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Newly ranked UNLV hopes to take a step toward the playoffs when Syracuse visits

Oct. 03, 2024 13:17 PM EDT

Syracuse (3-1) at No. 25 UNLV (4-0), Friday, 9 p.m. ET (FS1) BetMGM College Football Odds: UNLV by 6 1/2. Series record: First meeting. What’s at stake? UNLV just became ranked for the first time in program history, and the Rebels could...

Quarterback Hajj-Malik Williams can prove he's an upgrade for No. 25 UNLV against Syracuse

Oct. 03, 2024 06:13 AM EDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — If dual-threat quarterback Hajj-Malik Williams truly is an upgrade under center for No. 25 UNLV, the Rebels would certainly love for him to prove himself one step further than he did during last week’s 59-14 win over Fresno State. The Rebels (4-0) will enter...

Gonzaga set to join rebuilt Pac-12, while UTEP goes to Mountain West

Oct. 01, 2024 23:10 PM EDT

Rebuilding the Pac-12 Conference centered around football. It'll be a pretty good basketball conference, too, after landing one of the perennial hoops powers on the West Coast. Gonzaga will become the latest member of the rebuilt Pac-12, the conference and school announced Tuesday,...

AP Top 25 Extra Points: A week that started on a low note at UNLV ends with program's 1st ranking

Sep. 30, 2024 14:28 PM EDT

UNLV's football program, which rarely finds itself in the national spotlight, found it twice in a week for reasons both bad and good. Last Tuesday, starting quarterback Matthew Sluka announced he would sit out the rest of the season because he discovered he wouldn't be receiving the...

AP Player of the Week: Alabama's Jalen Milroe wins top honors for 2nd time in 3 weeks

Sep. 30, 2024 09:39 AM EDT

The Associated Press national player of the week in college football for Week 5 of the season: Jalen Milroe, Alabama The Crimson Tide quarterback was the catalyst in a wild 41-34 win over Georgia and is player of the week for the second time in three...

Ashton Jeanty runs for 259 yards and 4 TDs, No. 25 Boise State beats Washington State 45-24

Sep. 29, 2024 02:55 AM EDT

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Ashton Jeanty ran for 259 yards and four touchdowns, Matt Lauter had four catches for 96 yards and two scores and No. 25 Boise State surged past Washington State 45-24 on Saturday night. Playing its first game as a ranked team since 2020, Boise State (3-1)...

Hajj-Malik Williams guides unbeaten UNLV to 59-14 romp over Fresno State

Sep. 28, 2024 19:23 PM EDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hajj-Malik Williams threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score, Ricky White III returned a blocked punt for a score and caught two touchdown passes, and Jai'Den Thomas returned a kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown as unbeaten UNLV breezed to a 59-14 victory over Fresno State...

Northern Illinois says it hasn't received a formal offer amid Mountain West reports

Sep. 27, 2024 16:23 PM EDT

Northern Illinois said Friday it has not received a "formal offer to consider a change” in its conference, but appreciates the "interest in our strong brand” amid media reports that the school and fellow Mid-American Conference member Toledo are being targeted by the Mountain West. ...

7 Mountain West schools agree to stay, steadying the conference amid realignment

Sep. 26, 2024 20:25 PM EDT

Seven Mountain West schools have agreed to remain in the league amid overtures by the Pac-12 to lure away at least one more of its teams, the conference announced Thursday. The move comes after the Pac-12, which was reduced to just two teams after last summer's realignment,...

Future conference rivals clash as No. 25 Boise State hosts Washington State

Sep. 26, 2024 12:14 PM EDT

Give it a couple of years and a clash between Boise State and Washington State will be a conference matchup with both as members of the Pac-12. For now, it’ll have to settle for simply being a critically important early non-conference meeting between regional rivals that could have...