Indiana athletic director Scott Dolson believes the SEC's move to nine conference games will help further discussions around the College Football Playoff format.

The SEC will implement a nine-game conference schedule for college football starting with the 2026 season, the conference announced Thursday.

SEC athletic directors adopted a nine-game conference football schedule starting with the 2026-27 season, the league announced Thursday. The development comes as the CFP is set to implement new metrics in 2025 that place greater emphasis on strength of schedule,

Arizona State football and head coach Kenny Dillingham are attempting to make a foray into regular national relevance after impressing the nation in a narrow Peach Bowl loss to national powehouse Texas earlier this year.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission named a senior military judge as enforcement director on Thursday, in what legal sources said was an unconventional pick for the top job policing Wall Street.

SEC set to add ninth conference football game in 2026. LSU has two non-conference games already scheduled in 2026 against Clemson and McNeese State. It will need to add one more opponent to fill out its schedule.

Ole Miss has turned into a recruiting powerhouse under Lane Kiffin, consistently bringing in a top 25 recruiting class. Their 2025 class is the 16th best in the country, according to 247Sports. When Kiffin wants a recruit, more often than not, he gets them.