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Clemson sees 23 football players test positive for COVID-19CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Clemson said 23 football players have tested positive for coronavirus since returning to campus this month.Clemson announced the results Friday. It did not identify the athletes.In all, school spokesman Jeff Kallin said 28 people were found with...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) Louisiana Tech running back Kenneth Dixon set NCAA records with his 87th career touchdown and 522nd point Saturday night in the New Orleans Bowl against Arkansas State.Dixon entered the game with 83 TDs, two behind Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds, who has scored all 85 of...

We are Marshall is coming off its best season in years with a 13-1 record. Junior Gunnar Holcombe is taking control as QB with big shoes to fill following Rakeem Cato. What Darrell Hazell did for Kent State is not repeating at Purdue. In the last 6 years, Purdue has...

Associated PressNo. 14 Notre Dame eager for bowl win to gain momentumBy TODD BURLAGESOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly is pleased with how his team is preparing for its Citrus Bowl clash with No. 16 LSU.There are some other concerns for the 14th-ranked Fighting Irish.When...

Texas' Herman, Baylor's Rhule in similar post-AAC situationsWACO, Texas (AP) The last two coaches to win American Athletic Conference championship are now in their first season trying to rebuild a pair of Big 12 programs.Tom Herman and Matt Rhule are still in the early stages of their new...

Associated PressKansas college agrees to outside probe after player's deathBy ROXANA HEGEMANWICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas community college agreed under mounting pressure to an independent investigation into the heatstroke death last year of a football player who collapsed after the first day of conditioning practice.Trustees for Garden City...

AP College Football WriterSTAT WATCH: Gators' Trask ahead of Burrow pace for TD passesBy ERIC OLSONJoe Burrow set the Football Bowl Subdivision record with 60 touchdown passes last year, an incredible feat accomplished in a 15-game national championship season for LSU.The way Florida's Kyle Trask is going, 60 would...

The Latest: Tigers roam foggy Big Easy looking for CFP titleNEW ORLEANS (AP) The latest from the College Football Playoff championship game between No. 1 LSU and No. 3 Clemson (all times CST):---1 p.m.A thick fog settled over the site of the College Football Playoff championship game on...

Pac-12 allows flexibility to schedule nonconference gamesSAN FRANCISCO (AP) The Pac-12 Conference has approved a plan to allow member schools to schedule nonconference football opponents subject to certain conditions if games are canceled.The conference has had five of its 18 scheduled games during the first three weeks canceled...

AP Sports WriterPac-12 football plans remain in holding patternBy JOHN MARSHALLAny plans for the Pac-12 to join the Big Ten in returning to football are on hold due to health policies in two states within the conference.The Big Ten changed course Wednesday and said it will begin an eight-game...

AP Sports WriterGaskin, Ahmed hope to be speedy combo for No. 6 WashingtonBy TIM BOOTHSEATTLE (AP) Myles Gaskin happened to be in Idaho for a wedding during the summer and was staying close enough to the Boise State campus to take a stroll past the football stadium one...

Associated PressJudge removes ex-high school athlete from sex offender listBy ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINSCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) A judge on Friday ordered that an ex-Ohio high school football player convicted of rape be removed from the state's sex offender registry for juveniles.The ruling by Judge Thomas Lipps came in the case...