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STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS Team of the Week: Mercer nabs its big winBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Mercer always seems to be everyone's dangerous team to watch, but the Bears' first four seasons in the Southern Conference came with a lot of respect and perhaps too many near-misses against the...

Florence impacts Clemson, South Carolina football gamesBy The Associated PressAfter several days of monitoring the approaching storm, the biggest schools in South Carolina had little choice but to alter football games due to Hurricane Florence.South Carolina Wednesday canceled its game with Marshall that was scheduled for Saturday night. University...

The W MICHIGAN and the MICHIGAN will both be gunning for a victory on 9/8/2018 at 12:00 PM when they meet in a game matchup. W MICHIGAN vs MICHIGAN When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, September 8, 2018 Where: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan ROT TEAM PS OU ML 309 W MICHIGAN (-110) (-110)   310 MICHIGAN TV: 12:00 PM LINE: PREDICTION: MICHIGAN , W MICHIGAN Oddsmakers currently have the MICHIGAN...

Lopsided games, schedule drag down CFP television ratingsBy The Associated PressTelevision ratings for the College Football Playoff on ESPN dropped from last season, dragged down by lopsided games and not being played on New Year's Day.ESPN says Alabama's 45-34 victory against Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl on Saturday night...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=2018 FCS vs. FBS: Patriot LeagueBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Patriot League programs are liking the FBS business.After just three of the seven teams took on the bigger-school Division I programs last year, five Patriot League teams are doing so this year. One of the two teams...

The Latest: Big 12 media days starting at championship siteARLINGTON, Texas (AP) The latest from the first day of Big 12 football media days Monday at AT&T Stadium. (all times local):9 a.m.The Big 12 has a grand stage as it opens football media days at AT&T Stadium in...

BYU: Players cited for alcohol offenses released weeks agoPROVO, Utah (AP) BYU football coach Kalani Sitake says two players cited for alcohol-related offenses over the weekend were released from the team several weeks ago.Sitake said at a Monday news conference that linebacker Francis Bernard had asked to be...

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...

Associated PressTexas suspends 3 players for Texas Bowl vs MissouriBy MARK ROSNERAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Texas has suspended three players for the Texas Bowl next week against Missouri, the latest challenge in an up-and-down season for first-year coach Tom Herman.Sophomore receiver Lil'Jordan Humphrey, freshman running back Toneil Carter and...

Every team in the AP Top 25 is playing this weekend in a total of 18 games. All these games will be:A) A matchup of ranked teams.B) A rivalry game.C) A game with College Football Playoff implications.D) A game with conference title implications.E) Some combination of the above.So this...

AP Sports WriterMertz ready to bounce back as No. 18 Badgers host 10 IndianaBy STEVE MEGARGEEAfter doing little wrong in his first two starts, Wisconsin quarterback Graham Mertz couldn't do much right in his last appearance.That puts the redshirt freshman in an unfamiliar position as he tries to bounce...

STATS Senior Editor=Chattanooga eager for shot at redemption vs. JSUBy BRETT HUSTON(STATS) - The last time Tom Arth left the sidelines of a competitive football game was on a cold December day in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, his John Carroll team having succumbed in a Division III playoff game to the...