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• Lane Kiffin lets four LSU assistants return to Ole Miss for College Football Playoff run against Tulane - Lane Kiffin's former assistants returned to Ole Miss to help prepare the Rebels for the College Football Playoff game despite the recent move to LSU.
• Fernando Mendoza, Julian Sayin, Diego Pavia and Jeremiyah Love tapped as Heisman Trophy finalists - The four finalists for the Heisman Trophy were revealed on Monday. Fernando Mendoza, Julian Sayin, Diego Pavia and Jeremiyah Love will head to New York.
• Sens Marsha Blackburn, Maria Cantwell hustling to protect college athletes' finances in murky NIL world - Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., unveiled the HUSTLE Act on Monday in hopes of protecting the financial futures of college athletes.
• Ex-NBC host Chuck Todd rips College Football Playoff officials over Alabama getting into field - Former NBC host Chuck Todd was perturbed over the Alabama Crimson Tide getting into the College Football Playoff on Sunday with three losses.
• Big 12 fines schools for opting out of bowl games - The Iowa State Cyclones and Kansas State Wildcats were fined $500,000 each on Sunday for deciding to opt out of bowl games after finishing with at least six wins.
• College Football Playoff committee sparks frenzied debate as Notre Dame kept out of final field - The Notre Dame Fighting Irish were left out of the College Football Playoff as the committee revealed the final bracket on Sunday. Miami and Alabama got in.
• Indiana gets top billing in College Football Playoff as Miami sneaks into field - The 2025-26 College Football Playoff bracket was revealed on Sunday after several conference championships affected how the seeding would go.
• College football star, coach butt heads in contentious conflict after playoff win - Montana State running back Julius Davis got into a heated altercation with his head coach Brent Vigen following the team's win over Yale on Saturday.
• Ex-SJSU trans athlete makes disputed claims about female teammate's eating disorder and academic setback - Transgender athlete Blaire Fleming made disputed claims about former teammate Brooke Slusser's eating disorder and academics at San Jose State.
• Trump warns college sports are in 'BIG trouble' in cryptic post - President Donald Trump warns college sports faces trouble, months after NCAA settlement requires $2.8 billion in back damages and allows athlete revenue sharing.