The Weekly Syllabus returns with a have a look at the Related Press preseason high 25 school soccer ballot, reminiscing in regards to the good previous days for Tennessee ladies’s basketball and the state of quarterback competitions within the SEC.
Under are 5 of the week’s most notable tales in school athletics.
School soccer preseason AP Ballot
The AP printed its preseason high 25 ballot on Monday, and it supplied minor adjustments to the USA Immediately 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 greater, 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 yr 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 obtained 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 coming 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 may very well 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 Picket 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 may very well be what Tennessee wants to recollect what it as soon as was and what it may very well be once more.
Miami dismisses large receiver earlier than begin of the season
Miami Hurricanes large receiver Cam Vaughn, who joined throughout the offseason through the switch portal, has been dismissed from the group, per ESPN’s Andrea Adelson.
“There comes a time the place choices must be made,” Cristobal defined to reporters. “You make strikes strictly for the betterment of the group. 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 probably essential position 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 yr of expertise. Even with the loss, Miami ought to be high-quality.
Michigan pronounces 2026 group captains
The Michigan Wolverines revealed their captains for the 2026 season, and sophomore quarterback Bryce Underwood was one among 4 gamers chosen together with operating again Jordan Marshall, defensive sort out Trey Pierce and security Rod Moore.
The five-star high-school recruit’s freshman yr ended on a low as he struggled in losses to Ohio State and Texas, however his teammates seem assured he is the fitting quarterback to guide this system again into the playoff hunt.
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