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Arizona rises to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 poll; Gonzaga and North Carolina crack top 10, Duke tumbles
It is Arizona’s turn to sit atop The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll. The Wildcats rose to No. 1 in Monday’s poll for the first time in nearly nine years, making Tommy Lloyd’s squad the third team to hold the top spot this season. Last week’s No....
Heisman winner Caleb Williams to skip USC’s Holiday Bowl trip, fueling NFL expectations
LOS ANGELES — Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Caleb Williams will not play for Southern California in the Holiday Bowl, fueling the expectation he will enter the upcoming NFL draft. Williams won’t be in the lineup when the Trojans (7-5) face Louisville in their bowl game in San Diego on Dec. 27,...
No. 4 Florida State QB Rodemaker a game-time decision vs No. 15 Louisville in ACC title game
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — No. 4 Florida State might have to turn to third-string quarterback Brock Glenn to start the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game against 15th-ranked Louisville on Saturday night. Tate Rodemaker, who made his second career start in the team’s regular-season finale at Florida, has been limited in practice...
West Virginia retains football coach Neal Brown after 8-4 regular season
Coach Neal Brown will get another chance at West Virginia after finishing with his best regular-season record despite being mired in the program’s worst stretch in four decades. West Virginia athletic director Wren Baker said Friday that Brown will return in 2024, putting to rest any speculation on the fate...
Sanders wins Sportsperson of Year award from Sports Illustrated for starting turnaround at Colorado
DENVER — Deion Sanders reinvigorated a fanbase and put a downtrodden football program back on the map in his first season at Colorado. For that, the Buffaloes coach was named Sportsperson of the Year by Sports Illustrated. It was a roller-coaster inaugural season as Sanders took over a 1-11 Colorado...
Michigan State hires Jonathan Smith away from Oregon State, hoping he turn around another program
Michigan State hired coach Jonathan Smith away from No. 15 Oregon State on Saturday. The Spartans are hoping Smith can rebuild a program that crumbled with Mel Tucker in charge. Tucker was suspended in early September and fired later in the month for acknowledging he had phone sex with a...
Kansas strengthens grip on No. 1 in AP Top 25; Miami grabs 1st top 10 ranking since 2018
Kansas’ comeback win in a marquee matchup kept the Jayhawks firmly entrenched atop The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll on Monday while Miami climbed to its highest ranking in nearly five years. The Jayhawks stayed at No. 1 and Miami climbed to No. 10 to replace a...
Grant scores 22 as Duquesne downs Charleston 90-72
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Dae Dae Grant’s 22 points helped Duquesne defeat Charleston 90-72 on Friday night. Grant was 7 of 20 shooting, including 4 for 12 from 3-point range, and went 4 for 4 from the line for the Dukes (2-0). Kareem Rozier scored 20 points, going 6 of 9...
Clary, Baldwin, Wahab help Penn State pull away in 2nd half to beat Lehigh 74-65Video
UNIVERSITY PARK — Kanye Clary had 20 points, Ace Baldwin Jr. scored 18 off the bench and Qudus Wahab added a double-double to help Penn State pull away in the second half to beat Lehigh, 74-65, on Friday night. Clary sank 8 of 14 shots with two 3-pointers for the...
Carl Torbush, who succeeded Mack Brown at North Carolina and also coached East Tennessee State, dies
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Carl Torbush, a defensive specialist who succeeded Mack Brown as North Carolina’s head football coach after Brown’s first tenure and later coached at East Tennessee State, has died. He was 72. ETSU said Monday that Torbush died Sunday. His family informed the school but didn’t provide...
Former Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim is loving retirement. It doesn’t mean he is very far from the game
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — It’s a typical early November day in Syracuse. Gray skies. Light snow has dusted the area, a precursor to the months ahead when when many residents around here look for Syracuse basketball to get them through the winter. The season opener is just days away. The man...
Penn State QB Drew Allar breaks down the ‘huge challenge’ of facing Michigan’s No. 1 pass defense
Drew Allar is coming off arguably his best game in a Penn State uniform. The young quarterback was sharp at Maryland. He threw for four touchdowns, completed 73.5% of his passes, fit a few into tight windows and didn’t turn the ball over. He looked poised and confident, the kind...
