The Villanova Wildcats, the Virginia Cavaliers and the Purdue Boilermakers remained the nation’s top three teams, based on the Associated Press poll, as they each extended their respective winning streaks. Several teams this week saw multi-year high rankings: Cincinnati (No. 6) reached its highest ranking since January 2004; Texas Tech (No. 7), highest since March […]
For the week of Jan. 29, the UConn Huskies again remained the unanimous No. 1 choice in the poll from the 32-member national media panel, after their dominant wins over Memphis and Tulane last week. The rest of the top five also remained unchanged this week: (in order) Mississippi State, Baylor, Louisville and Notre Dame. […]
For the week of Jan. 29, the Villanova Wildcats remained at No. 1 for the fourth straight week. The Virginia Cavaliers move up to No. 2 after its two wins against ranked teams last week, having held No. 18 Clemson to 36 points — 13 in the second half — in a 25-point victory and […]
For the week of Jan. 22, the UConn Huskies remained the unanimous No. 1 choice in the poll from the 32-member national media panel. The Mississippi State Bulldogs moved up to No. 2 for its best ranking ever. They are still unbeaten on the season after an impressive 19-point win at Tennessee on Sunday, Jan. […]
For the week of Jan. 22, the top three of Villanova, Virginia and Purdue remained in the same top three spots as last week. As for the Purdue Boilermakers (8-0 Big Ten), they have won 15 straight games and remain at No. 3, their highest since being ranked No. 2 in March 1988. They have […]
The Villanova Wildcats remained atop the Associated Press poll for the week of Jan. 15. They defeated Xavier and St. John’s in the previous week. The Virginia Cavaliers move up to No. 2 which matches the team’s highest-ever ranking since the 2014-15 season. After wins over Syracuse and North Carolina State, Virginia has been designated […]
The Australian Open, tennis’ first major tournament of the year, will be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3 and streaming on the ESPN app beginning Sunday, Jan. 14. There’ll be more than 100 hours of television plus 1,400 hours of streaming of tournament coverage, culminating with the Women’s and Men’s Championships on January 27 and 28, […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide emerged atop the college football world once again when their quarterback Tua Tagovailoa connected to wide receiver DeVonta Smith for a game-winning 41-yard touchdown pass in overtime to defeat the Georgia Bulldogs 26-23 in the College Football Playoff National Championship on Jan. 8, 2018. The game was televised on many of […]
Heading into this week, the Villanova Wildcats returned to the top spot in Monday’s new poll after an upset-filled week of Jan. 1 that included losses by No. 1 Michigan State and No. 2 Duke. The second-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers — which beat then-No. 7 Oklahoma Sooners and star freshman Trae Young last week — […]
