 12th national championship or Dawn Staley’s South Carolina program will win its third title in four years.
Bueckers’ final game in a Huskies uniform is also likely her biggest.
Nicole Auerbach spells out keys for each team in the men’s Final Four, and predicts which ones will advance.
Nicole Auerbach spells out keys for each team in the women’s Final Four, and predicts which ones will advance.
After years of efforts, women’s basketball teams will finally be paid for success in the NCAA tournament.
Olivia Miles and Sonia Citron committed to play at Notre Dame the same week Niele Ivey took the job. Here’s why they bought into her vision and how they built this year’s title contender.
Arkansas HC John Calipari got the better of his old rival Rick Pitino once again to return to the Sweet 16.
Two coaching giants of college basketball with complicated history are set to spar again at the NCAA Tournament.
No. 12 seed McNeese State became the NCAA Tournament’s first Cinderella on Thursday afternoon, upsetting the fifth-ranked Clemson Tigers.
The 12th-seeded McNeese State Cowboys became the first team to put on Cinderella’s slippers this March, upsetting No. 5 Clemson, 69-67, in stunning fashion on Thursday afternoon.
Rick Pitino, Bill Self and John Calipari will share the court this week in Providence - and they’re not sure it’s a coincidence.
The 2025 women’s NCAA Tournament features a number of superstars and a plethora of elite teams. The sport has never been in a healthier place.