Personal Digest: Big 12's surge: 5 teams in top‑25 poll
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five programs in the top‑25 preseason poll — The Big 12 opens 2026 with five programs ranked in the preseason top‑25, signaling deeper conference depth and higher recruiting stakes.
| NCAA Division IBig 12 women's soccer arrives with a national footprint |
 | Student AthleteVillanova beefs up NIL support staff to help athletes monetize |
 | BroadcastingESPN reshuffles college football booth — fresh voices, new lanes |
 | SportsUN recognizes sport as a driver for greener, fairer cities |
 | College RecruitingMoney, blue‑chips and showcases are rewriting the recruiting playbook Name Image Likeness (brobible.com) · American Football (usatoday.com) · Atlantic Coast Conference (on3.com) |
 | Sports mediaBroadcast shakeups and HBCU boosts change the media map Monday Night Football (nypost.com) · Historically Black Colleges (hbcugameday.com) |
 | Sports coachingCoaching shakeups, tech in training, and culture conversations Mauricio Pochettino (nytimes.com) · American Football (jonesborosun.com) · Southeastern Conference (cbssports.com) |
 | College CoachCoaches’ poll power and Sarkisian’s pressure cooker College Football (usatoday.com) · Steve Sarkisian (statesman.com) |