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Virginia nose tackle Donte Wilkins is among the fourth- and fifth-year seniors that will be honored before Virginia's final home game Saturday against Miami, and also part of a class with some notoriety. Wilkins and his classmates will be the first in a long time to leave Virginia without ever...

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) Oregon can't dwell on what might have been this season, had quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. been healthy from the start.The No. 18 Ducks (8-3, 6-2 Pac-12) need to prepare for the regular-season finale, the annual Civil War against Oregon State, and then await word on...

Matt Rhule is taking on a Texas-sized challenge at Baylor after leading Temple to unprecedented success. After consecutive 10-win seasons with a roster filled by kids from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and a football life spent mostly near those areas, Rhule will be introduced on the Waco campus Wednesday as...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Shane Carden fired pass after pass to move East Carolina's offense swiftly down the field.The Pirates racked up plays and yards but repeatedly stalled short of the goal line, including Carden's late interception in the end zone, and ultimately lost 28-20 to Florida Saturday in...

ATLANTA (AP) Lance Austin ran toward the ball, rolling along at the Georgia Tech end of the field as the final seconds ticked off the clock. He hesitated, a bit confused as his coach screamed for him to leave it alone.Paul Johnson was content to go to overtime...

STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) Georgia Southern has hired Colorado State defensive coordinator Tyson Summers as coach.Summers, from Tifton, Georgia, will replace Willie Fritz, who left Georgia Southern to become Tulane's coach. Fritz was formally introduced as Tulane's coach Tuesday.Summers served as an assistant coach at Georgia Southern in 2006...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Forget style points, poll rankings or the playoff discussion.Right now, the big issue facing Michigan State is injuries.The second-ranked Spartans open Big Ten play this weekend against Purdue, and although their lofty preseason hopes are still very much intact, this Michigan State team is...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Bo Wallace was on the cusp of prolonging No. 3 Mississippi's bid for an unbeaten season until LSU safety Ronald Martin got in the way. Wallace's pass was intercepted by Martin at the 1 with 2 seconds left, and the Rebels fell 10-7 to the 24th-ranked...

DALLAS (AP) Tyrone Swoopes threw a touchdown pass and ran for a score as the University of Texas upset the No. 10-ranked University of Oklahoma 24-17 in college football on Saturday.Coach Charlie Strong's Longhorns (2-4, 1-2 Big 12 Conference) came to Dallas in the midst of the program's...

A lot can be said for going down the roster to find value plays - and looking into the Sun Belt has that feel. This is the first season Georgia Southern is bowl eligible after coming off a 9-3 record its first year in the Sun Belt. While in the Big...

BALTIMORE (AP) Former University of Maryland President H.C. ''Curley'' Byrd's name should come off of Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium because he worked to maintain racial segregation and endorsed ''separate but equal'' education, the current president said Monday.Wallace D. Loh said in emails and letters to the...

Gene Chizik was walking out to practice last August when he noticed the overstuffed cars being unloaded by wide-eyed teenagers and their parents. The freshmen were moving into the dorms at the University of North Carolina. That's when it hit him: His twin daughters would be doing the same thing...