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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...

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...

AP Sports WriterStanford-Notre Dame not the big game expected in preseasonBy TOM COYNESOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Stanford vs. Notre Dame looked like a marquee game before the season began.It's not drawing much midseason interest. Not with the Fighting Irish (2-4), who started the season ranked No. 10, trying...

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...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Central Florida's rally fell well short in a bid for a 10-win season.Jacoby Brissett threw for 262 yards and one touchdown and Matt Dayes scored on runs of 24 and 15 yards to help North Carolina State beat UCF 34-27 in the Bitcoin Bowl...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - When asked about Tennessee's Josh Dobbs, Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz recalled facing two other mobile quarterbacks this season.''You want the bad news? Maryland and Minnesota come to mind right away,'' Ferentz said.Maryland's C.J. Brown accounted for 219 yards, including 99 rushing, in a 38-31 victory...

Way back when, a 5-foot-6, 145-pound kicker nicknamed ''Flea'' trotted over to the sideline and told the big guy wearing a jacket and tie, holding his trademark pipe and looking anxious, ''Coach, this one's for you.''With that, Jeff Davis kicked a dramatic 19-yard field goal on the last play...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - New Missouri State coach Dave Steckel has hired four assistant coaches, including offensive coordinator Mario Verduzco and defensive coordinator Marcus Yokeley.Steckel was hired Sunday to his first head coaching job after 14 years under Missouri's Gary Pinkel. He also added former Missouri player Kenji Jackson...

Cancer treatment for La. Tech's Dancy deemed successfulRUSTON, La. (AP) Louisiana Tech running back Jaqwis Dancy says he's been informed that cancer treatments he's been receiving since last fall have been successful.Diagnosed with Stage 3 Hodgkin's lymphoma last October, Dancy says ''it felt amazing'' to hear on Thursday...

AP Sports WriterNo. 12 Michigan St has 2 weeks to prepare to play Notre DameBy LARRY LAGEEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) By the time Michigan State plays at Notre Dame, the Spartans will have had two weeks to prepare for the test.It looks like they'll need it.No. 12 Michigan...