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Social media erupts after cops reportedly raid home of Ilhan Omar's son: 'Not a good look'
Social media is in a frenzy over a report that police raided the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar's son over charges in connection with allegations involving his roommate.
Minneapolis police raided the home of Adnan Hirsi earlier this week when they confiscated guns and ammunition before arresting his roommate, Abdulrahman Abdi, Alpha News reported. Hirsi, Omar's son, has not been implicated in any wrongdoing, nor is the congresswoman implicated in the reported incident.
But the report's mention that the suspect shares an apartment with the progressive lawmaker's son was enough to make her right-wing critics on social media erupt.
"Nothing to see here. Move along," Steve Ferguson, a small business owner with nearly 300,000 followers on X, posted.
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Right-wing activist Benny Johnson wrote, "Not a good look for Ilhan Omar."
Online influencer "Spitfire" wrote on the site, "This Omar investigation is getting more interesting by the day."
"Anyone shocked that a horrible person would be a horrible mother? What do you expect from someone who marries their brother?" wrote Townhall columnist Derek Hunter, referencing an unproven online conspiracy theory that Omar previously was married to her brother, which she has denied.
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Commentator Gunther Eagleman called to "deport Ilhan Omar and her family."
"Ilhan Omar: Supports violent jihad. Ilhan's daughter: Arrested during pro-Hamas campus riots; traveled to Cuba with a CCP-linked group. Ilhan's son: Home raided by police; guns and ammunition seized," wrote Eitan Fischberger, a former staff sergeant in the Israeli military and a current opinion columnist.
The report itself was also shared without comment by former Trump advisors Corey Lewandowski and Sean Spicer.
The report said that a search warrant was executed on Tuesday at the home that Abdi shares with Hirsi, and that guns and ammunition were recovered. Abdi was reportedly arrested earlier in the day. No wrongdoing by Hirsi was reported.
The Minneapolis Police Department declined to comment when reached by Fox News Digital.
Fox News Digital did confirm that Abdi was arrested by Minneapolis police and booked just after noon on Tuesday. He was released just before midnight the next day, records show.
Omar herself is a staunch advocate for gun control. Fox News Digital reached out to her office for comment on the incident.
Russia threatens strikes on UK military targets, ‘catastrophic consequences’ over Ukraine
Russia warned Thursday that it could strike British military targets inside and outside Ukraine if Kyiv uses long-range British cruise missiles against targets deep inside Russian territory, according to reports.
This came a day after Moscow accused Ukraine of striking a shopping center in Russian-controlled Donetsk with British Storm Shadow missiles, wounding civilians, including children.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Thursday that Britain was "one step away" from becoming legally complicit in what she described as civilian-targeted "terrorism," warning that failure to change course would bring "catastrophic consequences," Reuters reported.
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"We have repeatedly warned that any British military installations and equipment in Ukraine and beyond its borders could be targeted in response to Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory carried out using British weapons," Zakharova said at a news briefing in Moscow.
She urged British leaders to "immediately, in the most resolute and unequivocal manner, abandon the hostile, aggressive line" to prevent the conflict from escalating to an "entirely new level."
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham visited Ukraine Aug. 24 for Independence Day, when he announced that a defense contractor could release classified information about British components used in the long-range SCALP cruise missile as Ukraine and France seek to establish assembly lines in Ukraine, according to the U.K. government.
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The SCALP missile, the French version of Britain's Storm Shadow, can strike targets more than 155 miles away.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the U.K. was "participating in the war" and "pouring fuel on the fire."
A spokesperson for Britain's Ministry of Defense told Reuters London stood "shoulder to shoulder" with Ukraine and was committed to providing the equipment that Kyiv needed "to defend itself against (President Vladimir) Putin's illegal invasion."
"Russia should be in no doubt about the resolve of this government to stand against Russian aggression in Ukraine and against the U.K. and our allies," the spokesperson said.
