CFB

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=FCS conference plans for spring 2021 seasonBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - FCS conferences are developing plans to play their 2020 schedule during the spring semester if health conditions are deemed safe.All 13 conferences opted not to play their league schedules this fall due to concerns...

AP Sports WriterTake Two: No. 8 BYU steps in to face No. 14 Coastal CarolinaBy PETE IACOBELLIDifferent opponent for No. 14 Coastal Carolina. Even bigger stakes in this Top 25 matchup between the Chanticleers and No. 8 BYU.In another COVID-induced schedule twist, Coastal Carolina (9-0, No. 18 CFP) and...

AP Spots WriterBuffalo yet to be informed by MAC it has clinched East titleBy JOHN WAWROWBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The undefeated Buffalo Bulls' bid to clinch the Mid-American Conference East Division title were placed on hold on Friday before they even had a chance to play a down.Four hours...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Trey Lance's brother verbally commits to North Dakota StateBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - North Dakota State quarterback Trey Lance will be off to the NFL next year, but his younger brother Bryce will be a part of the FCS championship program.Bryce Lance, a 6-foot-2 senior...

AP Sports WriterUndefeated Colorado tries to keep rolling vs. ArizonaBy DAVID BRANDTColorado senior wide receiver K.D. Nixon is savoring the Buffaloes' 3-0 start to the season and relevance in the Pac-12 race.He's also been around long enough to know this isn't the time to get comfortable. Especially in 2020.Colorado...

AP Sports WriterNo. 19 Oklahoma State off to Wallace's hometown to play TCUBy STEPHEN HAWKINSFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Oklahoma State senior receiver Tylan Wallace was asked by his coaches several times this season if he wanted to sit out the last series or two of a game.''He wouldn't...

AP Sports WriterNo. 17 USC gets back to work with Sunday visit from Wash St.By GREG BEACHAMLOS ANGELES (AP) No. 17 Southern California had largely managed to avoid coronavirus-related problems within its football program until last week, when an ill-timed outbreak cost the Trojans a game and a...

AP Sports WriterPurdue tries to plug leaky run defense with Nebraska up nextBy MICHAEL MAROTAs Purdue coach Jeff Brohm watched video of Nebraska, he immediately identified a potential pitfall.Quarterbacks Adrian Martinez and Luke McCaffrey look a lot like the Rutgers quarterback tandem.So in hopes of avoiding a repeat of...

Kansas, Texas Tech face each other in disappointing seasonsLUBBOCK, Texas (AP) Kansas has won only one Big 12 game in its two seasons under coach Les Miles, a late comeback at home last year with a game-ending field goal against Texas Tech.The Red Raiders in many ways have...

AP College Football WriterCollege Football Picks: Alabama-LSU has decided lack of buzzBy RALPH D. RUSSOAlabama-LSU has in 13 months gone from Game of the Century to not even as interesting as BYU at Coastal Carolina.The top-ranked Crimson Tide visit the defending national champion Tigers on Saturday for a game...

Associated PressNo. 24 Iowa taking nothing for granted against IllinoisBy TERRY TOWERYCHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz is taking nothing for granted after seeing what Illinois did to a Nebraska team his Hawkeyes hung on to beat 26-20 last week.The Illini beat the Cornhuskers 41-23 two weeks...

AP Sports WriterComing off big win over Ducks, Oregon State visits UtahBy ANNE M. PETERSONStill buzzing over a big win over the rival Ducks, Oregon State now visits Utah without one of the players that helped the Beavers claim that victory.Quarterback Tristan Gebbia is out of Saturday night's game...