The Weekly Syllabus returns with a take a look at the Related Press preseason prime 25 school soccer ballot, reminiscing in regards to the good outdated days for Tennessee ladies’s basketball and the state of quarterback competitions within the SEC.
Beneath are 5 of the week’s most notable tales in school athletics.
Faculty soccer preseason AP Ballot
The AP revealed its preseason prime 25 ballot on Monday, and it supplied minor adjustments to the USA At present Coaches Ballot launched earlier, with No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes, No. 2 Oregon Ducks and No. 3 Georgia Bulldogs unchanged. The No. 11 LSU Tigers and No. 17 Washington Huskies are two spots increased, whereas the No. 13 Alabama Crimson Tide and No. 20 Tennessee Volunteers are ranked two spots decrease.
Arguably most notably, the Clemson Tigers are unranked within the preseason ballot for the primary time since 2011, Dabo Swinney’s third 12 months as head coach. That season was the primary of 12 consecutive 10-win seasons, sparking Clemson’s turnaround from perennial underachiever to nationwide energy. Amongst extra optimistic storylines, the No. 19 SMU Mustangs made consecutive preseason top-25 appearances for the primary time since a four-year span from 1982-85, whereas the No. 23 Houston Cougars acquired solely their third preseason top-25 placement since 1992 and first since becoming a member of the Huge 12 in 2023.
Gonzaga head coach, Tennessee WBB legends honored at Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Fame induction ceremony
Gonzaga males’s basketball coach Mark Few and former Tennessee Volunteers’ ladies’s basketball legends Chamique Holdsclaw and Candace Parker have been amongst these enshrined on Saturday as a part of the 2026 Corridor of Fame class.
Few becomes one of five Division-I coaches getting into the 2026-27 season within the Corridor, becoming a member of Rick Pitino, Invoice Self, Tom Izzo and John Calipari. Not like his friends who’ve mixed for six nationwide titles, Few has but to chop down the nets on the finish of the season. Maybe the HOF nod could possibly be the beginning of a breakthrough.
Holdsclaw and Parker, in the meantime, mixed for 5 titles at Tennessee, with Holdsclaw twice being named AP Participant of the Yr (1998, 1999) and Parker incomes the Wood Award (2007) and AP POY honors (2008) throughout two iconic franchise runs. The twin inductions could not come at a extra prescient time for the Vols ladies’s basketball program, which is coming off the worst season in program historical past. It could possibly be what Tennessee wants to recollect what it as soon as was and what it could possibly be once more.
Miami dismisses large receiver earlier than begin of the season
Miami Hurricanes large receiver Cam Vaughn, who joined through the offseason by way of the switch portal, has been dismissed from the crew, per ESPN’s Andrea Adelson.
“There comes a time the place selections need to be made,” Cristobal defined to reporters. “You make strikes strictly for the betterment of the crew. That is why they’re made.”
Vaughn completed 2025 with 35 receptions, 541 yards and 4 touchdowns at West Virginia, placing him in line for a doubtlessly essential function with the Canes. Fellow transfers Cooper Barkate and Vandrevius Jacobs give Miami two different plug-and-play choices, whereas rising sophomore Malachi Toney, who had 1,211 receiving yards as a freshman, is unlikely to decelerate with one other 12 months of expertise. Even with the loss, Miami must be wonderful.
Michigan declares 2026 crew captains
The Michigan Wolverines revealed their captains for the 2026 season, and sophomore quarterback Bryce Underwood was certainly one of 4 gamers chosen together with operating again Jordan Marshall, defensive deal with Trey Pierce and security Rod Moore.
The five-star high-school recruit’s freshman 12 months ended on a low as he struggled in losses to Ohio State and Texas, however his teammates seem assured he is the suitable quarterback to steer this system again into the playoff hunt.
