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Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=FCS teams in mix for fall nonconference gamesBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - A small number of FCS schools are scheduled to play nonconference games this fall, including against FBS opponents, after all 13 conferences postponed their league competition due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.Most...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Potential springboard to successBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Success is measured in many ways, but in the 24-team FCS playoffs, only the national champion can end its season with a win.Few FCS teams will enter the 2017 season with a long winning streak, although national champion James...

AP College Football WriterBig Ten, Pac-12 pull plug on fall football amid pandemicBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe Big Ten and Pac-12 won't play football this fall because of concerns about COVID-19, taking two of college football's five power conferences out of a crumbling season amid the pandemic.About an hour after...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Lookahead to 2019 FCS championship gameBy CRAIG HALEYThe Matchup - No. 1 seed North Dakota State (15-0) vs. No. 2 seed James Madison (14-1)Kickoff - Noon ET on Jan. 11 at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, TexasSeries - NDSU leads 2-1 (all three meetings in the postseason...

AP Sports WriterColorado QB Steven Montez wants wins more than recordsBy ARNIE STAPLETONBOULDER, Colo. (AP) Steven Montez needs one touchdown pass Saturday in his final appearance at Folsom Field to break Colorado's school record of 60 that he shares with Sefo Liufau and Cody Hawkins.He's also 316 yards...

AP College Football WriterMAC returns with 6-game football season starting Nov. 4By RALPH D. RUSSOThe Mid-American Conference, the first major college football league to postpone its season because of the pandemic, has become the final one to jump back in, making it 10 out of 10 conferences that will...

Interim coach Jones seeks to lift Morgan State(STATS) - Morgan State will play five times at home as part of an 11-game 2018 schedule under interim coach Ernest Jones.The schedule, announced Monday, kicks off on Sept. 1 when Towson visits Hughes Stadium for the Battle for Greater Baltimore. Morgan...

AP Sports WriterArizona hoping to clean up miscues against Northern ArizonaBy JOHN MARSHALLTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Arizona coach Kevin Sumlin sat next to defensive back Scottie Young Jr. during the team's flight back from Hawaii, discussing what went wrong in the Wildcats' opener.''He wasn't very happy about his performance,''...

The Latest: Mullen's latest budding QB is Nick FitzgeraldHOOVER, Ala. (AP) The Latest on SEC media days (all times local):1:45 p.m.Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen has developed a reputation as a quarterback whisperer during his coaching career.The veteran coach has helped produce several star QBs as an assistant...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Single-game highs of the FCS fall seasonBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - Many FCS players have posted big individual performances with the chance for more as the fall season winds down in the next month.Who's posted the biggest games?Following are single-game highs among FCS players:RUSHINGYards -...

Wake Forest to start Jamie Newman at QBWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) Jamie Newman will begin the season as Wake Forest's starting quarterback.Coach Dave Clawson announced the decision Sunday to start Newman ahead of sophomore Sam Hartman.Clawson says he was confident in both quarterbacks because they both looked capable when...

AP Sports WriterAlabama's offseason goal: Don't waste a failureBy JOHN ZENORHOOVER, Ala. (AP) Alabama might have a new offseason mantra: Don't waste a failure.The Crimson Tide has had six months to contemplate what went wrong in the national championship game , when Clemson won with a last-second touchdown...