
Devon Johnson (who we ranked the top player in our state-by-state rankings) smashed into the end zone to give Marshall their first victory ever against a Big Ten team and make Conference USA, the Mountain West, and the American Athletic conferences a combined 5-5 against Power Conferences (see scoreboard below).
by John Pudner7 Sep 2015, 12:03 AM PST0

Texas A&M ran No. 15 Arizona State off a neutral field as the Pac-12 imploded this weekend. The conference was projected to go 10-2, and instead went 7-5 with stunning losses to Hawaii, Northwestern, and non-FBS Portland State to fall to a distant fifth in the conference rankings.
by John Pudner6 Sep 2015, 6:21 AM PST0

The Charlotte 49ers emerged (1-0 all-time in FBS play) victorious over Georgia State (0-23 all-time) in a battle of perhaps the two worst teams in FBS.
by John Pudner5 Sep 2015, 5:51 AM PST0

Skai Moore’s late interceptions saved the SEC from a second upset on the opening day of the football season, but the conference still joined the American and Sun Belt as Thursday’s disappointments.
by John Pudner4 Sep 2015, 5:42 AM PST0

Marquette or Wisconsin has made the Sweet 16 five years in a row. Wisconsin added a huge bowl win over Auburn, but the real news in Wisconsin was UW-Whitewater becoming the first school to ever win the Division 3 national titles in football, basketball, and baseball in the same year.
by John Pudner3 Sep 2015, 1:18 AM PST0

Is any state more dominant in winter collegiate athletics than Connecticut?
by John Pudner2 Sep 2015, 12:01 AM PST0

In 2016, Cleveland hosts the GOP Convention and the favorite to win an NBA title. Ohio boasts Anton Grady and Tyree Gaiter, two of the top basketball players in the Horizon League and D2, respectively, and the defending national champion football team.
by John Pudner1 Sep 2015, 6:00 AM PST0

The Astros 7-5 loss to the Twins on Sunday snapped an 11-game stretch during which they matched a feat last accomplished 41 years ago by the Orioles rotation of Mike Cueller, Jim Palmer, Dave McNally, and Ross Grimsley.
by John Pudner31 Aug 2015, 5:56 AM PST0

The Los Angeles Dodgers managed zero hits for the second time in their nine days of existence as the first $300 million team in baseball history. At least this time a great pitcher, Jake Arrieta of the Chicago Cubs, held them hitless. Arrieta lowered his ERA to 2.11 to no-hit the Dodgers nine days after Astros journeyman Mike Fiers managed the feat.
by John Pudner30 Aug 2015, 9:27 PM PST0

Grayson Allen led Duke to the national basketball title and ranks as the top returning player. Megan Buckingham leads the greatest college sports program in history (UNC women’s soccer). The greatest upset unfolded on the Big Ten Network eight years ago when Appalachian State shocked the world.
by John Pudner30 Aug 2015, 12:17 AM PST0

Sarah Palin won a state basketball title, Mary Kakoona won an Eskimo-Indian Olympics event by skinning a seal in less than 2 ½ minutes, and Reggie Tougue intercepted 11 passes and ran for 932 yards at Lathrop High School before playing for Oregon State and the Oakland Raiders.
by John Pudner29 Aug 2015, 12:18 AM PST0

Kevin Thomas of the Portland Press Herald reported on the great effort put up by Maine’s Shaun Lawton and Till Gloger to almost pull the upset, but Dre Wills showed why he is the best player in three states by hitting six of eight shots and adding three steals, six rebounds and five assists to rally Vermont 68-54 this past season.
by John Pudner27 Aug 2015, 12:02 AM PST0

Sure, ESPN lists the Arkansas Razorbacks in the top 10, and Value Add basketball forecast their basketball team in the Final Four until Bobby Portis and Michael Quails declared for the NBA draft.
by John Pudner26 Aug 2015, 1:00 AM PST0

The SEC remains the deepest conference in the first AP football poll released this weekend, but the Big Ten and Big 12 play stronger at the top after picking up respect, and recruits, after last season.
by John Pudner24 Aug 2015, 10:38 AM PST0

Baseball’s first $300 million team batted .198, boasted three extra base hits (all doubles, see box score), and played on the wrong end of a no-hitter during their ill-fated series against the Houston Astros, a team with the second lowest payroll ($69 million) in baseball, this weekend.
by John Pudner24 Aug 2015, 7:29 AM PST0

After skipping the NBA draft for a shot at the Final Four, All-American Kyle Wiltjer remains as the established top player on the top team in the state (Gonzaga). Taelor Ross, the sister of Terrence Ross of the Toronto Raptors, and her Seattle team enter this season as the player and team with the most to prove.
by John Pudner21 Aug 2015, 1:10 AM PST0

With Diamond Stone choosing to join Melo Trimble and Jack Layman, the Terps hold the best chance for a basketball title in years. When you add D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera from just over the state line in Washington DC, some of the best basketball in the country continues to be played around the nation’s capital just like it has been from the careers of Elgin Baylor to Kevin Durant.
by John Pudner20 Aug 2015, 12:18 AM PST0

Tatiana Weston-Webb (pictured) of Haiku burst on the surfing scene last year at 17, and at 23 Andrew Agcaoili of Oahu and his friends produce the incredible cliff diving footage covered earlier this month by the Huffington Post.
by John Pudner18 Aug 2015, 1:01 AM PST0

With a nickname like the Cowboys, Wyoming fittingly offers a rodeo performer as the top student-athlete in the state. The Eastern Wyoming team also produced a couple of rodeo stars that cracked the top 20.
by John Pudner17 Aug 2015, 12:10 AM PST0

No pressure on Erica Brown of the Delaware women’s basketball. Just play like that last player, Elena Delle Donne.
by John Pudner16 Aug 2015, 12:43 AM PST0

The Providence Friars boasted two winter superstars: hockey goalie John Gillies earned Most Outstanding Player distinction in delivering the school a surprise national title before signing professionally and Kris Dunn decided to hold off a year on an NBA contract to try to give Friars basketball a Big East title.
by John Pudner15 Aug 2015, 12:08 AM PST0

The firing of President Obama’s brother-in-law cost Montana what the New York Times called the best basketball family in the country (pictured). The journalists we talked to said Tres Tinkle following his dad Wayne to Oregon State left baskeball center Martin Breunig as clearly the top student-athlete in the country.
by John Pudner14 Aug 2015, 12:11 AM PST0

In early October, CBS projected a BCS semifinal game of Mississippi vs. Mississippi State, only to have the best athlete in the state, Laquon Treadwell, tackled just short of the goal line against Auburn to create a fumble and injury that knocked him out for the season.
by John Pudner31 Jul 2015, 1:05 AM PST0

Wichita State’s win over Kansas in March Madness to claim bragging rights in the basketball state featured all the best athletes in the Sunflower State. However, the greatest athletes ever were running star and Congressman Jim Ryun and baseball Hall of Famer George Brett.
by John Pudner30 Jul 2015, 1:36 AM PST0

ESPN has Missouri back in the Top 25 in football, and the top four student-athletes in the state are in fact Mizzou players getting ready for another SEC season. The state also has a lot of high school talent in big-time volleyball and basketball prospects.
by John Pudner29 Jul 2015, 1:00 AM PST0