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STATS FCS Senior Editor=No. 1 James Madison headlines FCS playoff fieldBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The FCS playoffs continued to take shape on Saturday with everybody in the 24-team field lining up behind defending champion James Madison.The top-ranked and unbeaten Dukes beat No. 11 Elon 31-3 to clinch an outright...

Lightning delays Syracuse-Louisville game for 43 minutesLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) A severe thunderstorm with lightning and high winds caused a 43-minute delay in Saturday's Atlantic Coast Conference game between Syracuse and Louisville.The host Cardinals led 21-3 with 10:39 remaining in the second quarter when the game was stopped. Driving...

Lightning halts game between Syracuse and LouisvilleLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) A severe thunderstorm with lighting and high winds has halted Saturday's Atlantic Coast Conference game between Syracuse and Louisville in the second quarter with the Cardinals leading 21-3.Driving rain arrived early in the first quarter and continued into the...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=No. 1 James Madison headlines FCS playoff fieldBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The FCS playoffs continued to take shape on Saturday with everybody in the 24-team field lining up behind defending champion James Madison.The top-ranked and unbeaten Dukes beat No. 11 Elon 31-3 to clinch an outright...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=No. 1 James Madison headlines FCS playoff fieldBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The FCS playoffs continued to take shape on Saturday with everybody in the 24-team field lining up behind defending champion James Madison.The top-ranked and unbeaten Dukes beat No. 11 Elon 31-3 to clinch an outright...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=No. 1 James Madison headlines FCS playoff fieldBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The FCS playoffs continued to take shape on Saturday with everybody in the 24-team field lining up behind defending champion James Madison.The top-ranked and unbeaten Dukes beat No. 11 Elon 31-3 to clinch an outright...

AP Sports WriterDepleted Oklahoma defense delivers in 38-20 win over TCUBy CLIFF BRUNTNORMAN, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma's depleted defense stepped up, and now the Sooners are in prime position to make a run at a spot in the College Football Playoff.There were questions heading into Saturday night's showdown with...

AP Sports WriterButch Jones out as Tennessee's football coachBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee fired coach Butch Jones on Sunday with two games left in a regular season in which the Volunteers started ranked but are now still winless in the Southeastern Conference.Vols athletic director John Currie said...

Arkansas QB Cole Kelley arrested on suspicion of DWIFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) Arkansas quarterback Cole Kelley has been arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, careless driving and other offenses in Fayetteville.A report filed by the Fayetteville Police Department says the 20-year-old redshirt freshman was booked at 8:47 a.m....

AP Sports WriterButch Jones out as Tennessee's football coachBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee began the season in the Top 25 and is ending it with a coaching change.The Volunteers fired Butch Jones on Saturday as they enter their final two regular-season games searching for their first Southeastern...

AP Sports WriterNo. 6 Auburn has come a long, long way since LSUBy JOHN ZENORAUBURN, Ala. (AP) When the Auburn Tigers bottomed out, coach Gus Malzahn felt compelled to remind everyone that it wasn't ''the end of the world.''It really wasn't.The sixth-ranked Tigers have rebounded strongly from that...

AP Sports WriterCleanup time: No. 5 Wisconsin's defense wrecks another foeBy GENARO C. ARMASMADISON, Wis. (AP) Two fumble recoveries. Two quarterback hurries. One sack.Wisconsin outside linebacker Leon Jacobs was a one-man wrecking crew against Iowa.He still had lots of help.The Badgers' defense stood firm after another game in...