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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...

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...

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...

DALLAS (AP) - Illinois needed to win its last two games to become bowl eligible, then had to wait another week before finding out if there would be more football.Louisiana Tech knew after winning six of seven at the end of the regular season that it was going to...

AP Sports WriterDuke QB back in limited role, 6 months after Achilles injuryBy JOEDY McCREARYDURHAM, N.C. (AP) Duke quarterback Thomas Sirk has made it back for the start of preseason camp nearly six months after he ruptured his left Achilles tendon during an offseason conditioning workout.Sirk will take...

(STATS) - Feeling overlooked and undervalued has a way of fueling FCS players heading into the NFL - especially the many who go undrafted and become even longer shots. Past awards, honors and statistics don't matter, even for a player as highly decorated as former Northern Iowa defensive end Karter...

Coach, Team VotesGary Patterson, TCU 27Urban Meyer, Ohio State 14Dan Mullen,...

UAB running back declared brain dead after shootingWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Police in Florida are searching for clues after a Saturday night shooting on Interstate 95 in South Florida that left University of Alabama Birmingham running back Gregory Bryant dead and injured a passenger in his car.Police...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston was cleared of the accusations he faced at a student code of conduct hearing involving an alleged sexual assault two years ago, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press on Sunday.Former Florida Supreme Court judge Major Harding wrote in...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=2016 FCS vs. FBS: Ohio Valley ConferenceBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Cinderella is allowed out more often than in the month of March. During college football season, FCS programs are adept at drawing national attention as they seek upsets of the larger FBS.Many of the games are...