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AP Sports WriterSyracuse hosts winless Duke but remains an underdog againBy JOHN KEKISThe Syracuse Orange have one streak going for them - they're picked as the underdog for the fourth straight time, even at home against a winless team and after a bye week to heal.Syracuse (1-2, 1-2 Atlantic...

Minnesota WR Bateman ends season early out of virus concernsMINNEAPOLIS (AP) Minnesota star wide receiver Rashod Bateman decided Wednesday to end his season early out of concern over COVID-19, the day after the Gophers canceled their game against Wisconsin due to a rise in cases within the program.Bateman,...

Associated PressKansas college agrees to outside probe after player's deathBy ROXANA HEGEMANWICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas community college agreed under mounting pressure to an independent investigation into the heatstroke death last year of a football player who collapsed after the first day of conditioning practice.Trustees for Garden City...

Scratch Stanford off the list of College Football Playoff contenders. Actually, just make it the whole Pac-12.Baylor is in big trouble, too. And the Bears' loss could be Notre Dame's gain.The Cardinal were felled by a familiar nemesis Saturday night, losing to Oregon 38-36 in a game that left...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Unbeaten N.C. A&T is chasing excellenceBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Whenever North Carolina A&T loses a game, coach Rod Broadway basically finds only one way for it to be acceptable - that the other team earns the win as opposed to the Aggies beating themselves.To prevent that...

The Latest: Oklahoma State RB offsets questions elsewhereFRISCO, Texas (AP) The Latest on Big 12 football media days (all times local):---4 p.m.Oklahoma State Mike Gundy has plenty of questions at quarterback and receiver. He doesn't have one at running back.Justice Hill will chase his third 1,000-yard season in...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Brian Jenkins has agreed to become Alabama State's new coach following a successful run at Bethune-Cookman.Interim Athletic Director Melvin Hines announced the Jenkins' hiring on Tuesday. Jenkins posted a 46-14 record in five seasons with the Wildcats.He led Bethune-Cookman to at least a share of...

AP Sports WriterBIG 12 SPOTLIGHT: Youngest power league with oldest coachBy STEPHEN HAWKINSMaybe Oklahoma State was just well ahead of a trend when making 37-year-old former Cowboys quarterback Mike Gundy their head coach.Now 13 years after Gundy became the man at Oklahoma State, the Big 12 has three 30-something...

No. 24 Memphis beats Tulane 56-26MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) Riley Ferguson passed for 298 yards and three touchdowns and Darrell Henderson rushed for 112 yards and another score to lead No. 24 Memphis to a 56-26 victory over Tulane on Friday night.The win was the fourth straight for Memphis...

AP Sports WriterAir Force player's bond with brother grows through adversityBy PAT GRAHAMAIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) Air Force senior defensive back Garrett Kauppila wears No. 22 in honor of the 22-month age gap between him and his older brother .It's a bond forged through basketball games in...

AP Sports WriterUtah and Colorado could highlight the Pac-12's 2nd halfBy ANNE M. PETERSONOregon's precipitous slide and Washington's rise highlighted the opening half of the Pac-12 season. Colorado and Utah could shape the finish.The Ducks and the No. 5 Huskies had last week off but the last time they...

Former NFL, USC offensive lineman Max Tuerk dies at 26LOS ANGELES (AP) Max Tuerk, an All-America offensive lineman at Southern California who was drafted by the Chargers, has died. He was 26.USC announced his death Sunday on Twitter, but not say when Tuerk died or provide a cause...