During his Kyiv visit, Burnham also hit back at Moscow, condemning Russia's "outrageous threats" and asserting that Britain's support for Ukraine would not waver.
Russia also warned Britain Aug. 17 that it would pay a "price" after The Times reported Aug. 15 that British-made drones supplied to Ukraine were used to strike military and industrial targets inside Russia for the very first time.
Britain's Ministry of Defense did not confirm whether British drones had been used in the strikes.
Zakharova made the remarks as President Donald Trump downplayed concerns about a broader war, telling Axios in a phone interview Thursday he was not concerned Russia would attack a NATO member.
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Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, known as the SVR, confirmed Thursday that he met with CIA Director John Ratcliffe in Moscow earlier this week, Reuters reported.
Naryshkin characterized the meeting as routine, saying they discussed issues within the scope of their intelligence services, according to Reuters.
Trump similarly described Ratcliffe's trip as "semi-routine," according to Axios.
Fox News Digital has reached out to 10 Downing Street for comment.
Trump admin urges returning education to states, citing $3 trillion of taxes spent and poor proficiency scores
FIRST ON FOX — The U.S. Department of Education (ED) is emphasizing to parents that control over education needs to be returned to the states, citing $3 trillion in spent taxpayer money and national test scores showing that only three in 10 students are proficient in math and reading, a department spokesperson told Fox News Digital Tuesday.
"Despite $3 trillion in taxpayer investment in a federal Department of Education, only three in 10 students are proficient in reading and math. That is exactly why the Trump administration is returning education to the states and putting local leaders and parents back into the driver’s seat," the spokesperson said.
"To deliver this urgent message, Secretary McMahon and key department leaders called into local radio nationwide over the past two weeks, connecting directly with millions of parents to highlight our hard reset to education — from restoring parental rights to empowering states to lead and taking ideology out of higher education."
Education Secretary Linda McMahon vowed earlier this year to dismantle the federal agency when she took office, pledging to hire staff members who would work toward eliminating their respective roles.
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The targeted local radio blitz coincides with McMahon's broader 50-state tour, during which she has spoken directly with families about how K-12 schooling "will be fundamentally different" under the administration's plan to decentralize federal oversight.
"As a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand that we only get one opportunity to educate and help our children reach their full God-given potential. That is exactly why the Trump administration is returning education to the states and ushering in the largest expansion of education freedom in American history," McMahon told Fox News Digital.
"This 50-state tour has reached millions of families across our great nation, emphasizing the vital role parents play in their child’s life – not bureaucrats in Washington."
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The push followed President Donald Trump's back-to-school event at the White House Monday, where he promoted the administration's school choice agenda and reiterated pledges to put parents back in charge.
Speaking alongside McMahon, students, parents and educators in the Rose Garden, Trump argued that despite massive federal outlays, student performance remains unacceptable. and families require more educational options. He also pledged to eliminate what he called "far-left extremism" from classrooms.
As part of that push, the administration highlighted the upcoming Education Freedom Tax Credit. Set to take effect Jan. 1, 2027, the program will allow individual taxpayers to receive a dollar-for-dollar tax credit of up to $1,700 for contributions made to approved scholarship-granting organizations.
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The Trump administration announced earlier this year an inter-agency agreement between the Department of Education and the Department of the Treasury, with an official calling it the largest step toward closing the agency.
The agreement entails moving student lending operations from the Department of Education to the Treasury, which will assume operational responsibility for collecting on defaulted federal student loan debt and providing operational support to the department's efforts to return borrowers to repayment.
This agreement follows nine agency partnerships over the past year as the Department of Education seeks to downsize, shifting power from some of its offices and programs to other federal agencies.
This is part of a broader effort to eliminate the department. McMahon previously said that the agency is merely a "pass through" for federal funding as opposed to controlling curriculum, noting that the agency's role in local curriculum is frequently misunderstood.
