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STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS title is purple reign of James MadisonBy CRAIG HALEYFRISCO, Texas (STATS) - James Madison played all season as if it knew something the rest of the FCS didn't know, but on Saturday, there was no denying who's the best team in the nation.Sorry, Fargo, it's...

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...

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...

AP College Football WriterSTAT WATCH: Buckeyes' 77 vs BG their most points since 1950By ERIC OLSONOhio State, Louisville and Miami were the first three teams to score 70 or more points in a game.Yes, Louisville's Lamar Jackson was amazing in accounting for a school-record eight touchdowns against second-year FBS...

North Carolina OL Ferranto to miss season with injuryCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) North Carolina offensive lineman John Ferranto will miss the season with an unspecified injury.Team spokesman Kevin Best on Friday confirmed Ferranto's injury but declined to provide any additional details.Ferranto is a senior who was listed on...

Suspended Minnesota players get their turn in hearingsMINNEAPOLIS (AP) The 10 Minnesota football players suspended after an alleged sexual assault last fall presented their case Friday in the final day of hearings in front of a panel of university employees.The university presented its side of the case on...

AP Sports WriterFootball coaches favor adding 2nd signing day in DecemberBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Coaches unanimously support creating an early signing period for college football in December, but the executive director of the American Football Coaches Association says none of them want a third signing day...

AP College Football WriterBig 12 stands pat and touts unity, but is it built to last?By RALPH D. RUSSOThe 10 schools that make up the Big 12 are bound together by a deal committing their television rights to the conference through the 2024-25 school year.That grant of rights ends...

A look at things to watch in the Atlantic Coast Conference for Week 4:GAME OF THE WEEK: No. 20 Georgia Tech's visit to Duke figures to once again have significant ramifications in the Coastal Division race. Both teams are coming off close losses to ranked nonconference teams, with the...

Former USC football assistant coach John Jackson dies at 81LOS ANGELES (AP) Former Southern California football assistant John Jackson has died at 81.The university said Friday he died of complications following intestinal surgery Thursday in suburban Torrance.Jackson coached star tailbacks Marcus Allen and Charles White during their Heisman...

Baylor cornerback Grayland Arnold carted off fieldBy The Associated PressAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Baylor starting cornerback Grayland Arnold was injured while making a tackle on a kickoff in the first quarter at Texas on Saturday and was taken off the field on a cart.Scans of his neck came back...

Liberty coach Gill suspended 1 game for rules violation(STATS) - Liberty head coach Turner Gill and assistant Ron Brown each received one-game suspensions for a secondary NCAA recruiting violation, the university announced Friday.Brown will sit out Saturday's home game against Monmouth, while Gill will serve his penalty at a...