WVU, Clemson, Air Force, Mississippi St. Lead 32-Team Field
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INDIANAPOLIS, March 11 -- West Virginia, Clemson, Air Force and Mississippi State were seeded No. 1 Sunday night in the revamped National Invitation Tournament, a postseason tournament that was little more than a consolation prize for some of the teams that were snubbed by the NCAA.
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Wesley Carroll threw for two touchdowns and Mississippi State forced a season-high six turnovers in a 31-14 victory over No. 14 Kentucky on Saturday. Kentucky (6-2, 2-3 Southeastern Conference) has lost two straight since knocking off then-No. 1 LSU in triple overtime.
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Appalachian State kicked off this crazy football season with the stunning upset of Michigan. Now the Mountaineers have the perfect bookend: History as Division I-AA's first three-peat national champions.
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The Big Ten conference-leading Nittany Lions step into the AP Top 25 at No. 22 with a 12-6 record, but a 7-0 mark in the Big Ten.
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Gary Walters understands the difficulty in filling those final spots for the NCAA field. This year, however, his selection committee faces a new twist &#151; picking the top seeds. With Florida's late-season struggles, Wisconsin's injuries and Kansas' power ranking, Walters acknowledged Wednesday that putting together the 65-team field this weekend will be far from clear-cut.
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Southern California, Oklahoma and Auburn &#151; the top three teams in The Associated Press Top 25 &#151; all won easily Saturday. No. 4 Wisconsin had its national title hopes dashed, however, with a lopsided loss to Michigan State.
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The Trojans, Sooners and Tigers all completed 12-0 regular seasons on Saturday, the first time since the BCS was implemented in 1998 that three major conference teams will be unbeaten heading into the bowls.
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&quot;There are three teams deserving of playing in the national championship game. Someone&#39;s going to be left out of it, and it&#39;s not right.
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Three local players represent a growing pattern of some Historically Black Colleges recruiting more white athletes for football, with three rosters sporting 11 white players.
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At the end of last year, the Atlantic Coast Conference went into its offseason mode feeling reasonably good about itself in football. All 12 coaches were returning; Virginia Tech, Miami, and Florida State seemed ready to extend their leases in the neighborhood of top 10 teams; Clemson was making noises that it was ready to jump to another level; and ...
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The Sooners, third in last week&#39;s initial Bowl Championship Series rankings, moved up one important spot this week to No. 2. Oklahoma traded places with Miami, putting Coach Bob Stoops&#39; club in the national
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Twenty Division I-A teams have returned a kickoff or punt for a touchdown this season, but only Virginia has done both.
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1. Life in the ACC Talk about no respect. Maryland has 12 starters back from last season's 9-4 team and the Terps aren't getting a sniff even as a sleeper in the ACC . . . One of Wake Forest's top weapons is kicker Sam Swank, who set a conference record last season with five field goals of 50 yards ...
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BLACKSBURG, Va. -- West Virginia&#39;s dream of a perfect season ended Saturday afternoon under a gray sky at Lane Stadium. The sixth-ranked Mountaineers fell victim to a fired up Virginia Tech squad, which used
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With Massachusetts, Bowling Green and Notre Dame on the schedule the next three weeks, the Eagles appear to be headed to the top 10 for the first time since the 1992 season.
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Maryland&#39;s Steve Suter has given West Virginia fits, zigzagging his way to a pair of long punt returns for touchdowns in their last three meetings.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Alabama has the Southeastern Conference&#39;s best defense and rushing offense, and leads the nation in kickoff returns.