Gov Shapiro sues Trump administration over ‘lifesaving reproductive care’ in escalating abortion battle
Democrat Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro joined a multistate lawsuit against the Trump administration Thursday challenging new conditions on federal family planning grants, including requirements aimed at ensuring taxpayer resources do not support elective abortion and promoting "life-affirming" services.
Shapiro announced the lawsuit by accusing the Trump administration of making it harder for low-income Pennsylvanians to access what he called "lifesaving reproductive care and family planning services," specifically pointing to cancer screenings and testing for sexually transmitted infections.
But the 63-page complaint also challenges abortion-related provisions in the Trump administration's new requirements for Title X grants, including a directive that recipients "maintain strict separation from prohibited activities" and contribute to broader U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) efforts to "safeguard life-affirming, lawful, and ethical program delivery."
Live Action blasted Shapiro's characterization in a statement to Fox News Digital, accusing him of fighting to keep taxpayer dollars flowing to Planned Parenthood.
"Governor Shapiro is calling Planned Parenthood’s services ‘lifesaving care’ while fighting to keep taxpayer dollars flowing to the nation’s largest abortion chain," Noah Brandt, vice president of communications and government affairs at Live Action, said. "There is nothing lifesaving about abortion."
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Brandt said women deserve access to cancer screenings, prenatal care and other medical services, but argued that does not require taxpayers to subsidize Planned Parenthood.
"Governor Shapiro should stop hiding the abortion industry behind euphemisms and be honest about what he is defending: the killing of our youngest children," Brandt added.
Title X funding is already prohibited from being used for abortion. Shapiro's lawsuit challenges the Trump administration's additional conditions aimed at "life-affirming" program delivery.
The administration's new funding terms state that HHS will prioritize programs that uphold federal abortion-funding protections and "do not use taxpayer resources to promote or support elective abortion."
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Recipients are also expected to maintain "strict separation" from prohibited activities, according to language reproduced in the lawsuit.
The states argue the rules could cost providers Title X funding even when abortions are performed outside the federally funded program.
Pennsylvania received $12,729,659 in Title X family planning funding in fiscal 2026, according to the complaint.
Shapiro's administration has backed Medicaid coverage for abortion, increased reimbursement rates for abortion services and joined legal efforts seeking expanded access to mifepristone.
The filing marks Shapiro's second lawsuit against the Trump administration in as many days.
On Wednesday, the potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender joined a coalition challenging new federal requirements for mail-in ballots ahead of the November midterms.
Neither Shapiro's office nor the White House responded to Fox News Digital's requests for comment.
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The lawsuit, led by New York, Maryland and Massachusetts, and joined by more than 20 mostly blue states and governors, asks a federal court in Maryland to block the administration from applying the challenged conditions to Title X applicants and grantees.
Fox News Digital's Alec Schemmel contributed to this reporting.
Team USA hero Connor Hellebuyck confirms that he requested a trade from the Winnipeg Jets
Team USA goaltending hero Connor Hellebuyck has publicly confirmed rumors that he has requested a trade from the Winnipeg Jets.
The 33-year-old from Commerce, Michigan, has spent his entire NHL career with the Jets and has won the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goaltender three times.
However, the Jets took a step back last season, and on Wednesday, Jets executive vice president and GM Kevin Cheveldayoff said that the team was entertaining offers for Hellebuyck.
"Certainly, as an organization we're going to listen," he said per NHL.com. "Everyone saw (Hellebuyck’s) press conference at the end of the year. He was passionate. Certainly, in our exit meetings we had some frank conversations as well, but again, what happens in those meetings certainly stays private."
On Thursday, Hellebuyck confirmed that he had asked to move on from the team.
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"I have tried to handle the situation quietly and respectfully while giving the organization time to explore its options," Hellebuyck said in a statement shared by his agent. "With training camp approaching, I felt it was important to publicly confirm my request. My position has not changed. I believe moving on is the best path forward for me and my family."
