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AP Sports WriterBryce Love's yards against UCLA put him in Pac-12 leadBy ANNE M. PETERSONBryce Love was essentially Christian McCaffrey's understudy the last two seasons, and he clearly learned well.Love racked up 263 yards in a 58-34 Stanford victory over UCLA last weekend. He averaged 8.8 yards per carry...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Big Sky to be conference of comeback QBsBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Long known as being the home to top FCS quarterbacks, the Big Sky may as well be called the conference of comeback signal callers this year.Four standouts seek to return to excellence after missing all...

Reserve RB Feaster leaves Clemson for rival South CarolinaCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Running back Tavien Feaster is switching sides in the state's biggest rivalry, leaving Clemson to join South Carolina for his final college season.Feaster posted a picture of himself on Instagram in a Gamecocks jersey, sitting in front...

AP College Football WriterPick 6: Best nonconference Group of Five matchups in 2017By RALPH D. RUSSOThere is little incentive for teams outside the Power Five conferences - from the so-called Group of Five conferences - to load up on games against each other.Quite literally, it does not pay enough...

AP Sports WriterSWAC coaches, players embrace title game return to AlabamaBy JOHN ZENORBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Alabama State coach Donald Hill-Eley found out the Southwestern Athletic Conference was bringing its once-endangered championship game back to the state of Alabama from a reliable source - his wife.''I found out like...

Notre Dame extends coach Brian Kelly's contract through 2024By The Associated PressNotre Dame and coach Brian Kelly have agreed to a contract extension that runs through the 2024 season.The deal was announced between the first and second quarters of the Fighting Irish's home game against Duke. Kelly is entering...

Jacksonville State, UNA to renew rivalry(STATS) - North Alabama moving to the FCS ranks is leading to the renewal of an intrastate rivalry with Jacksonville State.The two schools announced a four-year agreement on Wednesday. Jacksonville State will host a meeting on Sept. 21, 2019, and then again in 2021....

AP Sports WriterSwinney: Not in favor of social justice messages on uniformsBy PETE IACOBELLIClemson coach Dabo Swinney does not support messages of social justice or other issues on player uniforms.Swinney said Tuesday his stance is solely because he's a college football traditionalist who values the historic look of jerseys,...

AP Sports WriterBig 12 presidents decide to pass on expansionBy STEPHEN HAWKINSGRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) The Big 12 Conference has decided against expansion from its current 10 members.The announcement came after a six-hour meeting Monday with the conference's university presidents and Commissioner Bob Bowlsby.The Big 12 has been analyzing...

The UTSA and the ARIZONA ST will both be gunning for a victory on 9/1/2018 at 10:30 PM when they meet in a game matchup. UTSA vs ARIZONA ST When: 10:30 PM ET, Saturday, September 1, 2018 Where: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona ROT TEAM PS OU ML 187 UTSA -18.5 (-110) 54 (-110) 830 -1550 188 ARIZONA ST TV: 10:30 PM LINE: -18.5 PREDICTION: ARIZONA ST , UTSA Oddsmakers currently have the...

AP Sports WriterMaryland faces Rutgers at 'special' homecoming for TerpsBy DAVID GINSBURGCOLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) Matt Canada expects this to be a ''special'' homecoming for Maryland, for reasons that extend beyond what happens on the field in a matchup with Rutgers.Playing the dual role of interim coach and...

Colorado football program to retire Rashaan Salaam's numberBOULDER, Colo. (AP) The University of Colorado football program will retire No. 19 in honor of Rashaan Salaam, who killed himself last December at age 42.It will be the first number retired by the program in 47 years. The ceremony will...