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FCS nonconference schedule this fall(Stats Perform) - Schedule and results of the 17 FCS college football programs that have announced nonconference games this fall (all 13 conferences postponed their league competition due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic):---=BIG SOUTH CONFERENCECampbell (0-3): 27-26 loss at Georgia Southern (Sept. 12), 43-21...

AP Sports WriterBabers prepares for year 4 at Syracuse after 10-win seasonBy JOHN KEKISSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) Syracuse is coming off a breakthrough season that even surprised coach Dino Babers a little bit. Keeping the momentum going is of paramount importance.''There has to be a sense of urgency of...

AP Sports WriterLewis' FG gives No. 11 Oregon 37-35 win over Washington StBy ANNE M. PETERSONEUGENE, Ore. (AP) Camden Lewis kicked a 26-yard field goal as time expired and No. 11 Oregon extended its winning streak to seven games with a 37-35 victory over Washington State on Saturday...

UGa football official hospitalized nearly 6 weeks with virusATHENS, Ga. (AP) The video coordinator for Georgia's football team was released from the hospital Thursday after becoming critically ill from the coronavirus.Head coach Kirby Smart was among hundreds on hand at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center to cheer the...

The College Football Playoff committee will release its first rankings of the season Tuesday night and which teams land in the top four is not all that important.Last year, three of teams ranked in the first top four did not make the playoff.What we might find are clues as...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Best FCS nickname - bracket-style By CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Welcome to an FCS tournament in which North Dakota State may have the same chance as ... Marist?Believe it. This is a battle of the nicknames - a march to the best one in the FCS.Beauty is...

Associated PressPenn State's defense hopes to keep positive momentum goingBy TRAVIS JOHNSONSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) When he left coach James Franklin's house after Penn State's first victory dinner of the season on Monday night, linebacker Jesse Luketa took two milkshakes to go.They were small rewards for a player...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS Playoff Review: Illinois State 24, Central Arkansas 14By CRAIG HALEYThe Score - Illinois State (10-4) beat No. 8 seed Central Arkansas (9-4) 24-14 in the second round of the FCS playoffs.Story Line - Senior running back James Robinson continued to have an incredible postseason,...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Robinson Award winner Hawkins revitalized UC DavisBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Dan Hawkins is quick to point to UC Davis graduates who have gone on to success coaching college football elsewhere yet haven't forgotten their roots through support of the school. Coaches like Mike Bellotti and Chris...

Florida's most famous cheerleader, Mr. Two Bits, dies at 97GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) The University of Florida's most famous cheerleader has died.George Edmondson Jr., better known as Mr. Two Bits while riling up crowds at Florida home games for 60 years, died Tuesday at age 97, the school announced...

AP Sports WriterNo. 21 Iowa State already looking forward to Week 2 byeBy LUKE MEREDITHAMES, Iowa (AP) Having last season's opener washed out by weather set Iowa State back in 2018.This season, the Cyclones couldn't have asked for a better start.No. 21 Iowa State (8-5 in 2018) opens...

AP Sports WriterHokies LB Newsome hoping to finish career with a flourishBy HANK KURZ Jr.BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) Deon Newsome wishes he had listened to his coaches when he first arrived at Virginia Tech.Initially averse to playing defense, which was the coaching staff's preference, Newsome redshirted his first season....