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AP College Football WriterBig Ten, Pac-12 pull plug on fall football amid pandemicBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe Big Ten and Pac-12 called off their fall football seasons on Tuesday because of concerns about COVID-19, taking two of college football's five power conferences out of a crumbling season.Five months after the...

AP Sports WriterFIU looking for a QB, as Year 2 under Butch Davis loomsBy TIM REYNOLDSMIAMI (AP) Butch Davis wasted no time in his quest to turn Florida International into a winner.He's now trying to see if FIU can win consistently.Davis went 8-5 a year ago in his...

Memphis ready to cement its new status as winning programMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Memphis wants to continue providing evidence that its resurgence is more than a phase.The Tigers made their case by posting a third straight winning season last year despite dealing with a coaching and replacing a quarterback...

The playoff race cleared up pretty quickly. There is still plenty of time for things to get messy.The first Saturday after the College Football Playoff rankings debuted separated some of the contenders from pretenders and provided a distinct pecking order for the teams vying to play for the national...

No. 13 Virginia Tech expecting tough game vs struggling DukeBLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) Virginia Tech knows even though Duke is struggling the Blue Devils have given the Hokies problems.The No. 13 Hokies (6-1, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) have lost their last two home games against the Blue Devils (4-4,...

AP Sports WriterNo. 1 LSU talks ‘redemption’ vs Texas A&M after OT lossBy BRETT MARTELBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) LSU coach Ed Orgeron and the No. 1 Tigers do little to disguise their lingering disgust about the way they lost a seven-overtime thriller at Texas A&M one year ago.''We...

AP Sports WriterNo. 4 Wisconsin's D work in progress with stars and youthBy GENARO C. ARMASMADISON, Wis. (AP) The bar is set high for the Wisconsin defense.The roster might turn over, but the fourth-ranked Badgers' D rarely crumbles. Since 2013, Wisconsin is second nationally in both scoring defense...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Austin Peay preview capsuleBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - Ohio Valley Conference member Austin Peay is one of 15 FCS programs (out of 127 overall) that has announced it will play at least one nonconference game this fall. Due to coronavirus concerns, the OVC postponed its...

AP Sports Writer'Little Sisters': TCU-Ohio St matchup came from 2010 remarkBy STEPHEN HAWKINSFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) One of college football's marquee matchups this weekend is for all of those ''Little Sisters of the Poor'' teams that Ohio State's former president once said the Buckeyes didn't play.A lot has...

Illinois' top-rated prospect Marquez Beason out for seasonCHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Illinois freshman defensive back Marquez Beason is out for the season with a knee injury.Coach Lovie Smith announced Monday that Beason would have surgery after getting hurt in practice last week. Beason was a consensus four-star recruit from...

AP Sports WriterK-State to kick off season against Arkansas StateBy DAVE SKRETTAMANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Kansas State coach Chris Klieman was visibly relieved when he settled down in front of a camera to discuss with reporters the Wildcats' season opener against Arkansas State this weekend.His team has had multiple...

AP Sports WriterSenior Bowl QBs hoping to follow footsteps of Dak PrescottBy JOHN ZENORMOBILE, Ala. (AP) The Senior Bowl quarterbacks would gladly become this year's version of Dak Prescott, except perhaps with a shorter wait in the NFL draft.Prescott impressed at last year's Senior Bowl , earning Most...