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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Jordan Frison’s 27 points helped Chattanooga defeat Alabama A&M 73-66 on Sunday. Frison added nine rebounds and five assists for the Mocs (6-7). Jikari Johnson added 17 points while going 7 of 11 from the field (3 for 5 from 3-point range). The Bulldogs (6-6) were …

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Dante Moore threw four touchdown passes and ran for another score and No. 5 Oregon beat No. 19 James Madison 51-34 on Saturday night in a College Football Playoff opener. The Ducks (12-1) advanced to face Texas Tech in a quarterfinal game at the Orange Bowl …

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — New Mississippi coach Pete Golding spent the last minutes of his high-stakes debut taking in the smiling faces of his players on the sideline. “To know what they’ve been through, and know the direction that they could have gone,” Golding said, alluding to coach Lane Kiffin’s …

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Miami brought a nasty defense into Texas A&M on Saturday to down the seventh-seeded Aggies in the College Football Playoff. The No. 10 seed Hurricanes forced Marcel Reed into three turnovers and sacked him seven times in the 10-3 victory. “The defense was off the charts …

Alabama and Indiana couldn’t have more different football histories. This Indiana team couldn’t be more unlike the program’s painful past. Alabama will play No. 1 Indiana in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 in a national quarterfinal matchup between a blue blood and the ultimate upstart. Alabama is one of …

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Ty Simpson passed for 232 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 9 seed Alabama rallied from a 17-point deficit to beat No. 8 Oklahoma 34-24 on Friday night in the first round of the College Football Playoff. “I just couldn’t be more proud of these guys,” …

ATLANTA (AP) — Keyshawn Hall scored 22 points and No. 21 Auburn took advantage of a respite in its brutal schedule to beat Chattanooga 92-78 on Saturday. Tahaad Pettiford overcame early foul trouble to finish with 20 points, knocking down five shots from beyond the 3-point stripe. Elyjah Freeman chipped in with …

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Fired University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore “barged his way” into the apartment of a woman with whom he had been having an affair and threatened to kill himself after she reported the relationship to the school and he lost his job, prosecutors said Friday. Moore was charged …

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan has quite a mess on its hands. The storied football program is yet again reeling from scandal, this time with once-promising coach Sherrone Moore at the center of it. Moore spent Wednesday night in jail after being fired earlier in the day for what the school said was an inappropriate …

Chattanooga Mocs (5-5) at Tennessee State Lady Tigers (1-7) Nashville, Tennessee; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Chattanooga visits Tennessee State after Gianna Corbitt scored 30 points in Chattanooga’s 78-73 win against the Bellarmine Knights. The Lady Tigers have gone 1-2 at home. Tennessee State ranks third in the OVC …