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AP Sports WriterNo. 13 Indiana chases another feat against No. 23 MichiganBy MICHAEL MAROTNo. 13 Indiana already has checked off two milestones this season.They ended a 33-year drought by upsetting a top-10 team in Penn State. Then they climbed to their highest poll position since 1987. Now they're chasing...

AP Sports WriterNo. 14 Oklahoma State visits K-State in crucial Big 12 gameBy DAVE SKRETTAMANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Oklahoma State and Kansas State appeared to be on a collision course between Big 12 unbeatens a week ago, each team taking on an unranked opponent before they face each other...

AP College Football WriterSpartans riding momentum heading into game at winless IowaBy ERIC OLSONFresh off a surprising win over its in-state rival, Michigan State heads into its game at Iowa on Saturday feeling a lot better about itself than it did two weeks ago.The Hawkeyes, on the other hand,...

AP Sports WriterBig 12 probably already out of contention for playoff spotBy STEPHEN HAWKINSThe Big 12 made it to November with every team at least halfway through its reduced regular-season schedule, five-time defending conference champion Oklahoma finally on a roll - and the league probably already out of playoff...

AP College Football Writer'Natural born leader': Clemson calls on Uiagalelei vs IrishBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe gold chains DJ Uiagalelei wears around his neck and rubber bands around his wrist tell a lot about Clemson's freshman quarterback.The No. 5 pendant hanging down to his chest refers to his nickname, Big...

AP Sports WriterBig Ten teams have losing record at home with fan-free gamesBy LARRY LAGEANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Michigan's football players charged out of the Big House tunnel and leaped to touch a banner at midfield, following a tradition that has made 100,000-plus fans roar for decades.With a...

AP Sports WriterSEC midseason awards: Saban, Ojulari, Jones among ''winners'By JOHN ZENORA season of league-only games in the Southeastern Conference isn't for the meek - or the mediocre.The SEC has reached (roughly) the halfway point of the 10-game season with four teams ranked in the top 10 - No....

AP Sports WriterMind Games; ACC schools ramping up mental health servicesBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) Tre Tipton felt off. Yet the Pittsburgh wide receiver spent years wrestling with his inner demons in silence, assuming it was up to him to sort things out on his own because, well, that's...

Associated PressStingy Irish defense faces huge test from No. 1 ClemsonBy ANTHONY ANDERSONSOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) As Notre Dame gets set to welcome the nation's No. 1 team, the Fighting Irish do so with a group poised to be their No. 1 defense in 40 years.Particularly by the...

Mississippi's Thomas airlifted to hospital after injuryOXFORD, Miss. (AP) Mississippi freshman Damarcus Thomas was cleared for release after being airlifted to a Memphis hospital Monday following a practice injury.''Damarcus is doing well,'' said Pat Jernigan, the Ole Miss assistant athletic director for sports medicine. ''All of his medical...

AP College Football WriterFrustrated Huskers holding up in 'broken, messed up year'By ERIC OLSONNebraska coach Scott Frost let out a chuckle when he heard Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald told reporters the Cornhuskers would have a big advantage going into Saturday's game because they were coming off an open date.''Maybe...

AP College Football WriterNCAA's Election Day off sends message but is it needed?By RALPH D. RUSSOA summer of activism, sparked by protests of racial injustice, led to a grassroots movement to give college athletes the day off from sports on Election Day.The NCAA latched on to the idea and,...