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Hellebuyck debuted with the Jets in 2015-16 and has become one of the league's premier netminders and one of the Jets' centerpieces.
After Hellebuyck confirmed his trade request, Cheveldayoff released a statement.
"Connor has been open with us about his desire for a change," it reads. "He has been an important part of the Winnipeg Jets organization for many years, and we have tremendous respect for what he has accomplished here. While we will continue to work through the situation in a thoughtful manner, there is no update at this time."
Hellebuyck's stellar 41-save performance in the gold medal game against Canada at the 2025 Olympics in Milan was key to the US winning men's gold for the first time since the 1980 Miracle on Ice team.
It also led President Trump to announce earlier this year during the State of the Union address that Hellebuyck would be receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
DHS hits back at James Talarico after Democrat claims ICE 'kidnapped' 5-year-old boy deported with father
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin responded to criticism from Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico about the deportation of a young boy who was detained with his father by federal immigration authorities.
Victor Martinez Nieto and his 5-year-old son, Liam Tadeo, were both deported Tuesday. The pair were detained by authorities in Austin, Texas, earlier this month while on their way to a soccer match.
On Wednesday, Talarico, who has highlighted the case in his criticism of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement agenda, said Tadeo, who was slated to start kindergarten this week, should have spent his first day of school in a classroom.
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"ICE kidnapped Liam Tadeo on his way to a soccer game with his dad," Talarico wrote on X. "Liam should be in kindergarten. Instead, our government has thrown him in a prison camp hundreds of miles from home."
On Thursday, Talarico posted that Liam had been deported.
Looking to set the record straight, Mullin said Talarico "won't tell the American people the full story." He said the boy was deported with Martinez Nieto at his father's request.
"ICE does NOT separate families," Mullin wrote. "Parents are asked if they want to be removed with their children or ICE will place the children with a safe person the parent designates. In this case, both the father and son were deported together."
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Mullin noted that parents are responsible for what happens to their children "just as any U.S. citizen parent who breaks the law is when they are arrested."
The father and son were both held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the family's attorney. Martinez Nieto was arrested by immigration officers in November 2025 and deported in February. He later reentered the United States illegally, The Austin American-Statesman reported.
Teens accused of destroying Flock camera until battery exploded, igniting fire near homes: report
Three South Carolina teenagers were arrested after allegedly cutting down a Flock Safety camera pole and beating its battery pack with a hammer until it exploded and burst into flames, authorities said.
The attack unfolded during the early morning hours of Aug. 15 along Harmony Church Road in the Edgemoor area of Chester County, according to WBTV, citing the Chester County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators said the teens hacked down the pole before striking the equipment with a hammer, setting off the battery fire. The sheriff’s office estimated the damage at more than $5,000, WBTV reported.
Blaze Fuller, Samuel Carlisle and James Ryerson, all 19, were arrested and charged with criminal conspiracy and malicious injury to personal property, according to jail records reviewed by Fox News Digital.
Fuller was booked Aug. 18 and released the following day after posting $5,000 bond. Carlisle and Ryerson were also booked Aug. 18 and released Aug. 19, records show.
The blaze left a nearby resident worried it could have turned into something far worse.
"My house is over here," Edgemoor resident David Cunupp told WBTV, pointing toward his property. "Could’ve caught fire and burned if it wasn’t for the rain."
Cunupp said he was not necessarily opposed to the cameras but questioned the role of a private company in running the surveillance technology.
"They could be used for good, but I don’t see where a private company’s got access or running it instead of the DMV or the government," Cunupp told the outlet.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Chester County Sheriff’s Office for comment.
The alleged fiery takedown comes as tensions over Flock’s automated license plate reader network mount nationwide, with privacy advocates, local officials and lawmakers challenging the spread of vehicle location databases.
Opponents of the cameras have condemned vandalism and instead called for the technology to be challenged through lawful action.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, launched an investigation into Flock this week, saying the company has built an "unprecedented national surveillance network" with more than 120,000 cameras across 49 states and more than 20 billion vehicle scans each month.
