With several top-ranked teams across a variety of men’s and women’s sports, several Blue Devil squads are poised to embark on potentially-championship-winning runs. The Chronicle discusses the possibility of an 18th Duke national championship in our latest Take of the week.

Despite what earlier headlines might’ve said about Duke forward Cooper Flagg, it didn’t take him long to figure out college basketball. Previously lower splits

Sure, the win at Kansas is really the only marquee victory Houston has so far this season, but a 13-game winning streak with 11 double-digit wins over that stretch earns Kelvin Sampson's team a place in the top tier of the sport.

The Oklahoma State Cowboys have been making some noise in the world of 2026 prep recruiting.  They were handing out the offers to close out the week and the rec

The Nets (14-33) sit just two games back of the Hornets (12-31) in the Cooper Flagg Sweepstakes, and if Ball doesn’t play Wednesday, it makes it more likely that the Nets will beat them. Charlotte could also lose more games going forward if Ball, their leading scorer, misses extended time.

Vanderbilt entered the Associated Press women’s basketball Top 25 on Monday at No. 23, its first ranking in more than a decade, while Texas returned to the top five and Ohio State and Duke both jumped back into the top 10.

No. 14 Maryland (17-4) beat Penn St. 82-73. Next: vs. Illinois, Sunday. No. 15 North Carolina (18-4) did not play. Next: at No. 19 California, Thursday. No. 16 Michigan St. (17-3) did not play. Next: vs. Oregon, Thursday.

Penn State football coach James Franklin announced the hiring of Jim Knowles as defensive coordinator Monday morning.

The Nittany Lions reportedly made the former Ohio State assistant college football's highest-paid defensive coordinator.

Texas Tech made its Top 25 season debut at No. 22 after beating Cincinnati and Oklahoma State to run its Big 12 winning streak to four games. Vanderbilt entered the poll at No. 24 for the first time since Dec. 7, 2015, as the women's team also cracked the poll this week for the first time since 2014.

Washington Wizards - Cooper Flagg, F, Duke. Flagg is living up to the ‘generational’ tag, and proving without a doubt that he’s in a tier of his own in this class. Flagg

Contrast that success with Calipari’s first Arkansas team, which needed six tries to notch its first SEC win of the year, and Kentucky fans figure to have plenty of ammunition Saturday. The Razorbacks are just 12-8 overall, and their 1-6 start to SEC play has them looking like a long shot for an NCAA Tournament berth.