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AP College Football WriterWeek 15: Buffs need win, USC loss to reach Pac-12 title gameBy ERIC OLSONA weekend devoid of drama appears to be setting up in college football unless you're Colorado.Southern California (4-0, 4-0) can lock up a spot in the Pac-12 championship game if it beats crosstown...

AP Sports WriterArmy hosts Navy for 1st time in 77 years due to COVID-19By JOHN KEKISNavy coach Ken Niumatalolo never tires of the feeling that permeates the locker room in the moments before the opening kickoff of the annual matchup against Army.''There's a chill that goes through you unlike...

AP College Football WriterSEC on ABC: ESPN to be exclusive TV home, starting 2024By RALPH D. RUSSOThe Southeastern Conference's signature mid-afternoon Saturday game will move from CBS to ABC starting in 2024 as part of a new 10-year contract announced Thursday with ESPN and the powerhouse football league.The deal...

AP Sports WriterOklahoma State goes into Baylor makeup out of B12 contentionBy STEPHEN HAWKINSWACO, Texas (AP) When Oklahoma State was supposed to play at Baylor in mid-October, the Cowboys were the No. 6 team in the Top 25 with expectations to contend for a spot in the Big...

AP Sports WriterBC opts out of bowl game to spend Christmas at homeBy JIMMY GOLENBOSTON (AP) Boston College, which managed to escape the worst of the coronavirus outbreak and the schedule and roster shuffling that has affected so many other college football teams, is passing on the opportunity...

Associated PressWashington State seeks to avoid meltdown versus CalBy NICHOLAS K. GERANIOSWashington State coach Nick Rolovich acknowledges his team had a meltdown in falling behind by four touchdowns in the first quarter of a loss at Southern California.The challenge is to avoid another collapse when California visits Pullman on...

AP College Football WriterSEC on ABC: ESPN to be exclusive TV home, starting 2024By RALPH D. RUSSOThe Southeastern Conference's signature mid-afternoon Saturday game will move from CBS to ABC starting in 2024 as part of a new 10-year contract with ESPN and the powerhouse football league announced Thursday.The deal...

TCU finishes regular season against La. Tech in late addFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) TCU is set to finish the regular season with its only non-conference game instead of starting the pandemic-altered year that way as planned.Linebacker Garret Wallow hasn't really concerned himself with which opponent the Horned Frogs...

Associated PressPenn State, Michigan State close out tough regular seasonsBy TRAVIS JOHNSONSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) Sean Clifford is grateful that the faces he's been able to see and interact with in person have stayed close this season.Penn State's quarterback realizes many of them, like himself, weren't used to...

AP Sports WriterBC opts out of bowl game to spend Christmas at homeBy JIMMY GOLENBOSTON (AP) Boston College, which managed to escape the worst of the coronavirus outbreak and the schedule and roster shuffling that has affected so many other college football teams, is passing on the opportunity...

AP Sports WriterSlovis, No. 16 USC face improved UCLA in rivalry showdownBy JOE REEDYLOS ANGELES (AP) Southern California's Kedon Slovis carved out his own place in the rivalry with UCLA with a school-record 515 passing yards last year.He had a slow start to this abbreviated season but has...

AP College Football WriterSEC on ABC: ESPN to be exclusive TV home, starting 2024By RALPH D. RUSSOThe Southeastern Conference's signature mid-afternoon Saturday game will move from CBS to ABC starting in 2024 as part of a new 10-year contract announced Thursday with ESPN and the powerhouse football league.The deal...