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AP College Football WriterWeek 10: Pac-12 begins in first monster schedule of seasonBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe final major college football conference to begin its season gets going Saturday.The Pac-12 kicks off at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) with Arizona State at No. 20 Southern California. Instead of Pac-12 after...

AP Sports WriterK-State 2-0 in Big 12 for 1st time since 2014 going to TCUBy STEPHEN HAWKINSFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Kansas State coach Chris Klieman said he didn't even know what the Big 12 standings looked like when he was asked about his Wildcats being among the leaders.''We've...

K-State signs Bill Snyder to new 5-year contractMANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Kansas State has signed Bill Snyder to a new, more lucrative five-year contract that could keep the 78-year-old coach with the Wildcats through the 2022 season.Snyder already had a contract that essentially rolled over each year. But the...

AP Sports WriterNotre Dame's start is among worst ever with tough games leftBy TOM COYNESOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Notre Dame is in danger of going from bad to historically bad.Each week the Fighting Irish are finding different ways to lose. The defense started the season unable to hold...

Headgear rules: Lee Corso, 81, signs extension with ESPNBy The Associated PressESPN has agreed to a multiyear contract extension with Lee Corso, the 81-year-old star of ''College GameDay.''Corso joined ESPN in 1987 and has been part of the popular college football Saturday pregame show ever since. His head-gear game...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Cody Kessler has only one game left at the Coliseum. Only one chance left to beat UCLA.The clear-cut stakes in Saturday's crosstown showdown have prompted the Southern California quarterback to look back a bit on his tumultuous career while the biggest game of all looms...

Weber State rallies to beat Kennesaw State 26-20OGDEN, Utah (AP) Devon Cooley had 114 yards receiving and a touchdown, David Ames had 105 yards receiving, and No. 3 seed Weber State beat Kennesaw State 26-20 in the second round of the FCS playoffs on Saturday.The Wildcats (10-3) advanced...

Virginia nose tackle Donte Wilkins is among the fourth- and fifth-year seniors that will be honored before Virginia's final home game Saturday against Miami, and also part of a class with some notoriety. Wilkins and his classmates will be the first in a long time to leave Virginia without ever...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Jerrod Heard had committed to Texas but wasn't signed yet in late 2013 when Mack Brown was fired as the Longhorns head coach.So Heard cast his name about, taking a look at other Big 12 schools who might want a two-time state-championship winning quarterback with...

AP Sports WriterFlorida QB Franks gains fame, trophy after improbable throwBy MARK LONGGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Florida quarterback Feleipe Franks walked into his American History class Monday and was handed a trophy, an award professor Steve Noll gives to students for asking really good questions.Franks got it for delivering...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Will no fall sports in Ivy League be a trendsetter across Division I?By CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The Ivy League became the first Division I conference to eliminate its fall sports season due to the coronavirus pandemic, although a potential shift of competition to the...

Associated PressCardinals load up with offensive linemen, defensive backsBy STEVE BITTENBENDERLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) After producing its first Heisman Trophy winner, Louisville coach Bobby Petrino worked to fortify the line that will protect in quarterback Lamar Jackson.Jackson's milestone sophomore season had Louisville (9-4) near the cusp of consideration for...