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Expanded College Football Playoff puts twist on reaching conference title gamesVideo
Indiana should be able to breathe easy this week. It has very little chance of making it into the Big Ten championship game. On the other hand, Georgia’s spot in the SEC title game is so risky that if the Bulldogs lose, they might have been better off sitting it...
Kansas stays at No. 1 ahead of showdown vs. No. 11 Duke; Ole Miss, Mississippi State back in AP Top 25
Kansas remained solidly entrenched at No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll Monday ahead of its showdown with No. 11 Duke in Las Vegas, while a pair of schools from the Magnolia State elbowed their way back into the rankings. Ole Miss returned to the poll...
Latrobe grad Sofia DeCerb helps James Madison women’s soccer make program history with timely saves in goal
Texas State had all the momentum. After falling behind James Madison, 2-0, in the Sun Belt women’s soccer championship match, TSU rallied to tie the score 2-2 in the 55th minute. And in the 70th minute, the Bobcats had a breakaway. All that stood in the way of the go-ahead...
No. 5 UCLA women’s basketball team ends No. 1 South Carolina’s 43-game winning streakVideo
LOS ANGELES — Top-ranked South Carolina felt something it hasn’t known in over 2 1/2 years. The sting of defeat after being thoroughly dominated in a 77-62 women’s basketball loss to No. 5 UCLA on Sunday. Gone was the overall 43-game winning streak. Done was the run of 33 consecutive...
Alabama, Mississippi out of top 10 in AP poll; Penn State remains No. 4Video
Alabama and Mississippi tumbled out of the top 10 of the Associated Press Top 25 poll Sunday, and Miami and SMU moved in following a chaotic weekend in the SEC and across college football in general. Oregon is No. 1 for the sixth straight week and Ohio State, Texas and...
Tulsa fires coach Kevin Wilson a day after blowout loss to South Florida
TULSA, Okla. — Tulsa fired football coach Kevin Wilson on Sunday and will elevate wide receivers coach Ryan Switzer on an interim basis for the remainder of the season. The Golden Hurricane lost to South Florida 63-30 on Saturday, dropping their record to 3-8. The school’s decision concludes Wilson’s two-year...
Devin Neal scores 4 times, Kansas beats No. 16 Colorado 37-21 as Buffs’ Big 12 title hopes take hitVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Devin Neal ran for 207 yards and three touchdowns, caught four passes for 80 yards and another score and led Kansas to a 37-21 victory over No. 16 Colorado on Saturday that dealt a big blow to the Buffaloes’ hopes of playing for the Big 12...
No. 2 Ohio State takes control in the 2nd half and runs over No. 5 Indiana 38-15Video
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Will Howard passed for two touchdowns and rushed for another, TreVeyon Henderson ran for a score and No. 2 Ohio State beat previously undefeated No. 5 Indiana, 38-15, on Saturday. All Ohio State (10-1, 7-1 Big Ten, CFP No. 2) has to do now is beat Michigan...
No. 11 Miami pulls away in the 4th, tops Wake Forest 42-14 to move 1 win from ACC title gameVideo
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Cam Ward passed for 280 yards and threw two touchdowns to Jacolby George on another record-breaking day, Mishael Powell ran back an interception 76 yards for a touchdown and No. 11 Miami pulled away late to beat Wake Forest, 42-14, on Saturday. The Hurricanes (10-1, 6-1...
Jennings has 3 TDs as No. 13 SMU routs Virginia 33-7 to clinch a spot in the ACC title gameVideo
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Kevin Jennings threw for a career-high 323 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another, and No. 13 SMU clinched a spot in the ACC championship game by routing Virginia, 33-7, on Saturday. Isaiah Smith and Jared Harrison-Hunte had two sacks each to help the Mustangs (10-1,...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: College Football Playoff could use less committee involvement
The new and improved 12-team College Football Playoff isn’t improved. It’s just a different version of screwy. It’s the word “committee.” Things get better if you ditch that word. Eliminate subjectivity. Make it about standings and winners. Provide an exact pathway. Right now, Ohio State is seeded fifth. The Buckeyes...
UConn coach Geno Auriemma breaks all-time wins record, getting 1,217th career victoryVideo
STORRS, Conn. — Geno Auriemma soaked in the moment. The UConn Hall of Fame coach now stands alone atop the NCAA college basketball all-time wins list. Auriemma broke a tie with former Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer, earning his 1,217 career victory with an 85-41 win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Wednesday...
