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INDIANAPOLIS -- There's an added incentive to prove which college or university has the best athletic program in America -- $200,000 in graduate scholarship money. On Wednesday, the NCAA and corporate sponsor Capital One announced they were joining forces to create the Capital One Cup, which will be awarded to best all-around men's and women's Division I programs. Standings will be released at the end of the fall, winter and spring seasons, with the overall winners announced in July at the ESPY Awards. "Honestly, I'd love to see it become the elite award in college athletics where it becomes...

USC was slapped with a two-year bowl ban last month. Now North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida are acknowledging that the NCAA has taken a look at their athletic departments. All four situations appear to involve possible wrongdoing involving athletes and agents. Is the NCAA suddenly cracking down on this sometimes-seamy side of college athletics? Rachel Newman-Baker, director of agent, gambling and amateurism activities for the NCAA, won't go that far. But she said the organization believes it is making progress. "I think people are kind of tired of sitting around and watching some of these abuses, and so I...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long says the school has "no interest" in joining another conference amid speculation the Razorbacks could be a candidate to move to the Big 12. Long said Wednesday that Arkansas is happy in the Southeastern Conference. The Big 12 recently lost Nebraska to the Big Ten and Colorado to the Pac-10, leaving it with 10 members. Arkansas left the Southwest Conference and joined the SEC in 1991. Some of its old rivals from the Southwest Conference -- such as Texas and Texas A&M -- now play in the Big 12.

MORE: Chart: Cost of least expensive season ticket for all 120 FBS Schools Fans in the Great Lakes area love college football. They love it so much, in fact, they're willing to pay top dollar to see their teams play. A Rivals.com survey of season-ticket prices at each of the 120 FBS programs shows that four teams in that area -- Ohio State, Notre Dame, Wisconsin and Michigan -- charge the most for season tickets. With required donations or seat licenses, the most inexpensive season ticket at those schools costs more than $900. Big-time college football, apparently a recession-proof enterprise,...

RENTON, Wash. -- Days after the NCAA trampled his former Southern California Trojans, coach Pete Carroll's mindset remains the same from afar. Fight on! Carroll says the NCAA had no basis for unfair and "really, really harsh" sanctions on USC. "There's nothing there," he said Tuesday of the investigation into his program's knowledge of former Trojans running back Reggie Bush's improper benefits and relationship with an agent. "Now the word's out. You can do this," he said. "One person can do this, go after a university and a kid. And nothing has to be true. Nothing has to be true....

So no PAC 16 then? Rutgers not making a trip to the big ten? The Big East is not falling apart? No SEC raid on the ACC... No 32 team mega conferences? Wow, I got excited for Nebraska to the Big10, Colorado to the PAC10, Boise to the MWC and, maybe, Utah to the PAC10? Are you kidding me? Well it's often said 'in with a bang out with a whimper' and 2010 Expansion Palooza was exactly that. As it sits right now there are one, maybe two more dominoes to fall in conference expansion and they will, at...

USC Trojans redshirt junior linebacker Jordan Campbell has become the first player to defect from the land of Troy and take advantage of an NCAA-regulated free-transfer policy for juniors and seniors, telling ESPNLosAngeles.com Monday he has already told USC he will transfer.

Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott says Texas has turned down an invitation to leave the Big 12 and join his conference.

The Big 12 Conference will stay alive after all 10 remaining teams have agreed to remain members, according to multiple reports late this afternoon. Texas turned down an invitation from the Pacific-10 Conference, announcing in a university statement late this afternoon that the Longhorns will continue competing in the Big 12. Texas president William Powers Jr. and athletic director DeLoss Dodds will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. Tuesday. The Texas Board of Regents meeting set for Tuesday was cancelled. Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/06/14/2015957/reports-texas-may-commit-to-staying.html#ixzz0qsNXCju4