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Walter Clayton Jr. rescued Florida with two late 3-pointers, and Florida rallied from nine points down late to win the West Region final. UF advances to play Auburn on Saturday.

The Bulls will travel to Columbus, Ohio, as a No. 12 seed to face the fifth-seeded Volunteers on Friday as part of the Birmingham 1 region. The NCAA Women's Final Four is slated for April 4-6 in Tampa.

"NIL" stands for "name, image and likeness."

Thirteen AAC members will provide payments to athletes of up to $20.5 million per school during the first year of the plan, which will begin once a federal judge approves an NCAA antitrust settlement.

The Bulls defeated Rice 69-62 in the conference title game, earning an automatic bid to the NCAAs. The Women's Final Four is April 4-6 at Amalie Arena.

But with the 2024 season now complete, the future of some of those traditions remains in question. At the center, lies the biggest uncertainty: what will be the future of on-campus tailgating on grass areas throughout the center of campus?

The Gators won their last three games, had the 11th-ranked recruiting class and has several upperclassmen returning in 2025. Plant City's Mario Williams and the Tulane Green Wave hope to end that run.

The ReliaQuest Bowl on New Year's Eve afternoon will feature two of college football's most storied programs, while the Gators earned a postseason spot after closing the season with three straight wins.

The Bulls, who finished the regular season at 6-6, will spend part of the holidays 4,200 miles away in Honolulu for the Dec. 24 matchup. ESPN will televise the game, the only bowl played on Christmas Eve.

Mayfield, who planted an Oklahoma flag at midfield of Ohio State’s stadium following a win by the Sooners in 2017, responded to several similar incidents over the weekend — including the Gators.

The invitation came as the Pac-12 looks to relaunch after losing most of its schools during a dramatic round of realignments. American and Mountain West teams were its top targets.

The Crimson Tide were locked in a struggle with the Bulls most of the way before scoring 28 points in the final 10 minutes.