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"Instead of serving discrete local investigations, as contemplated by our constitutional processes and safeguards, these camera networks harness artificial intelligence to pool what they capture into a national database that customers can search," Hawley wrote in a letter to Flock CEO Garrett Langley.
Flock spokesperson Paris Lewbel previously told Fox News Digital the company would respond directly to Hawley’s questions and looked forward to explaining "the safeguards built into our platform and how law enforcement agencies use Flock to solve crime and find missing people."
The dispute has played out through local government action in Texas. Hood County officials voted to end their relationship with Flock and later directed that the county’s three cameras be disconnected and covered until they could be removed.
Constable John Shirley shared photos of the covered cameras in a Facebook post, calling it "a good day for the Freedom of the people of Hood County."
He said the cameras had been "constantly scanning and recording regular folks just going about their day."
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"That kind of permanent, warrantless tracking doesn’t belong in a free society," Shirley wrote. "Privacy isn’t optional, and mass surveillance isn’t how we do things here."
In a later Facebook post, Shirley said he supports technology that helps police solve crimes, locate missing people and find dangerous suspects but argued public safety cannot end the conversation about individual liberty.
"We can have good policing and still insist on boundaries," Shirley wrote. "We can use technology without giving government unlimited surveillance capability."
The debate has already pushed communities from Texas, Arizona and nationwide, to reconsider or end their Flock contracts, citing worries about data sharing, privacy and misuse.
Megan Rapinoe mocks Enes Kanter Freedom's 'protect women' comments, calls him 'bad-faith actor'
Another episode of Megan Rapinoe’s "Why Are You Like This?" podcast has led to the former USWNT star chiming in about the latest in the WNBA, specifically Enes Kanter Freedom being ejected from the Chicago Sky-Indiana Fever game this past weekend.
Rapinoe started her latest podcast episode discussing the situation where Freedom was escorted out in the third quarter of the Sky’s loss to the Fever, which involved Chicago’s Natasha Cloud.
Cloud had scored a basket, which led to a Fever timeout. She then directed her emotion toward Freedom, who was sitting near the basket at Wintrust Arena. That led the former NBA center to stand up and walk toward her. Sky players and security got in between the two. Sky officials explained to OutKick later Tuesday that security and Chicago police determined Freedom was a threat, leading to his being escorted out and eventually barred from Wintrust Arena.
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Freedom later told OutKick in an exclusive interview that Cloud allegedly said, "She’s not gonna sleep with you," referring to Fever star Sophie Cunningham, who has been in the middle of controversy after her thoughts on keeping biological men out of women’s sports.
"And I was like, 'I am not trying to sleep with her. I’m just here to protect women and support her.' And then, obviously, after that she started yapping, and she started to walk towards me, and literally I just got up, and then I was like, 'I’m just here to protect women, and that’s all.'"
Well, Rapinoe caught wind of Freedom’s comments, and gave quite the sarcastic diatribe about them.
"He later, in continuing the absolute grift that was this whole thing, gave some quotes to OutKick Sports and Fox News — no surprise there. Saying that he was just out there to protect women. Well, oh my God, thank you so much because that’s what we were asking for," Rapinoe said in a mocking tone.
"In fairness, you did warn us about men forcing their way into WNBA spaces. Lo and behold…Oh, you weren’t talking about yourself? OK. People who are 'trying to protect women.' First of all, from who? From who? It’s yourself. It’s a big mirror. Y’all are the same people who were, like, s----ing on the league and its athletes from before, saying it was bad business and no one cared. You’re the same people who were banning people from playing soccer in the 1950s. You’re the same type of people.
"Oh, but now they care about it a lot, don’t they? Because they’re seeing the success and the power the league has, and they’re seeing how popular it is and seeing how everybody loves it and how lit of a space it is. So, now they really care. So, they are going to try and continue coming after the W and other women’s sports leagues and its athletes after seeing all the power they have."
