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AP College Football WriterHouston, FAU still waiting after virus disrupts 3 more gamesBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe Houston Cougars are again without an opponent and still waiting to play their season opener as COVID-19 issues wiped out three more major college football games Wednesday.The latest team to bail on Houston...

AP Sports WriterOklahoma still looking for QB to replace MayfieldBy CLIFF BRUNTNORMAN, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma's quarterback situation is not as settled as it seemed.The Sooners are seeking a replacement for Heisman winner Baker Mayfield, and Kyler Murray and Austin Kendall are the top candidates for the job. Murray...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS Team of the Week: Central Arkansas grabs FBS winBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - A number of FCS teams stayed close with FBS opponents during the first full weekend of college football only to let their opportunity slip away in the fourth quarter.Central Arkansas' aggressive mind-set made...

LSU-Alabama scores most-watched game of season for CBSBy The Associated PressThe LSU-Alabama game drew 16.636 million viewers for CBS, making it the most-watched college football game of the season.CBS said LSU's 46-41 victory against Alabama, a matchup of the AP Top 25's No. 1 and No. 2 teams, scored...

NDSU, San Diego, N.C. A&T seek to extend winning streaks(STATS) - Heavyweight programs North Dakota State, San Diego and North Carolina A&T will try to extend FCS-leading winning streaks in the 2019 season.North Dakota State, the two-time defending FCS national champion, owns a 21-game winning streak since 2017. Ten...

Associated PressBack to work: No. 12 Florida State prepares for long grindBy JOE REEDYTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher is glad to get back to a normal game-week schedule after Hurricane Irma forced the 12th-ranked Seminoles to take two weeks off.They are facing an upcoming stretch...

Associated PressHeisman darkhorses: Can Browning repeat Mayfield's path?By JOE REEDYWashington's Jake Browning is hoping to repeat what Baker Mayfield did last year.Mayfield was a Heisman Trophy longshot in the preseason, but ended up winning the award while leading Oklahoma to the College Football Playoff for the second time in...

AP Sports WriterS Joe Ferguson makes name for himself at No. 6 WisconsinBy GENARO C. ARMASMADISON, Wis. (AP) Joe Ferguson is making a name for himself at No. 6 Wisconsin.It has nothing to do with being athletic director Barry Alvarez's grandson.The senior safety has turned into a key...

AP Sports WriterStrong welcomes high expectations for No. 19 South FloridaBy FRED GOODALLTAMPA, Fla. (AP) Charlie Strong is accustomed to high expectations.But the situation is a little different in for him at South Florida. He isn't building or re-building a program in his first season. He is trying...

Michigan State hires Jay Johnson as offensive coordinatorEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Jay Johnson followed head coach Mel Tucker and fellow assistant Chris Kapilovic to Michigan State from Colorado, joining the Spartans on Thursday as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.Johnson filled roles last season at Colorado under Tucker.The Spartans...

Coach when Kansas football player died fired in MissouriJOPLIN, Mo. (AP) Missouri Southern State has dismissed coach Jeff Sims, who was coach at Garden City (Kansas) Community College in 2018 when a 19-year-old football player died of heat stroke.Athletic director Jared Bruggeman announced Sims' firing on Wednesday but...

AP College Football Footall WriterGeorgia-Missouri becomes 4th SEC game postponed this weekBy RALPH D. RUSSONo. 12 Georgia at Missouri is now the fourth Southeastern Conference game scheduled for Saturday to be postponed because of COVID-19.The conference announced Wednesday the game cannot be played because of positive COVID-19 tests and...