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Missouri's game against BYU will by Gary Pinkel's 189th in 15 seasons as coach of the Tigers. It is safe to say none has ever been played after a more tumultuous and trying week.Pinkel abruptly announced Friday that he has cancer and will resign at the end of this...

Ohio State dominated The Associated Press All-Big Ten team released Tuesday, with seven players on the first team and running back Ezekiel Elliott voted the offensive player of the year.Penn State defensive end Carl Nassib was picked as the defensive player of the year, Michigan safety Jabrill Peppers the...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) Akron claimed its first-ever victory in a college football bowl game by defeating Utah State 23-21 on Tuesday in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, with Robert Stein kicking three field goals.In the day's other bowl game, Toleldo beat Temple in a rain-affected Boca Raton Bowl.Akron's...

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...

The playoff race cleared up pretty quickly. There is still plenty of time for things to get messy.The first Saturday after the College Football Playoff rankings debuted separated some of the contenders from pretenders and provided a distinct pecking order for the teams vying to play for the national...

Facing the possibility of being out of the playoff picture five weeks into the season, No. 13 Alabama announced it is far from finished.Facing the possibility of being upset in Indiana, No. 1 Ohio State wiggled out of a tight spot to keep its winning streak going. Whether it...

Oklahoma is No. 3 in the College Football Playoff selection committee rankings, putting the Sooners safely in position to be in the final four with their season completed.The Sooners locked up the Big 12 championship with a blowout victory at Oklahoma State on Saturday.Committee chairman Jeff Long refused to...

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...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) Louisiana Tech running back Kenneth Dixon set NCAA records with his 87th career touchdown and 522nd point Saturday night in the New Orleans Bowl against Arkansas State.Dixon entered the game with 83 TDs, two behind Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds, who has scored all 85 of...

Associated PressDarnold keeps No. 12 USC on streak toward major bowl berthBy DAN GREENSPANPASADENA, Calif. (AP) Sam Darnold was using his laptop at the team hotel to watch the game that would determine whether Southern California's Pac-12 title hopes were still alive when he heard cheers indicating that...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee has given Butch Jones a $500,000 raise that will increase his annual pay to $4.1 million.The school announced the raise Monday. Jones' contract continues to run through the 2020 season.Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart said in a statement, ''We have the right leader to...