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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) When both of Texas A&M's top quarterbacks left the school within days of each other in December, the Aggies were left scrambling to find someone to run Kevin Sumlin's high-powered offense. They found it in Trevor Knight , who came to the school as a graduate...

AP College Football WriterAP Top 25: LSU jumps to No. 2; Upset drops Georgia to No. 10By RALPH D. RUSSONEW YORK (AP) LSU moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll, giving the Southeastern Conference the top two teams in the country for the...

AP Sports WriterHoosiers remain hopeful for QB Penix's return against UConnBy MICHAEL MAROTThe Indiana Hoosiers hope Michael Penix Jr. returns to action against Connecticut.They might not know until Saturday morning: Coach Tom Allen told reporters Monday his injured starting quarterback will likely a game-time decision for the second straight...

AP Sports WriterTennessee AD Fulmer, Miami coach Diaz isolating for virusBy TIM REYNOLDSTennessee athletic director and former Volunteers football coach Phillip Fulmer said Friday he is in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19. And Miami's Manny Diaz became the latest active coach to announce he has contracted the virus.Fulmer,...

Associated PressLast-second field goal lifts EMU over Illinois 34-31By TERRY TOWERYCHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Chad Ryland booted a 24-yard field goal as time expired to give Eastern Michigan a 34-31 win over Illinois on Saturday.It was the Eagles' third win over a Big Ten team, following victories against...

AP College Football WriterScott Frost keeping eye on Huskers' response to tough startBy ERIC OLSONLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Minutes after his team lost to Troy to drop to 0-2, Nebraska coach Scott Frost struck an ominous tone when he announced to reporters he had just told his team in...

The Latest: Clemson game starting earlier due to stormBy The Associated PressThe latest on Hurricane Florence's impact on college football (all times local):4:30 p.m.Clemson is moving up the start of its home game against Georgia Southern this weekend due to Hurricane Florence.The school announced Wednesday that the game, originally...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=2019 Southland Conference spring outlookBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Southland Conference power Sam Houston State's step backward last season seemed to allow almost every other program in the conference to step forward.That's overstating reality, of course, but it created the kind of parity that commissioner Tom Burnett...

(STATS) - If the FCS playoff field was announced a week earlier than next Sunday, the conference that might feel the best about itself is the Southern Conference, where champion The Citadel, Chattanooga, Samford and Wofford appear ready to go into the field. The last time the SoCon had four...

AP Sports WriterGeorgia's search for new QB on hold with no spring practiceBy CHARLES ODUMGeorgia coach Kirby Smart says the cancellation of spring football across the nation due to the coronavirus pandemic hurts quarterbacks more than any position.For Smart's Bulldogs, the timing is especially bad.Georgia is looking for a...

AP Sports WriterReport: Maryland football not 'toxic,' but has problemsBy DAVID GINSBURGCOLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) An external investigation of the Maryland football program under coach DJ Durkin has determined that the team ''did not have a toxic culture,'' but was problematic enough to where players feared speaking out.The...

AP Sports WriterProlific offenses in title game powered by tough O-linesBy MITCH STACYCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Ohio State defensive tackle Haskell Garrett, a player who survived getting shot in the face last summer, enjoys a tough opponent.Purposely crashing into college football's best offensive line during Monday night's national championship...