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Associated PressDarnold keeps No. 12 USC on streak toward major bowl berthBy DAN GREENSPANPASADENA, Calif. (AP) Sam Darnold was using his laptop at the team hotel to watch the game that would determine whether Southern California's Pac-12 title hopes were still alive when he heard cheers indicating that...

AP College Football WriterBig Ten football season set to begin on Labor Day weekendBy ERIC OLSONThe Big Ten released its 10-game conference-only football schedule beginning as early as Labor Day weekend but cautioned Wednesday there is no certainty games will be played.The Big Ten was the last of the...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Princeton's Lovett to take hand-off, then give themBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The loss of a league offensive player of the year would devastate many teams, but Princeton is in a unique situation with John Lovett's return in the 2018 season.Like quarterback Chad Kanoff did as a...

AP Sports WriterNo. 2 Alabama's defense absorbs tough hits before openerBy JOHN ZENORTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) The hits keep on coming for Alabama's defense in 2019.The latest blow to the second-ranked Crimson Tide defenders was Tuesday's knee injury to star middle linebacker Dylan Moses that likely sidelined the...

Robert Mathis, Erik Williams selected for Black College HallBy The Associated PressRobert Mathis of Alabama A&M, Erik Williams of Central State University and coach Joe Taylor have been selected for induction into the Black College Football Hall of Fame.Quarterback Earl Harvey of North Carolina Central, defensive back James Hunter...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) Colorado State coach Mike Bobo stood in a large campus parking lot 3 1/2 hours before kickoff against Minnesota on Saturday and jokingly issued an old-fashioned dare to the Gophers and coach Jerry Kill.''I think we ought to call coach Kill at Minnesota and...

Saturday's bestBy The Associated PressSTARS-Lamar Jackson, Louisville, accounted for 525 total yards and six TDs to help the No. 17 Cardinals pull away late and beat North Carolina 47-35.-Shea Patterson, Mississippi, threw for a school-record 489 yards and five TDs as the Rebels rallied from a second-quarter deficit to...

AP Sports WriterMissouri sanctioned by NCAA after academic misconductBy DAVE SKRETTAKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The NCAA handed one-year postseason bans and other penalties to Missouri's football, baseball and softball programs on Thursday after a two-year investigation revealed academic misconduct involving a tutor.The penalties mean that the Tigers' highly...

AP College Football WriterFlorida State hit with 2nd straight game-day postponementBy RALPH D. RUSSOFlorida State's has had a home football game postponed on the day it was to be played for the second straight week.The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Saturday the Seminoles' game against Virginia would not be played...

AP Sports WriterPandemic puts first-year football coaches in deeper bindBy JOHN MARSHALLNick Rolovich dived right in when Washington State hired him in January. Like all first-year coaches, he had to make up ground in a hurry.There were assistants to hire, a roster to learn, players and administrators to meet....

ATLANTA (AP) Georgia Tech never expected to be in this position, facing its first four-game losing streak in nearly two decades.''I didn't. The team didn't,'' quarterback Justin Thomas said this week, as the Yellow Jackets prepared to face No. 6 Clemson. ''But we put ourselves in this hole....

AP Sports WriterNo. 10 Florida relying on D for 'best opportunity to win'By MARK LONGGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Florida coach Jim McElwain insists he's simply playing to the strengths of his team. It's the polite way of saying his defense is significantly better than his offense.Nonetheless, it's working for...