By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Tulane and Mississippi, teams that share a long history, will square off for the second time this season when they meet Dec. 20 in the first round of the College Football Playoff. The winner in Oxford, Mississippi, will be matched against No. 3 ...

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tyler Shough has faced the two top teams in the NFC South and beat them both on the road. The New Orleans Saints are more competitive than their record indicates. Shough ran for two touchdowns and the Saints upset the Tampa Bay ...

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Christian Anderson had 27 points, eight assists and five rebounds and No. 19 Texas Tech handed LSU its first loss, blowing out the Tigers 82-58 on Sunday. J.T. Toppin added 11 points and 15 rebounds while LeJuan Watts had 15 ...

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Nobody paying attention over the past 24 months would be surprised to see Indiana leading the way into this year's College Football Playoff. But anyone paying attention over the last 24 hours knew the only sure thing beyond the Hoosiers was that the ...

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The next stop on No. 1 Indiana's storybook journey to the top of college football is nothing less than the most fabled bowl venue in the sport. The Big Ten champion Hoosiers (13-0) are headed to their first Rose Bowl in 58 years ...

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — In the waning seconds of a blowout win, fans at Arizona's McKale Center started a chant of "Number 1!" The second-ranked Wildcats can certainly make a case with Saturday night's dismantling of No. 20 Auburn and top-ranked Purdue's ...