And so we come to the portion of the Power Five previews where we cover the conference that was looking in from the outside at the College Football Playoff last year. In 2015, three-quarters of the teams ended the year with winning records, but none ended them with fewer than two losses after conference champion Stanford fell at...
Since bringing in Utah and Colorado in 2011, forming a couple of six-team divisions, and holding a championship game at the home site of the team with the better record, the Pac-12 has seen power shift completely toward the teams in the North. Essentially the conference has become a two-horse race, with the winner of the...
Half the fun of March Madness every year is that it yields upsets galore. The story of the NCAA Tournament is a story of Cinderellas, of that one shining moment that can turn a group of college kids into legends.
But not all upsets are created equal. Some were of the mildly-shocking variety, while others genuinely resulted in the...