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AP Sports WriterStanford, Arizona looking to regain momentumBy JOHN MARSHALLTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Stanford and Arizona both had designs on winning their respective divisions heading into the Pac-12 season.A string of injuries in both programs have changed their courses a bit. The division titles are all but out of...

DENTON, Texas (AP) North Texas has given football coach Seth Littrell a new contract after one season on the job. The five-year deal announced Friday goes through the 2021 season, and replaces his original five-year deal that was through 2020. The new contract could be worth about $5 million over...

The Latest: Jury in Penn State ex-leader case asks questionsHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) The Latest on the criminal trial of former Penn State president Graham Spanier (all times local):5:20 p.m.Jurors in the criminal trial of Penn State's former president are asking a judge to clarify the legal elements of...

Auburn names Porter assistant coach, recruiting coordinatorAUBURN, Ala. (AP) Auburn has hired Larry Porter to coach tight ends and H-backs and to serve as recruiting coordinator.Tigers coach Gus Malzahn announced Saturday that Porter had been hired to replace Scott Fountain. Porter spent the past three years as North...

Muschamp says 2 linebackers leaving South Carolina programCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina coach Will Muschamp says two reserve linebackers are leaving the Gamecocks football program.Muschamp said Friday that sophomore Jalen Dread and freshman Sherrod Pittman have chosen to leave.Dread, a 5-foot-10, 220-pounder from Foley, Alabama, played 10 games,...

MIAMI (AP) - As some players from both sides brawled after the final play, BYU quarterback Christian Stewart decided to simply walk off the field.He fought for four quarters, then two overtimes.And the result he wanted just wasn't in the cards.Stewart led the Cougars back from a pair of...

EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Arizona State and Duke have a lot of unfinished business - and a lot of similarities - heading into the 81st Sun Bowl.The Blue Devils (9-3) are playing in a bowl for the third consecutive season, but they're still looking for their first postseason...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Since Mark Hudspeth took over as coach at Louisiana-Lafayette in 2011, the Ragin' Cajuns have finished each season the same way.Back in the Big Easy again, the Cajuns (8-4) will try to extend their run of consecutive New Orleans Bowl victories to four Saturday morning...

Former Notre Dame quarterback Bob Williams dies at age 86SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Bob Williams, the starting quarterback when Notre Dame finished 10-0 and won the national championship in 1949, has died. He was 86.The university announced his death Wednesday and said Williams died at a retirement home...

AP College Football WriterAP Top 25: Ohio State slips, Penn State in, Houston outBy RALPH D. RUSSOOhio State dropped four spots to No. 6 in The Associated Press college football poll after its first loss of the season, and Penn State moved into the rankings for the first time...

After new rape lawsuit, Baylor says made 'great progress'WACO, Texas (AP) A former Baylor University student who says she was raped by two football players filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the school that alleges there were dozens more assaults of women involving other players.The lawsuit by the...

JMU's Houston gets new contract(STATS) - Coach Mike Houston of national champion James Madison has been given a restructured contract, athletic director Jeff Bourne said Thursday.The new five-year contract runs through the 2021 season and includes both an increase in base pay and additional bonuses awarded for a CAA...