CFB

When searching for a new head football coach, schools have been showing a greater desire to hire an up-and-comer, like Tom Herman or P.J. Fleck, rather than a veteran with a long record of success, such as Les Miles. The average age of the head coaches hired by FBS teams...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason has no doubt who should be the Southeastern Conference's defensive player of the year. Yes, he's a little biased. Then again, Mason is watching junior linebacker Zach Cunningham turn in highlight-reel plays each week. Cunningham's latest performance included perfectly timing a leap over...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Greg Schiano's office is also set up to be a meeting room for Ohio State's safeties. There are a couple of tables, eight chairs, and neatly set out at each spot is a binder with the week's game plan. Schiano is three quarters of the way through...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Iowa's recent stumbles have left the program playing for bowl eligibility instead of a championship. It's been like that nearly every season since 2010 for the Hawkeyes, which has left open the possibility that last year's 12-2 record was more of an anomaly than the start...

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) The constant stream of personal-foul penalties on No. 16 Colorado last week provided an instant wake-up call. As in, having to set those alarms for bright and early because 80 reps of up-downs along with a series of timed sprints awaited the Buffaloes the next day. The...

CCOLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) Texas A&M quarterback Trevor Knight will miss the rest of the regular season with a right shoulder injury. Knight was injured on Saturday in the 10th-ranked Aggies loss to Mississippi State. Coach Kevin Sumlin announced that he wouldn't return for the regular season, but says they...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) University of Wisconsin-Madison officials have revoked season tickets for two football fans who wore a costume that involved one wearing masks of President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton with a noose around their necks. The other wore a Donald Trump mask and led the first man around...

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) Penn State University is challenging a jury's $7.3 million award to a former assistant football coach in his defamation case against the university. In court filings, attorneys for the school say Mike McQueary failed to prove the university defamed him after it became public that his testimony...

Kansas or Iowa State will finally win a Big 12 game this week, and that might be the only conference victory for the Jayhawks or Cyclones. Their coaches are rebuilding teams traditionally at the bottom of the Big 12, and both plan to approach Saturday's matchup in Lawrence, Kansas, like...

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) The latest renewal of the North Carolina-Duke rivalry has an added challenge this year: a short turnaround. The 15th-ranked Tar Heels and Blue Devils meet Thursday night, five days after playing Atlantic Coast Conference home games. That means less time for players to recover physically while both...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) Colorado State says that former Tennessee wide receiver Preston Williams has signed a financial aid agreement and will begin practicing with the Rams in January. Williams will redshirt next season and have two years of eligibility remaining. He spent 1 1/2 seasons with Tennessee before being...

CLEVELAND (AP) Kent State has indefinitely suspended star senior safety Nate Holley one day before hosting No. 14 Western Michigan. School spokesman Eric Mansfield confirmed the punishment, but did not provide any details. ''We are aware of the situation and take this matter very seriously,'' Mansfield said in an email sent...