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    Other than the people inside the Iowa football building and the team’s most optimistic fans, few expect the Hawkeyes to pose much of a challenge to Michigan in the Big Ten championship game. Doubts that the No. 18 Hawkeyes can upset the second-ranked Wolverines are illustrated by the point spread. FanDuel Sportsbook lists Iowa as a 22 1/2-point underdog for Saturday night’s game in Indianapolis.

      It felt like so much of what had come before it under Chip Kelly. A week after posting a riveting victory, UCLA sustained the sort of loss that made one question the whole operation. Long, hard reflection was practically all that remained after the latest lurching left the Bruins with their most deflating defeat of the season Saturday night at the Rose Bowl. Only seven days after pummeling its ...

        Alijah Martin scored 17 points, Vladislav Goldin had 14, and No. 19 Florida Atlantic beat Virginia Tech 84-50 to win the ESPN Events Invitational championship. Johnell Davis had 12 points for FAU. Martin and Davis combined for 15 rebounds. Virginia Tech got 11 points from both Hunter Cattoor and Sean Pedulla. Lynn Kidd had nine point and seven rebounds. FAU broke the game open late in the first half and early during the second with a 19-0 run to go up 44-24 with 16 1/2 minutes remaining. Martin's 3 made it 69-39 with 7 1/2 minutes left

          Football Bowl Subdivision newcomers James Madison and Jacksonville State along with five-win Minnesota are bound for bowls because of a shortage of six-win teams. Those three teams round out the 82 available spots because only 79 teams achieved the six wins necessary for bowl eligibility. James Madison is 11-1 and Jacksonville State is 8-4 but they are transitioning to full FBS status and wouldn't be eligible if there were enough six-win teams. Minnesota gets the final slot based on its high Academic Progress Rate score.

            No. 3 Washington, No. 4 Florida State and No. 5 Oregon all moved up a spot in The Associated Press college football poll to give the Pac-12 two top-five teams for the first time since the final ranking of the 2016 season. Georgia remained No. 1 and received 52 of 62 first-place votes. Michigan returned to No. 2 following a week at No. 3 and received 10 first-place votes after beating Ohio State 30-24. The Buckeyes slipped from second to No. 6 and cleared the way for Washington to reach its best ranking since finishing the 2000 season at No. 3.

            RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye had one message before the annual rivalry game against N.C. State. “If you go to Carolina, you want to beat State,” Maye said last week. The Wolfpack took that to heart and defeated the Tar Heels, 39-20, despite being the underdog by U.S. sportsbooks. The victory gave N.C. State its fifth straight win, while the Heels lost their fourth in ...

            MANHATTAN, Kan. — Here’s the first thing you need to know about Kansas State’s 42-35 loss to Iowa State on Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Stadium — a snow man, wearing a purple hat and black sunglasses, watched every play of Farmageddon action from the front row. K-State students built the extra fan as several inches of white powder fell upon them as they waited for this Big 12 rivalry to ...

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            GAINESVILLE, Fla. — No. 5 Florida State overcame an awful start to keep its College Football Playoff hopes alive with a 24-15 win over the Florida Gators on Saturday night. The victory completes FSU’s seventh perfect regular season and sends the Seminoles (12-0) surging into next week’s ACC championship against No. 9 Louisville. A win in Charlotte, N.C., will likely clinch FSU’s first College ...

            Mark Sears scored 27 points, Aaron Estrada added 22 and No. 17 Alabama followed its first loss with a 99-91 victory over Oregon on Saturday in the third-place game of the Emerald Coast Classic. Those two were among four Alabama players scoring in double figures in a mid-afternoon game after the Crimson Tide's 92-81 loss to Ohio State on Friday night. The Crimson Tide expanded an eight-point halftime lead with a 15-5 surge, capped by Estrada's 3-pointer with 9:28 remaining, for a 78-61 lead. Alabama led by as much as 18 before Oregon got within six points with 2:46 left, but couldn't get closer.

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