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AP Sports WriterRetooled Michigan defense looks OK without 8 NFL draft picksBy STEPHEN HAWKINSARLINGTON, Texas (AP) That defense for 11th-ranked Michigan looks very familiar, even with all those first-time starters.Yes, those Wolverines that had eight defensive players taken in the NFL draft earlier this year and also lost...

AP Sports WriterSeveral SEC coaches facing questions about job securityBy JOHN ZENORHOOVER, Ala. (AP) Gus Malzahn and Kevin Sumlin got their Southeastern Conference head coaching tenures off to blazing starts.They're both facing a different kind of heat now.Auburn's Malzahn and Texas A&M's Sumlin enter this season on likely...

AP Sports WriterMiami adding Rhett Lashlee as offensive coordinatorBy TIM REYNOLDSCORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) Rhett Lashlee has been hired as Miami’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, immediately tasked with turning around the Hurricanes’ offense after a lackluster 6-7 season.Miami announced the move, which will be completed once Lashlee...

The coronavirus pandemic is already impacting the 2020 college football schedule, with the Sept. 12 game between Lafayette College and Navy the latest to be canceled. Lafayette informed the Naval Academy that it cannot bring its football team back to campus in time to meet medical advisory guidelines. Navy, which...

AP Sports WriterPick Six: Top college awards could feature repeatsBy STEVE MEGARGEEThe race for the top individual awards in college football this season will have some standout players seeking repeats.Wisconsin's Jonathan Taylor won the Doak Walker Award as the nation's top running back last season, while Alabama's Jerry Jeudy...

Associated PressChinese court hands US football coach 4-year prison sentenceBy GERRY SHIHBEIJING (AP) A Chinese court sentenced former American football player Wendell Brown to four years in prison Thursday for being involved in a bar fight, a punishment his lawyer and an activist called excessive.Brown, a native of...

POLL ALERT: Indiana jumps into Top 25 after stunning Penn State; Ohio State surges to No. 3 behind Clemson, AlabamaNEW YORK (AP) POLL ALERT: Indiana jumps into Top 25 after stunning Penn State; Ohio State surges to No. 3 behind Clemson, Alabama.

Associated PressJosh Jacobs, other Alabama players participate in pro dayBy CODY ESTREMERATUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) There was no shortage of NFL executives on hand to watch several Crimson Tide players workout during Alabama's pro day ahead of next month's NFL draft.Patriots coach Bill Belichick was on hand wearing an...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Alabama coach Nick Saban and defensive coordinator Kirby Smart have fielded some of the most formidable, suffocating defenses modern college football has seen since the pair arrived in Tuscaloosa together in 2007.The 2014 Crimson Tide defense won't likely be remembered among them. There have already...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=2017 FCS vs. FBS: MEACBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Coming off a 2016 season in which their 10 wins over FBS programs tied for the fourth-most in a season, FCS programs hope to make a mark again in 2017.Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference teams are involved in 12 of...

AP Sports WriterAP Exclusive: Power Five spend big on lobbying CongressBy BEN NUCKOLSThe Power Five conferences spent $350,000 on lobbying in the first three months of 2020, more than they had previously spent in any full year, as part of a coordinated effort to influence Congress on legislation affecting...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Barney Cotton choked up as he described the challenges that come with serving as Nebraska's interim head coach.He wants to accomplish the seemingly impossible task of maintaining a business-as-usual atmosphere in the wake of Bo Pelini's firing. He vows to make sure the players have...