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AP Sports WriterNew Baylor coach Aranda sensed something special with BearsBy STEPHEN HAWKINSWACO, Texas (AP) Dave Aranda sensed something special about Baylor even before the Bears were looking for a new head coach.“I could see the togetherness of the team, I could see the toughness of the team,”...

Associated PressNo. 11 BYU routs Western Kentucky 41-10 for 7-0 startBy JOHN COONPROVO, Utah (AP) BYU extended its perfect season with more big plays against an overmatched opponent.Zach Wilson threw for 224 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 35 yards and another score to help the No....

Ex-Baylor president: Some women 'make themselves victims'WACO, Texas (AP) A court filing this week reveals that the former interim president of Baylor University referred to some women who said they had been sexually assaulted as willing victims, amid lingering allegations that the nation's largest Baptist school repeatedly mishandled...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Coaches don't expect 'College GameDay' distractionsBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Neither James Madison football coach Mike Houston nor Villanova counterpart Mark Ferrante expects the presence of ESPN's "College GameDay" before their matchup Saturday to be a distraction.Few of the coaches and players figure to be near the...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Barriere, Lewis headline Big Sky preseason honorsBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The individual accolades continued to roll in for Eastern Washington quarterback Eric Barriere and Montana linebacker Jace Lewis on Friday.The two fifth-year senior standouts would gladly take team success instead.Barriere and Lewis led the...

AP Sports WriterLatest outing proves Utah's Huntley is part of Pac-12 eliteBy TIM BOOTHSEATTLE (AP) With all the other big-name quarterbacks in the Pac-12, it's been easy - albeit unfair - for Utah's Tyler Huntley to be overlooked.That should end after his latest performance.Huntley continued to make his...

AP Sports WriterFreshmen Gatewood, Nix open Auburn camp in QB competitionBy JOHN ZENORAUBURN, Ala. (AP) Auburn's quarterback competition has resumed, with a pair of freshmen vying to start the opener against Oregon.Redshirt freshman Joey Gatewood or five-star signee Bo Nix? That was the biggest question facing the Tigers...

AP Sports WriterStudy: White men still dominate leadership positions in FBSBy AARON BEARDA diversity study finds that white men still ''overwhelmingly'' fill leadership positions at top-level college sports programs and conferences, leaving a ''consistent underrepresentation of women and people of color'' in those roles.The report card from The Institute...

Nebraska schedules 2 games with Oklahoma State in 2034-35LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Nebraska has announced the scheduling of four home nonconference football games over the next eight years and a two-game series against former Big 12 foe Oklahoma State in 2034-35.The Cornhuskers will host UTEP on Aug. 31, 2024...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Steve Sarkisian and his assistants went recruiting on the morning after No. 17 Southern California's stunning 17-12 loss to Washington.The coach realizes his selling job is a bit tougher, both in high school kids' living rooms and his own locker room.The talent-stacked Trojans (3-2, 1-2...

Moose on the loose at North Dakota football practice fieldGRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) A female moose looked like she was trying out for running back as she loped across a football practice field at the University of North Dakota.University spokesman David Dodds says the moose wandered into Grand...

AP College Football WriterCollege Football Picks: October begins with 14 unbeatensBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe arrival of October in college football means nonconference game are mostly done, with some notable exceptions involving independents, late-season rivalries and those mid-November cupcakes that have become a Southern staple.Conference play usually means familiar opponents,...