9:00 AM ET Dan Mullen and the Gators are touchdown favorites for their opener against Miami. AP Photo/John Raoux Betting the first month of the college football season can be a volatile ride featuring mammoth point spreads, extraordinary line movement and plenty of dead money. It all adds up to make September the most lucrative month
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9:20 PM ET The Pac-12 has decided not to move forward with any 9 a.m. PT kickoffs this season, but is open to revisiting the idea in the future, a conference spokesman confirmed. At Pac-12 media day last month, commissioner Larry Scott said the conference had held preliminary discussions about the potential for playing a
7:26 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee State has suspended quarterback Demry Croft indefinitely following his indictment on rape and sexual battery charges. Croft, 22, was released from jail Monday on $50,000 bond. He faces six counts of rape and two counts of sexual battery. The indictment against Croft says he engaged in
4:47 PM ET Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin receiver Quintez Cephus returned to practice Wednesday, though he is not eligible to play in games yet at least in part because he lacks credits after he was expelled this spring amid sexual assault allegations. Coach Paul Chryst told reporters at practice that Cephus didn’t get
4:38 PM ET Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. — UConn and Boston College have agreed to renew their regional rivalry on the football field. The programs announced Wednesday that they will play a home-and-home series in 2022 and 2023. The first game will be played on Oct. 29, 2022, at Rentschler Field in East Hartford. The
10:33 PM ET USC sophomore quarterback JT Daniels has retained his starting job, coach Clay Helton announced Tuesday. The decision was widely expected after Daniels started 11 games as a true freshman in 2018, but when Helton hired new offensive coordinator Graham Harrell in the offseason, he also reopened the quarterback competition to include redshirt
8:54 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee State quarterback Demry Croft has been indicted on six counts of rape and two counts of sexual battery. The 22-year-old Croft was released from jail Monday on $50,000 bond. An arraignment has been scheduled for Sept. 4. The indictment against Croft says he engaged in unlawful
5:56 PM ET Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Former Michigan quarterback Brandon Peters has been named the Illinois starter for the season opener, coach Lovie Smith said Tuesday. Peters, a graduate transfer, is a former Mr. Football in Indiana who played 10 games with four starts at Michigan, passing for 680 yards and four touchdowns.
3:44 PM ET The Auburn Tigers will start true freshman Bo Nix at quarterback in the season opener against Oregon, the school announced Tuesday. Nix, a four-star prospect from Pinson, Alabama, is the son of former Auburn quarterback Pat Nix, who played for the Tigers from 1992 to 1995. Nix, who enrolled early in January,
2:51 PM ET Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Austin Kendall, a graduate transfer from Oklahoma, was named West Virginia‘s starting quarterback for the Aug. 31 season opener against James Madison. West Virginia coach Neal Brown on Tuesday announced the choice of Kendall, who beat out three others. At Oklahoma, Kendall backed up Baker Mayfield in