Ashton Gray Named To Doak Walker Award Watch List… The latest on Alabama running back EJ Crowell’s availability… American Conference enters the season with Navy an early favorite amid revamped CFP hopes 

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates begin process to add vets from 2022 class

ecupirates.com

• Ashton Gray Named To Doak Walker Award Watch List
• Swimming & Diving Announces 2026-27 Schedule

ECU Roster Breakdown The East Carolinian

Pepsi Spotlight: ECU commit & Ayden-Grifton safety Andre Grier WITN 7

Higher Ed At A Crossroads: ECU balancing how to reshape around changing public values WUNC

Around the American Athletic Conference

Charlotte, Rice Earn Weekly Women’s Soccer Honors American Conference

The Associated Press

• American Conference enters the season with Navy an early favorite amid revamped CFP hopes
• A major change atop UAB athletics, with Andy Kennedy stepping in as interim AD

YAHOO!

• 2026 American Conference Win Totals: Odds, Best Bets & Conference Predictions
• The Athletic places Charles Huff in Tier 4 in new tiers list
• Tulane Receives One Vote in AP Preseason Poll
• UAB ‘parts ways’ with athletic director Mark Ingram

AOL

• What Memphis AD Ed Scott said about conference realignment, football scheduling 
• Wichita St. is a welcome add to a lackluster UK men’s hoops home non-league slate

USF sets up a second 2027 bye week, on-campus stadium still on schedule Tampa Bay Times

USF athletics shifting from “USF” brand to South Florida Green Gold and Bold

NOLA.com

• Father’s unexpected death still fueling Tulane defensive end Josh Lewis’s fire
• Premier Season Ticket Raffle a chance for Louisiana sports fans to hit jackpot

Denton Record-Chronicle

• Brown: UNT needs dramatic improvement on offensive line as QB battle continues
• Jaelon Darden heads UNT 2026 Athletics Hall of Fame Class
• Study: No team in college football has a lower percentage of homegrown talent than UNT. Will it matter?
• UNT women’s soccer team drops first road game at SMU

Inside UTSA’s new spin on Jeff Traylor’s Triangle of Toughness San Antonio Express-News

Navy defensive line replacements performing well during preseason camp  Annapolis Capital

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• UNC football coach Bill Belichick reportedly names starting QB. What we know
• How a new court ruling impacts KaTron Evans’ eligibility for NC State football
• ‘Not going to settle’: UNC basketball won’t take backseat under Michael Malone
• Signing Darren Waller was a risk. Was it worth taking for the Panthers?
• How a second-year Duke RB is keeping the Blue Devils on the run in 2026

WRAL

• UNC picks starting quarterback for opener against TCU, ESPN reports
• NC State defensive lineman expected to be eligible for season opener after judge’s order

Charleston Post & Courier

• Vizzina not worried about the noise in the midst of Clemson QB competition
• Freshman offensive lineman turning heads in Gamecocks’ preseason camp

UVA, men’s basketball coach Ryan Odom agree to contract extension  Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

The Associated Press

• Illinois turns to new QB to keep unprecedented run going
• Ohio State and Oregon are 1-2 in the AP preseason Top 25, SEC leads conferences with 9 ranked teams
• Parsing the AP Top 25: Things to know about the preseason college football rankings
• While Big Ten holds down top two spots in AP preseason Top 25, SEC finds strength in numbers
• Texas puts 4 players on preseason AP All-America team; 14 of the 27 first-team picks are from SEC
• Pat Fitzgerald and Michigan State seem to be a perfect fit with both having a lot to prove
• No. 14 USC has everything in place for Lincoln Riley to chase Trojans’ first CFP berth