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It's the day college football fans have been waiting nearly nine months for as the University of South Carolina Gamecocks are set to kick off against the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles. More>>
Associated Press - September 1, 2010 11:45 AM ET COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Steve Spurrier says junior Stephen Garcia will start at quarterback when South Carolina opens the season against Southern... More>>
Quinn tells campus paper he didn't do anything wrong (*updated on 8/30*) More>>
Star linebacker needs surgery on knee; hopes to be back for Sept. 11 game with Presbyterian More>>
South Carolina not sure if any players will be suspended by NCAA More>>
It's two days until the opening kickoff, and South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier still isn't ready to name his starting quarterback against Southern Mississippi. More>>
Several South Carolina football players received discounted rates to stay at a local hotel. More>>
Swinney also releases depth chart for season-opener More>>
Head ball coach also names captains for 2010 season More>>
Bulldogs get 24 of 30 votes More>>
Former Clemson QB leaves Marshall to play at Division II school More>>
Rich Rodriguez walked briskly toward the escalator, ready to get out of a hotel ballroom and back on a plane to Michigan. More>>
Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said Saturday taking the conference's first football championship game to Indianapolis was the easiest choice with little time to research other options. More>>
Notre Dame center Dan Wenger and offensive tackle Matt Romine were held out of practice and a scrimmage Saturday, one day after suffering concussion symptoms during drills. More>>
Joe Paterno is now peerless in his profession. More>>
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said he won't ban NFL scouts from practices as a way of combating unscrupulous agents, adding that he would tackle the issue by educating his players. More>>
Korey Williams speaks for everybody at Southern Miss: Seven wins just isn't good enough. More>>
Apologizing for a series of "terrible mistakes," former Oklahoma State coach Sean Sutton was sentenced Friday to three years of probation after pleading guilty to illegally obtaining prescription drugs. More>>
Fort Dorchester grad led ACC in tackles for a loss in 2009 More>>
Junior one of three ACC defensive ends on list More>>
Gamecocks senior DE on four preseason watch lists More>>
Miami and Notre Dame have agreed to renew a football rivalry that during the 1980s helped define each program and decide several national championships. More>>
By JIM LITKE Pimps? More>>
Nebraska isn't waiting until next year to get involved in the Big Ten. More>>
Nick Saban didn't pull punches Wednesday when discussing the improper contact with athletes by unscrupulous agents, comparing their behavior to that of a "pimp." More>>
Southern California has already sent back its copy of Reggie Bush's Heisman Trophy. More>>
Former Florida Gators standout Maurkice Pouncey denied allegations Wednesday that he took money from a representative of a sports agent while he was still at the university. More>>
Nebraska has been picked to leave the Big 12 in style. More>>
Veteran Central Arkansas football coach Clint Conque confessed Tuesday to an "inappropriate relationship" and said he has apologized to his family. More>>
Pitt defensive end Jabaal Sheard has been suspended indefinitely after being accused of throwing another man through the glass door of an art gallery. More>>
The president of the University of Oklahoma said Wednesday that his school and Texas A&M both received invitations to join the Southeastern Conference during the last round of conference realignment. More>>
An Ohio State football recruit was shot and wounded twice in two months, and authorities believe the cases are unrelated. More>>
Authorities say Arkansas fullback Van Stumon has been charged with drunken driving and other offenses after an early morning traffic stop in Fayetteville. More>>
Florida receiver Frankie Hammond Jr. has been suspended from all team activities following his early morning arrest on charges of driving under the influence and possession. More>>
College football powers Notre Dame and Miami appear ready to play again after nearly 20 years apart. More>>
Nebraska coach Connie Yori, who led the Cornhuskers to the best season in program history, has received a three-year contract extension that will pay her $660,000 a year through the 2014-15 season. More>>
Rosenblatt Stadium is hosting the College World Series for the 61st and last time next month and the coach of top-ranked Virginia can't help but feel nostalgic. More>>
University president David Boren expects Oklahoma to stay in the Big 12. He doesn't think any other schools are leaving the conference either. More>>
Minnesota is sticking with Adam Weber at quarterback. More>>
Randy Shannon routinely would hear the same question on the recruiting trail. Players and parents alike, they couldn't figure out why Miami was winning more games, yet the coach wasn't getting rewarded with a new... More>>
Prominent Oklahoma State booster T. Boone Pickens believes his alma mater should stay put in the Big 12. More>>
Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany e-mailed conference officials Tuesday to stamp out a rumor that four schools had already been offered a chance to join the league. More>>
New Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly believes the weekend arrest of a backup tight end on a drug charge is "a serious matter" and the player may be disciplined, a spokesman said Tuesday. More>>
Former Marshall wide receiver Troy Brown, who went on to a long career with the New England Patriots, has been elected to the College Football Hall of Fame. More>>
Eastern Oregon officials say a football player has died of injuries suffered during the team's spring football game. More>>
Associated Press - February 12, 2010 3:05 PM ET GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Former Clemson quarterback Woody Dantzler has signed with the Greenville Force indoor football team. More>>
This is something Duke hasn't been able to claim before: Its football coach would rather be in charge of the Blue Devils than one of the Southeastern Conference's traditional powers. More>>
The football fans crowding around Heritage Hall burned no mattresses and shouted no threats while Lane Kiffin was in the building. Southern California's players and officials spoke with respect about this well-traveled young... More>>
Alabama coach Nick Saban expects All-American linebacker Rolando McClain to be ready for the BCS championship game against Texas. More>>
It took an emotional team meeting, a sleepless night and about an hour of practice for coach Urban Meyer to change his mind about resigning at Florida. More>>
Gary Patterson guided TCU to its best season in 70 years on the way to becoming the first Associated Press Coach of the Year from outside the six conferences with automatic BCS bids. More>>
Max Hall threw for 192 yards and three touchdowns in the only bowl game he knows, leading No. 15 BYU past No. 16 Oregon State 44-20 in the Las Vegas Bowl on Tuesday night. More>>
Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh bulled past the guys who play the glamour positions and proved you don't have to score touchdowns or toss passes to be the player of the year. More>>
Coach Brian Kelly inherits a Notre Dame program that has finished the past two regular seasons at 6-6,is losing its two best players and only has one scholarship quarterback - he's recovering from knee surgery - on the... More>>
Cincinnati went right back to Central Michigan for its next coach. More>>
Alabama will bring a lineup powered by a record number of AP All-Americans to the national championship game. More>>
There were five undefeated teams and only two spots in the title game. More>>
Welcome to the BCS Buster Bowl. More>>
If Urban Meyer wants to send Tim Tebow out as a winner, he'll have to have beat his alma mater and spoil what could be Brian Kelly's final game as coach of unbeaten Cincinnati. More>>
Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz vividly remembers flipping his television one night last fall and instantly becoming mesmerized by Georgia Tech's spread option offense. More>>
Georgia defensive end Montez Robinson was suspended indefinitely from the team Friday following his arrest Thursday on charges involving two altercations with a female student. More>>
Auburn football recruiting has taken a hit because of secondary NCAA rules violations during its "Big Cat Weekend" last May. More>>
Bobby Bowden orchestrated one of the great runs in college football, building Florida State into a powerhouse that produced two national titles, dozens of All-Americans and some of the most memorable missed field goals ever. More>>
Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick could be hitting the road soon to find a replacement for fired coach Charlie Weis. More>>
Top-ranked Florida will be without one of its best pass rushers against No. 2 Alabama in the Southeastern Conference championship game. More>>
What does University of Colorado athletic director Mike Bohn have to say to doubters and detractors who contend he's sticking with football coach Dan Hawkins only because he couldn't come up with the $3.1 million buyout and... More>>
Standing behind the same podium where quarterback Tim Tebow delivered his now-famous promise 14 months and 21 wins ago, coach Urban Meyer vowed Monday to be at Florida "as long as they'll have me." More>>
Prosecutors have dropped attempted aggravated robbery charges against Tennessee freshman safety Janzen Jackson. More>>
Western Kentucky has hired Stanford assistant Willie Taggart as its football coach. More>>
Iowa and Penn State ended their seasons eligible for an at-large BCS bid, and Oklahoma State and Virginia Tech are also in position to be eligible for invites to the four big-money bowl games even though they have no shot to... More>>
Mississippi, California and North Carolina, teams that started the season with lofty expectations before stumbling, have surged back into the AP Top 25 college football poll. More>>
UNLV has fired football coach Mike Sanford after five losing seasons, a 15-43 record and no bowl appearances. More>>
Publicly griping about officials in the Southeastern Conference just got a lot more costly for Lane Kiffin and the rest of the league's coaches. More>>
C.J. Spiller has been part of many big Clemson wins. He's also endured several Tiger fades following critical victories. More>>
Defending national champion North Carolina and Duke are co-favorites to win the Atlantic Coast Conference this season. More>>
Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford has been ruled out of No. 25 Oklahoma's game this week at 24th-ranked Kansas, but coach Bob Stoops says any decision beyond that is yet to come. More>>
Florida, Alabama and Texas hold the top three spots in the first BCS standings and control their fates in the national championship race. More>>
