A timeline of how the national championship has changed throughout the years from the first season in 1869 to the most recent iteration with the 12-team College Football Playoff.

The 2025-26 NCAA football season is officially upon us, and the best way to catch the action all season long is with ESPN Unlimited.

College football gets started with Week 0 on Saturday. How will the season unfold? We provide our record projections for all 136 teams.

Brent Venables' decision in the Armed Forces Bowl last December highlights a growing trend in college football.

College coaches—even the big-name ones—are ceding roster decisions to a new type of administrator: the general manager.

The Big Ten is the winningest conference in college football, with 32 championships. How do other conferences stack up? Check out the breakdown now.

The NCAA isn’t the only organization to cast skepticism in the direction of prediction market platforms. Numerous state regulators wrote the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the body in charge of licensing and overseeing prediction platforms, expressing their concerns with the platforms’ rise.

College sports’ governing body let football TV rights slip away in the 1980s. Now, four power conferences effectively rule the business.

Iowa State vs. Kansas State game broadcasts on ESPN, and it’s also livestreams on Sling Orange. Keep reading for more details on how cord-cutters can watch the Iowa State-Kansas State game online with Sling TV. A subscription to Sling Orange, which comes with ESPN, gets you access to live TV from top-rated cable channels.