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The playoff race cleared up pretty quickly. There is still plenty of time for things to get messy.The first Saturday after the College Football Playoff rankings debuted separated some of the contenders from pretenders and provided a distinct pecking order for the teams vying to play for the national...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=James Madison to open 2018 season at N.C. StateBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - James Madison is in the middle of trying to repeat as the FCS national champion, and the Dukes already have a 2018 schedule to look forward to as well.The CAA Football power announced an...

FCS conferences to host virtual media days(Stats Perform) - As college football players continue to return to campuses, the anticipation for the 2020 season is raising considerably. Preseason polls and honors take the excitement to an even higher level.Most FCS conferences will use virtual media days as an unofficial...

The end of coach Mike Riley's first season at Nebraska has left him and the fan base excited about the possibilities for 2016.Getting into a bowl game with five regular-season wins turned out to be the most fortuitous thing for the Cornhuskers (6-7). That's because their 37-29 Foster Farms...

AP College Football WriterAP Player of the Year finalists: Mayfield, Love, JacksonBy RALPH D. RUSSOOklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield, Stanford running back Bryce Love and Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson are the finalists for The Associated Press college football Player of the Year.The winner will be announced Thursday. The finalists are...

Associated PressClose-knit Nittany Lions confident and ready to keep rollingBy TRAVIS JOHNSONSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) Nearly three years ago, James Franklin was charged with lifting a roster full of Bill O'Brien holdovers and dotted with veterans from the Joe Paterno era out of the darkest period in Penn...

ESPN to tell 150-year history of college football during '19By The Associated PressESPN has announced a yearlong project on the history of college football, starting in January 2019, as part of the 150th anniversary of the sport.In a news release Thursday, ESPN says it will use all platforms to...

AP Sports WriterLongtime QB coach Werner looks speed up Gamecocks' offenseBy PETE IACOBELLICOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) New South Carolina quarterbacks coach Dan Werner is clear about how he wants his signal callers to play this season - fast.''If you see that ref having to sprint to get back to...

AP Sports WriterMore than half of ACC football schools aim to reopen in fallBy AARON BEARDNine of the 14 football-playing members of the Atlantic Coast Conference are making plans for reopening campuses this fall while three others have publicly said they are exploring scenarios for a return following the...

AP Sports WriterNew (and old) ACC coaches battling for more than just winsBy JIMMY GOLENBOSTON (AP) Syracuse coach Dino Babers was rocking the locker room speech after beating Virginia Tech and knocking the Hokies out of the Top 25.Boston College coach Steve Addazio is still trying to earn...

Associated PressDocuments: Paterno ignored boy's Sandusky complaint in 1976By MARK SCOLFOROHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Penn State coach Joe Paterno was told by a teen boy in 1976 that assistant coach Jerry Sandusky had molested him in the shower but responded that he didn't want to hear about it and...

AP Sports WriterUConn to rejoin Big East, board vote makes it officialBy PAT EATON-ROBBSTORRS, Conn. (AP) UConn is heading back to the Big EastThe University of Connecticut Board of Trustees voted Wednesday to accept an invitation to move its basketball and most other athletic teams from the American...