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AP Sports WriterRiley's 'whirlwind' to youngest FBS head coach with SoonersBy STEPHEN HAWKINSFRISCO, Texas (AP) Lincoln Riley never expected this.Two months ago, he was the offensive coordinator at Oklahoma. On Monday, the 33-year-old Riley was center stage representing the preseason league favorites as the youngest head coach in...

SWAC power Alcorn State to face two FBS opponents(STATS) - With the SWAC season no longer leading to a conference championship game, Alcorn State coach Fred McNair said his team will treat each game in the 2018 regular season as if it's one.Alcorn will play an 11-game schedule, announced...

AP Sports WriterTulsa LB Collins a small-town player with big-time talentBy CLIFF BRUNTTulsa linebacker Zaven Collins refuses to let being one of the breakout stars in college football change him.Collins played for Hominy High School in Hominy, Oklahoma -- a town with about 3,500 people located 45 miles northwest...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=2017 FCS vs. FBS: MEACBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Coming off a 2016 season in which their 10 wins over FBS programs tied for the fourth-most in a season, FCS programs hope to make a mark again in 2017.Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference teams are involved in 12 of...

AP Top 25: Record changes in Top 25 after 11 ranked lossesBy RALPH D. RUSSONo. 22 Syracuse and No. 23 Virginia broke long runs of being unranked and were among a record seven teams to move into The Associated Press college football poll after a season-high 11 ranked teams...

AP Sports WriterMora, Rosen eager to lead UCLA back from miserable seasonBy GREG BEACHAMLOS ANGELES (AP) Several months later, UCLA's collapse last season is no easier to understand.A talent-laden program that had become a perennial winner under coach Jim Mora crumpled into a 4-8 also-ran with an ill-conceived...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) A state judge has ordered Jerry Sandusky be taken to a central Pennsylvania courtroom next month for resentencing on his 45-count child sexual abuse conviction, six months after an appeals court ruled mandatory minimums had been improperly applied. Judge John Foradora filed an order Wednesday that scheduled...

AP Sports WriterMatt Luke tries to pull together shattered Ole Miss programBy DAVID BRANDTThe task of pulling together Mississippi's shattered football program is now in the hands of interim coach Matt Luke.The 40-year-old was promoted from co-offensive coordinator on Thursday night in the stunning aftermath of coach Hugh Freeze's...

Jim Harbaugh and Urban Meyer in the Big Ten? It has a certain ring to it, like the glory days when Bo Schembechler and Woody Hayes battled for control of the league.That day is coming.The 51-year-old Harbaugh, a star quarterback for the Wolverines in the mid-1980s, has signed a...

AP Sports WriterDave Aranda set for long-awaited Baylor debut against KansasBy SCHUYLER DIXONWACO, Texas (AP) Dave Aranda's off-and-on wait for his debut as Baylor coach may finally be over.To say nothing of what his players have been through with the COVID-19-related cancellations of two non-conference games, forcing the...

James Madison ends pursuit of fall season(Stats Perform) - FCS power James Madison is no longer pursuing a season this fall and instead will shift its focus to potentially playing in the spring semester, the university announced Friday.James Madison, which has appeared in three of the last four national...

Hoyas seek improvement in 2018(STATS) - Georgetown hopes to get back on track in its 11-game 2018 schedule, which was announced Tuesday.The Hoyas finished 1-10 last year, including 1-6 in the Patriot League.They'll open coach Rob Sgarlata's fifth season on Sept. 1 at Marist and host five opponents, Campbell...