CFB

AP College Football WriterAll-SEC title game on horizon? Alabama gets nod over Ohio StBy RALPH D. RUSSOBack in January 2012, the day after Alabama beat LSU in the BCS championship game, the commissioners of the FBS conferences gathered in New Orleans to discuss the future of the college football...

Boca Raton Bowl MatchupBy The Associated PressAkron (7-6, Mid-American Conference) vs. Florida Atlantic (10-3, Conference USA), Dec. 19, 7 p.m. (ESPN)LOCATION: Boca Raton, FloridaTOP PLAYERSAkron: LB Ulysees Gilbert is a first-team all-Mid-American Conference selection who has recorded more than 120 tackles each of the last two seasons.Florida Atlantic:...

AP College Football WriterFrost returning to Nebraska after leading UCF's turnaroundBy ERIC OLSONLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Scott Frost, the native son who quarterbacked Nebraska to a share of the national championship 20 years ago, is returning to the Cornhuskers as coach after orchestrating a stunning two-year turnaround at Central...

Associated PressNo. 12 UCF captures AAC title over No. 12 Memphis in 2 OTsBy JOE REEDYORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Central Florida for the second straight week prevailed in a shootout on its home field.The 12th-ranked Knights captured the American Athletic Conference championship on Saturday as they defeated No. 16...

AP Sports WriterNo. 2 Oklahoma stakes playoff spot, 41-17 over No. 10 TCUBy STEPHEN HAWKINSARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Baker Mayfield threw four touchdowns and No. 2 Oklahoma staked claim to a playoff spot with a 41-17 win over No. 10 TCU in the return of the Big 12 championship...

AP Sports WriterLane's a champ: FAU tops North Texas for C-USA title, 41-17By TIM REYNOLDSBOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) Lane Kiffin's first season at Florida Atlantic brought the school's first Conference USA championship, as the Owls defeated North Texas 41-17 for the league title on Saturday.Devin Singletary had 26...

AP Sports WriterACC QBs Bryant, Rosier face similar path to title gameBy PETE IACOBELLICHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The voids to fill were huge and the pressure enormous for both Clemson's Kelly Bryant and Miami's Malik Rosier. How would the backups fare when they were promoted to starters?Quite well. Quite...

AP Sports WriterNo. 2 Oklahoma now has to win Big 12 title to get to playoffBy STEPHEN HAWKINSARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Oklahoma could already be playoff bound, except Heisman Trophy front-runner Baker Mayfield and the No. 2 Sooners have to play in the revived Big 12 championship game -...

AP College Football WriterFrantic college football week from Kelly back to Fisher outBy RALPH D. RUSSOCollege football news moved faster this week than Oregon's offense in Chip Kelly's hey-day with the Ducks, and the blur started with Kelly himself deciding to return to the Pac-12.In a span of a...

AP Sports WriterNot over yet: Ole Miss plans to appeal 2-year postseason banBy DAVID BRANDTMississippi's administration believed that its self-imposed penalties, including a one-year postseason ban, were sufficient punishment in its long-running NCAA rules violations case that included a charge of lack of institutional control.The NCAA disagreed, and doled...

AP Sports WriterNo. 2 Oklahoma stakes playoff spot, 41-17 over No. 10 TCUBy STEPHEN HAWKINSARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Baker Mayfield and No. 2 Oklahoma never fretted the potential consequences of having to play in the revived Big 12 championship game.The Sooners just went out and proved how deserving they...

AP College Football WriterScott Frost returning to Nebraska after leading UCF revivalBy ERIC OLSONLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Scott Frost, the native son who quarterbacked Nebraska to a share of the national championship 20 years ago, is returning to the Cornhuskers as coach after orchestrating a stunning two-year turnaround at...