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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Unless something really strange happens over the last two weeks of the season, the second College Football Playoff will crown a new champion.Ohio State had its 23-game winning streak snapped on a last-second field goal by Michigan State, putting the Spartans on the road to...

NEW YORK (AP) Even before the Heisman Trophy is handed out Saturday night, it is tempting to look ahead to 2016 and what could be a doozy of a race for college football's most famous bronze statue.While Alabama's Derrick Henry is likely to both win the Heisman and...

AP College Football WriterB10 East, playoff hopes on line when Michigan-Ohio St. meetBy ERIC OLSONSome things to watch in the Big Ten in Week 13 of the season:BEST GAMENo. 3 Michigan (No. 3 CFP) at No. 2 Ohio State (No. 2 CFP). The stakes for ''The Game'' haven't been...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) LSU offensive coordinator Cam Cameron was in a good mood Sunday night.Less than 24 hours earlier, the Tigers conducted their first full-scale scrimmage of camp, and Cameron sounded rather pleased by what he observed of the two most talked about Tigers players lately -...

DALLAS (AP) Southern Mississippi was coming off a 12-win season and Conference USA championship when cornerback Kalan Reed decided to join the Golden Eagles.Unlike most everyone else in that 2012 signing class, Reed stayed through the ensuing 0-12 season and a coaching change. He gets to play his...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) There's no mystery regarding what has caused Tennessee's defensive deficiencies.''I don't think it's any secret,'' Tennessee coach Butch Jones said. ''We have to do a much better job of tackling, especially in the open field.''Tennessee's tackling issues have played a major role in allowing the...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=2016 FCS vs. FBS: Patriot LeagueBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Cinderella is allowed out more often than in the month of March. During college football season, FCS programs are adept at drawing national attention as they seek upsets of larger FBS schools.Many of the games are played...

Oklahoma has seven first-team selections on The Associated Press All-Big 12 team after winning its 10th league title. Big-play receiver Dede Westbrook, who has 1,465 yards receiving with 16 touchdowns that average 49 yards per score, was selected the Big 12 offensive player of the year with nine votes. That...

AP Sports WriterNo. 4 Washington, No. 17 Utah meet in Pac-12 showdownBy KAREEM COPELANDSALT LAKE CITY (AP) The road to the Pac-12 championship hasn't taken the usual route in 2016 with traditional powers such as Stanford and Oregon struggling.The premier game of this season could take place in...

STATS Editor=UND's Schweigert Big Sky Coach of YearBy MATT BECKER(STATS) - North Dakota's Bubba Schweigert was named the Big Sky Coach of the Year after leading the Fighting Hawks to an 8-0 record in the conference and the seventh seed in the FCS playoffs.Schweigert took over a program that...

Scratch Stanford off the list of College Football Playoff contenders. Actually, just make it the whole Pac-12.Baylor is in big trouble, too. And the Bears' loss could be Notre Dame's gain.The Cardinal were felled by a familiar nemesis Saturday night, losing to Oregon 38-36 in a game that left...

LAS VEGAS (AP) BYU has hired former Cougars running back Kalani Sitake as its football coach.BYU announced the move Saturday after its 35-28 loss to No. 20 Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl. Sitake replaced Bronco Mendenhall, who returned to coach the bowl games after taking the Virginia...