Former LSU reserve quarterback Stephen Rivers is enrolling at Vanderbilt, where he plans to compete for the Commodores' open starting spot behind center this fall. Rivers, the younger brother of San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers, has used only two seasons of eligibility after taking a redshirt year at LSU in 2011. Vanderbilt announced Wednesday that the 6-foot-6, 230-pound Rivers is[ Read More... ]

Washington State athletic director Bill Moos was sure of one thing Tuesday as he showed off the new $61 million Cougar Football Complex. ''Now we take a backseat to nobody,'' Moos said as he gave a tour of the five-story building that houses all football operations for the Cougars, including locker room, weight room, cafeteria and coaches offices. The building was made possible by the Pac-12's[ Read More... ]

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- Georgia coach Mark Richt says starting safety Tray Matthews won't return to the team in 2014. More...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) -- Linebacker Darian Claiborne and defensive lineman Isaiah Golden have been dismissed from the Texas A&M football team. More...

Alabama coach Nick Saban can make more than $55 million over the next eight years with the Crimson Tide. A unanimous vote by the Alabama system trustees' compensation committee Tuesday made Saban's new deal official nearly seven months after the university announced the agreement. The 62-year-old Saban will make $6.5 million in base pay and what the university describes as a ''talent fee''[ Read More... ]

Jerry Sandusky has been convicted and sentenced and lost an appeal, but the related prosecution of three former Penn State administrators accused of covering up child sex-abuse complaints about the former assistant football coach remains in legal limbo - a status that could soon change. The judge overseeing the criminal case against Graham Spanier, Tim Curley and Gary Schultz said last week he[ Read More... ]

TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Oklahoma State running back Devon Thomas has been jailed in Tulsa on felony complaints of armed robbery and shooting with intent to kill. More...

IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby believes now is a good time to look at possible changes to the college recruiting model. More...

The Heart of Dallas Bowl will be played Dec. 26, marking the first time the game at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas is held before New Year's Day. Bowl officials also said Thursday that the fifth annual game would be broadcast on ESPN. This year's game, scheduled for a noon Central kickoff, is set to match teams from Conference USA and the Big Ten. Heart of Dallas Bowl executive director Brant[ Read More... ]

The Armed Forces Bowl will be played in January for the first time. Bowl officials announced Thursday that the 12th annual game on the TCU campus in Fort Worth, Texas, will be played next Jan. 2. If Army becomes bowl eligible during the upcoming season, the Black Knights will have a spot in the game that is scheduled for an 11 a.m. Central kickoff. Middle Tennessee State defeated Navy 24-6 in[ Read More... ]

The Southeastern Conference is preparing for the possibility of recruiting reform, change the football powerhouse would rather avoid. Commissioner Mike Slive said Wednesday the conference agreed on an early signing day model that would be presented to the Collegiate Commissioners Association if necessary. The SEC would prefer to keep things status quo, with the signing period starting on the[ Read More... ]

The Big 12 Conference is subbing out part of its football tiebreaker process. Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said Wednesday that the new College Football Playoff poll will replace the old BCS standings as a potential tiebreaker if three or more teams have the same conference record. If those don't settle things, the highest-ranked team in the first College Football Playoff poll after Big 12 regular[ Read More... ]

DESTIN, Fla. (AP) -- Southeastern Conference football coaches want the NCAA to close a loophole that allows schools to take part in out-of-state summer camps with high school prospects. More...

Arizona State coach Todd Graham has agreed to a one-year contract extension through 2019 that will raise his base salary to $2.7 million next season. Arizona's Board of Regents must approve the extension during its meeting June 5-6. He led the Sun Devils to a bowl victory his first season and took them to the Pac-12 championship game last season. More...

Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez has agreed to a two-year contract extension through 2019 that will raise his base salary to $1.9 million. The extension must be approved by the Arizona Board of Regents when it meets June 5-6. Rodriguez has led the Wildcats to a pair of 8-5 seasons and two bowl wins since arriving in Tucson. Rodriguez will receive $500,000 for peripheral duties like radio and TV[ Read More... ]

Tennessee coach Butch Jones doesn't expect quarterback Riley Ferguson to return to the Volunteers. ''Riley's no longer with the program,'' Jones said Tuesday night during the Southeastern Conference spring meetings. Earlier Tuesday, Volquest had reported that Jones said he didn't expect Ferguson to remain with the Vols. Ferguson, a redshirt freshman, was expected to compete with senior Justin[ Read More... ]

SEC Commissioner Mike Slive said Tuesday the NCAA's rules regarding relationships between athletes and agents don't allow for players to make the best judgments about when to leave school early. Slive hopes rules regarding agents will be one of the many areas the five major college football conferences will be able to reform when and if the NCAA agrees to change its governance structure to allow[ Read More... ]

DESTIN, Fla. (AP) -- Florida coach Will Muschamp wants to avoid playing teams from the Football Championship Subdivision. More...

Anyone assuming Florida State transfer Jacob Coker is a lock to win Alabama's starting quarterback job when he joins the Crimson Tide in August has not spoken to coach Nick Saban. ''Everybody is way ahead of me on that one,'' Saban told reporters Tuesday at the Southeastern Conference spring meetings. ''I've never seen the guy throw the ball since he was in high school.'' Coker competed with[ Read More... ]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Jamal Marcus, in the mix to start at defensive end for Ohio State this fall, is transferring out of the Buckeyes program. More...

A federal judge on Friday denied the NCAA's request to delay the trial on the antitrust suit by former UCLA basketball player Ed O'Bannon and others. The trial will begin June 9 in Oakland, California, and has the potential to reshape the way major college sports operate. It will center on claims that the NCAA conspired to restrain competition in Division I sports and in the group licensing of[ Read More... ]

Late Alabama linebacker Derrick Thomas has been elected to the College Football Hall of Fame, highlighting a class of 14 players that also includes LaDainian Tomlinson, Sterling Sharpe and Tony Boselli. Thomas was one of the Hall of Fame's most obvious omissions and Alabama fans had been growing increasingly annoyed by the wait in recent years. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs and[ Read More... ]

Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott and Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany believe it's time for the NCAA model to change and for autonomy to be given to the five major football conferences. The upgraded bowl will be played between teams from the Pac-12 and Big Ten on Dec. 30 in Santa Clara. Delany said ''I hope we can develop some momentum and act, and act in a way that maybe we haven't been able to[ Read More... ]

Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly received $607,200 in bonus and incentive pay during fiscal 2012 while leading the Fighting Irish to a berth in the national championship game, earning a total of $1.46 million in pay and other benefits. That's an increase over the $1.09 million he received the year before, but still considerably less than the $2.05 million the university paid to Charlie Weis, who was[ Read More... ]

PROVO, Utah (AP) -- BYU is looking into allegations that football players received improper benefits. More...