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Liberty heading to FBS after receiving NCAA waiverLYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) Liberty University says the NCAA has approved its request for a waiver to begin reclassifying into the Football Bowl Subdivision.The school says it received the notification Thursday. It had requested a waiver into the two-year process in January...

Associated PressMSU suspends 3 football players in sex assault probeBy COREY WILLIAMSDETROIT (AP) Three Michigan State University football players have been suspended from team activities and removed from on-campus housing as part of a sexual assault investigation.A staff member associated with Michigan State's football program also has been...

AP Sports WriterMinnesota players get mixed results from university panelBy DAVE CAMPBELLMINNEAPOLIS (AP) The University of Minnesota panel that heard the case of alleged involvement by 10 football players in a sexual assault on campus has upheld recommended punishment for five of them and overturned or reduced discipline...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) Gene Chizik built one of the nation's top defenses as an Auburn assistant, worked as defensive coordinator during Texas' national-championship run then returned to the Tigers to win another title as head coach.That history explains why North Carolina is counting on Chizik to fix...

A&M assistant is disciplined for tweets on player's reversalCOLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin says assistant Aaron Moorehead has been disciplined for a series of tweets about loyalty and accountability he posted last week after a highly touted quarterback recruit announced he was breaking a...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Liberty to become FBS independent in 2018By CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Let there be Liberty on the FBS level.Liberty received notification from the NCAA on Thursday that its football program has been approved for reclassification to the FBS, beginning with the 2017-18 academic year.The Flames will play...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS draft roundtable - Part IIBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Finding the next Carson Wentz is an almost impossible task for NFL teams because the former FCS standout was such an anomaly in the way he commanded attention and was selected so high (second overall) in last...

AP Sports WriterOle Miss begins spring practice, deals with 1-year bowl banBy DAVID BRANDTOXFORD, Miss. (AP) Mississippi coach Hugh Freeze swiveled around in a chair behind his desk a couple weeks ago, getting together a small stack of papers before diving into some formations, personnel and strategy.''I'm going...

AP Sports WriterOklahoma QB Baker Mayfield won't miss games after arrestBy CLIFF BRUNTOklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield won't miss any game time after his arrest in February.The school will require Mayfield, a Heisman Trophy finalist last season, to do 35 hours of community service and participate in an alcohol education...

Brief melee along Syracuse sideline with Boston CollegeBy The Associated PressA brief fight broke out on the Syracuse sideline between Orange quarterback Eric Dungey and a couple of Boston College players early in the first quarter of the game Saturday.It started after Dungey was intercepted by BC defensive back...

Bucknell to open 2019 season at Temple(STATS) - Bucknell and Temple have signed a contract to open the 2019 season against each other in Philadelphia.The first meeting between the two former rivals since 1970 will be played Aug. 31, 2019, at Lincoln Financial Field.Bucknell and Temple, former members of...

Correction: Oklahoma-Mixon storyBy The Associated PressIn a story Feb. 10 about a woman who was struck by Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon, The Associated Press erroneously reported the sequence of events. The woman, Amelia Molitor, said her friends used a racial slur to describe Mixon after he punched her...