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AP Sports WriterVirginia chooses to end season without playing in bowl gameBy HANK KURZ Jr.Virginia is not going to a bowl game this season.A week before bowl announcements are due, on Dec. 20, the Cavaliers announced Sunday that their football season is over and they will not be entertaining...

Associated PressWith no plans for defense to rest, Cal opens against DavisBy MICHAEL WAGAMANBERKELEY, Calif. (AP) As good as California's defense was a year ago when the Golden Bears had one of the nation's best, safety Ashtyn Davis wants more out of his teammates.More than the 21 interceptions...

AP Sports WriterNo. 6 Clemson's big weekend gets it back in title chaseBy PETE IACOBELLICLEMSON, S.C. (AP) One big weekend trumped two weeks of worry for No. 6 Clemson and got the Tigers back in the national championship pictures.Clemson (7-1, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) got about everything it...

Conference USA teams to wear helmet stickers honoring SliveBy The Associated PressConference USA football teams will honor former C-USA Commissioner Mike Slive and promote prostate cancer awareness by wearing custom helmet stickers this season.Slive led Conference USA from 1995-2002, before becoming commissioner of the Southeastern Conference. A prostate cancer...

AP Sports WriterNC State at Va Tech postponed 2 weeks amid COVID-19 casesBy HANK KURZ Jr.North Carolina State's season-opener at Virginia Tech was postponed for two weeks Wednesday because of a cluster of COVID-19 cases among Wolfpack athletes.The delay comes two days after N.C. State paused all athletic activities....

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=FCS Kickoff: Central Arkansas not looking backBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The way Central Arkansas led FCS college football in fourth-quarter comeback wins with four last season was a prelude to the Bears rallying through the COVID-19 pandemic this year."Hard times don't break us," senior...

Associated PressNo. 19 Washington State seeks 3rd straight win over UCLABy NICHOLAS K. GERANIOSWashington State coach Mike Leach appreciates that quarterback Anthony Gordon doesn't get all moody when things go bad.Of course, things have yet to go bad for Gordon or the Cougars.Thanks to Gordon's stellar start, the Cougars...

AP Sports WriterNo. 22 Army going for 1st 11-win season in Armed Forces BowlBy STEPHEN HAWKINSFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) During a 10-loss season three years ago, Army coach Jeff Monken saw something that made him believe the Black Knights were on the way to being a good team.The...

AP Sports WriterRB Pooka Williams giving Kansas a big lift early in seasonBy DAVE SKRETTALAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Pooka Williams had just taken a handoff from Kansas quarterback Peyton Bender in the second half of their game Saturday when he saw a host of Rutgers defenders converging on him.So...

AP Sports WriterHBCUs work to return to sports amid new coronavirusBy KRISTIE RIEKENIn the 100 years since the Southwestern Athletic Conference was formed, the conference home for some of the nation’s most storied historically black colleges and universities has always found a way to do more with less.So far,...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Payton Award finalist Guerriero raced off to Monmouth historyBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Pete Guerriero entered Monmouth University as a track runner in 2016 and didn't join the football program until the following year.In many ways, he's still running track.As a redshirt junior this season, Guerriero obliterated...

AP Sports WriterCoan's injury provides opportunity for Wisconsin QB MertzBy STEVE MEGARGEEFrom the moment he announced his college choice, Graham Mertz has received more attention than the typical Wisconsin quarterback.Mertz is about to get his chance to show he's worthy of all the acclaim that accompanied his arrival on...