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Rapinoe claims that those like Freedom, who believe biological men shouldn’t be participating in women’s sports, are "bad-faith actors." And it’s reached a worse point, in her eyes, that someone like Freedom has now shown up to an event.
"This is not the same old story of, ‘Well, this is just online, or it’s just trolls, it’s just bots. It’s not actually happening.’ No, it’s actually happening. They’re doing rallies before the game, they’re coming onto the court. They’re buying tickets. They’re in there — they’re not just trolls. They’re showing up in real life.
"They want a mechanism to continue tearing down women period and women’s sports. I hate that this is true and I desperately want for us to get to a place where women athletes can just be left alone and be great and be paid well. People can come and watch and just be respected. But that is clearly not where we are. The rise in women’s sports and the rise of the popularity in all these sports leagues, particularly the W, has come hand-in-hand with the rise of this hate and discrimination. It’s why it’s important for us as women athletes to continue to speak out about these issues and continue to do it together to show a united and collective fight."
Finally, Rapinoe ended her rant with this interesting line.
"Let’s make one thing clear: we do not need men in the WNBA, or women’s sports in general, to make it successful."
Quite ironic considering that is exactly what many are preaching themselves — making sure biological men stay out of women’s sports as they continue their rise in popularity.
Freedom has maintained he's pro-women and not anti-trans.
"I am not anti-trans, I'm not anti-LGBTQ, I’m just pro-woman," Freedom previously told OutKick . "In this country we have First Amendment, freedom of speech, right? And I simply went to the game with my shirt on."
73-year-old camper vanishes off the grid before his RV turns up in wilderness
A 73-year-old man has not been seen in more than three weeks after authorities found his empty RV at a remote Adirondack Mountains campsite in upstate New York, state troopers said.
According to the New York State Police (NYSP), Craig K. Streeter, of Mahopac, was last seen Aug. 2 at a Stewart’s Shop in Indian Lake.
Police say it's not unusual for him to go off the grid for short periods, but he hasn't been contacted in weeks.
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The search was launched after New York State Forest Rangers discovered Streeter's RV at campsite 36 on Moose River Road in the town of Inlet with no sign of recent activity.
When authorities were unable to locate the outdoorsman, they called in additional law enforcement agencies to join the effort. The search is ongoing and involves multiple agencies, the NYSP said.
Police said there are no indications of foul play as of now.
He was last seen wearing a dark-colored long-sleeved shirt and jeans before leaving the store in his RV.
Authorities are interested in hearing from anyone who may have encountered Streeter while camping or traveling along Moose River Road or in nearby remote camping areas. Anyone with information is asked to call New York State Police at 518-897-2000.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the New York State Police for additional information.
Predicting each Power 4 conference champion ahead of the 2026 college football season
We've finally made it to the end of a long and miserable college football offseason, and after eight months of local judges granting temporary restraining orders to eighth-year seniors and threats of a 24-team Playoff, I think I speak for all of us when I say "let the games begin."
But before we commence with the season, it's time to do some pigskin prognosticating, and what better way to put my neck on the line than to predict each of the Power 4 conference winners for the 2026 season?
After taking into account returning production, coaching, strength of schedule, and overall team talent, among other things, I'm ready to make my picks.
And if you don't see your team on this list, just remember, I had Texas winning the national championship and Penn State making a deep CFP run last year, so don't get too discouraged if I don't have your team on here.
With all that preamble out of the way, let's make some picks!
Upon first glance, this almost seems like a default pick.
The Miami Hurricanes are the most talented team in the conference by a significant margin, and they were a Carson Beck interception away from potentially winning the whole enchilada back in January.
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But picking the Canes to win the ACC is also making a bet against history, as the bad boys from Coral Gables have infamously never won a conference title since joining the league back in 2004.
History aside, if there was ever a year Miami was practically preordained to win the ACC, it would be this year.
