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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Ohio State was already missing suspended defensive tackle Adolphus Washington.Now the No. 7 Buckeyes could also be without injured defensive lineman Tommy Schutt when they play Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 1 in Glendale, Arizona.Schutt, a senior who started the first seven...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) Navy football coach Ken Niumatalolo is staying put.Niumatalolo visited Brigham Young on Monday to discuss the opening created when head coach Bronco Mendenhall announced he was leaving for Virginia.After giving the job at BYU much consideration, Niumatalolo decided Wednesday night to stay at Navy.''It was...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) When Bob Davie became New Mexico's head coach in 2011, he bluntly said he'd make no promises. The Lobos had lost 35 of their past 38 games and the previous coach had been fired following a slew of embarrassing off-field problems.Davie only said he would...

Ohio State dominated The Associated Press All-Big Ten team released Tuesday, with seven players on the first team and running back Ezekiel Elliott voted the offensive player of the year.Penn State defensive end Carl Nassib was picked as the defensive player of the year, Michigan safety Jabrill Peppers the...

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Clemson junior Shaq Lawson, the Atlantic Coast Conference's defensive player of the year, is giving up his final season with the Tigers to enter the NFL Draft.The defensive end says he made the choice before Clemson's regular-season finale with South Carolina and wanted to make...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee has given Butch Jones a $500,000 raise that will increase his annual pay to $4.1 million.The school announced the raise Monday. Jones' contract continues to run through the 2020 season.Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart said in a statement, ''We have the right leader to...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) Defensive end Carl Nassib of Penn State has won the Lott IMPACT Trophy as the college defensive player having the biggest influence on his team.The other finalists were Duke safety Jeremy Cash, Temple linebacker Tyler Matakevich and Ohio State linebacker Joshua Perry.Nassib received the...

Heisman Trophy winner Derrick Henry of Alabama and finalists Deshaun Watson of Clemson and Christian McCaffrey of Stanford highlight The Associated Press All-America team.The team released Sunday features Henry and Leonard Fournette of LSU as first-team running backs. Watson is the quarterback on the first team. McCaffrey, who set...

NEW YORK (AP) Hand it to Derrick Henry.Alabama's bulldozer of a tailback with the super-sized workload won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night after carrying the Crimson Tide offense for most of the season.''I'm just so thankful to have this trophy,'' Henry said. ''It's just a blessing and...

NEW YORK (AP) Even before the Heisman Trophy is handed out Saturday night, it is tempting to look ahead to 2016 and what could be a doozy of a race for college football's most famous bronze statue.While Alabama's Derrick Henry is likely to both win the Heisman and...

(STATS) - The past six FCS champions have played at home in all their playoff games prior to the championship game at a neutral site.The possibility of that happening again gained strength Friday night, but with an interesting twist.Top-seeded Jacksonville State was dominant against Charleston Southern in earning a...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) The emotional boost North Dakota State gets from its star quarterback's return to practice may not matter if the Bison can't stop Northern Iowa's vaunted running game.Senior signal-caller Carson Wentz, a top-tier pro prospect who last year led the Bison to their fourth straight FCS...