AAC Announces 2025 ECU Football Opponents… ECU football practicing in the cooler evening hours… Group of Five Commissioners to discuss ‘NIT’ of college football 

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AAC Announces 2025 ECU Football Opponents ecupirates.com

ECU football practicing in the cooler evening hours, …  WNCT 9

247 Sports

• ECU football learns AAC opponents for 2025 season
• Lincoln Riley’s evolving philosophy fueling USC’s program growth
• Everything Mike Houston said after ECU’s rare preseason night practice
• Ranking ECU’s toughest 2024 opponents based on ESPN’s Football Power Index
• ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 17 Anthony Smith

ECU football: Houston pleased with progress after competitive night practice Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• American Announces 2025 Football Scheduling Model
• Charlotte Named Preseason Favorites in American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Coaches Poll

Charlotte Unveils ‘Gold Rush’ Uniforms for 2024 CFB Season in New Video Bleacher Report

UNC-Charlotte 49ers Top 10 Returning Players in 2024 Include Max Brown, Dontae Balfour College Football Network

Memphis football schedule 2025: Tigers’ AAC opponents announced USA Today

Most dangerous Group of Five teams in 2024: Schools who can ruin somebody’s season — and make the CFP CBS Sports

UTSA Roadrunners’ Conference opponents in 2025 announced KENS 5

Group of 5, Mountain West will reportedly discuss a potential G5-only football playoff Nevada Sports Net

Group of Five Commissioners to discuss ‘NIT’ of college football Clutch Points

Patrick Jenkins named to the Lombardi Award Watch List Crescent City Sports

Columbia City’s Fuller commits to Army for football 21alivenews

AAC announces Temple Football’s 2025 conference schedule Temple News

Denton Record Chronicle

• Looking at both sides: The best-case and worst-case scenarios for UNT this fall
• Early goal sinks UNT in season-opening loss to Oklahoma in front of record crowd

Palm Beach Post

• FSU’s Mike Norvell tops ranking of Florida’s 7 FBS coaches but look at bottom 2 | D’Angelo
• No. 1 Florida State soccer downs University of South Florida 5-0 In season opener

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• How NC State football’s running backs could enhance the 2024 Wolfpack offense
• Duke’s nonconference basketball schedule is set. Here’s when Blue Devils open the season
• Two-sport Tar Heel: How UNC’s Kaleb Cost juggles playing college football and baseball

WRAL

• NC State aims for CFP spot: Wolfpack must elevate from good to great under Dave Doeren
• Manny Diaz enters first year at Duke: Can he build on Mike Elko’s success?
• How Duke wide receiver Jordan Moore went from an ‘experiment’ to a special player

Winston Salem Journal

• Five observations from Wake Forest’s football scrimmage
• Column: Wake Forest finds its voices for football, baseball PA announcers
• College Football Playoff committee tweaks protocol for 12-team playoff
• Mack Brown makes changes in order for North Carolina football to finish stronger this fall

Columbia The State

• New SC State football coach builds up roster, prepares to build on Bulldogs’ history
• No more live callers? Clemson weighing big changes for Dabo Swinney radio show
• Can South Carolina punter Kai Kroeger return to his form from 2022?

Charleston Post & Courier

• College baseball coach goes high and tight with ‘Chin Music’ podcast
• Position battles continue as Gamecocks near third week of preseason camp
• Clemson secondary suffers some nicks ahead of Georgia opener
• Gamecocks and Clemson go head-to-head for Timberland lineman
• Clemson’s Klubnik found his voice this summer. Will he lead a ‘smarter’ offense this fall?
• How will Gamecocks’ defense line up this year? Here are 2 possibilities

Roanoke Times

• VMI football team hopes to be even better this year
• Virginia Tech football position preview: Special teams
• Hokies’ Lowe on continuity in special teams
• ACC Scouting Report: Pitt Panthers
• Virginia football notes: Key factors in the Cavaliers’ quarterback competition

The Associated Press

• Pick Six: Central Missouri’s Zach Zebrowski among 2024 small-college stars after passing for 61 TDs
• No. 12 Utah banking on improved health of offensive playmakers to fulfill expectations in Big 12
• Will Howard wins No. 2 Ohio State’s quarterback competition. Devin Brown is backup again
• Is freshman receiver Jeremiah Smith the next big thing for No. 2 Ohio State?
• Big 12 bigger even after losing two national champs, newcomer Utah is league’s highest-ranked team
• Notre Dame suspends men’s swim team for one year after review finds NCAA gambling violations