A trio of congressmen have asked NCAA president Charlie Baker in a letter to provide more information about the association's plans to allow college athletes to bet on professional sports.

The Division I Board voted Tuesday to delay the effective date of the sports betting legislative change, moving it from Nov. 1 to Nov. 22, one day after the close of a membership rescission period.

Sankey sent a letter to NCAA president Charlie Baker on Oct. 25, obtained by ESPN, making it known that the SEC disagrees with the decision to allow athletes to bet on professional sports. He said in the letter that SEC presidents and chancellors came to the conclusion that "this policy change represents a major step in the wrong direction.

The Bulldogs return to Jacksonville having won the last four editions of this rivalry, establishing another period of dominance that the Gators have struggled to snap. That being said, Florida enters this game directly after a testy win over Mississippi State and hopes to tame another pack of Dawgs at EverBank Stadium this weekend.

The NCAA announced Thursday that player availability reports will be used for the 2026 men's and women's basketball tournaments in March. The reports from teams must be submitted the night before games and again two hours before tipoff.

The DI Board voted to delay the effective date of the sports betting legislative change to Nov. 22, which is one day after the close of a membership rescission period. DI rules afford 30 days for each DI school to vote to rescind a proposal if it is adopted by less than a 75%…

Teams can always get hot and make a run in the NCAA tournament to turn a solid 24- or 25-win season into a miraculous finish that ends with a national title. In recent college basketball history, however, the bulk of the national champions were already flirting with that 30-win tally before they cut down the nets in the final game.

Sports betting is legal and regulated in 38 states, as well as Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and an NCAA survey conducted in 2024 found that 21.5 percent of male college athletes reported betting (legally or illegally) on sports at least once in the previous 12 months. At the Division I level, the number was 12.6 percent.

Stalions, the central figure in the Michigan sign-stealing operation, was memorably seen on a Central Michigan sideline in 2023 wearing team gear.

The first game of the weekend saw the Wolverines jump out to a 4-0 lead, thanks to a pair of goals from Will Horcoff. Though the Fighting Irish tried to make things interesting later in the game, Michigan was able to batten down the hatches and hang on for a 5-3 win.