The Hurricanes return an absurd amount of talent on offense, headlined by transfer quarterback Darrian Mensah, who very well might be the best quarterback to rep The U since head coach Mario Cristobal took over in 2022.
Other familiar faces like running back Mark Fletcher and wide receiver Malachi Toney will give offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson a ton to work with, but it's not all sunshine and rainbows.
A ton of production needs to be replaced on both lines of scrimmage, and although the Canes have recruited well enough at offensive and defensive line, we still need to see them in action before anyone can make any declarative statements about this team.
With all that said, the schedule is very favorable and there isn't another team in the conference that can match Miami's firepower, so I'm taking the Canes to win the ACC in 2026.
This was a lot more of a surefire pick back in January before the Brendan Sorsby debacle occured, but I still think Texas Tech is the leader in the clubhouse as presumptive Big 12 champs.
The Red Raiders may have found a potential replacement for Sorsby in FSU transfer Thomas Castellanos, but even with his veteran leadership, the drop off from Sorsby to Castellanos is significant.
Quarterback isn't what I'm basing my pick on, though, as the Red Raiders will be the most talented team top to bottom in the conference.
Texas Tech signed a top-ten transfer portal class this offseason and have the most returning production of any Big 12 team, which leads me to believe they have the horses to outlast any potential contenders trying to snatch the crown from them.
Speaking of contenders, the Red Raiders avoided having to play BYU in the regular season, and get to play Houston as well as both Arizona teams at home this year.
That favorable schedule could be both a blessing and a curse, as Texas Tech will rarely be tested through much of the regular season.
Still, that early showdown with the aforementioned Houston Cougars should set the tone for Texas Tech's season, as a win there will give the Red Raiders an inside track to the Big 12 title game over a sneaky good conference foe.
Give me Texas Tech regardless of how lines up under center.
Believe it or not, the Ohio State Buckeyes haven't won the Big Ten since the Covid year in 2020.
That was only a seven-game slate, too, so it's not exactly a foregone conclusion that Ohio State should be the heavy favorite this year.
Of every Power 4 conference, the Big Ten was the one that gave me the most trouble in trying to pick a winner.
This was essentially a three-horse race between the previous two winners (Indiana and Oregon) and the Buckeyes.
I ultimately gave the nod to the Buckeyes because they just have an embarrassment of riches on both sides of the ball.
They return quarterback Julian Sayin as well as perhaps the best overall player in college football in junior wide receiver Jeremiah Smith.
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Though they lost a ton of production on the defensive side of the ball, they addressed it with a big time haul in the transfer portal and a top-five recruiting class.
The Buckeyes will never be without talent, it will just be a question of whether they are able to reload rather than rebuild, and returning Matt Patricia as defensive coordinator from a season ago can only help.
The margins were thin, but I like the Buckeyes to come out on top when the dust settles in the Big Ten.
I really wanted to pull the trigger and pick the Texas Longhorns to win the SEC.
I was so close to doing it, but the Georgia Bulldogs have reached Bill Belichick/Tom Brady-era Patriots levels of trust in my book, meaning that until I see them actually lose the SEC crown, I can't pick against them.
Texas might be the most talented team in the league, and other programs like Ole Miss, Oklahoma, and LSU will be nipping at the Dawgs' heels, but I still have to give the nod to Kirby Smart and his squad.
That's not to say this Bulldogs team is lacking in talent, though.
Georgia is a top-ten team in the country with regard to returning production and have a veteran signal caller in Gunner Stockton back in the fold.
The defense will be fierce, featuring a pair of preseason All-Americans in the secondary in Ellis Robinson IV and KJ Bolden.
The schedule is fair but not exactly a cakewalk (then again, most SEC slates aren't), and I certainly can't see Georgia coming out of it completely unscathed, but in a league that has cannibalized itself a ton these last few years, I expect the Dawgs to come away with the least amount of flesh wounds.