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AP College Football WriterCommissioners decline CFP expansion after Pac-12 requestBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe conference commissioners who manage the College Football Playoff have decided to stick with a four-team format during the pandemic-altered season after the Pac-12 made a request to consider expansion.College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock said...

AP College Football WriterCommissioners decline CFP expansion after Pac-12 requestBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe conference commissioners who manage the College Football Playoff have decided to stick with a four-team format during this pandemic-altered season after the Pac-12 made a request to consider expansion.College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock said...

AP College Football WriterBateman back for Minnesota, but no Parsons for Penn StateBy RALPH D. RUSSOMinnesota is getting its star wide receiver back for an abbreviated Big Ten season. Penn State will not be so fortunate with its All-America linebacker.Minnesota announced Wednesday that Rashod Bateman was cleared to play...

AP Sports WriterWichita State's crash evokes moving memories 50 years laterBy PAT GRAHAMSILVER PLUME, Colo. (AP) In a small clearing on Mount Trelease, a faded and tattered yellow shirt rests among twisted shards of metal.Emblazoned across the front: Wichita State.A heavy reminder of what took place 50 years...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Central Arkansas coach relishes matchup against NDSUBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - By playing the largest schedule in FCS college football this fall, Central Arkansas is surrendering the spring season and a chance to compete for another Southland Conference title and playoff bid.Still, the Bears believe...

Associated PressBison: 1-game fall season worth the uncertainty with virusBy DAVE KOLPACKFARGO, N.D. (AP) Perennial Football Championship Subdivision champion North Dakota State may play one division down from the big-time programs, but any doubts about its commitment to staying on top were answered when the Bison scheduled a...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=North Dakota State within striking distance of record D-I win streakBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The record winning streak that North Dakota State carries into the 2020 season should be a source of pride, and it surely is, but the people who have built it...

Associated PressBison: 1-game spring season worth the uncertainty with virusBy DAVE KOLPACKFARGO, N.D. (AP) Perennial Football Championship Subdivision champion North Dakota State may play one division down from the big-time programs, but any doubts about its commitment to staying on top were answered when the Bison scheduled a...

AP Sports WriterSigns of conditioning issues concern for some ACC schoolsBy HANK KURZ Jr.Virginia Tech's twice-delayed season-opener could hardly have started any better.By the middle of the first quarter, the Hokies led North Carolina State 17-0 despite being without almost two dozen players for COVID-19 and injury-related issues, as...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Jacksonville State seeks growth during fall seasonBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - Four preseason scrimmages were more than usual at Jacksonville State, leaving coach John Grass to joke the Gamecocks will be pretty good if they keep facing themselves.The reality is Jacksonville State opens its fall...

AP Sports WriterOklahoma's upset loss to Kansas St. opens up Big 12 raceBy CLIFF BRUNTIt took one week for the Big 12 to bring just a little more strangeness to the year 2020.Five-time defending conference champion Oklahoma opened league play with a shocking home loss to Kansas State, perhaps...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Sizzling Houston Baptist QB Zappe back to FCS opponentBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - Louisiana Tech coach Skip Holtz saw what Houston Baptist quarterback Bailey Zappe had done in the Huskies' first two games this season, so he was pleased when his defense "held" the senior...