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Michigan State hires Els, Peagler to football staffEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Michigan State hired Ross Els as special teams coordinator and William Peagler as running backs coach.The Spartans announced the moves Monday.Els, 54, has spent the last three seasons as the inside linebackers coach at Colorado, and he...

Southeast Missouri sets 2020 schedule(Stats Perform) - Southeast Missouri will play five times at Houck Field, including against fellow Ohio Valley Conference champion Austin Peay, during its 11-game 2020 schedule, which was announced Monday.The Homecoming Day game against Austin Peay on Oct. 31 matches the two teams that tied...

AP Sports WriterNo. 12 Iowa State to face No. 25 Oregon in Fiesta BowlBy JOHN MARSHALLGLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) No. 12 Iowa State finished first in the Big 12 regular season for the first time and set a school record with eight conference wins.The breakthrough earned the Cyclones a...

Clemson's leading receiver Tee Higgins to enter NFL draftCLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Clemson's leader in receiving yards and touchdowns, Tee Higgins, is forgoing his final college season to enter the NFL draft.Higgins announced his decision Wednesday on social media.Higgins is 6-foot-4, 215-pound receiver from Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He had...

Headgear rules: Lee Corso, 81, signs extension with ESPNBy The Associated PressESPN has agreed to a multiyear contract extension with Lee Corso, the 81-year-old star of ''College GameDay.''Corso joined ESPN in 1987 and has been part of the popular college football Saturday pregame show ever since. His head-gear game...

AP College Football WriterAlabama starts atop AP poll for 2nd straight yearBy RALPH D. RUSSOAlabama is No. 1 in the preseason Top 25, the first program in 12 years to take the top spot two years in a row.The Crimson Tide will start the season ranked in the top...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=SWAC to stop playing conference championship gameBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The Southwestern Athletic Conference is planning to forgo the only conference championship game in the FCS after this year's matchup on Dec. 2 in Houston.In a surprising announcement Tuesday, the SWAC said it will begin sending...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=As three unbeatens fall, four left in FCSBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - It's great to be unbeaten … or not.Three of the seven unbeaten teams in the FCS suffered their first losses on Saturday.One was guaranteed to fall in the Ivy League, where surprising Columbia (6-0) defeated...

3rd Georgia player arrested since team made college playoffATHENS, Ga. (AP) A Georgia freshman is facing a felony forgery charge over allegations of passing a counterfeit $100 bill last summer, the third player to be arrested since the Bulldogs won the Southeastern Conference championship and a spot in...

AP Sports WriterNC State DE Chubb eager to apply pass-rush lessons learnedBy AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina State's Bradley Chubb used to believe pass rushing was solely about getting to the quarterback as quickly as possible.Ask him now, and his answer is far more detailed.''It's understanding how...

AP College Football WriterPick 6: OU's Brown, Texas' Williams among top OL in '17By RALPH D. RUSSOTwo offensive linemen were selected in the first round of last month's NFL draft, the fewest since 1965.In 2017, the big guys up front are positioned to bounce back.With the help of former...

Ex-college linebacker convicted in $10 million fraud schemeRICHMOND, Va. (AP) A former University of Virginia football player has been convicted of running a $10 million fraud scheme that victimized more than 50 investors.A federal jury in Richmond on Thursday convicted 36-year-old Merrill Robertson of Chesterfield on 15 fraud-related...