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STATS FCS Senior Editor=Wofford lone unbeaten in SoCon raceBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Hold your thumb and index fingers apart slightly to get a sense on how the Southern Conference title race is taking shape.Fifth-ranked Wofford did it again Saturday, beating No. 22 Western Carolina 35-28 in overtime to take...

Report: Younger Flacco to transfer to Towson(STATS) - Another quarterback named Flacco is headed to the Baltimore area.Tom Flacco, the younger brother of Joe Flacco of the Baltimore Ravens, will leave Rutgers and join Towson as a graduate transfer, NJ Advance Media reported.Flacco, a walk-on who never played a...

AP College Football WriterPatchwork decisions throw wrinkle in college football plansBy RALPH D. RUSSOThere 130 major college football teams, spread across 41 states and competing in 10 conferences, save for a handful of independents.The goal is to have all those teams start the upcoming season at the same time...

Oklahoma's Riley adds ex-E. Carolina coach McNeill to staffNORMAN, Okla. (AP) New Oklahoma football coach Lincoln Riley has hired Ruffin McNeill as assistant head coach and defensive tackles coach.Riley and McNeill go way back. Riley was offensive coordinator at East Carolina for five seasons while McNeill was the...

AP College Football WriterB10 East, playoff hopes on line when Michigan-Ohio St. meetBy ERIC OLSONSome things to watch in the Big Ten in Week 13 of the season:BEST GAMENo. 3 Michigan (No. 3 CFP) at No. 2 Ohio State (No. 2 CFP). The stakes for ''The Game'' haven't been...

POLL ALERT: No. 1 Alabama leads locked-in top 8 in rankings for 4th week in row; Texas, Auburn out; Iowa, Washington inNEW YORK (AP) POLL ALERT: No. 1 Alabama leads locked-in top 8 in rankings for 4th week in row; Texas, Auburn out; Iowa, Washington in.

STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS review: Different take on Sam Houston?By CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - It will be interesting to see what the NCAA Division I FCS selection committee thinks of the potential playoff field later this week.What the rest of us think doesn't matter.On Thursday, the selection committee will release...

Hula Bowl includes large FCS contingent(Stats Perform) - More than two dozen players from FCS college football are scheduled to compete in the Hula Bowl Sunday night.The all-star game is returning to Aloha Stadium in Honolulu after a 12-year hiatus. Former NFL coaches Rex Ryan and Mike Smith will...

AP Sports WriterQuarterback controversy? Not so, says Syracuse coachBy JOHN KEKISSyracuse coach Dino Babers is in a good place, with two quarterbacks who have excelled in this turnaround season. He doesn't buy the notion a controversy is brewing.''The quarterback is no different than any other player,'' Babers said Monday....

Associated PressAuburn ignoring upheaval, hoping to beat No. 15 NorthwesternBy JOHN DENTONORLANDO, Fla. (AP) It's been a whirlwind three weeks for Auburn, given longtime coach Gus Malzahn getting fired on Dec. 13, new coach Bryan Harsin being introduced 11 days later, several players opting out of the Citrus...

Associated PressAuthor Krakauer wins order for release of rape case recordsBy MATT VOLZHELENA, Mont. (AP) A judge has ordered the conditional release of records about a University of Montana rape case to author Jon Krakauer after a four-year dispute that pitted student privacy against the public's right to...

AP Sports WriterMore than half of ACC football schools aim to reopen in fallBy AARON BEARDNine of the 14 football-playing members of the Atlantic Coast Conference are making plans for reopening campuses this fall while three others have publicly said they are exploring scenarios for a return following the...