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STATS FCS Senior Editor=James Madison headlines CAA preseason honorsBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Defending FCS national champion James Madison led the way in the CAA Football preseason honors announced Tuesday, tabbed in the preseason poll to repeat its conference title and gaining the most players on the preseason team with...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Bison edge South Dakota State in closest MVFC preseason pollBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - After sharing the Missouri Valley Football Conference title last season, North Dakota State and South Dakota State are looking eye-to-eye heading into the 2017 season.This year's MVFC preseason poll was the tightest in...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=James Madison headlines CAA preseason honorsBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Defending FCS national champion James Madison led the way in the CAA Football preseason honors announced Tuesday, tabbed in the preseason poll to repeat its conference title and gaining the most players on the preseason team with...

Judge rules University of Dayton hazing lawsuit can proceedDAYTON, Ohio (AP) A judge has denied a motion by the University of Dayton to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a former student claiming the school covered up allegations of football team hazing by not disclosing a campus police investigation...

AP College Football WriterCoaching swaps sparked by scandal have led to sorry seasonsBy RALPH D. RUSSOMississippi coach Hugh Freeze resigned instead of being fired Thursday for what Ole Miss called a pattern of personal misconduct.Preseason practice is set to open in Oxford, Mississippi, in weeks. The Rebels are a...

AP Sports WriterFreeze's fall at Ole Miss partially traced to Nutt's suitBy DAVID BRANDTThe man who Hugh Freeze replaced as Mississippi's football coach was at least partially responsible for Freeze's stunning downfall Thursday night.It was a recently filed civil lawsuit from Houston Nutt - who coached Ole Miss from...

AP College Football WriterCoaching changes sparked scandal have led to sorry seasonsBy RALPH D. RUSSOMississippi coach Hugh Freeze resigned instead of being fired Thursday for what Ole Miss called a pattern of personal misconduct.Preseason practice is set to open in Oxford, Mississippi, in weeks. The Rebels are a month...

AP Sports WriterTennessee's Bob Shoop: Lawsuit won't be a distractionBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee defensive coordinator Bob Shoop doesn't expect a lawsuit filed against him by his former employer to be a distraction as the Volunteers' defense attempts to bounce back from a disappointing season.Penn State sued...

AP Sports WriterTennessee's Bob Shoop: Lawsuit won't be a distractionBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee defensive coordinator Bob Shoop doesn't expect a lawsuit filed against him by his former employer to be a distraction as the Volunteers' defense attempts to bounce back from a disappointing season.Penn State sued...

Coastal's Moglia to miss Sun Belt gatheringCONWAY, S.C. (AP) Coastal Carolina coach Joe Moglia will miss the Sun Belt Conference's yearly football gathering after having a precautionary medical procedure.Doctors found a precancerous nodule on his trachea that they wanted to remove. The 68-year-old Moglia is recovering from the...

AP Sports WriterMatt Luke tries to pull together shattered Ole Miss programBy DAVID BRANDTThe task of pulling together Mississippi's shattered football program is now in the hands of interim coach Matt Luke.The 40-year-old was promoted from co-offensive coordinator on Thursday night in the stunning aftermath of coach Hugh Freeze's...

OVC media tab Jacksonville State for four-peat(STATS) - Three-time defending champion Jacksonville State was an overwhelming choice to win another Ohio Valley Conference title in a preseason vote of media members who cover the conference Friday.The Gamecocks, who have won 24 straight OVC games dating to the 2013 season,...