There are two ways that a college basketball team can earn a bid to the NCAA tournament at the end of the season: an automatic bid and an at-large bid. We'll explain both here.

Automatic bids to the College Football Playoff in 2024 equated to automatic losses. Following the conclusion of the quarterfinal round of the initial 12-team playoff, all four of the teams that ...

ESPN's Bracketology efforts are focused on projecting the NCAA tournament field just as we expect the NCAA Division I basketball committee to select the field in March. ESPN bracketologist Joe ...

The Best of the West offers fans a candid assessment of the top teams in the western third of the country — a collection that includes the Mountain West and the former Pac-12 schools now ...

Delegates from NCAA Division II football schools voted to award automatic berths to the postseason playoffs starting with the 2025 season. The change was co-sponsored by the CIAA, which has raised its ...

In desperate need of their first Southeastern Conference victory, the Arkansas Razorbacks and coach John Calipari host the Georgia Bulldogs on Wednesday in Fayetteville, Ark.

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Atlantic Coast Conference's bumpy showing in nonconference games could make it harder for teams to bolster their cases for NCAA Tournament bids in league play. The ...