A Connecticut football player who was an expectant father was stabbed to death early Sunday after an on-campus dance, just hours after helping his team to a homecoming victory. More>>
Ricky Dobbs and Vince Murray each ran for two touchdowns, Joe Buckley kicked a 24-yard field goal in overtime and Navy won its fourth straight, beating SMU 38-35 Saturday night. More>>
Derrick Fourroux threw for 220 yards and three touchdowns to lead McNeese State to a 51-23 victory over Northwestern State on Saturday night. More>>
Almost the only pretty thing Ricky Stanzi produced against Michigan State was that perfect touchdown pass with no time left on the clock. More>>
Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen spent much of Saturday night and Sunday morning reviewing a blown call, and asked for disciplinary action against the Southeastern Conference replay official who worked the Bulldogs' 29-19... More>>
Chris Whitney threw for three touchdowns and Villanova beat James Madison 27-0 on Saturday. More>>
Ross Jenkins passed for three touchdowns and ran for another to lead Louisiana Tech to a 45-7 win over New Mexico State on Saturday. More>>
Penn State coach Joe Paterno is fond of saying that he doesn't know how good his players are until they've been tested. More>>
Kellen Moore threw two short touchdown passes to Tommy Gallarda, and No. 5 Boise State survived a late scare from Tulsa to escape with a 28-21 victory Wednesday night in one of the last road tests standing between the... More>>
Second-ranked Florida could be without three defensive starters against Mississippi State. More>>
The Meineke Bowl has renewed its deal with the Big East that will send the conference's third selection to the North Carolina bowl through the 2013 season. More>>
Oklahoma State receiver Dez Bryant claims he was worried he had done something wrong when he "panicked" and lied to the NCAA about a meeting with former NFL player Deion Sanders at a Texas athletics center. More>>
The University of Alabama contends the NCAA wrongly forced the football program to vacate 21 victories, describing it as an "unprecedented penalty" in cases involving abuse of free textbooks. More>>
Former men's basketball coach Billy Gillispie and the University of Kentucky have settled their cases over his firing for nearly $3 million, the school said Tuesday. More>>
A Florida appellate court again has rebuffed the NCAA's effort to prevent public disclosure of documents on academic cheating at Florida State. More>>
After a weekend in which four top-10 teams lost, The Associated Press college football poll received a major makeover. More>>
Associated Press - September 25, 2009 5:55 PM ET CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) - TCU's Gary Patterson is not worried about busting the BCS or raising the national profile of his No. More>>
Associated Press - September 25, 2009 5:15 PM ET COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - While Steve Spurrier is happy about South Carolina's win over No. 4 Mississippi, the coach says it's too early to tell... More>>
BYU barged into the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll, making the biggest jump of any team from the preseason rankings after scoring the biggest upset of the opening weekend of the regular season. More>>
Associated Press - September 6, 2009 3:05 PM ET COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - He's watched the video three times, and Steve Spurrier can't stop worrying about the South Carolina offense. More>>
Associated Press - September 4, 2009 4:05 PM ET CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) - Clemson's getting ready for a whole lot of firsts on Saturday. Good thing the Tigers have C.J. More>>
Associated Press - September 4, 2009 2:45 PM ET CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina is approaching its opener against The Citadel with all the intensity and attention of a rivalry because a... More>>
Associated Press - September 4, 2009 12:35 PM ET COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina's only small college team to win its conference championship last season will open 2009 with another... More>>
Associated Press - August 28, 2009 10:45 AM ET COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier says receiver Dion LeCorn won't play in Thursday's opener at North Carolina State, while... More>>
Associated Press - August 4, 2009 10:35 PM ET COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - It's South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia's team now. And he's glad for the boost of confidence from his coaches. More>>
Associated Press - August 4, 2009 9:25 PM ET CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) - Clemson coach Dabo Swinney says he is glad to see his team carried what it learned during spring practice over to the first... More>>
Associated Press - July 22, 2009 11:15 AM ET COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina named Clint Haggard its head football athletic trainer. The school made the announcement Wednesday with... More>>
Associated Press - July 13, 2009 2:13 PM ET OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi standouts Greg Hardy and Dexter McCluster avoided serious injury during a two-car accident over the weekend. More>>
Associated Press - June 30, 2009 10:45 AM ET COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina athletic administrator Bryan Risner has resigned. Athletic department spokesman Steve Fink says Risner... More>>
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