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AP Sports WriterSyracuse coach Dino Babers says his team is improvingBy JOHN KEKISSame record, very different team. A third of the way through his second season at Syracuse, that's what coach Dino Babers sees.Last season the Orange started 2-2 and finished 4-8 in a campaign fraught with injuries. Fast...

Report: Long Island, West Virginia to meet in 2021(STATS) - Long Island University isn't easing into the FBS competition.Just one game into first Division I season, LIU has added a second FBS opponent for the 2021 season. According to FBSchedules.com on Wednesday, the Sharks will face West Virginia on...

AP College Football WriterUSF hires longtime Clemson assistant Scott as head coachBy RALPH D. RUSSOSouth Florida has hired Clemson co-offensive coordinator Jeff Scott to become the Bulls' next head coach.The school announced the move Monday. Scott is expected to remain on staff with No. 3 Clemson throughout its College...

Longtime South Carolina AD McGee dies at 80COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Former South Carolina athletic director Mike McGee, a former Outland Trophy winner at Duke who hired Lou Holtz and Steve Spurrier to lead Gamecocks football, died Friday. He was 80.The University of South Carolina announced McGee's death Friday,...

AP Sports WriterNo. 22 Mississippi State playing to its strength: RunningBy DAVID BRANDTSTARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) Mississippi State coach Joe Moorhead knows that senior Nick Fitzgerald can ''throw a ball over a mountain.''And like most quarterbacks, Fitzgerald loves to show off that arm strength.The problem is the 22nd-ranked Bulldogs...

Oregon receiver Carrington suspended after his DUI arrestEUGENE, Ore. (AP) Oregon receiver Darren Carrington has been suspended from the team indefinitely after being arrested on a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence.Eugene police say Carrington was arrested after hitting a pole at a McDonald's restaurant at 3:15...

AP Sports WriterStanford, Arizona looking to regain momentumBy JOHN MARSHALLTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Stanford and Arizona both had designs on winning their respective divisions heading into the Pac-12 season.A string of injuries in both programs have changed their courses a bit. The division titles are all but out of...

Ex-Baylor president: Some women 'make themselves victims'WACO, Texas (AP) A court filing this week reveals that the former interim president of Baylor University referred to some women who said they had been sexually assaulted as willing victims, amid lingering allegations that the nation's largest Baptist school repeatedly mishandled...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Tough, too easy FCS non-conference schedulesBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Delaware State is opening the season upstate against Delaware - a program that's beaten the Hornets seven times by an average of 28 points since they first met 10 years ago.And that's Delaware State's easiest non-conference game...

Washington State QB Luke Falk to return for senior yearPULLMAN, Wash. (AP) Washington State quarterback Luke Falk said Wednesday he will return for his senior season and will try to lead the Cougars to a third consecutive bowl game.Falk, a two-time All-Pac-12 selection, had flirted with declaring for...

AP Sports WriterWith no clear favorite, Pac-12 promises memorable fall raceBy GREG BEACHAMLOS ANGELES (AP) Stanford coach David Shaw only needed a few words to epitomize why his Cardinal are the Pac-12 football favorites this fall - and also why that distinction doesn't mean much.''I think we have...

AP Sports WriterGeorgia focused on team from Alabama - Auburn, that isBy PAUL NEWBERRYATHENS, Ga. (AP) The No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs are firmly focused on a team from Alabama.No, not the mighty Crimson Tide.After locking up a spot in the Southeastern Conference championship game for the second year...