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Florida State, Lamar Jackson earn ACC preseason honorsGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) Florida State is the preseason pick to win the Atlantic Coast Conference and reigning Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson of Louisville is the preseason player of the year.The ACC announced voting results Monday following a poll of 167...

AP Sports WriterVanderbilt looking to expand offense with Webb, ShurmurBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Vanderbilt offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig has been very busy this offseason trying to take full advantage of having the Commodores' all-time leading rusher back for a senior season.Ralph Webb ranks 20th all-time in...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=James Madison headlines CAA preseason honorsBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Defending FCS national champion James Madison led the way in the CAA Football preseason honors announced Tuesday, tabbed in the preseason poll to repeat its conference title and gaining the most players on the preseason team with...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Family, then football, with UT Martin's EsteBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Joe Este wakes up each day telling himself it's either going to be a good day or a bad day - that the choice is his.It's a lesson the UT Martin student-athlete says he imparts on...

AP Sports WriterArkansas RB Williams to quit football after latest injuryBy KURT VOIGTFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) Rawleigh Williams returned to the football field last season following a broken neck only after assurances from doctors.A second scare that left him sprawled out on the Razorbacks' indoor practice field last week...

AP College Football WriterNew-look Nebraska is out to atone for awful finish in 2016By ERIC OLSONLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Unpleasant as it is to look back, Nebraska's Mick Stoltenberg isn't ready to put the second half of the 2016 season in the rearview mirror quite yet.''Some of the things...

AP Sports WriterACC schools hoping to benefit from coaching continuityBy AARON BEARDDURHAM, N.C. (AP) Several Atlantic Coast Conference schools are hoping the continuity in the coaching ranks helps them regroup after the league's sobering opening weekend.Schools are betting their loyalty provides the stability for the staffs to handle...

Alabama-Florida State open ABC's Saturday night footballBy The Associated PressA potential matchup of preseason No. 1 vs. No. 2 between Alabama and Florida State will be ABC's first Saturday night football game of the 2017 season.ESPN/ABC announced Thursday its opening-weekend schedule, along with the Saturday prime-time games for the...

Investigators meet with woman at center of UNC probeCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) A woman at the center of North Carolina's multi-year academic scandal interviewed with NCAA investigators after previously declining to cooperate in the probe.Raleigh attorney Elliot Abrams told The Associated Press on Wednesday night that his client...

The Latest: Mark Stoops happy brother left on own termsHOOVER, Ala. (AP) The Latest on SEC media days (all times local):2:05 p.m.Kentucky coach Mark Stoops has mixed emotions about his brother Bob stepping down at Oklahoma.When he got the call, Mark Stoops said he Wednesday at SEC media...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Gardner-Webb moves forward without RB LewisBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Gardner-Webb coaches are confident their team will contend this year for the Big South Conference championship which they last won in 2003.But their offense will be asked to get the job done without last year's No. 1...

No. 14 Stanford opens against Rice in Sydney, AustraliaBy The Associated PressNo. 14 Stanford (10-3) vs. Rice (3-9) at Sydney, Australia, 10 p.m. (ESPN)Line: Stanford minus 31.Series: Rice leads 3-2.WHAT'S AT STAKEStanford begins life without running back Christian McCaffrey, who was a first-round draft pick by the Carolina...