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AP Sports WriterBIG TEN SPOTLIGHT: Quarterback injuries leave teams in fluxBy MICHAEL MAROTTimely bye weeks could help No. 8 Michigan and Purdue get back to full strength. Both of their starting quarterbacks could be ready to play next week.Maryland, on the other hand, faces another week of breaking in...

AP Sports WriterNo. 17 Mississippi St faces No. 17 Georgia in early SEC testBy PAUL NEWBERRYATHENS, Ga. (AP) Who's the best team in the Southeastern Conferences?Once you get past top-ranked Alabama, that is?The answer should be a bit more apparent after a Saturday night between the hedges.In a...

AP Sports WriterNo. 12 Hokies eager for another crack at No. 2 ClemsonBy HANK KURZ Jr.Virginia Tech players say they are taking a sensible approach to their highly anticipated Atlantic Coast Conference opener on Saturday night. They say they are casting aside any thoughts of revenge.The No. 12 Hokies...

Associated PressNC State's Bradley Chubb apologizes for spitting on FSU logoBy JOE REEDYTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) North Carolina State's Bradley Chubb said that he didn't intentionally spit on Florida State's logo after the Wolfpack's 27-21 victory over the 12th-ranked Seminoles on Saturday.The senior defensive end then took to social...

Colorado football program to retire Rashaan Salaam's numberBOULDER, Colo. (AP) The University of Colorado football program will retire No. 19 in honor of Rashaan Salaam, who killed himself last December at age 42.It will be the first number retired by the program in 47 years. The ceremony will...

AP Sports WriterIowa, Michigan St. ready for another crucial Big Ten contestBy MICHAEL MAROTSome things to watch in the Big Ten this week:GAME OF THE WEEKIowa at Michigan State. The first full weekend of conference play kicks off with one of the league's most competitive series. Both teams need...

Quarterback David Cornwell leaves Nevada programRENO, Nev. (AP) Nevada quarterback David Cornwell, a transfer from Alabama, has left the Wolf Pack.Cornwell was the first player to commit to first-year Nevada coach Jay Norvell last December and he entered fall training camp as the starter.But Cornwell didn't make his...

BC, Wake Forest set to renew mini-rivalry in ACC AtlanticBOSTON (AP) John Wolford is the first Wake Forest quarterback to start four straight season openers. Boston College's Anthony Brown is the first Eagle to win the opener in his freshman year.On Saturday, they'll face each other in what...

AP Sports WriterIowa State's Joel Lanning plays both ways vs. OklahomaBy CLIFF BRUNTNORMAN, Okla. (AP) Iowa State's Joel Lanning played both offense and defense against No. 3 Oklahoma.Lanning started the game at middle linebacker, then entered the game at quarterback with about four minutes left in the first...

AP Sports WriterA lenient NCAA imposes two-year probation on RutgersBy TOM CANAVANNEWARK, N.J. (AP) The NCAA has placed Rutgers on two-year probation and publically reprimanded and censured the university for failing to monitor its football program over a five-year period between 2011 and 2015.The Division I Committee on...

AP Sports WriterImproved Virginia prepares for stern test at Boise StateBy HANK KURZ Jr.CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) After three home games to start the season, Virginia has already matched its victory total of a year ago.The Cavaliers (2-1) will get a better sense of how far they've come when...

Associated PressBack to work: No. 12 Florida State prepares for long grindBy JOE REEDYTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher is glad to get back to a normal game-week schedule after Hurricane Irma forced the 12th-ranked Seminoles to take two weeks off.They are facing an upcoming stretch...