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AP Sports WriterNick Saban: No. 1 ranking 'even more meaningless this year'By JOHN ZENORIt's easier than ever for Alabama coach Nick Saban to dismiss a midseason No. 1 ranking.The Crimson Tide (6-0) vaulted to the top after an open date when No. 2 Notre Dame knocked off Clemson, which...

AP Sports WriterLinebacker Booker gets another chance for Ohio StateBy MITCH STACYCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) After he injured his knee in Ohio State's season opener last year, linebacker Dante Booker was a man in limbo.Week after week, coach Urban Meyer would tell reporters that Booker may be close to...

AP Sports WriterAD: Vandy coaching search chance to show winning commitmentBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Vanderbilt athletic director Candice Lee sees her first coaching search as a chance for the Commodores to start showing how committed they are to competing in Southeastern Conference football.''We have an opportunity...

AP Sports WriterVirginia views matchup vs No. 3 Clemson as ‘opportunity’By HANK KURZ Jr.Virginia just ended one streak and the No. 22 Cavaliers would like nothing more than to end a few more against Clemson in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game.The Cavaliers (9-3) earned their spot in the...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Both No. 7 Baylor and No. 15 TCU are banged up, with injuries to key players and coming off recent losses that kept their much-anticipated rematch from being the de facto Big 12 championship game many had expected.This is still a rivalry between the...

Northern Arizona player found dead(STATS) - Northern Arizona is grieving the loss of senior Malik Noshi, who was found dead at his Flagstaff residence Sunday.A cause of death was not immediately announced, The Arizona Daily Sun reported.Noshi, 22, from Las Vegas, was a starter at offensive guard and played...

AP Sports WriterKentucky LB Courtney Love poised to have another good yearBy GARY B. GRAVESLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Courtney Love chalks up his promising season anchoring Kentucky's defense to finally getting the chance to regularly play.Now, the senior middle linebacker's goal to help make the Wildcats one of the...

Turnovers and penalties. Bad throws and blown assignments. Third-down dysfunction and red-zone malfunctions. Ohio State is making life very difficult on itself.The Buckeyes (5-0) are still undefeated and still No. 1, but the way they are playing is not conducive to staying on top.Ohio State is 101st in the...

Muschamp says 2 linebackers leaving South Carolina programCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina coach Will Muschamp says two reserve linebackers are leaving the Gamecocks football program.Muschamp said Friday that sophomore Jalen Dread and freshman Sherrod Pittman have chosen to leave.Dread, a 5-foot-10, 220-pounder from Foley, Alabama, played 10 games,...

AP Sports WriterDuke's Mayonnaise new sponsor of Charlotte football gamesBy STEVE REEDCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Duke’s Mayonnaise is the new title sponsor of the regular-season college football game and postseason bowl game played in Charlotte.Duke's Mayonnaise replaces Belk, whose contract ended last year.The Duke’s Mayo Classic will feature Notre...

Jim Harbaugh picks Ed Warinner to coach Michigan's O-lineANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Michigan's reshaped football coaching staff now includes moving Ed Warinner to lead the offensive line.Jim Harbaugh announced the move Thursday, effectively filling Tim Drevno's spot on the staff. Harbaugh hired former Florida coach Jim McElwain to...

AP Sports WriterSouth Carolina fires football coach Will MuschampBy PETE IACOBELLICOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina fired football coach Will Muschamp on Sunday, the second time he's been let go from a Southeastern Conference program in midseason.The school said in a release that Muschamp has been ''relieved'' of his...