More top stories

• Illinois offensive coordinator leaves for New Mexico

• Illinois defeats Hawaii 68-58

• NU headed to Alamo Bowl

• Irish head to Hawaii Bowl to face Hawaii

• NIU gets Independence Bowl berth

• Teddy Greenstein: Viewers big winners in BCS
  • 2008-09 Bowl games

• Florida, Oklahoma earn date in national title game

• Women's hoops: DePaul beats Loyola

• Basketball matchup: Hawaii at Illinois

• Soccer: Notre Dame women lose in title game

• Northwestern stomps DePaul

• Harangody returns, but Notre Dame loses

• McCamey, Illini roll with MJ in house

• Bradley loses big to Michigan State

• Teddy Greenstein: Tebow fits Florida into BCS title

• UIC beats Loyola

• Women's soccer final: Notre Dame-UNC

• Soccer: Northwestern falls to North Carolina in quarterfinals

• Michigan upsets Duke

• Illinois State downs Bowling Green

• Southern Illinois loses by two points

• Northern Illinois beats Chicago State

• Nurse hits 21, DuBois 18 as Western Illinois wins

• Austin Peay down Eastern Illinois

• AD puts onus on Weis

• Kids at DePaul, NU learning as they go

• Women: DePaul rout SIU

• Teddy Greenstein: SEC title game is must-see TV

• Soccer: Notre Dame women in NCAA finals

• Irish could get used to this place

• Illinois returns to United Center

• Willingham: 'Maybe Notre Dame got it right'

• Iowa's Greene wins Tribune Silver Football

• Illini writing a new script

• Northwestern returns to NCAA soccer quarterfinals

• ND transfer makes up for 2 lost years

• 2008 Big Ten-ACC Challenge

  • Northwestern rides 20-2 run to top Florida State
  • No. 1 North Carolina beats Michigan State
  • Wake Forest pounds Indiana

• California 77, DePaul 67

• Why the Irish kept Weis

• Eastern Illinois beats Tennessee State

AP college news

• Abrams, James take over as No. 6 Texas beats No. 15 Villanova 67-58 in Jimmy V Classic

• Abrams, James take over for No. 6 Texas in victory over No. 15 Villanova in Jimmy V Classic

• Texas quarterback Colt McCoy tells newspaper he'll return to Longhorns for his senior season

• Grad rate gap for blacks and whites widens even as overall numbers up for bowl-bound teams

• TCU shakes up women's basketball poll again and moved to No. 19; UConn remains unanimous No. 1

• Washington introduces Sarkisian as football coach replacing Tyrone Willingham

• Virginia coach Al Groh's son resigns as dad's assistant, 2 others leave in coaching shakeup

• Report: Tuberville's mother says Auburn fired son as football coach, contrary to AD's claims

• Power programs Florida, Oklahoma expected to be picked for college football's title game

• No. 3 Longhorns to meet 10th-ranked Ohio State in Fiesta Bowl in tradition-laden matchup