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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...

AP College Football WriterWho will be AP's college football Player of the Year?By RALPH D. RUSSOThe Associated Press has been handing out a college football player of the year award since 1998. Five times the AP's award has gone to a player other than the Heisman Trophy winner, including...

AP Sports WriterNew (and old) ACC coaches battling for more than just winsBy JIMMY GOLENBOSTON (AP) Syracuse coach Dino Babers was rocking the locker room speech after beating Virginia Tech and knocking the Hokies out of the Top 25.Boston College coach Steve Addazio is still trying to earn...

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...

Things to watch in Week 7 in the Big 12:GAME OF THE WEEK: West Virginia (3-2, 0-2 Big 12) at No. 2 Baylor (5-0, 2-0). The Bears were snubbed from the first College Football Playoff after losing only once in the regular season last year, 41-27 at West Virginia....

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) - Mississippi State junior running back Josh Robinson has decided to turn pro after Wednesday night's Orange Bowl game against Georgia Tech.Robinson announced his decision on social media, posting a photo that called him a ''2015 NFL Draft Candidate.'' The caption below the photo said,...