The Big Ten Football Media Days provided insight on what to expect heading into the 2025 college football season. The USC Trojans and coach Lincoln Riley took t

The Sun-Times spoke with current and former Big Ten coaches, players and analysts about Bret Bielema, Luke Altmyer and whether or not this playoff talk is warranted.

There is no bigger presence in college football analytics than Bill Connelly and his SP+ ratings, and last week Bill produced his 2025 Big Ten season preview. While Bill is a sharp analyst with plenty of valuable insights and opinions,

Gophers football coach P.J. Fleck named redshirt freshman Drake Lindsey his starting quarterback for the 2025 season this week at Big Ten Media Days.

Penn State's James Franklin is the newest Big Ten head coach to call out the lack of uniformity with the number of in-conference games in college football.

Petitti is advocating for a more 'NFL-style' playoff, where play-in games keep CFP hopes alive for more teams late into the season

Commissioner Tim Pernetti wants the newly rebranded American Conference included in the College Football Playoff conversation.

Both conferences are on board for further expansion from a 12-team format to 16 teams starting with the 2026 season, but they deviate from there — with self-interest at the center of it all. Imagine that.

With talks of College Football Playoff expansion, a holding pattern continues formation between the Big Ten and other Power 4 conferences. The Big Ten wants four automatic bids in its proposal, while the SEC, ACC and Big 12 are fine moving forward with five auto-bids and the rest at-large if the 12-team field moves to 14 or 16 in the future.

All coaches, however, gave an answer that was a glimpse into the needs of their roster and their program. It was illuminating as to where those coaches see themselves, and their programs, as the push for consistent rules and bylines in the recruiting world is continually changing.