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AP Sports WriterCentral Michigan bowl eligible a season after going 1-11By NOAH TRISTERCentral Michigan's quick turnaround reached another milepost: The Chippewas are bowl eligible.CMU beat Northern Illinois 48-10 on Saturday to improve to 6-4 this season under new coach Jim McElwain. The Chippewas went 1-11 last season.Elsewhere, Virginia Tech...

AP Sports WriterNo. 16 Virginia Tech vs Boston College used to be rivalryBy JIMMY GOLENBOSTON (AP) It wasn't so long ago that Boston College and Virginia Tech built a rivalry - first in the Big East and then in the Atlantic Coast Conference.With quarterbacks like Michael Vick, Matt...

AP College Football WriterMulligan: Extra year of NCAA eligibility for fall athletes?By RALPH D. RUSSOWhether college football players play a lot in the fall, a little in the spring or not at all over the next 10 months, some athletic administrators want to give them a mulligan on the...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Bethune-Cookman to join SWAC in 2021By CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference had more FCS programs than the Southwestern Athletic Conference - 11 to 10 - as recently as in 2017.Next year, the SWAC could have twice as many programs - 12 to...

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson has turned down the chance to play in the Senior Bowl later this month. Watson's representatives cited the long season and his continued training for the NFL draft as reasons he won't play in the Jan. 28 game in Mobile, Alabama. Watson is...

Clemson starting WRs Ross, Rodgers hurt against Wake ForestCLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Clemson starting receivers Justyn Ross and Amari Rodgers were hurt in the opening half of the third-ranked Tigers’ game with Wake Forest on Saturday.Ross was hurt late in the second quarter and, while got up and walked...

Saturday's bestBy The Associated PressSTARS-Shane Buechele, SMU, threw for 474 yards and three TDs to help the Mustangs beat No. 25 Memphis 30-27.-Mac Jones, Alabama, passed for a career-high 435 yards and four TDs as the No. 2 Crimson Tide romped past No. 13 Texas A&M 52-24.-Khalil Herbert, Virginia...

Associated PressUniversity of Hawaii says 21-year-old linebacker has diedBy CALEB JONESHONOLULU (AP) A University of Hawaii football player has died.In a statement Friday, the school says linebacker Scheyenne Sanitoa died on July 4. He was 21.University of Hawaii spokesman Derek Inouchi says the death did not happen on...

Bear Bryant said offense sells tickets, and he was right. College football is enjoying immense popularity in an era of record scoring.But is there too much of a good thing?All that scoring caused this season's average length of game to hit 3 hours, 23 minutes in late November, according...

The NAVY and the HAWAII will both be gunning for a victory on 9/1/2018 at 11:00 PM when they meet in a game matchup. NAVY vs HAWAII When: 11:00 PM ET, Saturday, September 1, 2018 Where: Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii ROT TEAM PS OU ML 215 NAVY 15 (-110) (-110) -840 550 216 HAWAII TV: 11:00 PM LINE: 15 PREDICTION: HAWAII , NAVY Oddsmakers currently have the HAWAII listed as 15 point...

LOS ANGELES (AP) False starts are going to happen when playing on the road, but No. 18 UCLA is still taking issue with what caused those penalties at Oregon State.Quarterback Josh Rosen told reporters that Beavers defenders were simulating the UCLA snap count and yelling out cadences in...

AP College Football WriterSuspended Clemson TE returns for College Football PlayoffBy RALPH D. RUSSOSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) Braden Galloway, one of three Clemson players suspended by the NCAA right before last year's College Football Playoff, is set to make his season debut for the third-ranked Tigers against No. 2...