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AP Sports WriterUnbeaten and No. 17 Kentucky savoring best start since 2008By GARY B. GRAVESLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Benny Snell Jr. has answered every challenge with a punishing rushing performance that further stokes the Kentucky running back's confidence.The junior is getting plenty of chances thanks to the Wildcats' relentless...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Small-school prospects hurt by lack of pro daysBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The NFL Draft will occur as scheduled next month, but fewer prospects from below the FBS level may be selected over the seven rounds.The majority of college pro days have been canceled due...

AP Sports WriterFor Maryland's interim coach, the future is 1 day at a timeBy DAVID GINSBURGCOLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) Maryland interim coach Matt Canada faces an uncertain future, despite keeping the football team together and forging a winning record amid the chaos surrounding the program.When this season ends,...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) Colorado State says that former Tennessee wide receiver Preston Williams has signed a financial aid agreement and will begin practicing with the Rams in January. Williams will redshirt next season and have two years of eligibility remaining. He spent 1 1/2 seasons with Tennessee before being...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=College football back on FCS campusesBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - College football and normalcy - relative normalcy, that is - made a welcomed return to FCS campuses on Saturday.When you're talking FCS, wild games and surprising results are often the norm, and the first FCS-vs.-FCS...

AP Sports WriterNo. 22 Tulsa seeks berth in AAC title game with win vs NavyBy DAVID GINSBURGRiding a five-game winning streak after working its way around a constantly changing schedule, No. 22 Tulsa must overcome an old nemesis Saturday to clinch a berth in the American Athletic Conference title...

Georgia CB Parrish not ruled out for opener after surgeryATHENS, Ga. (AP) Georgia coach Kirby Smart says there is still a chance cornerback Malkom Parrish could be ready for the start of the season following surgery last week to repair a broken bone in his foot.Smart said after...

Arizona has fired football coach Kevin Sumlin a day after blowout loss to Arizona StateTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Arizona has fired football coach Kevin Sumlin a day after blowout loss to Arizona State.

Wisconsin QB Hornibrook sidelined for bowl game, Coan startsMADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin will start Jack Coan at quarterback in the Pinstripe Bowl against Miami with Alex Hornibrook sidelined by a recurrence of concussion symptoms.Coach Paul Chryst said Thursday that Hornibrook, a third-year starter, took part in more than...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=NCAA rejects permanent 12th game in FCS By CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - An FCS-member committee of the NCAA Division I Council has rejected the legislation to increase the regular season in the subdivision from 11 permanent games to 12.While concluding two-day meetings in Indianapolis on Friday, the...

AP Sports writerFreshmen receivers get chance with Tennessee this seasonBy TERESA M. WALKERThe Tennessee Volunteers have to replace their top two wide receivers, and a group of freshmen will get the opportunity to help fill the void left by the loss of Jajuan Jennings and Marquez Callaway.''All of those...

Associated PressEx-Penn St. assistant coach's defamation suit headed to juryBy TRAVIS JOHNSONBELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) Lawyers for a former Penn State assistant football coach urged a judge and jurors Thursday to find the university liable for how it treated him after it became public that his testimony helped prosecutors...