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MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) It's been a record-breaking season for Central Michigan junior quarterback Cooper Rush.Rush realizes there is even more he wants to accomplish and it starts with Monday's Quick Lane Bowl against Minnesota in Detroit,''I wanted to have good numbers and I was able to do...

Its post-Utah reality set in, Oregon is moving on with some uncertainties.Now unranked for the first time since 2009, Oregon heads into this weekend's game at Colorado looking for answers to the many questions that the 62-20 loss to the Utes brought forward.It could start at quarterback. The Ducks'...

(STATS) - The white-hot spotlight of New York sports will be focused on Queens this weekend and a potential Subway World Series preview between the Mets and Yankees.The Bronx, meanwhile, is being reserved for a much more muted crosstown rivalry, albeit one that includes two of the longest streaks...

PHOENIX (AP) Clemson defensive end Shaq Lawson remains sore but hopes to play against Alabama in the national championship game Monday night.Lawson hurt his left knee early in the Tigers' 37-17 win over Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl on New Year's Eve. He was diagnosed with a sprained...

Clemson's Dabo Swinney is The Associated Press college football coach of the year after leading the Tigers to an unbeaten regular season and the longest run as the No. 1 team in the country in school history.Swinney received 35 of 60 votes from the AP Top 25 media panel....

Surprising Buffaloes shoot for statement at USCColorado is ranked for the first time in more than a decade. But that doesn't mean the Buffaloes still aren't underdogs.Colorado (4-1 overall, 2-0 Pac-12) will put its first ranking since 2005 on the line when it travels to USC (2-3, 1-2) Saturday...

Coach Lane Kiffin is still hopeful that his star player, sophomore receiver Marqise Lee, will play in Monday's season-ending Hyundai Sun Bowl for the Trojans. But he's not sure yet. Kiffin said Sunday at his final pregame news conference that Lee's status for the bowl is unknown and could depend...

PHOENIX (AP) The money isn't much, especially by the standards of big-time sports, just a couple of hundred dollars a month.But it's a lot for a college kid.And, lest people forget, the football players at Clemson and Alabama who will be facing off Monday for a national title...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - When asked about Tennessee's Josh Dobbs, Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz recalled facing two other mobile quarterbacks this season.''You want the bad news? Maryland and Minnesota come to mind right away,'' Ferentz said.Maryland's C.J. Brown accounted for 219 yards, including 99 rushing, in a 38-31 victory...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Freshman Drew Lock will make his second career start Saturday when Missouri hosts No. 11 Florida.Starting QB Maty Mauk was suspended indefinitely last Tuesday for violation of team policies, along with backup offensive lineman Malik Cuellar, who was reinstated Monday. Coach Gary Pinkel said the...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Minnesota's botched finish against Michigan, leading to the loss of the Little Brown Jug trophy, will linger for a while with the Golden Gophers.There's no time to fret, though, with a trip to top-ranked Ohio State on tap. Plus a visit to rival Iowa, ranked No....

The College Football Playoff committee will release its first rankings of the season Tuesday night and which teams land in the top four is not all that important.Last year, three of teams ranked in the first top four did not make the playoff.What we might find are clues as...