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AP Sports WriterWashington facing different challenge against ArizonaBy JOHN MARSHALLTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Washington was pushed around in its last game, a bruising 23-13 loss to big, powerful Stanford.The Huskies face a different kind of challenge Saturday night in the desert. Arizona is not oversized nor bruising. The Wildcats...

UTEP coach Sean Kugler resigns after Miners' 0-5 startEL PASO, Texas (AP) UTEP football coach Sean Kugler has resigned after a 0-5 start.Kugler stepped down Sunday, a day after the Miners' 35-21 loss at Army.This was Kugler's fifth season at his alma mater. He leaves with an 18-36...

AP Sports WritersBig 12 schools intend to open in fall, giving football hopeBy CLIFF BRUNT and STEPHEN HAWKINSAll 10 schools in the Big 12 Conference expect their campuses to be open in the fall, a key step toward launching fall sports.The coronavirus pandemic has shuttered sports at all levels,...

AP Sports ColumnistColumn: Playoff expansion only fair option in chaotic seasonBy PAUL NEWBERRYLet's start with a confession: It feels downright reckless to be lobbying for more college football games while we're in the middle of a pandemic that has claimed more than 200,000 American lives.Especially on the same day...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=In the NEC race, you just never knowBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - When coaches say any team in their conference can capture the title, it's embellishment, of course.Unless it's Northeast Conference football. Those coaches are on to something.The NEC has had seven different programs represent...

AP Sports WriterNo. 17 Mississippi St faces No. 17 Georgia in early SEC testBy PAUL NEWBERRYATHENS, Ga. (AP) Who's the best team in the Southeastern Conferences?Once you get past top-ranked Alabama, that is?The answer should be a bit more apparent after a Saturday night between the hedges.In a...

AP College Football WriterWaiting game: 15 days between CFP semifinals, championshipBy RALPH D. RUSSOGLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) The matchup is set for a tantalizing College Football Playoff national championship game.On one side, defending champ Clemson, with its 29-game winning streak. On the other, unbeaten and No. 1 LSU, with...

Stanford tackle Walker Little returns for senior seasonSTANFORD, Calif. (AP) Stanford offensive tackle Walker Little said Monday he will return for his senior season in 2020 instead of entering the NFL draft.Little was considered a top draft prospect before going down with a season-ending knee injury in the...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS Top 25: No. 5 Citadel wins in OTBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The Citadel's ability to deliver in the clutch is why it is off to the best start in school history.The No. 5 Bulldogs delivered again on Saturday, edging Wofford 24-21 in overtime to push...

AP Sports WriterBig Ten scraps nonconference football games due to pandemicBy JOHN ZENORThe Big Ten Conference announced Thursday it will not play nonconference games in football and several other sports this fall, the most dramatic move yet by a power conference because of the coronavirus pandemic.The conference cited medical...

No. 14 Western Michigan and No. 20 Navy could put a bunch of bowls on hold, depending on what the College Football Playoff selection committee thinks of their performances this weekend. If Navy is in position to earn a spot in a major bowl game when the rankings and semifinal...

AP Sports WriterNC State seething in underdog role vs Kentucky in Gator BowlBy MARK LONGJACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) It's one of the oddest betting lines of the bowl season.No. 24 North Carolina State (8-3) is a 2 +-point underdog against Kentucky (4-6) in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, a number...