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Jaden Craig throws for 316 yards and 4 TDs as Harvard beats Cornell 38-20

Oct. 11, 2024 21:08 PM EDT

ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Jaden Craig completed 20 of 27 for 316 yards passing and threw for four first-half touchdowns — hitting Seamus Gilmartin and Cooper Barkate for two scores apiece — to help Harvard beat Cornell 38-20 Friday night. Craig lofted a pass to a wide-open Gilmartin...

Wake Forest's fee for canceling football game vs. Ole Miss is covered by new Oregon State deal

Oct. 11, 2024 20:02 PM EDT

Wake Forest canceled next year's trip to No. 9 Mississippi to make room for a home-and-home football series against Oregon State. It turns out the Beavers are essentially covering what the Demon Deacons owe for the Ole Miss cancellation, according to scheduling contracts. Ole Miss...

Oklahoma and Texas, one of college football's most storied rivalries, opens new chapter in the SEC

Oct. 11, 2024 12:06 PM EDT

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Perhaps the only way the Oklahoma-Texas rivalry could have become even more intense happened when both joined the powerful Southeastern Conference in July. The series that began in 1900 immediately will rank with the best of the SEC’s older ones -- Alabama...

Freshman Evan Bullock has 5 TD passes, rushing score as Louisiana Tech thumps Middle Tennessee 48-21

Oct. 10, 2024 23:59 PM EDT

RUSTON, La. (AP) — Freshman Evan Bullock threw touchdown passes on four straight drives to open the game and ran for a score on the fifth as Louisiana Tech cruised to a 48-21 victory over Middle Tennessee on Thursday night. Bullock sandwiched touchdown passes to Omiri Wiggins...

Caden Veltkamp, Michael Mathison guide Western Kentucky to 44-17 victory over winless UTEP

Oct. 10, 2024 23:40 PM EDT

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Caden Veltkamp threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score, Michael Mathison had two touchdown catches and a touchdown run, and Western Kentucky cruised to a 44-17 victory over winless UTEP on Thursday night. Western Kentucky (4-2, 2-0 Conference USA)...

Alonza Barnett III, Lloyd Summerall III spark James Madison to 39-7 romp over Coastal Carolina

Oct. 10, 2024 23:12 PM EDT

HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) — Alonza Barnett III sandwiched a touchdown pass and a touchdown run around a pick-6 by Lloyd Summerall III in a big second quarter and James Madison breezed to a 39-7 victory over Coastal Carolina on Thursday night. James Madison (5-1, 1-1 Sun Belt...

After blowout loss to Texas A&M, No. 21 Missouri hopes to bounce back against struggling UMass

Oct. 10, 2024 21:13 PM EDT

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Missouri coach Eliah Drinkwitz is hoping his No. 21 Tigers can make people forget about their embarrassing 41-10 loss to then-No.25 Texas A&M. And that’s bad news for UMass (1-4). Mizzou (4-1) heads to Amherst, Massachusetts, on Saturday...

SEC, Big Ten say 12-team playoff rollout 'has to go incredibly well' before considering changes

Oct. 10, 2024 19:33 PM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The leaders of the SEC and Big Ten want to see how the first year of the expanded College Football Playoff works before deciding what comes next. They met Thursday with SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey and Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti to go over the...

No. 21 Mizzou hopes to bounce back from Texas A&M loss with game at FCS UMass

Oct. 10, 2024 16:54 PM EDT

No. 21 Missouri (4-1) at UMass (1-5), Saturday, 12 p.m. (ESPN2) BetMGM College Football Odds: Missouri by 27 1/2. Series record: First meeting. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Mizzou is trying to bounce back from a 41-10 loss to No. 25 Texas A&M...

Army and Navy are each 5-0 for the 1st time since 1945. They could play twice this year, too

Oct. 10, 2024 16:53 PM EDT

Until this year, Army and Navy had not each started the college football season 5-0 in nearly eight decades. That was the fall of 1945, weeks after World War II ended, back in the heyday when service academies were powerhouses in the sport. Army, led by Heisman Trophy winner Felix...