Deion Sanders dismisses speculation about future with No. 16 Colorado, says he’s happy in BoulderVideo
BOULDER, Colo. — Each win brings Deion Sanders and the 16th-ranked Colorado Buffaloes closer and closer to a spot in the Big 12 title game. It also brings more and more speculation about his future in Boulder. Sanders tamped that down Tuesday. “I’m happy where I am, man. I’m good....
It’s Boise State, not BYU, with a bye in latest College Football Playoff rankings, with Oregon at No. 1Video
Boise State received the fourth and final bye in Tuesday night’s College Football Playoff rankings, leaving BYU out of that mix and placing the Big 12 alongside the SEC on the list of power conferences with a gripe. Undefeated Oregon received top billing again, delivered by the committee a few...
Molded by Western Pa. roots, Curt Cignetti guides Indiana into national spotlight
In the 1970s, they were a couple of pre-teens running around Mountaineer Field on the campus of West Virginia University, sons of the head football coach. They mixed easily with players at practice and in the locker room but never took their proud eyes off their dad, Frank Cignetti Sr....
Kansas remains No. 1 in AP poll, top 10 shuffled with losses by 3 teams; Wisconsin joins rankings
Kansas strengthened its grip on No. 1 in the AP Top 25. The rest of the top 10 turned into a jumble of teams swapping places. The Jayhawks picked up five first-place votes in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll released Monday, receiving 49 from a 61-person media panel....
AP Top 25: Oregon is the unanimous No. 1 team again; Penn State stays at No. 4
Oregon remained the unanimous No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll Sunday after its close call at Wisconsin, Notre Dame and Alabama each jumped up two spots and Georgia returned to the top 10. LSU is unranked for the first time in two years. The...
Indiana rewards Curt Cignetti for 10-0 season with new 8-year contract
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana Hoosiers coach Curt Cignetti, a Pittsburgh native, has been rewarded for a historic season with a new eight-year contract worth an annual average of $8 million, university officials announced Saturday. The contract, which runs through 2032, includes a $1 million retention bonus. University officials made the...
North Allegheny grad Luke Colella a bright spot for Princeton football
The wait was worth it for North Allegheny graduate Luke Colella. After biding his time for two seasons at Princeton behind a group of talented pass-catchers, Colella has become the Tigers’ top wide receiver. Colella, a senior, moved into the starting lineup last season and earned honorable mention all-Ivy League...
Pittsburgh native Curt Cignetti helps turn unbeaten Indiana into the toast of college footballVideo
Ed Miller has attended Indiana football and basketball games since the early 1970s, and he’s never seen a fall quite like this. As the leaves change colors and flutter to the ground, and the action ramps up for one of college basketball’s true blueblood programs, everyone around Bloomington is focused...
ACC still fighting for respect in CFP rankings
Rhett Lashlee has done the math. It rolls around in the SMU coach’s head every week. The more he thinks about it, the more it doesn’t add up. Why, Lashlee wonders, is the ACC fighting what seems to be an uphill battle for respect from the College Football Playoff committee?...
Oregon No. 1 in 2nd week of College Football Playoff rankings; Penn State 4thVideo
Undefeated Oregon stayed on top in the second batch of College Football Playoff rankings, while Tuesday’s poll shoved Georgia completely out of the bracket after its lopsided loss to Mississippi. Led by the Ducks, then Ohio State, the Big Ten captured four of the top five spots — a string...
The Big 12 leads the way when it comes to nail-biters with 13 games decided in the final minuteVideo
Seventh-ranked BYU and the Big 12 are taking games down to the wire. No other conference is keeping things so close this season. The Cougars (9-0, 6-0 Big 12) are one of four remaining undefeated FBS teams after their 22-21 win at Utah. Will Ferrin kicked a 44-yard field goal...
Minnesota QB Max Brosmer has proven this season the FCS transfer route can lead to successVideo
MINNEAPOLIS — When Max Brosmer was at New Hampshire, spring practice was conducted before dawn and, sometimes, even in the aftermath of a snowstorm. For the Wildcats to conduct those 6 a.m. workouts in the frigid air made colder still by the coastal winds, the field needed to be plowed...
Olympic champion wrestler Gable Steveson ends retirement, returns to University of MinnesotaVideo
Gable Steveson, who won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, said Tuesday he is coming out of retirement and will return to the University of Minnesota for a fifth and final season of college wrestling. Steveson won gold as a freestyle heavyweight in Tokyo at age 21,...
