College Sports

Piedmont College is expanding its intercollegiate athletic program to include varsity cycling beginning in fall 2016.

No. 11 Florida is one win away from "restoring the order" in the Southeastern Conference's Eastern Division.

Matt Johns threw a go-ahead touchdown pass to Canaan Severin in the third quarter and Virginia limited Georgia Tech to two long scoring plays until the final minutes of the Cavaliers' 27-21 victory Saturday.

For the first time since 2009, the Piedmont College men's cross country team claimed a conference championship after winning the 2015 USA South title on Saturday.

In a rematch of last year's dramatic quarterfinal, North Carolina Wesleyan College took the Piedmont College women's soccer team to the limits on Saturday afternoon in the 2015 USA South Championship Tournament before the Lady Lions came alive late to earn a 2-0 win at home.

An early Rachel VanHorn goal would give the 16th-ranked University of North Georgia women's soccer team all they would need to take down USC Aiken on the road Saturday afternoon.

League contests at home against Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Auburn -- as well as a season-opening matchup against North Carolina in the annual Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta -- highlight the 2016 University of Georgia football schedule, released Thursday by the Southeastern Conference.

Matt Breida ran for 205 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries to help Georgia Southern beat Texas State 37-13 on Thursday night.

After the completion of the regular season, Piedmont's women's soccer has earned the No. 2 seed for the upcoming USA South women's soccer tournament.

The Peach Belt Conference released the results of the 2015-16 women's basketball preseason poll on Thursday afternoon, with the University of North Georgia voted to finish fifth out of 14 schools. Columbus State was the unanimous choice to repeat as champions.