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Eastern Illinois adds two future FBS games(STATS) - Eastern Illinois announced a pair of future games against FBS opponents on Monday.The Ohio Valley Conference program will play at Indiana on Sept. 7, 2019 and at Kentucky on Oct. 10, 2020. Both games will be first-time meetings between the programs.The...

Scratch Stanford off the list of College Football Playoff contenders. Actually, just make it the whole Pac-12.Baylor is in big trouble, too. And the Bears' loss could be Notre Dame's gain.The Cardinal were felled by a familiar nemesis Saturday night, losing to Oregon 38-36 in a game that left...

ECU reassigns defensive coordinator after latest blowoutGREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) East Carolina's latest poor defensive performance has the Pirates changing coordinators.Coach Scottie Montgomery says defensive coordinator Kenwick Thompson has been reassigned within the football program and will no longer coach and defensive line coach Robert Prunty has replaced him...

Michigan's Higdon says he'll skip Peach BowlANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Michigan running back Karan Higdon says he'll skip the Peach Bowl.Higdon, a senior who has rushed for 1,178 yards this season, said on Instagram on Thursday that it is in his best interests to miss the game to...

AP Sports WriterUConn becomes 1st FBS program to cancel football over virusBy by PAT EATON-ROBBHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) UConn canceled its 2020-2021 football season Wednesday, becoming the first FBS program to do so because of the coronavirus pandemic, after other schools had taken the Huskies off their schedules and...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Young Bison go east (to Delaware)By CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Fifth-ranked UC Davis is waiting in the wings for North Dakota State next week, but don't consider the Bison's visit to Delaware a trap game.The owners of two straight FCS national titles and a record seven in...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=NDSU's Cox enters transfer portalBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - North Dakota State linebacker Jabril Cox has entered the NCAA transfer portal, according to multiple reports on Monday.Rivals was the first outlet to report Cox, a key member of NDSU's three straight FCS championship squads, is...

Coach, Team VotesGary Patterson, TCU 27Urban Meyer, Ohio State 14Dan Mullen,...

Saban: 3 Alabama players suspended for Orange BowlMIAMI (AP) Alabama has suspended starting left guard Deonte Brown and two other players from the Orange Bowl for violating unspecified team rules.Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said in a statement that Brown, tight end Kedrick James and offensive lineman Elliot...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) Former Wisconsin Badgers football player Quintez Cephus has filed a petition to be readmitted to the University of Wisconsin-Madison after he was found not guilty of sexually assaulting two female students. The Wisconsin State Journal reports Wednesday that Cephus directed his attorneys on Tuesday to file the...

UC Davis, Nevada set for 2020 matchup(STATS) - UC Davis and Nevada will open the 2020 season against each other, the schools announced Monday.The Aug. 29 game will be played at Nevada's Mackey Stadium.It will mark the 55th meeting, with Nevada winning 31-17 most recently on Sept. 3, 2015.UC...

After talk of collaboration, conferences go their own wayBy RALPH D. RUSSOPlans for the 2020 college football season — if it is played — should start coming into focus this week.They will trickle down from the top of major college football, with Power Five conferences putting in place revised...