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Notre Dame's ambitious plans, including a new stadium, television deal and plans to change conferences, have the Fighting Irish feeling positive about their future.

Editor's note: Graham Hays is counting down to the start of the 2012 college softball season with a look at each of the teams in his Top 20. Check back daily for updates.

No. 6 Arizona Last year: 43-18 overall, 11-10 Pac-10 (lost in Tucson Super Regional)

Who returns: As is so often the case at the program with a lineage that boasts the likes of Jennie Finch, Nancy Evans, Alicia Hollowell and others, the circle is the center of attention. A year before Arizona State ace Dallas Escobedo capped...

The Atlantic Coast Conference will play a nine-game schedule in football and every team will compete in the ACC basketball tournaments once Syracuse and Pittsburgh join the league.

Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel is going back to school -- in a newly created position at the University of Akron.

Joel Maturi's decade as University of Minnesota athletics director required a constant balance between running two-dozen teams with integrity and keeping the department solvent in the big business of major college sports.

Daniel Moore made a name for himself drawing iconic images of famous University of Alabama sporting events. But his work has also drawn the ire of school administrators, who claim his artistry violates the trademark rights they jealously work to protect.

The NCAA has put Nebraska on two years' probation and agreed to a self-imposed fine of $38,000 as part of an impermissible benefits case involving textbooks and school supplies.

Greg Schiano was supposed to be at Don Bosco Preparatory School promptly at 8 a.m. Thursday morning to recruit some key prospects. He never showed up, as he was finalizing a deal to coach the Tampa Bay Bucs, leaving recruits wondering.

A University of Wisconsin student alleged that an athletic department official grabbed his crotch at an alcohol-fueled party during the football team's trip to the Rose Bowl, according to an independent report released by the school on Tuesday night.

Cornerback Yuri Wright, the 40th-ranked player on the ESPNU 150, has committed to Colorado, his former high school coach confirmed Tuesday.