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Notre Dame, Oklahoma State set for Fiesta Bowl after difficult stretchesVideo
GLENDALE, Ariz. — No. 5 Notre Dame lost its coach and its chance at playing in the College Football Playoff in a span of six days, a tumultuous stretch that could have sent the program spiraling. New Irish coach Marcus Freeman has steadied the rudder, kept the Irish focused as...
South Carolina, Stanford still Nos. 1-2 in women’s AP Top 25
A relatively quiet week because of the holidays left The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll mostly unchanged. South Carolina remained the unanimous No. 1, receiving all 30 first-place votes from a national media panel Monday. The Gamecocks staved off another challenge from a top opponent, rallying to beat No....
Baylor remains No. 1 in AP Top 25, Michigan State to No. 10
A combination of cancelations and the holidays made for a quiet week in college basketball. The latest Associated Press poll reflected the light week. Baylor remained No. 1 for the third straight week in the poll released Monday, receiving all 61 first-place votes from a national media panel. The Bears...
Rutgers to replace Texas A&M in Gator Bowl vs. Wake ForestVideo
Rutgers will replace Texas A&M in the Gator Bowl against Wake Forest after an NCAA committee decided Thursday to adhere to an existing policy for making teams with 5-7 records bowl eligible. The NCAA football oversight committee also announced that any bowl can be moved to as late as Jan....
Texas A&M won’t play in Gator Bowl because of covid-19 issuesVideo
No. 23 Texas A&M won’t play in the Gator Bowl against Wake Forest on Dec. 31 because of covid-19 issues and season-ending injuries, the team announced Wednesday. “It is unfortunate, but we just don’t have enough scholarship players available to field a team,” Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher said in...
ACC revises policy to avoid assigning forfeits because of rise in covid casesVideo
The ACC is changing its rescheduling policy to avoid assigning forfeits for teams unable to play because of covid-19 protocols. League athletic directors unanimously supported the change announced Wednesday. The decision comes amid the rise in covid-19 cases and the increase in cancellations and postponements of basketball games nationally. Games...
Luke DeCock: ACC needs to revisit covid forfeit policy before it skews the standings
With two ACC teams already on covid pauses, it’s starting to feel like last season all over again. It’s also time to dial back some of the ACC’s covid policies to what they were last season — and revise others to adapt to our new reality. Because with Florida State...
Adversity ‘fuels’ Tulsa to win over Old Dominion in Myrtle Beach BowlVideo
CONWAY, S.C. — Tulsa cornerback Tyon Davis thinks his team needs a little adversity to get themselves going. That was certainly true at the Myrtle Beach Bowl, where the Golden Hurricane endured Old Dominion’s stunning start — a 100-yard return touchdown by LeMareon James on the opening kickoff — on...
UConn out of women’s AP Top 10 for 1st time in 16 years
UConn’s record 16-year run in the top 10 is over. The Huskies fell four spots to No. 11 in The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll Monday after losing to Louisville a day earlier. UConn had been ranked among the first 10 teams in the poll for 313 straight weeks...
Baylor stays No. 1 in AP Top 25; Arizona rises to No. 6
Defending national champion Baylor maintained its top spot in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, though not without ceding a No. 1 vote to Arizona, while the six remaining unbeatens continued their rise on Monday. The Bears ended a four-week streak of turnover atop the poll by taking care...
Coastal Carolina holds off Northern Illinois in wild Cure BowlVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — Grayson McCall threw four touchdown passes, and Coastal Carolina held off Northern Illinois, 47-41, in the Cure Bowl on Friday night, with the game ending with the Huskies at the Chanticleers 4. McCall was 22 for 30 for 315 yards, and Braydon Bennett ran 108 yards and...
Middle Tennessee tops Toledo in Bahamas to begin bowl seasonVideo
NASSAU, Bahamas — Freshman Nick Vattiato threw for 270 yards and two touchdowns, including a 59-yard scoring pass to Jarrin Pierce with 6 minutes, 24 seconds left, and Middle Tennessee beat Toledo, 31-24, on Friday in the Bahamas Bowl. Two plays after Toledo’s 32-yard punt, Vattiato connected with a wide-open...
