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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) It's safe to say neither Stanford nor Oregon thought either team would be where it is now when the season started. Stanford, with Heisman-hopeful Christian McCaffrey, was ranked No. 8 in the preseason and expected to claim the Pac-12 title. But now the Cardinal are 6-3 overall...

AP Sports WriterControversial Oklahoma star Joe Mixon among national leadersBy CLIFF BRUNTNORMAN, Okla. (AP) Joe Mixon might be Oklahoma's best player.He's undoubtedly the most controversial Sooner.Mixon landed in Norman back in 2014 as one of the nation's top running back recruits. Before he even participated in a fall...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS Playoff Review: North Dakota State 9, Illinois State 3By CRAIG HALEYThe Score - No. 1 North Dakota State (14-0) beat Illinois State (10-5) 9-3 in the quarterfinals of the FCS playoffs.Story Line - Winning a rematch of Missouri Valley Football Conference rivals, the two-time defending...

Texas suspends TD-scoring cornerback Hill for rest of seasonAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Texas has suspended touchdown-scoring cornerback Holton Hill for the rest of the 2017 season for a violation of team rules.Longhorns coach Tom Herman announced Hill's suspension Tuesday. The coach didn't elaborate.The school said Hill will be permitted...

AP Sports WriterFlorida's Carter dedicates season to virus victims, fightersBy MARK LONGGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Florida defensive end Zach Carter plans to play and will dedicate the season to those affected by COVID-19.Carter missed the opening days of fall camp while he considered skipping the season because of the...

AP Sports WriterNCAA bans Missouri from postseason after academic misconductBy DAVE SKRETTAKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The NCAA handed one-year postseason bans and other penalties to Missouri's football, baseball and softball programs while placing its entire athletic department on probation Thursday after a two-year investigation revealed academic misconduct involving...

AP Sports WriterTennessee AD Fulmer, Miami coach Diaz isolating for virusBy TIM REYNOLDSTennessee athletic director and former Volunteers football coach Phillip Fulmer said Friday he is in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19. And Miami's Manny Diaz became the latest active coach to announce he has contracted the virus.Fulmer,...

NCAA settles CTE lawsuit in TexasDALLAS (AP) The NCAA has settled a lawsuit with the family of a former University of Texas football player that said the organization was responsible for his brain injuries and death decades after his playing career.The lawsuit in Dallas was settled Friday after...

Nebraska announces dismissal of RB Maurice WashingtonLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Running back Maurice Washington, who faces child pornography charges in California and was disciplined for unrelated rules violations last season, has been dismissed from the Nebraska football team.The program announced Washington's departure Friday in a two-sentence statement, adding that...

AP Sports WriterFor ACC campuses, replicating pro-sports bubbles a challengeBy AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Braden Galloway is seeing shorter lines at fast-food restaurants and fewer people around campus after Clemson started the fall semester with online-only undergraduate classes amid the coronavirus pandemic.''As far as parking spots,'' the Tigers'...

Associated PressAbuse allegations, calls for state inquiry build in MichiganBy LARRY LAGE, DAVID EGGERT and KATHLEEN FOODYYPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) More men came forward Thursday with allegations of sexual abuse by a late doctor at the University of Michigan, as the state's attorney general insisted that the school must...

South Dakota State sets three future games at Nebraska(STATS) - Three days before playing at top-ranked James Madison in the FCS playoff semifinals, South Dakota State announced three more big games for future seasons on Wednesday.The Jackrabbits and Nebraska have reached an agreement for the two schools to play...