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Notre Dame defense faces Clemson before coordinator heads to Vanderbilt 
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Clark Lea is on the way out at Notre Dame just as his defense has been on the way up. The 38-year-old Lea, a Tennessee native, was named head coach at alma mater Vanderbilt on Monday. Before he focuses on rebuilding the Commodores, the second-ranked Fighting...
Washington pulls out of Pac-12 title game, replaced by Oregon
Washington has pulled out of the Pac-12 football championship game due to covid-19 issues in the Huskies program, and Oregon will now play No. 13 USC for the conference title on Friday instead. Washington (3-1) announced Monday it is withdrawing from the championship game after determining the Huskies did not...
ACC close to making Northwestern AD commissioner
The Atlantic Coast Conference is finalizing a deal to make Northwestern athletic director Jim Phillips the league’s next commissioner, replacing the retiring John Swofford. Two people with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Monday they expected an agreement to be reached with Phillips and the conference soon....
Gonzaga, Baylor remain atop AP Top 25; Missouri, Clemson in
Gonzaga and Baylor sit atop an unchanged top tier of The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, while West Virginia and Tennessee have cracked the top 10. The top five teams remained in place in Monday’s latest Top 25, with Mark Few’s Bulldogs claiming 54 of 62 first-place votes to...
Sarah Fuller 1st woman to score in Power 5 football game
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Sarah Fuller became the first woman to score in a Power Five conference football game, cleanly kicking a pair of extra points for Vanderbilt on Saturday against Tennessee. The goalkeeper for Vanderbilt’s Southeastern Conference women’s soccer champs got her historic chance with 1:50 left in the first...
Paul Newberry: Big Ten makes right call on Ohio State in title game 
For once in college athletics, chasing the pot of gold matched up seamlessly with doing the right thing. No. 3 Ohio State will take the field in the Big Ten championship game despite playing just five games, thanks to the conference bigwigs making an impromptu adjustment to a rule that...
Alabama’s Nick Saban tests positive for covid, has mild symptoms
Alabama coach Nick Saban has tested positive for covid-19 just days before the Iron Bowl. Team physician Dr. Jimmy Robinson and head trainer Jeff Allen said in a joint statement that the positive test came Wednesday morning. “He has very mild symptoms, so this test will not be categorized as...
Florida State coach Mike Norvell: ‘Right decision’ to postpone Clemson game 
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida State coach Mike Norvell is standing by the decision to postpone the Seminoles game Saturday against No. 4 Clemson after the Tigers reported a positive player test following their arrival on campus, adding that even though he and his team wanted to play there were safety...
Defense still matters in rugged Big Ten 
As the Big Ten prepares to have its version of “Separation Saturday,” it already is clear what trait distinguishes the league’s top four teams. Both division leads are at stake Saturday when No. 3 Ohio State (3-0) hosts No. 9 Indiana (4-0) and No. 10 Wisconsin (2-0) visits No. 19...
Baylor, Kansas to be tested by West Virginia, Texas schools in loaded Big 12 
Kansas was the heavy favorite to land the overall No. 1 seed for the NCAA Tournament when word began to filter through conference tournaments that covid-19 was going to shut down the remainder of the season. Now, the Jayhawks might not even be the favorites to finish first in the...
Iowa team to beat in deep, talented Big Ten 
The Big Ten office hasn’t released a conference schedule, nonconference games are in a state of flux and other uncertainties loom over the college basketball season because of the covid-19 pandemic. None of that can tamp down Illinois coach Brad Underwood’s enthusiasm. “This Big Ten basketball season,” he said, “will...
Sprint toward start as college basketball teams scramble to fill schedules 
The NCAA’s announcement of a college basketball start date led to huge scramble as schools tried to fill out schedules altered by the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of getting easier with time, the task of building schedules has become more difficult as the season’s start date nears. Travel is an issue....
No. 1 Clemson turns to DJ Uiagalelei before expected with Trevor Lawrence out 
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney always planned for talented freshman quarterback DJ Uiagalelei to take over for Trevor Lawrence, just not this weekend against Boston College. That’s the situation for the Tigers, however, after Lawrence tested positive for covid-19. He is out against the Eagles (4-2, 3-2 ACC) and his status...
