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STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS 2018: Ohio Valley Conference PreviewBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The road to the Ohio Valley Conference title really goes through Jacksonville State, and it's not just because the Gamecocks have won 32 straight games against their rivals.The conference's dominating power has the luxury of playing home...

Sun Belt announces divisions for 2018 football seasonPOINT CLEAR, Ala. (AP) The Sun Belt Conference will split into two five-team divisions, broken up simply by east and west, starting in 2018.The conference announced its divisions Tuesday after the end of its spring meetings.The East Division will include Appalachian...

Heisman winner Mayfield's Senior Bowl arrival delayedMOBILE, Ala. (AP) Oklahoma Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield's arrival at the Senior Bowl has been delayed.Senior Bowl executive director Phil Savage said Monday the quarterback went home to Austin, Texas for a ''personal family matter''.Mayfield was scheduled to arrive in Mobile...

AP Sports WriterPolice: Late Georgia Tech player collapsed in dance routineBy PAUL NEWBERRYATLANTA (AP) Georgia Tech football player Brandon Adams was practicing a dance routine when he collapsed suddenly and died last weekend, police said Friday.There was nothing in Adams' autopsy to indicate foul play and no evidence...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=PFL upstart Davidson gaining respectBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Davidson may have been the most-entertaining team in the FCS last season.Wildcats' games averaged 86 points with them winning 45-41. They led the FCS in rushing while finishing 6-5 for their first winning season since 2007.Few foresaw the...

AP College Football WriterSacrifice and stress: How players handled season of COVID-19By RALPH D. RUSSOThe Saturday night after winning an afternoon home game is one of the best times to be a college football player.Family and loved ones usually await with congratulatory hugs. Then there is a nice dinner...

Indiana QB Ramsey says he's transferring to NorthwesternEVANSTON, Ill. (AP) Indiana quarterback Peyton Ramsey is transferring to Northwestern.Ramsey tweeted Monday he is ''beyond excited for the next chapter'' and thanked Indiana for ''allowing me to live out my dream of playing college football.'' He also said he...

AP Sports WriterNo. 8 Oklahoma, QB Jalen Hurts comfortable with close callsBy CLIFF BRUNTNORMAN, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts borrowed an example from another sport to explain his approach to rallying his team.''It's like these great basketball players,'' he said. ''The best shooters you've ever known, whoever...

AP Sports WriterNo. 7 Michigan holds on to beat Army 24-21 in 2 overtimesBy LARRY LAGEANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Michigan is off to a wobbly start this season and Army almost took advantage.Jake Moody made a 43-yard field goal and the seventh-ranked Wolverines forced and recovered a fumble...

Saturday's bestBy The Associated PressSTARS-K.J. Costello, Mississippi State, passed for an SEC-record 623 yards and had five TD passes to help the Bulldogs knock off sixth-ranked and defending national champion LSU, 44-34.-Kyle Trask, Florida, threw for 416 yards and six TDs and the No. 5 Gators spoiled the head...

AP Sports WriterArizona State thriving under coach Herm Edwards so farBy JOHN MARSHALLTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Herm Edwards had a larger-than-life TV personality with ESPN, shouting out opinions multiple times a day. While coaching the NFL's New York Jets, he had the ''You play to win the game!'' rant...

AP College Football WriterHigh Tide: Alabama is No. 1 at being No. 1 in AP rankingsBy RALPH D. RUSSOAlabama is No. 1 at being No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll.The Crimson Tide made its 106th overall appearance at the top of the AP rankings, which started...