AP survey finds 55 of 69 schools in major college football now sell alcohol at stadiums on game day
EAST LANSING, Mich. — College football tailgates are as synonymous with the game as blocking and tackling. Burgers, brats and beer go along with the cornhole and camaraderie for tens of thousands of people every Saturday, a beloved tradition seen outside stadiums big and small. “My dad almost gets more...
ACC’s coaching titans have retired so the league must adjust with changed look
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — When forward Benny Williams signed with Syracuse, he was eager to play for Jim Boeheim and compete in an Atlantic Coast Conference that featured two other Hall of Fame coaches leading marquee programs. Less than three years later, things look very different. Changes that began in the...
List of first-year starters in the Big Ten still changing
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Kyle McCord sat behind Heisman Trophy finalist C.J. Stroud for two seasons before taking over the pressure-cooker responsibility of being the starting quarterback at Ohio State. Under the tutelage of quarterback whisperer Ryan Day, McCord has earned his stripes, thanks in part to being able to throw...
College athlete shoe deals in NIL era get stepped on by lucrative school contracts with big brands
LINCOLN, Neb. — Harper Murray puts on her Adidas volleyball shoes when she practices or plays in a match for Nebraska, one of the top teams in the country. It’s not necessarily the brand she would choose; it’s because the German company is her school’s official supplier and athletes, coaches...
Stanford rallies from 29-point deficit, beats Colorado 46-43 in 2nd overtime
BOULDER, Colo. — Deion Sanders had an uneasy feeling, even up 29-0 at halftime. Maybe not the worst collapse in Colorado history about to unfold uneasy, but uneasy anyway. Stanford coach Troy Taylor didn’t really change a thing, just watched as the Cardinal steadily staged the largest comeback in school...
Fired Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald suing school for $130M for wrongful termination
CHICAGO — Former Northwestern University football coach Pat Fitzgerald is suing the school for $130 million, saying his alma mater wrongfully fired him in the wake of a hazing and abuse scandal that has engulfed the athletic department. The announcement by Chicago-based attorneys Dan K. Webb and Matthew R. Carter...
NCAA approves smaller transfer portal windows for football, basketball from 60 to 45 days
The NCAA Division I Council on Wednesday approved a smaller window during which football and basketball players can enter their names into the transfer portal and retain immediate eligibility for the following season from 60 to 45 days. The council was finishing up two days of meetings in Indianapolis, during...
North Huntingdon native Austen Swankler transfers to Michigan Tech
Austen Swankler, a native of North Huntingdon who was the fifth-leading scorer in NCAA men’s hockey last season with Bowling Green, has transferred to Michigan Tech. He announced his new school via his account on X, formely known as Twitter, Monday. On Friday, Swankler alleged he was the victim of...
North Huntingdon native Austen Swankler enters transfer portal, alleging hazing at Bowling Green
Austin Swankler, a native of North Huntingdon who was the fifth-leading scorer in NCAA men’s hockey last season with Bowling Green, has entered the NCAA’s transfer portal, alleging he was the victim of hazing at the school. “I came out about everything that happened to stop future incidents from occurring,”...
Deion Sanders rapidly raising profile of No. 18 Colorado on and off the fieldVideo
BOULDER, Colo. — The turnaround for a Colorado team that went 1-11 last season is happening at lightning speed. Just don’t ask coach Deion Sanders about stopping to soak any of it in. He’s much too busy to fully wrap his mind around Boulder being the center of the college...
Conference pride is on the line this weekend with Big Ten matched against ACC in 6 gamesVideo
It was 1953 when the Big Ten and ACC first met in a nonconference football game, and it was a good one on a cloudy October afternoon in Durham, N.C. The ACC was an upstart conference in its first year and hoping Duke, its best team, would show up well...
No. 10 Notre Dame aims to extend its win streak against ACC teams when it visits N.C. State
No. 10 Notre Dame (2-0) at North Carolina State (1-0), Saturday, 12 p.m. ET (ABC) Line: Notre Dame by 7 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Series record: N.C. State leads 2-1. What’s at stake? The Fighting Irish have started fast with a new quarterback pushing the offense and have the...
No. 1 Georgia looks poised for another big win as Ball State visits Sanford Stadium
ATHENS, Ga. — No. 1 Georgia was supposed to be hitting the road for a most intriguing matchup. Instead, the Bulldogs will be facing another overmatched opponent between the hedges on Saturday. Coming off a 48-7 victory over FCS opponent Tennessee-Martin in a season opener that was little more than...
