CFB

AP Sports WriterTired of waiting: Ohio State stars opt out, move on to draftBy MITCH STACYCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) With the chances of the Big Ten Conference playing a football season slipping away, two of Ohio State's best players have chosen to opt out and start preparing for the...

AP Sports WriterWashington ready to step up as Aztecs' next featured backBy BERNIE WILSONSAN DIEGO (AP) Juwan Washington is ready for his turn to be San Diego State's featured running back.If he's as successful as D.J. Pumphrey and Rashaad Penny before him, SDSU will become the first school...

The College Football Playoff era is here and as the bowl season starts, it feels a bit like a New Year's three-for-one special: Three big games instead of one.There's still a bit of controversy just like there was in the BCS - ask Baylor and TCU - but most...

AP Sports WriterNick Saban reloading defense with youthful Alabama teamBy JOHN ZENORNick Saban isn't likely to get much sympathy from his coaching peers regarding his offseason challenges.But even Alabama faces some, especially on a defense that was uncharacteristically vulnerable late last season. Such challenges are inevitable when seven underclassmen...

The BOSTON COLLEGE and the WAKE FOREST will both be gunning for a victory on 9/13/2018 at 7:30 PM when they meet in a game matchup. BOSTON COLLEGE vs WAKE FOREST When: 7:30 PM ET, Thursday, September 13, 2018 Where: BB&T Field, Winston-Salem, North Carolina ROT TEAM PS OU ML 103 BOSTON COLLEGE 5.5 (-110) (-110) -235 185 104 WAKE FOREST TV: 7:30 PM LINE: 5.5 PREDICTION: WAKE FOREST , BOSTON...

David Ash wasn't sure he would start the Valero Alamo Bowl. No one will remember after the way he finished Texas' rocky season with a validating and dazzling victory. The sophomore threw a 36-yard touchdown strike to Marquise Goodwin with 2:24 left for the last of two fourth-quarter touchdown passes,...

AP Sports WriterIowa loses CB Jackson, C Daniels to NFL draftBy LUKE MEREDITHIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Iowa cornerback Josh Jackson and center James Daniels are leaving to enter the NFL draft.The school made the announcement on Friday. Eastern Michigan said this week that reserve quarterback Tyler Wiegers would...

AP Sports WriterGeorgia finally has its QB, likely too late to salvage 2020By PAUL NEWBERRYATHENS, Ga. (AP) Georgia finally has its quarterback, though it's probably too late to salvage the Bulldogs' lofty goals for this season.Too bad JT Daniels didn't get his shot a bit sooner.The transfer from...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A young South Alabama program battled Bowling Green down to the last minute, and coach Joey Jones had the wounds to prove it.With cuts on his nose and chin from a sideline mishap with one of his own players, Jones couldn't be too disappointed in...

UNC LB Andre Smith leaving school to enter NFL draftCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) North Carolina junior linebacker Andre Smith is entering the NFL draft.The school announced Smith's decision on Sunday. The Jacksonville, Florida, native made 14 starts at middle linebacker before suffering a season-ending injury in September against...

Ex-Vanderbilt football player sentenced to 15 years in rapeNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A former Vanderbilt University football player has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the 2013 rape of an unconscious female student.The judge delivered the minimum sentence to Brandon Banks, who was convicted in June of...

Woman tells jury ex-UW football player raped her in his homeMADISON, Wis. (AP) The trial of former University of Wisconsin football player Quintez Cephus began Tuesday with a woman testifying that Cephus raped her in his apartment.Cephus, 21, of Macon, Georgia, is charged with second- and third-degree sexual...