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Rice hires Stanford assistant Bloomgren as head coachHOUSTON (AP) Mike Bloomgren has been hired as the coach at Rice.Rice announced Wednesday that Bloomgren agreed to a five-year contract with the Owls after spending last season as the associate head coach and offensive coordinator at Stanford. He takes over...

Abilene Christian seeks improvement in 2018(STATS) - Abilene Christian will open coach Adam Dorrel's second season on Sept. 1 at Baylor and seek improvement in the Southland Conference as part of an 11-game schedule which was announced Tuesday.The Wildcats finished 2-9 overall and 2-7 in the conference last year.Abilene...

AP Top 25: Record changes in Top 25 after 11 ranked lossesBy RALPH D. RUSSONo. 22 Syracuse and No. 23 Virginia broke long runs of being unranked and were among a record seven teams to move into The Associated Press college football poll after a season-high 11 ranked teams...

Huskers aide Elliott takes off-field position, Booker hiredLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Nebraska assistant coach Bob Elliott will become an off-the-field defensive analyst this season and Scott Booker has been hired to replace him as safeties and special teams coach.Coach Mike Riley announced the change Tuesday, saying Elliott needed to...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Could these five teams earn first FCS playoff bids?By CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Last year, UC Davis, Incarnate Word and Lamar earned their first bids to the FCS playoffs. A year earlier, it was Kennesaw State, Monmouth, Central Connecticut State and South Dakota.If it happens again in...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=UC Davis to become USC's first FCS opponentBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - UC Davis will become USC's first-ever FCS opponent when they square off on Sept. 4, 2021 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.USC, along with rivals UCLA and Notre Dame, are the only FBS schools which...

Tar Heels add LSU grad transfer Brandon Harris to rosterCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) North Carolina says it has added quarterback Brandon Harris as a graduate transfer from LSU.UNC officials announced Friday that Harris signed his scholarship paperwork and is expected to join the Tar Heels this summer after...

London says he wants release from Michigan StateDETROIT (AP) Michigan State running back Madre London says he wants his release from the program.In a message posted on Twitter on Friday, London said he'll be graduating in May and has decided not to stay with the Spartans for his...

Associated PressRolovich makes home debut as Washington St hosts OregonBy NICHOLAS K. GERANIOSNick Rolovich will be making his home debut when Washington State hosts No. 11 Oregon on Saturday.He's already gotten the Cougars off to a good start with a couple of other ''firsts.''Rolovich became the first Washington State...

AP College Football WriterAfter presidents meet, Big Ten football still in limboBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe Big Ten presidents were presented a comprehensive plan Sunday to conduct a fall football season, but a final decision is still to come.A person with direct knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press...

South Alabama aiming for more Sun Belt successMOBILE, Ala. (AP) South Alabama opens the season against two teams from Power Five conferences, but those aren't the kind of games that most troubled the Jaguars in 2016.They pulled two big upsets and made it to the Arizona Bowl while...

Vanderbilt adds 4 more graduate transfers to its rosterNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Vanderbilt has added four more graduate transfers to its football roster.Commodores coach Derek Mason announced Wednesday the additions of offensive lineman Rowan Godwin, receiver/kick returner Justice Shelton-Mosley, defensive back Cam Watkins and defensive lineman Eddie Zinn-Turner.Watkins played...