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AP Sports WriterHurricanes shake up defensive coaching staff for 2021By TIM REYNOLDSManny Diaz decided someone else needed to call Miami's defensive plays. He chose himself.The Hurricanes' head coach - and former defensive coordinator - will call the plays on that side of the football in 2021, he said Thursday,...

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 WriterWith special teams especially bad, coaches seek quick fixesBy ERIC OLSONFlorida State isn't alone. A lot of teams have stunk on special teams as the college football season has gotten under way and anxious coaches around the country are in fix-it mode.No one has had more...

Associated PressFormer, current football players sue University of MinnesotaBy STEVE KARNOWSKIMINNEAPOLIS (AP) Nine black former and current University of Minnesota football players who say their rights were violated in a sexual misconduct investigation sued the school on Friday, alleging they are victims of racial and gender discrimination.The federal...

AP Sports WriterOle Miss, Mississippi State tumble down SEC West standingsBy DAVID BRANDTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) Mississippi was home to some of the best college football teams in America just two years ago.These days the Magnolia State is the locale for unrealized expectations, frustrating losses and the bottom of...

AP Sports WriterAfter McNair death, Maryland focuses on safety at practiceBy DAVID GINSBURGCOLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) Maryland interim coach Matt Canada has taken steps to ensure that the Terrapins are poised to deal with the heat of summer during his practices following the death of offensive lineman Jordan...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Midseason FCS conference rankingsBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Don't be fooled by the wild results across FCS college football last weekend. They were more the exception than the rule this season.In contrast to many recent seasons, there's been relative stability each week, and as a whole it's...

Associated PressNew Illinois coach to make homegrown talent a priorityBy TERRY TOWERYCHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) New Illinois coach Bret Bielema said Monday he hopes to have a staff in place by early January and is already concentrating on homegrown recruiting.''I called (the Illinois Department of Transportation) and told them...

Associated PressJosh Jacobs, other Alabama players participate in pro dayBy CODY ESTREMERATUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) There was no shortage of NFL executives on hand to watch several Crimson Tide players workout during Alabama's pro day ahead of next month's NFL draft.Patriots coach Bill Belichick was on hand wearing an...

AP Sports WriterAuburn's QB battle continues on after spring practiceBy JOHN ZENORAUBURN, Ala. (AP) Gus Malzahn said all four of his quarterbacks made some big plays in the spring game.A more detailed public assessment, and any comment on the pecking order, will just have to wait.''We've got quite...

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) Rutgers receiver Leonte Carroo was suspended indefinitely by the school Sunday after being involved in an incident outside the team's stadium following the Scarlet Knights' 37-34 loss to Washington State on Saturday.''Leonte Carroo has been suspended from our program as a result of an incident...

Correction: T25-College Football Poll storyMIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) In a story January 12, 2021, about the final AP college football poll, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number of times Alabama has finished No. 1 in the rankings. It is 12, not 11.