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AP Sports WriterJustin Herbert provides hope for the Ducks vs Arizona StateBy ANNE M. PETERSONEUGENE, Ore. (AP) With a five-game losing streak, Oregon is in danger of missing out on a bowl game for the first time since 2004. Yet the Ducks are looking for positives, and they've...

Pumphrey has 2 TDs to break record, San Diego St. rolls 42-3SAN DIEGO (AP) Donnel Pumphrey Jr. ran for 135 yards and two touchdowns to break two school records and San Diego State rolled to a 42-3 victory over San Jose State on Friday night.Rashaad Penny added 105...

Ex-Sandusky attorney to serve 20 months in tax evasion caseCARLISLE, Pa. (AP) An attorney who helped represent former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky at his child sex abuse trial has been sentenced to 20 months in prison on federal tax evasion charges.Karl Rominger (ROH'-mihn-jur) was sentenced...

Briles officially out at Baylor after sexual assault scandalWACO, Texas (AP) Baylor and Art Briles have mutually agreed to part ways, almost a month after the release of a scathing report over the university's handling of sexual assault complaints against football players which led school regents to suspend...

AMES, Iowa (AP) A somewhat promising start has given way to a troubling reality for Iowa State in Big 12 play.If that sounds familiar to Cyclones fans, it should.The Cyclones (2-3, 1-1 Big 12) beat lowly Kansas to start league play and then allowed Texas Tech to pile...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Liberty to become FBS independent in 2018By CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Let there be Liberty on the FBS level.Liberty received notification from the NCAA on Thursday that its football program has been approved for reclassification to the FBS, beginning with the 2017-18 academic year.The Flames will play...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Since Mark Hudspeth took over as coach at Louisiana-Lafayette in 2011, the Ragin' Cajuns have finished each season the same way.Back in the Big Easy again, the Cajuns (8-4) will try to extend their run of consecutive New Orleans Bowl victories to four Saturday morning...

AP Sports WriterOle Miss, Mississippi State tumble down SEC West standingsBy DAVID BRANDTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) Mississippi was home to some of the best college football teams in America just two years ago.These days the Magnolia State is the locale for unrealized expectations, frustrating losses and the bottom of...

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...

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops says three key offensive players - quarterback Trevor Knight, running back Samaje Perine and wide receiver Sterling Shepard - should be ready to play when the Sooners face No. 18 Clemson in the Russell Athletic Bowl.Stoops said Wednesday that Knight has...

NCAA Division I Council rejects proposed June signing periodNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A proposed June signing period for college football recruits has been rejected by the NCAA's Division I Council, but a possible December signing period remains very much in play.The council modified a wide-ranging reforms proposal for flexibility...

Texas A&M safety Donovan Wilson ejected for targetingTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Texas A&M strong safety Donovan Wilson has been ejected for targeting.Wilson appeared to deliver a hit to Alabama tailback Damien Harris's head on an interception return in the second quarter. Harris was trying to tackle linebacker Claude George...