As the 18th-ranked Boilermakers (21-9, 13-6) and the Illini (19-11, 11-8) prepare for their Big Ten Conference regular-season finale Friday night in Champaign, Ill., both squads have regained the swagger necessary to make some amazing March memories.

Trae Taylor left the University of Alabama with an offer from the Crimson Tide after visiting during the Tide’s first day of spring practice. Taylor attends Carmel Catholic High School in Illinois and is a member of the 2027 recruiting class.

Illinois again ranked highest ... Fourteen states got Ds and the remaining 23 got Fs. Alabama ranks last, with South Dakota only a little bit better. The Institute for Local Self-Reliance ...

The On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine gives Alabama the best chance of landing Sutter at 61%. The Crimson Tide are followed by Illinois (24.8%), Ole Miss (3.4%), Ohio State (2%), Penn State (2%) and Iowa (1.6%).

Alabama will host the T-Mobile Crimson Classic next weekend, playing five games against UAB, Furman, and Southern Illinois. Alabama softball made its 2025 Rhoads Stadium debut this weekend in the Easton Bama Bash, winning four of its five games in run-rule ...

Illinois announced Monday that Joe Kim of the New England Patriots will join the football staff as the skill development coordinator.

South Alabama has hired Jerone Steckel as defensive line coach, AL.com has confirmed. Steckel spent the 2024 season at Eastern Michigan, and has also worked at Southeast Missouri. He replaces Ced Douglas, who left the Jaguars earlier this month without ever coaching in a game to take a job at Georgia Southern.

Trae Taylor left the University of Alabama with an offer from the Crimson ... Taylor attends Carmel Catholic High School in Illinois and is a member of the 2027 recruiting class.

Alabama will host the T-Mobile Crimson Classic next weekend, playing five games against UAB, Furman, and Southern Illinois. Alabama softball made its 2025 Rhoads Stadium debut this weekend in the ...