CFB

AP Sports WriterOld Oaken Bucket still top prize for Hoosiers, BoilermakersBy MICHAEL MAROTIndiana already has a postseason ticket. Purdue’s latest loss sealed its fate.For the first time in five years, Saturday’s Old Oaken Bucket game will be all about the rivalry, bragging rights and the trophy - nothing more.“I...

AP Sports WriterWithout fall playoffs, FCS schools missing a top attractionBy HANK KURZ Jr.As the college football season ramps up in three major conferences and among other programs scattered across the country, there will be a void at the Football Championship Subdivision level -- very few games and no...

Matt Rhule is taking on a Texas-sized challenge at Baylor after leading Temple to unprecedented success. After consecutive 10-win seasons with a roster filled by kids from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and a football life spent mostly near those areas, Rhule will be introduced on the Waco campus Wednesday as...

AP College Football WriterAP Source: Pac-12 Commissioner meets with player groupBy RALPH D. RUSSOPac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott met with representatives from the #WeAreUnited college player group, with much of the discussion focused on the conference’s health and safety protocols.The call lasted two hours Thursday night and 12 players took...

Ex-Texas A&M football player gets life in prison for murderDALLAS (AP) A former Texas A&M football player has been sentenced to life in prison for the slaying of a Dallas jogger who was hacked to death with a machete in 2015.A Dallas County jury found Thomas Johnson guilty...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=A preseason quiz for FCS 2018By CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The arrival of conference media days this month marks the unofficial start to the college football season, so it's time to get in the FCS game.Sure, North Dakota State and James Madison have become the national powers,...

Associated PressNo. 5 Notre Dame basks in its unusual home 'crowd'By CAROLINE PINEDASOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) In a normal season, Kurt Hinish probably wouldn't have been able to hear the students shouting his name from the ninth row of the bleachers at Notre Dame Stadium. But during Notre...

AP Sports WriterFlorida State meets Southern Miss in Independence BowlBy DAVID BRANDTSHREVEPORT, La. (AP) Florida State's season started with national championship aspirations but will instead end in relative obscurity against Southern Mississippi in the Independence Bowl on Wednesday.The Seminoles freely acknowledge it's been a tough few months. They're...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hip-hop music mogul Diddy was released from jail after being accused of assault with a weight-room kettlebell at the athletic facilities of the University of California, Los Angeles, where his son plays football, police said.Diddy, 45, whose real name is Sean Combs, was freed late...

AP College Football WriterAP Top 25 Reality Check: A familiar top 10 looking to 2020By RALPH D. RUSSOThe final Associated Press Top 25 of the season has a familiar look.LSU is No. 1 after winning the national championship. Add Clemson, Ohio State, Georgia, Florida, Oklahoma and Alabama and you...

In summer of unrest, Hawkeyes tackling race issuesIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) The death of George Floyd followed by revelations of mistreatment of Black players in the Iowa football program prompted Djimon Colbert to confront issues he had mostly put to the side before this summer.Colbert joined Hawkeyes teammates...

AP College Football WriterAlabama's Smith could set new standard for Heisman receiversBy RALPH D. RUSSODeVonta Smith would be a Heisman Trophy winner unlike any other.The Alabama star receiver is considered the favorite to win the award Tuesday night over three quarterbacks: Crimson Tide teammate Mac Jones, Clemson's Trevor Lawrence...