CFB

ATLANTA (AP) Alabama running back Derrick Henry was the biggest star of college football's awards night, as he won the Maxwell Award, given to the college player of the year, and the Doak Walker Award given to the nation's top running back.The awards were presented for the first...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) Police say seven Lehigh University football players have been charged in an off-campus break-in meant as revenge, but they targeted the wrong northeastern Pennsylvania home.Bethlehem police say two men in the house used a university football roster to identify the suspects in the Nov. 8...

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Deshaun Watson rarely panics, not as a high school star in Georgia watching his mother fight cancer or as Clemson's quarterback working to come back from knee surgery.Calm and confident without being flashy, Watson's style led the Tigers to their first undefeated season since 1981...

NEW YORK (AP) Oklahoma center Ty Darlington has won the William V. Campbell Trophy, given to college football's top scholar-athlete.Darlington was presented with the trophy Tuesday night at the National Football Foundation's award banquet at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan.He was chosen among 12 finalists from all levels...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Derrick Henry made a quick impression on his Alabama teammates upon arriving on campus as a coveted prospect with everything from his hardcore weight room workouts to those middle-of-the-night pushup sessions.Big, physical and by all accounts a tireless worker, Henry stood out even in a...

BALTIMORE (AP) Former University of Maryland President H.C. ''Curley'' Byrd's name should come off of Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium because he worked to maintain racial segregation and endorsed ''separate but equal'' education, the current president said Monday.Wallace D. Loh said in emails and letters to the...

With bowl season upon us, let's check in on the national leaders in the major statistical categories.LSU's Leonard Fournette ranks first in rushing with 158.3 yards a game, the lowest average for a leader since Arizona's Ka'Deem Carey was at 148.4 in 2012. Heisman Trophy front-runner Derrick Henry of...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Indiana's interminable wait is almost over.After going seven seasons without being bowl-eligible, 12 more weeks trying to end the streak and one final week looking at potential destinations, the Hoosiers are about to get their answer.''I expect we'll hear formally and finally on Sunday afternoon, shortly...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) Mark Richt needed help to figure out which way he should be driving, accidentally said Georgia once when meaning to say Miami and barely recognized his former campus.Otherwise, he felt right at home.Dressed in an orange-and-green tie and sporting a lapel pin in the...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Missouri promoted defensive coordinator Barry Odom on Thursday to replace the retiring Gary Pinkel as head coach.The school said in a release that Odom agreed in principle to a five-year deal that will need to be approved by the school's board of curators next week.''Coach...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) Mark Richt will be introduced as Miami's new coach on Friday morning.The university announced Thursday that it will introduce its new football coach at a press conference on Friday. Miami did not say who the coach is, but a person with knowledge of the...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) Mark Richt is going back to where his college career began.The former Miami quarterback has reached a tentative agreement to be the Hurricanes' next head coach, pending the completion of contract talks, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press. The...