NCAA Football News

UCLA's seven-game Pac-10 losing streak has matched the longest conference skid in school history.

Several days after top-ranked Florida secured a spot in the Southeastern Conference championship game, receiver David Nelson insisted some of his teammates didn't even know they had clinched the Eastern Division.

Kellen Moore threw for 354 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 7 Boise State survived a brief scare on the road with a 45-35 victory over upstart Louisiana Tech on Friday night.

Stanford might have a nicer campus, smarter students, and even a better synchronized swimming team, but when it comes to football, there is no doubt that Oregon comes out on top.

Two years after his fourth-quarter mistake against Oregon State cost California a shot at becoming the top-ranked team in the nation, Kevin Riley can't escape the images of his blunder.

Wake Forest University quarterback Riley Skinner has received clearance from team physicians to play when the Deacons visit Georgia Tech Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Skinner suffered a concussion late in last Saturday's game vs.

For Alabama to beat LSU on Saturday, quarterback Greg McElroy may have to point the way.

Tommy Davis returned the opening kickoff 86 yards for a touchdown, and Chad Spann ran for a career-high 174 yards and two scores to help Northern Illinois rout winless Eastern Michigan 50-6 on Thursday night.

Bernard Pierce ran for 172 yards and three touchdowns, and Brandon McManus kicked an 18-yard field goal with 3 seconds left to give Temple a 34-32 victory over Miami of Ohio on Thursday night.

Ohio State is 40-8 over the past four seasons, a record that might have most fans of the 15th-ranked Buckeyes flush with confidence heading into Saturday's game at No.

The NCAA has rejected a final appeal to reinstate Dez Bryant and Oklahoma State has probably seen the last of its All-America receiver.

BLACKSBURG, VA. -- Just like last season, the Virginia Tech football team stands at 5-3 after two consecutive losses. But unlike last season, the Hokies' chances of defending their ACC championship appear bleak.

As 22nd-ranked Virginia Tech prepares to play at East Carolina (5-3) on Thursday night, its players and coaches have each found their own motivations: aiming for 10 wins, avoiding another loss, playing for pride.

'We ended up the [last] season feeling good about ourselves,' Coach Frank Beamer said. 'And that's what needs to take place now.'

Oregon freshman running back LaMichael James has been named the Pac-10's offensive player of the week after he had 24 carries for 183 yards and a touchdown in Oregon's 47-20 victory over USC on Halloween.

Bobby Bowden didn't mince his words when asked on the ACC weekly teleconference who will name Mickey Andrews' replacement.

University of Iowa defensive back Tyler Sash has been named one of 12 semifinalists for The Jim Thorpe Award, given annually to the nation's best college defensive back.

Florida coach Urban Meyer believes Southeastern Conference officials missed a late hit on Tim Tebow in Saturday's game against Georgia.

EAST LANSING - Saturday's game against Western Michigan was supposed to be a tune-up for Michigan State entering the final stretch of the Big Ten race.

For nearly three quarters, the University at Buffalo was close to accomplishing its main objective of keeping Bowling Green wide receiver Freddie Barnes in check.

Syracuse University athletics announced today that tailback Antwon Bailey, offensive guard Andrew Tiller and defensive end Torrey Ball have been suspended by head football coach Doug Marrone for violating team rules.

Sophomore tailback Darrell Scott, the biggest recruiting prize in coach Dan Hawkins' four-year tenure at Colorado, is leaving the program.