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As college football season arrives, schools pay monitors to stop players and staff from gambling

University athletic departments and college conferences use independent sports-betting monitoring services to make sure athletes and staff do not bet on sports

AUGUST 18, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Brent Venables looking to get Oklahoma back on top following 6-7 season

Expectations are down for Oklahoma in its final season in the Big 12 before heading to the SEC. Can Brent Venables lead the Sooners back to...

AUGUST 18, 2023

Texas Tech QB Tyler Shough is hoping for a full season under center and a Big 12 title chase

Texas Tech quarterback Tyler Shough hopes to finally play in every game for the Red Raiders

AUGUST 18, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Houston prepares for its first season in the Big 12 with Smith and Coley vying for QB job

Houston coach Dana Holgorsen has a quarterback battle on his hands as the Cougars enter their first season in the Big 12 Conference

AUGUST 18, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

No. 11 Texas ready to 'embrace the hate' in final Big 12 season

Steve Sarkisian knows every Big 12 foe will want to beat Texas this season. "We can sit there and be a punching bag, or we can go attack," h...

AUGUST 18, 2023

Cyclones' bid to bounce back looks tougher with gambling sting taking out as many as 5 starters

Expectations for Iowa State already were low before the eligibility of quarterback Hunter Dekkers and four other starters was put into question with state criminal charges filed ag...

AUGUST 18, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Deion Sanders-led Colorado is driving a lot of college football betting

The excitement of Deion Sanders taking over at Colorado is making the Buffaloes an unlikely favorite of bettors for this college football season

AUGUST 17, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Michigan State transfer Payton Thorne named Auburn's starting QB for 2023

Michigan State transfer Payton Thorne has won Auburn’s 2023 starting quarterback job over returning starter Robby Ashford.

AUGUST 17, 2023

Stanford football looks for a reboot in first season under coach Troy Taylor

Stanford football was in need of a major reboot after the program that had been the best on the West Coast for a decade plummeted in recent years

AUGUST 17, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Auburn's Freeze names Michigan State transfer Payton Thorne starting QB

Transfer Payton Thorne has won Auburn’s starting quarterback job

AUGUST 17, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

No. 15 Oregon, Bo Nix aim to go 'from good to great'

Dan Lanning's first season at Oregon was filled with promise. Now, the young coach is hoping his Ducks can take the next step.

AUGUST 17, 2023

No. 10 Washington hopes to end final Pac-12 season as conference champs

Washington's second season with coach Kalen DeBoer and quarterback Michael Penix Jr. begins with a simple goal — win the Pac-12.

AUGUST 17, 2023

Quarterback competition remains at forefront as UCLA prepares for final season in Pac-12

Chip Kelly has faced nearly every scenario since becoming UCLA’s coach in 2018

AUGUST 17, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

QB-coordinator reunions could spark offenses at schools like No. 4 Alabama, NC State in '23

The reunions of quarterbacks with coordinators at new schools could provide an offensive spark at places like No. 4 Alabama and North Carolina State

AUGUST 17, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Caleb Williams hopes to guide No. 6 USC to greater team success in 2023

The reigning Heisman winner, Caleb Williams wants his Trojans to contend for a national championship in Year 2.

AUGUST 17, 2023

No. 10 Washington begins last season in Pac-12 as a contender for the conference title

Washington’s first season with both coach Kalen DeBoer and quarterback Michael Penix Jr. was a magical ride that put the Huskies back on the national stage

AUGUST 17, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pick Six: Colorado Mines star QB John Matocha returns as one of the top small college players

Colorado Mines quarterback John Matocha is one of the top small-college players to watch in 2023 after he won the Harlon Hill Trophy as Division II's top player last season

AUGUST 17, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Caleb Williams returns to take a second shot at national title contention with No. 6 USC

Caleb Williams’ first season at Southern California was a massive individual success, as evidenced by his Heisman Trophy and his status as the consensus top prospect in the next NF...

AUGUST 17, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Deion Sanders upset with players for not joining fight: 'If one fights, we all fight'

A fight broke out at Colorado's practice Wednesday and Deion Sanders got notably upset with his players, not for fighting, but for not fight...

AUGUST 17, 2023

2023 college football predictions: Title contenders, surprise teams, and more

Who will be this year's TCU? Which traditional power should be worried? And who can prevent Georgia from three-peat glory?

AUGUST 17, 2023

Colorado coach Deion Sanders gets hackles up over some of his players not joining in fight at camp

There was some shoving and pushing and hollering at the University of Colorado's football practice on Wednesday, and Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders wasn't at all happy

AUGUST 17, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Northwestern coach says he’s ‘really confident’ Wildcats will be cheered at home despite scandal

Despite scandal in the offseason, the Wildcats' coach believes that home fans will embrace them in the coming season.

AUGUST 17, 2023

5 teams that could make the College Football Playoff for the first time

Only 14 programs have participated in the College Football Playoff since it launched in 2014. Here are five that could crash the party for t...

AUGUST 17, 2023

Virginia to honor the legacies of slain teammates as it returns to the field

Virginia has a new mantra as it takes field after shooting claimed lives of three players: Moving forward, not moving.

AUGUST 16, 2023

'Blind Side' couple seeks to end conservatorship for Michael Oher, lawyers say

Lawyers for Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy say couple wants to end Michael Oher's conservatorship two days after he filed a petition accusing the...

AUGUST 16, 2023