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Associated PressInjury-plagued Missouri seeks 1st conference win vs KentuckyBy JADE WASHBURNCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Missouri coach Barry Odom considers his role to be that of a teacher. He is still learning things in his inaugural season at the helm of his alma mater.Saturday's game against Kentucky will be his...

Associated PressVanderbilt K Fuller becomes first woman to play in Power 5By JOSEPH WALLJASPERCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Sarah Fuller was playing around with a teammate a couple months ago when she kicked a soccer ball through the uprights from 45 yards away. She joked about being able to kick...

Navy looks to Perry to rack up during team's traveling showANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) Navy is handing the keys to its triple-option offense to Malcolm Perry.He was the starting slotback for eight games last season before coach Ken Niumatalolo switched him to quarterback to spark a struggling offense. The...

LBs Ignont and Reid, WR Jones leave Tennessee's teamKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee linebackers Will Ignont and Shanon Reid and wide receiver Jacquez Jones have left the team.Volunteers coach Jeremy Pruitt confirmed the exits of all three players Wednesday, one day after multiple reports indicated Reid and Jones had...

AP Sports WriterNo. 2 Ohio State tested but tops No. 9 Penn State 28-17By MITCH STACYCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) J.K. Dobbins rushed for 157 yards and two touchdowns and No. 2 Ohio State locked up the Big Ten East title Saturday, surviving its first real test of the season...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - New Missouri State coach Dave Steckel has hired four assistant coaches, including offensive coordinator Mario Verduzco and defensive coordinator Marcus Yokeley.Steckel was hired Sunday to his first head coaching job after 14 years under Missouri's Gary Pinkel. He also added former Missouri player Kenji Jackson...

AP College Football WriterMAC returns with 6-game football season starting Nov. 4By RALPH D. RUSSOThe Mid-American Conference, the first major college football league to postpone its season because of the pandemic, has become the final one to jump back in, making it 10 out of 10 conferences that will...

AP Sports WriterYoung Virginia Tech defense shows signs of growing painsBy HANK KURZ Jr.When the Virginia Tech offense gave up a touchdown against Notre Dame, Hokies defensive coordinator Bud Foster said his defense reacted as though they had come up short.Late in the first half of Virginia Tech's 45-23...

Ex-Spartans staffer files new lawsuit with more allegationsDETROIT (AP) A former Michigan State football staff member filed a lawsuit this week in which he accused former coach Mark Dantonio of violating NCAA rules by contacting players at other schools to try to get them to transfer.Curtis Blackwell also...

Baylor 1st Big 12 team to kick off in '16 after TV picksIRVING, Texas (AP) Baylor will be the first Big 12 team to kick off this season.The conference on Wednesday announced its television selections for the first three weeks of the football season, along with some other...

The Associated PressFranklin says Penn State has work to do to be elite programBy TRAVIS JOHNSONSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) Penn State has enjoyed a striking turnaround since an embarrassing reality-check loss at Ann Arbor two seasons ago.But the feel-good era, which saw the Nittany Lions win 24 of...

AP Sports WriterMarshall remembers worst US sports disaster 50 years laterBy JOHN RABYHUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) After a plane crash killed most of Marshall University's football team in 1970, school administrators could have resorted to the simplest choice - dropping the losing sport altogether.They didn't. They couldn't bring themselves...