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Northwestern QB Clayton Thorson tears ACL in right kneeEVANSTON, Ill. (AP) Northwestern quarterback Clayton Thorson has a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, throwing his future up in the air.The school said Tuesday he will work with the athletic training staff to prepare for surgery in...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS Playoff Review: Illinois State 24, Central Arkansas 14By CRAIG HALEYThe Score - Illinois State (10-4) beat No. 8 seed Central Arkansas (9-4) 24-14 in the second round of the FCS playoffs.Story Line - Senior running back James Robinson continued to have an incredible postseason,...

AP Sports WriterOhio State using bye week to fix some glaring problemsBy MITCH STACYCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) A month ago, quarterback Dwayne Haskins Jr. was breaking school records and Ohio State was threatening to run the table and cruise into the College Football Playoff.During Saturday's rout by unranked Purdue,...

AP College Football WriterTide's DeVonta Smith the 1st WR to win AP Player of the YearBy RALPH D. RUSSODeVonta Smith of Alabama is The Associated Press college football player of the year and the first wide receiver to win the award since it was established in 1998.In what could...

Associated PressEx-Giants offensive lineman Mitch Petrus dies of heat strokeBy JILL BLEEDLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Offensive lineman Mitch Petrus, a walk-on at Arkansas who went on to a three-year NFL career that included a Super Bowl win with the New York Giants, has died. He was 32.Pulaski County...

MIAMI (AP) - As some players from both sides brawled after the final play, BYU quarterback Christian Stewart decided to simply walk off the field.He fought for four quarters, then two overtimes.And the result he wanted just wasn't in the cards.Stewart led the Cougars back from a pair of...

AP College Football WriterAP Top 25 Podcast: Picking College Football Hall of FamersBy RALPH D. RUSSOThere are 76 former major-college football stars eligible to be inducted into the Hall of Fame next year, and whittling down the list to a class of about 12 players is almost impossible.On...

AP College Football WriterAP Top 25 Takeaways: Heisman Chase, upset Saturday in Big 12By RALPH D. RUSSOA pure defensive player, a guy who does nothing but play defense, has never won the Heisman Trophy. Charles Woodson was the closest thing in 1997, but he moonlighted as a receiver and...

The KANSAS and the C MICHIGAN will both be gunning for a victory on 9/8/2018 at 3:00 PM when they meet in a game matchup. KANSAS vs C MICHIGAN When: 9/8/2018 3:00 PM Where: ROT TEAM PS OU ML 335 KANSAS (-110) (-110) 336 C MICHIGAN TV: 3:00 PM LINE: PREDICTION: C MICHIGAN , KANSAS Oddsmakers currently have the C MICHIGAN listed as ...

Sam Houston, Youngstown State set future series(Stats Perform) - FCS nonconference matchups are hard to come by this fall, but Sam Houston State and Youngstown State have scheduled a two-game series in future seasons.Youngstown State will visit Sam Houston State on Aug. 30, 2025 at Bowers Stadium in Huntsville,...

AP College Football WriterFrost, Smart, Swinney voted AP coach of year finalistsBy RALPH D. RUSSOUCF's Scott Frost, Georgia's Kirby Smart and Clemson's Dabo Swinney are the finalists for The Associated Press Coach of the Year award.The winner will be announced Monday.Frost led the Knights to an unbeaten regular season...

Associated PressBaylor's strict conduct code may have silenced rape victimsBy JIM VERTUNOAUSTIN, Texas (AP) The sexual assault scandal that took down Baylor University's president and revered football coach also found a problem with a bedrock of the school's faith-based education: a student conduct code banning alcohol, drugs and...