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Michigan WR Nico Collins staying in school for senior yearANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Michigan wide receiver Nico Collins is staying in school for his senior season.Collins announced his plans Sunday on social media.His return should provide a boost for an offense that has to replace quarterback Shea Patterson,...

Saban: Alabama kicker 'questionable' for Mississippi gameTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Alabama freshman kicker Will Reichard is questionable for the Mississippi game, though coach Nick Saban is more optimistic about two defensive starters.Linebacker Terrell Lewis and nose guard DJ Dale could return to practice Tuesday or Wednesday, Saban said on...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=2016 FCS vs. FBS: Big SkyBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS - Cinderella is allowed out more often than in the month of March. During college football season, FCS programs are adept at drawing national attention as they seek upsets of the larger FBS.Many of the games are played...

Bernard Clark leaving Albany for head job at Robert MorrisALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Bernard Clark, associate head coach and defensive coordinator for the University at Albany, has been hired as head coach at Robert Morris.Clark will be introduced as the Northeast Conference school's third coach at a news conference...

AP College Football WriterCollege Football Picks: Big games, then playoff rankingsBy RALPH D. RUSSOThree days before the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season are released, No. 2 Penn State and No. 6 Ohio State will play a game that could complicate the selection committee's task down the...

AP College Football WriterA bigger college football playoff faces series of obstaclesBy RALPH D. RUSSOWhen talking about the possibility of expanding the College Football Playoff, the word momentum gets tossed around a lot.Expansion seems inevitable. Why? Because playoffs always expand. But when?Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany told The Athletic...

Nebraska quarterback Patrick O'Brien planning to transferLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Nebraska quarterback Patrick O'Brien has asked for his release and plans to transfer.The school confirmed Thursday that O'Brien's request will be granted. Former coach Mike Riley recruited O'Brien to play in a pro-style offense. New coach Scott Frost has...

AP Sports WriterPolice: LSU player kills man trying to rob him, teammateBy BRETT MARTELPolice say two LSU football players were trying to sell an electronic item when one player fatally shot an 18-year-old man trying to rob them.A statement released Sunday by Baton Rouge police does not identify the...

AP Sports WriterNCAA bans Missouri from postseason after academic misconductBy DAVE SKRETTAKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The NCAA banned Missouri's football, baseball and softball programs from the postseason for a year and placed the entire athletic department on probation Thursday after a two-year investigation revealed academic misconduct involving a...

Ex-Mississippi State football player found dead in AlabamaBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) The death of a former Mississippi State football player whose body was found in an Alabama home Tuesday is being investigated as a homicide, authorities said.Birmingham police told news outlets that De'Runnya Wilson, 25, was found unresponsive inside...

Johnny Majors, former Tennessee and Pitt coach, dies at 85KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) College Football Hall of Famer Johnny Majors, the coach of Pittsburgh’s 1976 national championship team and a former coach and star player at Tennessee, died Wednesday. He was 85.Majors died at his home in Knoxville, according...

Associated PressUSC offensive line ready to 'dominate' for new coordinatorBy DAN GREENSPANLOS ANGELES (AP) Graham Harrell knows the importance of a great offensive line. Harrell led the FBS in yards passing behind a veteran front five in his redshirt senior season at Texas Tech in 2008.''I could sit...