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First College Football Playoff rankings set for reveal with host of unbeaten and 1-loss teams in mix
After two months of college football comes the first chance to see if committee members in charge of setting the new, 12-team bracket for the playoff have been watching the same season unfold as everyone else. If they have, then Oregon — undefeated and a unanimous No. 1 in the...
Ole Miss leading rusher Henry Parrish Jr. out with injury
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Injured Mississippi running back Henry Parrish Jr. isn't on the depth chart ahead of Saturday's game against No. 2 Georgia. Parrish went down with what appeared to be a serious left leg injury in the 16th-ranked Rebels' win over Arkansas. The depth chart Monday...
Separated by decades, Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders and coordinator Pat Shurmur form play-calling bond
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The decades separating Colorado’s Heisman candidate quarterback Shedeur Sanders and NFL coach-turned-college offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur are bridged by one like-minded thing — play-calling. Sanders trusts Shurmur. Shurmur trusts Sanders. It's a...
Beck retains Smart's confidence as leader of No. 2 Georgia's offense despite interceptions
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A string of eight interceptions in No. 2 Georgia's last three games hasn't endangered Carson Beck's standing as the Bulldogs' starting quarterback. The Bulldogs (7-1, 5-1 Southeastern Conference) have overcome the turnovers to win four consecutive games as they...
Alabama receiver/return man Cole Adams out for season with injury
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama wide receiver and return man Cole Adams will miss the rest of the season with a lower body injury. The 11th-ranked Crimson Tide's coach, Kalen DeBoer, made the announcement on Monday, ahead of Saturday's game at No. 14 LSU. He didn't elaborate on the...
Florida QB DJ Lagway has 'a pathway for recovery and a return' this season from hamstring injury
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida quarterback DJ Lagway has “a pathway for recovery" and could return this season despite being carted off the field against Georgia with a left hamstring injury. Coach Billy Napier said Monday that Lagway's strain was “less significant” than...
AP Player of the Week: Ole Miss QB Jaxson Dart tops Archie Manning’s record for total yards at 562
The Associated Press national player of the week in college football for Week 10 of the season: Jaxson Dart, Mississippi Dart threw for a Mississippi-record 515 yards and rushed for 47 in the Rebels' 63-31 win at Arkansas. His 562 total yards broke Archie Manning's...
College athletes are getting paid and fans are starting to see a growing share of the bill
At Tennessee, they are adding a ‘talent fee’ to the price of sports tickets. At Arkansas, they will charge 3% more at the concessions stands. At Michigan and Michigan State, athletic directors sent letters alerting boosters that winning is going to start costing more. And, in a first, Clemson...
AP Top 25 Extra Points: No. 13 SMU's 5-0 start in ACC is best ever for a first-year Power Four team
This move from a Group of Five conference to the Power Four is working out all right for SMU. Better than all right, actually. The Mustangs (8-1) were No. 13 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, their highest ranking in 39 years. More important, they are 5-0 in ACC...
SEC fines South Carolina $250,000 after fans rush field following win over top 10 Texas A&M
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina was fined $250,000 by the Southeastern Conference for fans rushing the field after the Gamecocks' 44-20 win over then No. 10 Texas A&M at Williams-Brice Stadium on Saturday night. The school was fined by the league for its second violation...
