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AP Sports WriterNo. 22 Army going for 1st 11-win season in Armed Forces BowlBy STEPHEN HAWKINSFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) During a 10-loss season three years ago, Army coach Jeff Monken saw something that made him believe the Black Knights were on the way to being a good team.The...

AP Sports WriterQB Kenny Hill, running game push TCU into title racesBy CLIFF BRUNTSTILLWATER, Okla. (AP) Quarterback Kenny Hill and TCU's offense struggled at the end of last season, looking nothing like the juggernaut that had turned the Horned Frogs into a Big 12 power in recent years.The...

Johnny Majors, former Tennessee and Pitt coach, dies at 85KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) College Football Hall of Famer Johnny Majors, the coach of Pittsburgh’s 1976 national championship team and a former coach and star player at Tennessee, died Wednesday. He was 85.Majors died at his home in Knoxville, according...

Associated PressWith no plans for defense to rest, Cal opens against DavisBy MICHAEL WAGAMANBERKELEY, Calif. (AP) As good as California's defense was a year ago when the Golden Bears had one of the nation's best, safety Ashtyn Davis wants more out of his teammates.More than the 21 interceptions...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Top 25 roundup: The Citadel trips ChattanoogaBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - By not giving up the football, The Citadel is planning to take the Southern Conference title.The No. 8 Bulldogs beat No. 5 Chattanooga 22-14 on Saturday at Johnson Hagood Stadium in a matchup of unbeaten teams...

Tennessee LB Banks apologizes for his conduct during arrestKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee linebacker Jeremy Banks has issued an apology through the school after video was released showing him cursing and saying that “where I’m from, we shoot at cops” during his arrest last month following a traffic stop.Volunteers...

Georgia WR Jackson out up to 4 weeks with broken handATHENS, Ga. (AP) Georgia receiver Kearis Jackson will be out three to four weeks after suffering a broken hand in the season-opening victory over Vanderbilt.Coach Kirby Smart announced Monday the redshirt freshman had ''a couple of different breaks''...

Vanderbilt replaces Houston with visit from UConn in 2021NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Vanderbilt will host UConn on Oct. 2, 2021, as a replacement for a previously announced game with Houston.The game announced Wednesday will be the first between the Southeastern Conference program and UConn since 2011 when the Commodores...

AP Sports WriterNo. 1 Alabama gears up for stretch run, rat poison and allBy JOHN ZENORTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Alabama is unbeaten, scarcely challenged and dominating on both sides of the ball.Now, the top-ranked Crimson Tide (8-0, 5-0 Southeastern Conference) gets an open date to ready for the stretch...

North Central wins first NCAA Division III football titleSHENENDOAH, Texas (AP) Ethan Greenfield ran for 138 yards and three touchdowns, Broc Rutter threw for 263 yards and two scores and North Central of Illinois routed Wisconsin-Whitewater 41-14 on Friday night for its first NCAA Division III championship.North Central...

AP Sports WriterNo. 5 Georgia, No. 8 Baylor talk motivation for Sugar BowlBy BRETT MARTELNEW ORLEANS (AP) Baylor quarterback Charlie Brewer figures that suffering through 11 losses two seasons has given him a healthy perspective as the Bears prepare for their Sugar Bowl showdown against established SEC power...

AP Sports WriterNo. 6 Auburn has come a long, long way since LSUBy JOHN ZENORAUBURN, Ala. (AP) When the Auburn Tigers bottomed out, coach Gus Malzahn felt compelled to remind everyone that it wasn't ''the end of the world.''It really wasn't.The sixth-ranked Tigers have rebounded strongly from that...