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AP College Football WriterCollege Football Playoff TV ratings rise on return to Jan. 1By RALPH D. RUSSOWith the semifinals back New Year's Day, ESPN viewership for the College Football Playoff was the highest it has been since the first season of the postseason system in 2015.The double overtime Rose...

Texas A&M suspends 2 assistants for jokes at women's clinicCOLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) Texas A&M has suspended two assistant football coaches for two weeks for what they described as a ''failed attempt at humor'' this week at a football clinic for women.Coach Kevin Sumlin announced Friday night that...

No. 12 Oregon preseason favorite to win Pac-12 titleSAN FRANCISCO (AP) No. 12 Oregon has been picked by the media as the preseason favorite to win the Pac-12 championship when the conference resumes its season.The Ducks received 21 votes to capture a title game that's slated to be...

FCS nonconference schedule this fall(Stats Perform) - Schedule and results of the 17 FCS college football programs that have announced nonconference games this fall (all 13 conferences postponed their league competition due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic):---=BIG SOUTH CONFERENCECampbell (0-4): 27-26 loss at Georgia Southern (Sept. 12); 43-21...

Associated PressMichigan State rocked by sexual assault investigationsBy ED WHITE and CHRIS EHRMANNEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Michigan State University, known for its leafy campus, years of basketball success and a heritage that goes back to Abraham Lincoln, is dealing with a different image these days: allegations of sexual...

AP Sports WriterGeorgia Tech's Roof working on takeaways, third down stopsBy CHARLES ODUMATLANTA (AP) Ted Roof is looking to solve Georgia Tech's abysmal rankings in takeaways and third-down stops.Roof, in his fourth season as defensive coordinator, knows those will be keys when the Yellow Jackets play Duke on...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=There are still many top QBs to go around the FCSBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The loss of the three quarterbacks who were named STATS FCS All-Americans last season would seem to suggest the position is in a retooling stage for this year.That's far from the case.Although...

AP Sports WriterTrial begins for ex-Tennessee players facing rape chargesBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A prosecutor in the trial of former University of Tennessee football players A.J. Johnson and Michael Williams says they used their status as athletes to rape a woman in a ''case about power, privilege...

AP College Football WriterAP Top 25 Podcast: Time to sign for football recruitsBy RALPH D. RUSSOTime to sign for college football recruits.The early signing period is three years old and it's already become The signing period in college football.On the latest AP Top 25 College Football Podcasts, Barton Simmons,...

K-State promotes Andre Coleman to offensive coordinatorMANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Kansas State coach Bill Snyder promoted Andre Coleman to offensive coordinator on Wednesday, and made Charlie Dickey and Collin Klein co-coordinators in a revamped coaching staff structure.Coleman played wide receiver for Snyder in the early 1990s and has tutored...

AP Sports WriterSEC's 8 ranked teams adds intrigue to remaining scheduleBy BRETT MARTELBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) The SEC this week has been able to celebrate having the most ranked teams within a single conference at any time in the past two years.One league has not had eight simultaneously...

St. Cloud State to end football, golf programs in 2020ST. CLOUD, Minn., (AP) St. Cloud State University in Minnesota plans to end its football and golf programs to comply with a Title IX court order and manage its budget shortages.The moves were announced Tuesday and will start next...