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Presbyterian coach Nichols resigns after 8 seasonsCLINTON, S.C. (AP) Presbyterian coach Harold Nichols resigned Sunday, acknowledging that a change was necessary for the Football Championship Subdivision program to move forward.The Blue Hose finished a 2-9 season with a 31-7 loss at South Alabama on Saturday. Presbyterian athletic director...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=NDSU's Cox enters transfer portalBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - North Dakota State linebacker Jabril Cox has entered the NCAA transfer portal with the intention of transferring to an FBS school for his final season.Cox has been a key member of NDSU's three straight FCS championship...

Chryst to make his first career start for StanfordSTANFORD, Calif. (AP) Stanford junior Keller Chryst will make his first collegiate start at quarterback at Arizona on Saturday, coach David Shaw said Tuesday.He'll replace senior Ryan Burns, who went 4-3 (2-3 Pac-12) in his seven starts. Burns completed nearly...

AP Sports WriterMinnesota's Rhoda gets another shot at MarylandBy JON KRAWCZYNSKIMINNEAPOLIS (AP) Conor Rhoda was pretty convinced his college career was going to end without ever having the chance to start a game at Minnesota.That all changed last season when starting quarterback Mitch Leidner was sidelined by a...

UNLV agrees to 3-year extension with Sanchez through 2021LAS VEGAS (AP) UNLV and football coach Tony Sanchez have agreed to a three-year contract extension through the 2021 season.Terms of the deal announced Friday are still being finalized by the university.The 42-year-old Sanchez was hired as UNLV's 11th coach...

Associated PressNo. 24 Penn State looking to turn around road skidBy TRAVIS JOHNSONSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) National rankings and bowl games didn't matter a whole lot to Brandon Bell when the linebacker committed to Penn State, a program then under unprecedented NCAA sanctions.Four years later, the usually stoic...

Alabama-Oklahoma schedule home-and-home series in 2032-33TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Alabama and Oklahoma have scheduled a home-and-home football series - but fans will have to wait awhile.The schools announced Tuesday that they'll meet on Sept. 11, 2032 in Norman, Oklahoma. They're scheduled to play again the following season in Tuscaloosa,...

AP Sports WriterBurrow wants big home finale when No. 1 LSU hosts Texas A&MBy BRETT MARTELBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) LSU’s regular season finale against Texas A&M has deep personal meaning for Tigers quarterback Joe Burrow.It goes beyond any desire to avenge last year’s seven-overtime, 74-72 loss in College...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=James Madison holds on to beat New HampshireBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - James Madison's 42-39 win at New Hampshire on Saturday underscored how winning the CAA Football title won't be easy for any of the top teams.The seventh-ranked Dukes (6-1, 4-0) are undefeated midway through their conference...

AP College Football WriterCOVID-19 delays create challenges for college football teamsBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe last time North Carolina went this long between games during a football season was in 1952, when a polio outbreak on campus forced the Tar Heels to cancel two games.For No. 25 Memphis, 28 days...

AP Sports WriterFormer Washington football coach Jim Lambright dies at 77By TIM BOOTHSEATTLE (AP) Former Washington football coach Jim Lambright has died at age 77, the school announced on Sunday.Lambright spent nearly four decades associated with the Washington program as a player, assistant coach and head coach.“I'm deeply...

AP College Football WriterSTAT WATCH: TD catches come in bunches for USC's St. BrownBy ERIC OLSONAmon-Ra St. Brown went into Southern California's game against Washington State with no touchdowns in 385 days.It took less than 15 minutes Sunday for him to score four and take the Pac-12 lead in...