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Virginia linebacker Malcolm Cook ends playing careerCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall says sixth-year linebacker Malcolm Cook has decided to end his playing career.Mendenhall says the oft-injured Cook will have a medical procedure for a sports hernia that would cause him to miss the remainder of the...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Big Sky, MVFC create Challenge SeriesBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - With nonconference matchups between the Big Sky and Missouri Valley ever growing, the two FCS conferences announced Tuesday their games will be promoted as part of a challenge series.This season, there are eight matchups involving nine programs,...

Reports: UCA's Campbell to become South Alabama coach(STATS) - South Alabama is expected to hire Central Arkansas coach Steve Campbell as its new coach, according to various news reports.The 52-year-old would become just the second coach in South Alabama history. Joey Jones resigned last month after going 52-49 in...

Samford to face competitive 2018 schedule(STATS) - Samford announced its 11-game 2018 schedule on Wednesday. The Bulldogs hope to end it with a Southern Conference championship.Coach Chris Hatcher's squad is coming off an 8-4 season in which it earned an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs.Samford will host five...

(STATS) - Dartmouth's football team will play a game at Army West Point in 2022 - just the Big Green's third-ever matchup against an FBS opponent.The two teams met in 1983, with Army winning, 13-12. Dartmouth also lost to Navy, 45-0, in 1986.Many of the Ivy League's FBS matchups...

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 for years ago.The double overtime...

AP College Football WriterSchool leader: B1G football on hold until questions answeredBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe University of Wisconsin chancellor said Tuesday that Big Ten football will remain on hold until there are answers to questions about COVID-19 testing and tracing, along with possible long-term heart issues related to the...

AP Sports WriterIowa hoping to find offensive consistency in 2018By LUKE MEREDITHIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Iowa's offense was as inconsistent as any in the country last season, capable of hanging 55 points on Ohio State one week and getting shut out by Wisconsin the next.A more reliable attack...

AP Sports WriterBielema narrows focus in face of job security questionsBy KURT VOIGTFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) Arkansas coach Bret Bielema knew the questions about his job security were coming after a 52-20 loss to No. 19 Auburn on Saturday night.Knowing didn't make the moment any easier for the embattled...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Garoppolo will join list of FCS QBs to start in Super BowlBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - Jimmy Garoppolo is set to join a distinguished list of former FCS-level quarterbacks who have stepped onto football's biggest stage.His start for the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Quartet named STATS FCS players of the weekBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Southern's Ladarius Skelton, UT Martin's Cecil Cherry, Charleston Southern's Ethan Ray and Northern Iowa's Omar Brown were named Monday as the STATS FCS National Players of the Week for Week 10 games ending Nov. 2.The...

The CINCINNATI and the UCLA will both be gunning for a victory on 9/1/2018 at 7:00 PM when they meet in a game matchup. CINCINNATI vs UCLA When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, September 1, 2018 Where: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California ROT TEAM PS OU ML 191 CINCINNATI -17 (-110) 62 (-110) 780 -1400 192 UCLA TV: 7:00 PM LINE: -17 PREDICTION: UCLA , CINCINNATI Oddsmakers currently have the UCLA listed as -17 point...