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AP College Football WriterCollege Football Picks: With no marquee games, upset alertsBy RALPH D. RUSSOTwenty-two teams in the Top 25 will play this weekend and no one game features two of them.That doesn't happen much and it is especially rare for it to happen after the first month of...

AP Sports WriterGeorgia, Alabama, Auburn reminding SEC that defense mattersBy TERESA M. WALKERGeorgia coach Kirby Smart isn't happy that his Bulldogs finally allowed not one, but two touchdowns against a Southeastern Conference opponent.In their third league game.Smart calls that a wake-up call for his fourth-ranked Bulldogs.''Our defense needed that,''...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Wofford lone unbeaten in SoCon raceBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Hold your thumb and index fingers apart slightly to get a sense on how the Southern Conference title race is taking shape.Fifth-ranked Wofford did it again Saturday, beating No. 22 Western Carolina 35-28 in overtime to take...

STATS FCS Senior Editor='GameDay' hoopla aside, JMU focused on a victoryBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Academic studies, the football program's success, playing time, such factors contributed toward defensive tackle Cornell Urquhart's commitment to play at James Madison while he was a high school senior.If only he knew then what was...

STATS FCS Senior Editor='GameDay' hoopla aside, JMU focused on a victoryBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Academic studies, the football program's success, playing time, such factors contributed toward defensive tackle Cornell Urquhart's commitment to play at James Madison while he was a high school senior.If only he knew then what was...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Coaches don't expect 'College GameDay' distractionsBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Neither James Madison football coach Mike Houston nor Villanova counterpart Mark Ferrante expects the presence of ESPN's "College GameDay" before their matchup Saturday to be a distraction.Few of the coaches and players figure to be near the...

AP Sports WriterACC trying to meet preseason College Football Playoff hopesBy PETE IACOBELLIThe Atlantic Coast Conference entered the season flexing its muscles with the defending national champions, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner and abundant hope to show it's deeper than just one team.Halfway through the season, it hasn't turned...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Unbeaten N.C. A&T is chasing excellenceBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Whenever North Carolina A&T loses a game, coach Rod Broadway basically finds only one way for it to be acceptable - that the other team earns the win as opposed to the Aggies beating themselves.To prevent that...

AP College Football WriterSTAT WATCH: Arizona backup Khalil Tate sets QB rushing markBy ERIC OLSONArizona's Khalil Tate turned in the top rushing performance of the season in the Football Bowl Subdivision, piling up 327 yards on just 14 carries against Colorado. In all, nine of the top 27 rushing...

AP Sports WriterUndefeated Frogs: No. 6 TCU only Big 12 team without a lossBy STEPHEN HAWKINSFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Sixth-ranked TCU is the only undefeated team remaining the Big 12 Conference, even after giving up more than 500 yards and needing some trickery after blowing a two-touchdown lead...

AP Sports WriterNo. 21 Michigan State making last year look like aberrationBy LARRY LAGEANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Michigan State has made last season look like an aberration.And, the Mark Dantonio-led Spartans have proven their dominance against Michigan is no fluke.''We've done it eight times,'' Dantonio said. ''I don't...

Associated PressNo. 11 Miami gets lift with FSU win but loses RB WaltonBy JOE REEDYMiami's 24-20 victory over Florida State lifted a big weight off the program.The 11th-ranked Hurricanes are hoping that snapping a seven-game losing streak to their Sunshine State rival leads to bigger success in the Atlantic...