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Princeton QB Kanoff, Yale LB Oplinger win Ivy awardsNEW YORK (AP) Princeton senior quarterback Chad Kanoff and Yale senior linebacker Matthew Oplinger won the Ivy League's 2017 Football Players of the Year and Asa S. Bushnell Cup awards Monday.Kanoff was chosen Offensive Player of the Year by the...

AP Sports WriterPac-12 football plans remain in holding patternBy JOHN MARSHALLAny plans for the Pac-12 to join the Big Ten in returning to football are on hold due to health policies in two states within the conference.The Big Ten changed course Wednesday and said it will begin an eight-game...

Associated PressNo. 9 Wisconsin's defense turns up the pressure on foesBy DENNIS SEMRAUMADISON, Wis. (AP) No. 9 Wisconsin is turning up the pressure. After swarming Northwestern for eight sacks, the Badgers have their sights set on Nebraska this weekend.The Badgers (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) are averaging 4 sacks...

AP College Football WriterNew ESPN deal with Big 12 lands 3 football title gamesBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe Big 12 has agreed to a deal that gives ESPN the rights to all football championship game through 2024 and makes the league the first Power Five conference to provide exclusive content...

AP Sports WriterVols' offensive line preparing for matchup vs No. 9 FloridaBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee has used three different starting offensive lines in as many games as the Volunteers try to find an effective combination.That unsettled unit faces the team that leads all Football Bowl Subdivision...

AP College Football WriterBuckeyes on top in Big Ten recruiting; Huskers best in WestBy ERIC OLSONOhio State is back on top in Big Ten recruiting, with Ryan Day wrapping up his first full signing class Wednesday with a letter of intent from the two-time Michigan high school player of...

NCAA says no football injury reports this seasonBy The Associated PressStandardized injury reports will not be implemented across college football this season after the NCAA explored the possibility in response to the rise of legalized sports betting.The NCAA's Board of Governors said Wednesday it still supports the association's rules...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Former FCS All-Americans Chinn, Trautman set for NFL debutsBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - There's a good sign why NFL teams traded up for Jeremy Chinn and Adam Trautman in the draft this spring:The first two FCS selections are intent on doing whatever their teams ask...

AP College Football WriterAll-SEC title game on horizon? Alabama gets nod over Ohio StBy RALPH D. RUSSOBack in January 2012, the day after Alabama beat LSU in the BCS championship game, the commissioners of the FBS conferences gathered in New Orleans to discuss the future of the college football...

AP Sports WriterClemson's Swinney still frustrated with FSU postponementBy PETE IACOBELLIClemson coach Dabo Swinney remains frustrated about postponing the Tigers game against Florida State, a decision he sees as an insult to his program's credibility.While the Tigers' players and staff have apparently turned the page, it not quite as...

Oregon and Oregon State have agreed to drop the name “Civil War” for their rivalry games. The move Friday was made after discussions between officials at both schools and current and former student-athletes. Oregon State President Ed Ray said the Civil War name "represents a connection to a war fought to...

Associated PressUSC resumes team activities, Helton sees path to play SundayBy DAN GREENSPANLOS ANGELES (AP) Time was not on Southern California's side last week as positive tests for COVID-19 and contact tracing led to the cancellation of its game against Colorado.An extra day this week might be just...