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Boise St, San Diego St favorites to win Mountain WestCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) Boise State and San Diego State have been picked to win their divisions in the Mountain West preseason poll.The Broncos are the defending Mountain West champions. They received 20 of 21 first-place votes in the...

AP College Football WriterUncertainty abounds as college teams scramble to find gamesBy ERIC OLSONArkansas State's opener at Memphis on Sept. 5. was still on the schedule as of Tuesday. That much athletic director Terry Mohajir knows.Mohajir has no idea who the Red Wolves will play the following week or...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=North Dakota State a clear FCS No. 1 in 2010sBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The scare that FCS college football received on Halloween in 2011 became a nightmare for any program that harbors national championship potential.North Dakota State basically took control of the Division I...

Austin Peay headlines OVC preseason team(Stats Perform) - Austin Peay had the most Ohio Valley Conference preseason selections on Monday, led by wide receiver DeAngelo Wilson and nickelback Kordell Jackson as the preseason offensive and defensive players of the year, respectively.The Governors, coming off the best season in program...

Austin Peay headlines OVC preseason team(Stats Perform) - Austin Repayment had the most Ohio Valley Conference preseason selections on Monday, led by wide receiver DeAngelo Wilson and nickelback Kordell Jackson as the preseason offensive and defensive players of the year, respectively.The Governors, coming off the best season in program...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=SWAC is fifth FCS conference to cancel fall competitionBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The Southwestern Athletic Conference was set to celebrate its 100th anniversary this fall. Instead, its member schools will not have athletic competition.Monday evening, the conference of 10 historically black colleges and universities...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=SWAC is fifth FCS conference to cancel fall competitionBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The Southwestern Athletic Conference was set to celebrate its 100th anniversary this fall. Instead, its member schools will not have athletic competition.Monday evening, the conference of 10 historically black colleges and universities...

ESPN: Most highest-paid college coaches avoid salary cutsBy The Associated PressMost of the highest-paid college football coaches have avoided the voluntary salary reductions that have swept Power Five programs, according to an ESPN survey.the 65 Power Five conference schools along with 10 other prominent basketball programs. At 33 of...

College football cancellations or postponementsBy The Associated PressThe number of canceled or postponed games in the Football Bowl Subdivision and Football Championship Subdivision as of Friday, according to Associated Press research. The Colonial Athletic Association, Ivy League, Patriot League and MEAC have canceled or postponed their seasons; the Big...

Tennessee dismisses lineman after domestic assault arrestKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee has dismissed defensive lineman Emmit Gooden hours after his arrest on aggravated domestic assault.Team spokesman Bill Martin confirmed that Gooden was dismissed from the program Thursday night.Gooden was arrested Thursday morning and charged with throwing a glass candle...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=James Madison AD: 50 percent of teams for FCS playoffsBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - There remains the possibility of an FCS season this fall even as schools and conferences continue to announce they're suspending competition for the rest of the year.Anything beyond the regular season,...

AP Sports WriterEx-football player receives 20-year sentence on drug chargeBy AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) A former college football player who went to trial for violating North Carolina’s sports agent law has received a 20-year prison sentence on a drug conviction in Georgia following a probation violation.Superior Court Judge...