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AP Sports WriterFlorida-Miami game in Orlando moved up to Aug. 24By TIM REYNOLDSCORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) Football seasons at Miami and Florida will start earlier than ever this year.The season-opener between the Hurricanes and Gators has been moved up one week to Aug. 24 at 7 p.m., the...

AP Sports WriterNo. 12 Hokies battle short work week with W&M up nextBy HANK KURZ Jr.Virginia Tech's season got off to a very strong start with a decisive victory against Florida State in Tallahassee. For the No. 12 Hokies to keep it going, they need to master a short...

AP Sports WriterCoach Fuente hopes Hokies 'able to play' Wolfpack this weekBy HANK KURZ Jr.First it was North Carolina State that couldn't play Virginia Tech because of positive coronavirus tests, and then it was the Hokies who had to pull out of a game against Virginia because of the...

DALLAS (AP) - Illinois needed to win its last two games to become bowl eligible, then had to wait another week before finding out if there would be more football.Louisiana Tech knew after winning six of seven at the end of the regular season that it was going to...

6 Houston athletes test positive for COVID-19 with symptomsHOUSTON (AP) The University of Houston is suspending all voluntary workouts for its athletes after six tested positive for COVID-19 with symptoms.Houston announced it was shutting down workouts due to ''an abundance of caution'' and an increase of positive tests...

AP Sports WriterMissouri to appeal what it calls 'unjust' NCAA penaltiesBy DAVE SKRETTAKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Barry Odom had every reason to believe Missouri's football program was finally on the right track.The Tigers were coming off their second consecutive bowl appearance. He had just signed a contract extension...

Appalachian St., La.-Lafayette, back as Sun Belt favoritesNEW ORLEANS (AP) Appalachian State and Louisiana-Lafayette have given the Sun Belt Conference a top-heavy look in recent seasons.The rest of the 10-team league could be hard-pressed to change that in 2020.While the Mountaineers are on their third head coach in...

AP Sports WriterPlenty of coaching changes around SEC during offseasonBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) There has been plenty of coaching turnover in the Southeastern Conference this offseason, just not involving any head coaches.This will be the first year since 2006 that the SEC begins a season with no...

AP Sports WriterNo. 3 Notre Dame, No. 7 Miami soaring into their matchupBy TIM REYNOLDSMIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) The rivalry between Miami and Notre Dame is as well-chronicled as perhaps any in college football. Catholics vs. Convicts. Pregame brawling. Postgame insults.Thing is, all of that happened a generation...

Texas A&M, Jimbo Fisher handed recruiting penalties by NCAACOLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) Texas A&M's football program was placed on probation and coach Jimbo Fisher given a six-month show cause order by the NCAA on Thursday after the Aggies were found to have violated recruiting and other rules beginning...

AP College Football WriterFinally, Fields vs Lawrence: 'This is the future of the NFL'By RALPH D. RUSSOSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) Justin Fields and Trevor Lawrence went to high school about 20 miles from each other in the suburbs northwest of Atlanta.They have worked out since middle school with the...

AP Sports WriterDefense says wide receiver hoped to be ex-girlfriend's heroBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Both sides in the first-degree murder trial of former Division III college football player William Riley Gaul agree that he killed his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend by firing through her bedroom window. What they disagree on,...