No. 9 Wisconsin cancels Nebraska game; Chryst tests positive
No. 9 Wisconsin has canceled its game at Nebraska on Saturday and paused all team activities for at least seven days after a dozen people within the program, including coach Paul Chryst, tested positive for covid-19. School officials said Wednesday that athletic director Barry Alvarez and Chancellor Rebecca Blank made...
AP Top 25: Penn State drops to No. 18 after loss to Indiana
Indiana jumped into The Associated Press college football poll Sunday after pulling off the weekend’s most dramatic upset, and Ohio State moved up to No. 3 following a dominant season debut. Clemson remained a rock-solid No. 1 and Alabama was No. 2. The Tigers received 52 first-place votes and the...
NCAA changes to name/image/likeness, transfer rules up for January vote 
A set of proposals to permit NCAA athletes to earn money from endorsements and sponsorships deals will go up for vote in January, the last step for the association to change its rules but not the last word on how name, image and likeness compensation will work. One year after...
Trevor Lawrence, Travie Etienne are Clemson’s dynamic duo of Heisman hopefuls 
Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence and tailback Travis Etienne are doing their best to complement each other as teammates as they trample opponents. They also are giving Heisman Trophy voters plenty to think about down the road. “There’s not two better football players in the country than T-squared,” Clemson coach Dabo...
No. 5 North Carolina ahead of schedule under Mack Brown 
It took Mack Brown less than two years to lead a struggling North Carolina program to its highest ranking in more than two decades. Now the fifth-ranked Tar Heels will try to maintain that perch alongside tradition-rich programs atop the AP Top 25 poll. And he knows that won’t be...
Wichita State basketball coach Gregg Marshall investigated for alleged player mistreatment 
WICHITA, Kan. — Wichita State is conducting an internal investigation into allegations men’s basketball coach Gregg Marshall mistreated players, the school and Marshall confirmed. Stadium, a multiplatform sports network, said the inquiry began after the university learned it was conducting an investigation in which it interviewed 36 players and former...
Clemson’s Dabo Swinney not in favor of social justice messages on uniforms 
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney does not support messages of social justice or other issues on player uniforms. Swinney said Tuesday his stance is solely because he’s a college football traditionalist who values the historic look of jerseys, not because he disagrees with efforts to combat social injustice. “It’s not anything...
Big Ten, Pac-12 teams back in most unusual AP Top 25 poll 
No. 6 Ohio State, No. 10 Penn State and No. 14 Oregon returned to the Associated Press college football poll Sunday, weeks before they start playing, creating a Top 25 as unusual as this season. At the top of the rankings this week, Clemson remained No. 1 with 55 first-place...
Defenses take early edge in ACC 
Defense seems to have the early edge in the ACC after the start of this pandemic-affected college football season. There are 11 ACC teams among the top 40 in defense nationally, and that’s with Virginia and Virginia Tech sidelined so far because of covid-19 postponements. Still, the ACC is off...
After Big Ten announcement, Minnesota’s Rashod Bateman wants to opt back in 
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota wide receiver Rashod Bateman decided to opt back in for the 2020 football season in light of the Big Ten’s resumption of fall competition, contingent on the star junior gaining the necessary eligibility clearance. Coach P.J. Fleck confirmed Tuesday that Bateman, who won the conference’s receiver of...
New-look Carrier Dome at Syracuse turns 40 
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University’s Carrier Dome opened 40 years ago with an overflow crowd that set an attendance record that still stands. Pete Sala remembers when the dome was just an idea on paper. It was the late 1970s, he was in high school, and the university decided to...
Notre Dame postpones game at Wake Forest after rash of positive covid tests 
Notre Dame’s game Saturday at Wake Forest has been postponed after positive covid-19 tests landed 13 Fighting Irish players in isolation and another 10 in quarantine. The seventh-ranked Fighting Irish said Tuesday the game would be rescheduled. Both teams are off Oct. 3. Notre Dame said 94 football players were...


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