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AP Sports WriterAmid 'horrible' offseason, Spartans hoping to repair imageBy NOAH TRISTEREAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) The Michigan State football team has been in the news this offseason for all the wrong reasons, and as the program dealt with sexual assault allegations against four players, the rest of the...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=SWAC to stop playing conference championship gameBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The Southwestern Athletic Conference is planning to forgo the only conference championship game in the FCS after this year's matchup on Dec. 2 in Houston.In a surprising announcement Tuesday, the SWAC said it will begin sending...

Portland State, Washington State to meet in 2021(STATS) - Portland State has announced a 2021 game at Washington State and will be seeking, of all things, a winning streak in the series.The Vikings beat the Pac-12 program 24-17 two years ago. They'll meet again Sept. 11, 2021 in Pullman.The...

Colorado officials disciplined for handling of allegationsBOULDER, Colo. (AP) Three University of Colorado officials, including its chancellor and football coach, have been disciplined for their handling of domestic violence allegations against a former assistant football coach.Chancellor Phil DiStefano will serve a 10-day suspension and athletic director Rich George...

2 grad transfer, QB leave the Virginia football programCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) Two graduate transfers who announced previously that they were transferring to Virginia won't enroll after all.Coach Bronco Mendenhall made the announcement Friday. He says the two are offensive lineman Colin McGovern from Notre Dame and former Missouri...

Kennesaw St-Jacksonville St game set for SunTrust in 2018ATLANTA (AP) SunTrust Park, the new home of the Atlanta Braves, is moving into the college football business.Kennesaw State will play Jacksonville State at SunTrust Park on Nov. 17, 2018.Braves president of development Mike Plant says the only necessary modifications...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS teams to play at SunTrust Park in 2018By CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Jacksonville State and host Kennesaw State will meet on Nov. 17, 2018 in the first college football game to be played at SunTrust Park in Atlanta.The two FCS schools announced their first-ever matchup during...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Gardner-Webb moves forward without RB LewisBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Gardner-Webb coaches are confident their team will contend this year for the Big South Conference championship which they last won in 2003.But their offense will be asked to get the job done without last year's No. 1...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Tough, too easy FCS non-conference schedulesBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Delaware State is opening the season upstate against Delaware - a program that's beaten the Hornets seven times by an average of 28 points since they first met 10 years ago.And that's Delaware State's easiest non-conference game...

Utah's Kyle Whittingham receives extension through 2021SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah coach Kyle Whittingham has signed an extension to keep him in charge of the program through 2021.Whittingham previously signed an extension in January 2016 to keep him through 2020. That extension paid him $3.3 million per year.Through...

AP College Football WriterRed River revival with Herman, Riley can turn around Big 12By RALPH D. RUSSOFor the sake of the Big 12, Lincoln Riley and Tom Herman better live up to the hype.Following a season in which Big 12 football bottomed out, and with speculation about the long-term...

AP College Football WriterRed River revival with Herman, Riley can turn around Big 12By RALPH D. RUSSOFor the sake of the Big 12, Lincoln Riley and Tom Herman better live up to the hype.Following a season in which Big 12 football bottomed out, and with speculation about the long-term...