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STATS FCS Senior Editor=2017 FCS vs. FBS: Missouri ValleyBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Coming off a 2016 season in which their 10 wins over FBS programs tied for the fourth most in a season, FCS programs hope to make a mark again in 2017.Missouri Valley Football Conference teams played the...

3 U of Illinois football players arrested in alleged robberyCHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Three University of Illinois football players have been arrested for allegedly robbing a man of cash in a residence hall.Police told the Champaign News-Gazette (http://bit.ly/2r2e8KT) that Darta Lee, Zarrian Holcombe and Howard Watkins will be formally...

Oklahoma gives offensive coordinator Riley 3-year extensionNORMAN, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma has given offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley a three-year contract extension.The school's Board of Regents approved the extension Thursday, the longest in school history for an assistant. The 33-year-old's contract now runs through the 2019 season.In 2015, Oklahoma ranked...

Investigators meet with woman at center of UNC probeCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) A woman at the center of North Carolina's multi-year academic scandal interviewed with NCAA investigators after previously declining to cooperate in the probe.Raleigh attorney Elliot Abrams told The Associated Press on Wednesday night that his client...

Western Illinois to face Oklahoma State in 2020(STATS) - Western Illinois and Oklahoma State will meet for the first time in a game scheduled for Sept. 19, 2020 in Stillwater.WIU announced the matchup at Boone Pickens Stadium on Wednesday.It will be the Leathernecks' seventh game against a Big 12...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Savannah State banned, but APRs improve at HBCUsBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Savannah State is ineligible for the 2017 postseason under NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate penalties announced Wednesday, but the overall picture for both the FCS level and its historically black colleges and universities was...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=2017 FCS vs. FBS: MEACBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Coming off a 2016 season in which their 10 wins over FBS programs tied for the fourth-most in a season, FCS programs hope to make a mark again in 2017.Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference teams are involved in 12 of...

New York town settles with family of slain college studentBOSTON (AP) The family of a college football player shot and killed by a suburban New York police officer in 2010 has received a formal apology.A settlement between the parents of Danroy ''D.J.'' Henry, of Easton, Massachusetts, and the...

AP College Football WriterPick 6: OU's Brown, Texas' Williams among top OL in '17By RALPH D. RUSSOTwo offensive linemen were selected in the first round of last month's NFL draft, the fewest since 1965.In 2017, the big guys up front are positioned to bounce back.With the help of former...

AP College Football WriterPick 6: OU's Brown, Texas' Williams among top OL in '17By RALPH D. RUSSOTwo offensive linemen were selected in the first round of last month's NFL draft, the fewest since 1965.In 2017, the big guys up front are positioned to bounce back.With the help of former...

AP Sports WriterWilliams' departure leaves Whaley as Arkansas' top RBBy KURT VOIGTFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) Arkansas was expected to have one of the most talented running back tandems in the Southeastern Conference this season with an experienced Rawleigh Williams and up-and-comer Devwah Whaley.The depth will now be unexpectedly tested...

AP Sports WriterHokies LB Newsome hoping to finish career with a flourishBy HANK KURZ Jr.BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) Deon Newsome wishes he had listened to his coaches when he first arrived at Virginia Tech.Initially averse to playing defense, which was the coaching staff's preference, Newsome redshirted his first season....