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Big 12 QB rankings: Fifita, Bachmeier, Weigman and Dampier lead the way as half the teams turn to transfers
Jon Wilner, Bay Area News Group | Posted Aug. 24 - 11:05 p.m. | Save Story
Only five teams in the Big 12 return their starting quarterbacks. Three more are relying on former backups to make the transition to full-time starters.
Big 12 forecast: BYU, Houston, Texas Tech and Arizona top our projections for the conference race
Jon Wilner, Bay Area News Group | Posted Aug. 22 - 11:05 p.m. | Save Story
With season openers fast approaching, the legal system is grinding away to determine the fate of five-for-five seniors attempting to gain another year of eligibility.
Pac-12 bowl games: Clarity comes (mostly) to 2026 lineup, which includes both legacy teams and newcomers
Jon Wilner, Bay Area News Group | Posted Aug. 16 - 10:54 p.m. | Save Story
Fans don't need advanced degrees in mathematics to figure it out, but that would help.
Pac-12 football: Assessing the win totals for all 8 teams (Texas State and Boise State are easy calls)
Jon Wilner, Bay Area News Group | Posted Aug. 13 - 12:51 a.m. | Save Story
If the oddsmakers are correct, the inaugural season of the new Pac-12 will be light at the top and bottom and wider than the Snake River in the middle.
Big 12 football: Assessing the win total projections for all 16 teams (it's Texas Tech's title to lose ... or maybe not)
Jon Wilner, Bay Area News Group | Posted Aug. 11 - 12:26 a.m. | Save Story
Only six teams in major college football have regular-season win totals in the double digits. One resides in the Big 12.
Big 12 smacked by non-conference cancellations, creating challenge with CFP uncertainty
Jon Wilner, Bay Area News Group | Posted Aug. 6 - 10:51 a.m. | Save Story
With kickoffs across the Big 12 fast approaching, the conference absorbed yet another wallop — on the calendar, not the field.
Wilner's AP preseason Top 25 ballot: Notre Dame is No. 1 followed by Texas, Oregon and Georgia
Jon Wilner, Bay Area News Group | Posted Aug. 4 - 12:34 a.m. | Save Story
Ohio State is the betting favorite to win the 2026 college football national championship. Our pick: Notre Dame.
Big 12 football media days preview: Yormark set to take the stage in aftermath of Sorsby affair
VideoJon Wilner, Bay Area News Group | Posted July 2 - 11:45 p.m. | Save Story
Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark rarely meets a pitch he cannot sell, a narrative he cannot spin or, it seems, a problem he cannot solve for the conference he serves.
Big 12-Texas Tech crisis resolved as Brendan Sorsby opts for NFL, but the damage will linger in Lubbock
Jon Wilner, Bay Area News Group | Posted June 16 - 10:44 a.m. | Save Story
The Big 12 lowered the legal hammer Monday, with help from three state attorneys general, and Texas Tech caved.
Big 12 v. Texas Tech: Conference takes Red Raiders to court, 3 states stand with Yormark
Jon Wilner, Bay Area News Group | Posted June 15 - 4:51 p.m. | Save Story
Monday's episode of 'As the Big 12 Turns' did not feature a vote to sanction Texas Tech for its plans to play quarterback Brendan Sorsby, who gambled on his own team four years ago as an Indiana redshirt. But it wasn't without a plot twist of the highest order.
Big 12 chaos: On Yormark's next move, the Sorsby scrutiny, and the role of Fox and ESPN
Jon Wilner, Bay Area News Group | Posted June 11 - 10:18 p.m. | Save Story
The Big 12's executive committee on Thursday met to discuss potential sanctions for Texas Tech.
The Brendan Sorsby ruling, Big 12 outrage and the singular test of commissioner Brett Yormark's tenure
Jon Wilner, Bay Area News Group | Posted June 9 - 12:52 p.m. | Save Story
Brett Yormark's tenure as Big 12 commissioner was born into chaos.
Big 12 business affairs: Estimating FY2026 campus distributions based on Yormark's reveal of gross revenue
Jon Wilner, Bay Area News Group | Posted June 4 - 11:10 p.m. | Save Story
The Big 12 will generate a conference record $710 million in gross revenue in the 2026 fiscal year.
As Big 12 spring meetings begin, FY2025 financial report illuminates revenue deficit relative to the Big Ten, SEC and ACC
Jon Wilner, Bay Area News Group | Posted May 25 - 11:47 p.m. | Save Story
The Big 12's annual spring meetings will unfold this week with a loaded agenda and daunting issues awaiting conference and campus executives.
Big 12 post-spring projections: Our forecast shows BYU on top with Houston, Texas Tech
Jon Wilner, Bay Area News Group | Posted May 11 - 12:05 p.m. | Save Story
The Big 12 leaned into parity as the dominant narrative of its post-realignment form and a means of distinguishing itself from top-heavy peers in the Power Four conferences.
The Hotline's post-spring Top 25 rankings for 2026: LSU, Notre Dame and Oregon on top
Jon Wilner, Bay Area News Group | Posted May 4 - 11:33 p.m. | Save Story
We have reached the midpoint of the offseason, halfway between the national championship game played Jan. 19 and the first kickoffs of the 2026 season on Aug. 29.
NCAA Tournament expansion: Which western cities could host new opening round? It's complicated
Jon Wilner, Bay Area News Group | Posted April 30 - 11:10 p.m. | Save Story
Arena availability and frequency of non-stop flights are two of the many considerations.
Pac-12 campus officials, conference executives to meet this week as 2026 bowl lineup remains in flux
Jon Wilner, Bay Area News Group | Posted April 14 - 10:47 a.m. | Save Story
Pac-12 executives are gathering this week at Oregon State for three days of meetings that will address a barrage of topics but are not expected to produce significant news.
Holy Score: What's next for BYU after massive investment leads to unsatisfying football, MBB finishes
Jon Wilner, Bay Area News Group | Posted March 25 - 10:38 p.m. | Save Story
BYU's football team won 12 games, qualified for the Big 12 championship game and was ranked in the AP poll for 13 of 16 weeks.
