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AP Sports WriterNavy braces for Air Force, eyes Commander-in-Chief's TrophyBy PAT GRAHAMAIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) Air Force senior defensive back Garrett Kauppila's vantage point for Navy games has included the sideline and the stands.This Saturday, he will take in the rivalry from an even better spot -...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Coaches don't expect 'College GameDay' distractionsBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Neither James Madison football coach Mike Houston nor Villanova counterpart Mark Ferrante expects the presence of ESPN's "College GameDay" before their matchup Saturday to be a distraction.Few of the coaches and players figure to be near the...

South Carolina DT Belk giving up football due to injuryCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Highly regarded defensive tackle Josh Belk, who signed with Clemson then transferred to rival South Carolina a few months later, has decided to give up football because of a back injury.Belk said on social media Wednesday...

Duke, Cutcliffe agree to 2-year extension through '22 seasonDURHAM, N.C. (AP) Duke has extended football coach David Cutcliffe's contract through the 2022 season.Athletic director Kevin White announced the two-year extension Friday. Terms were not disclosed, as is customary at the private school.Cutcliffe has won two Atlantic Coast Conference...

AP Sports WriterBoise State leads way as Mountain West begins season No. 20By PAT GRAHAMDENVER (AP) Boise State could very well make this a memorable 20th season for the Mountain West Conference.Extremely memorable, perhaps. Because if things go just right and break just so, the Broncos may be...

Hurts, Alabama players top coaches preseason All-SEC teamBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Alabama placed a league-high 15 players on the coaches preseason All-Southeastern Conference teams, including quarterback Jalen Hurts.The SEC released the teams on Wednesday with all 14 members represented.Alabama had four players on the first-team offense and four on...

AP Sports WriterWith a window closing, Clemson's shot at a title is nowBy MARK LONGTAMPA, Fla. (AP) Clemson coach Dabo Swinney still has a picture from that night on his phone.Swinney and Alabama's Nick Saban were on the same dinner cruise in March near Boca Grande, a popular...

STATS Editor=North Dakota, Cal Poly off to sputtering startsBy MATT BECKER(STATS) - Back in July, Big Sky coaches and media were in agreement that North Dakota was the league's team to beat. Cal Poly also figured to challenge for the conference title, picked to finish fourth in each poll...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Reasons why the FCS is slumping against the FBSBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The FCS level could sure use a North Dakota State matchup against an FBS program.The Bison dynasty - a winner of eight of the last nine national titles - has beaten its...

LSU schedules first football games vs Grambling, SouthernBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Defending national champion LSU has for the first time scheduled football games with Southern and Grambling State, LSU athletic director Scott Woodward announced on Monday.Both games involving the historically black Louisiana schools will be played in LSU's...

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) It's another high-stakes Bedlam game for Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. The Cowboys have emerged in the past decade under coach Mike Gundy, turning the showdown into much more than just a yearly meeting between schools from the same state. Oklahoma leads the series 85-18-7, but Saturday's meeting will...

AP College Football WriterAP Top 25: LSU No. 1 ahead of 'Bama, Ohio St in close voteBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe No. 1 vs. No. 2 game between Alabama and LSU in two weeks looks set, though the order of the Crimson Tide and Tigers changed in the AP Top...