Defense dominates as Navy beats ArmyVideo
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Quarterback Tai Lavatai ran for two touchdowns, and Navy’s defense limited Army to 57-second-half yards and a season-low 232 overall in a 17-13 victory Saturday in a game played at the Meadowlands to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Navy (4-8) played a...
Pair of Notre Dame stars skipping Fiesta Bowl to prepare for NFL DraftVideo
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Kyren Williams and Kyle Hamilton, two junior star players for No. 5 Notre Dame, announced Friday they will not play in the Fiesta Bowl against No. 9 Oklahoma State so they can instead prepare for the 2022 NFL Draft. The two were Associated Press preseason first-team...
Virginia tabs Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott as next football coachVideo
Virginia didn’t have to extend its search for a new football coach beyond the ACCe as the Cavaliers announced Friday they had tabbed longtime Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott to fill their vacancy. Cavaliers athletic director Carla Williams announced Virginia was hiring Elliott, who will be introduced at a news...
Auburn hoops gets 4 years probation, 2-game suspension for coach Bruce PearlVideo
The NCAA has placed the Auburn men’s basketball program on four years probation for unethical conduct involving former associate head coach Chuck Person and imposed a two-game suspension on coach Bruce Pearl for failing to monitor his assistant and adequately promote compliance. An NCAA Committee on Infractions panel issued its...
Maryland, men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon part ways 8 games into seasonVideo
Mark Turgeon’s tenure at Maryland is over, less than a month after the start of his 11th season at the helm. Again, the Terrapins were struggling to reach their potential — although the abrupt change still came with a jolt, just eight games into the 2021-22 campaign. “After a series...
Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall stepping down after bowl gameVideo
Bronco Mendenhall said the thought that it was time to do something else first came to him the day after his team’s dispiriting loss to Virginia Tech. In the ensuing days, Virginia’s coach considered other solutions, but as the week progressed he felt more clarity. He announced Thursday he’s stepping...
College Football Playoff expansion talks inch forward, no agreement in sightVideo
DALLAS — The latest meeting on expanding the College Football Playoff wrapped up without a resolution Wednesday as the people involved agreed to keep talking. CFP executive director Bill Hancock said there remains a strong consensus among the management committee, comprised of the 10 major college football conference commissioners and...
ACC Network finally coming to Comcast’s Xfinity cable
The two-year-old ACC Network, which carries Atlantic Coast Conference sporting events, including Pitt athletics, will finally become available on Comcast’s Xfinity cable service. The arrival of ACC Network is part of a larger overall carriage renewal agreement between telecommunications/entertainment behemoths The Walt Disney Company and Comcast, parent of NBCUniversal. There...
Women’s AP Top 25 gets shakeup behind No. 1 South Carolina
Maryland dropped six spots to No. 8 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll Monday after losing two games in a week that saw eight of the top 10 teams change places behind unanimous No. 1 South Carolina. UConn reclaimed the No. 2 spot — up one spot and shared...
Duke jumps to No. 1 in reshuffled AP Top 25; Purdue to No. 2
Mike Krzyzewski’s final team at Duke has reached a familiar milestone: No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll. The Blue Devils jumped four spots to the top of Monday’s poll following a win against Gonzaga that knocked the Bulldogs from the top spot. That adds...
USC hires football coach Lincoln Riley away from OklahomaVideo
Southern California hired Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley to be its next coach Sunday in a stunning and rare move of one traditional college football powerhouse swiping another’s highly accomplished head coach. Riley went 55-10 in five seasons leading the Sooners, winning four Big 12 titles and making three College Football Playoff...
Duke, football coach David Cutcliffe agree to part waysVideo
David Cutcliffe won’t return for a 15th season as Duke’s coach after the school announced a “mutual agreement for separation” Sunday following the Blue Devils’ winless ACC record. The school’s announcement came a day after the Blue Devils (3-9, 0-8) closed a three-win season with a 47-10 home loss to...
AP Top 25: Michigan rises to No. 2; Oklahoma State to 5th; Pitt up to No. 17
Michigan jumped to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday and Oklahoma State joined the top five for the first time since 2015. Georgia was a unanimous No. 1 in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank for the eighth consecutive week. For the fourth...
