PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — After a rollercoaster ride to get the Big Ten Conference football season underway, the opening weekend of play was thrilling — and very surprising in some cases.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Toward the end of his video conference with reporters this week, Mel Tucker was asked point blank if he was intentionally avoiding using his next opponent's name.
After the big game, comes the validation game.
Week 9 of the college football season — or maybe Week 8 depending how you count in this odd season — features several teams that made...
If anyone doubted the challenge facing new Michigan State coach Mel Tucker, it should be obvious now.
The Spartans began the season at home against Rutgers last weekend — perhaps the easiest...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Even as Michigan closed the 2019 season with dispiriting losses to Ohio State and Alabama, there were some encouraging signs for the Wolverines on offense.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Michael Penix forced overtime with a 2-point conversion run with 22 seconds left, then scored on a diving 2-point conversion to give Indiana a season-opening 36-35 upset...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After playing sparingly for Michigan as a backup his first two years and waiting for this virus-shortened season to start seven weeks late, Joe Milton's time at quarterback had...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Michigan hasn't left Minnesota with a loss since 1977.
This time, the only fans in the seats will be family members of the players, drastically reducing the disadvantage...
The Big Ten will start playing football at what normally would be midseason.
Don't expect the teams to be in midseason form.
The pandemic limited or eliminated most spring practices...
Here are things to watch during the opening week of play in the Big Ten Conference:
GAME OF THE WEEK
No. 18 Michigan at No. 21 Minnesota. The Wolverines' last four seasons have ended...
Just as Big Ten weather hits the Midwest comes the start of the Big Ten football season.
The conference that called off fall football in August only to reverse course a month later kicks off...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Usually, college football coaches at major programs have many years on their contract that helps them persuade recruits to sign with the school.
The Big Ten’s third football schedule of the 2020 season is highlighted by Michigan-Ohio State on Dec. 12, the final day of the conference’s regular-season and the latest date the rivals have ever...
LANSING, Mich (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's office said Thursday her requirement that athletes wear masks applies to Big Ten football in Michigan, but a face shield will suffice for players and...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — For Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger, each day of summer workouts and training camp felt like uneasy steps toward a season that might never come.
While most of the offseason chatter surrounding college football transfers inevitably focuses on quarterbacks, plenty of notable players at other positions also switched teams and could make major...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The economic blow of the coronavirus pandemic is hitting the biggest, richest schools of college sports, whether they are planning to play football this fall or...
College athletes come and go, cycling through their programs and campuses in about four years. Organization has been difficult to attain. Motivating people to band together and fight for reforms...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan offensive tackle Jalen Mayfield is entering the NFL draft.
The junior announced his plans Tuesday night on Twitter.
President Donald Trump on Monday joined a U.S. senator and a number of coaches calling to save the college football season from a pandemic-forced shutdown as supporters pushed the premise that the...
DETROIT (AP) — In a story July 30, 2020, about a lawsuit against the University of Michigan, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a football player had told coach Bo Schembechler about...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said Wednesday he was closing in on a contract extension before coping with the COVID-19 pandemic became a top priority for all involved in the...
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Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh and his wife, Sarah, are donating $100,000 to United Way for...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A legal team that says it represents more than 100 people who allege that they were abused by a deceased University of Michigan sports doctor on Friday announced the first...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The first former University of Michigan football player to publicly say that a team doctor abused him believes he would have sought medical help sooner for what has become...
Eric Dickerson from SMU, Heisman Trophy winner Eric Crouch from Nebraska and the late Steve McNair from Alcorn State are among 17 players selected for induction into the College Football Hall of...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A man who played football at the University of Michigan sued the school and its board of regents on Monday, alleging the late Dr. Robert E. Anderson sexually abused him....
YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — More men came forward Thursday with allegations of sexual abuse by a late doctor at the University of Michigan, as the state's attorney general insisted that the school...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — An attorney announced Tuesday that his firm represents more than a 40 people, including two former football players and an ex-hockey player, in the University of Michigan...
ANN ARBOR, Michigan (AP) — University of Michigan officials were warned more than four decades ago that one of its doctors was fondling patients during medical exams, but he continued working...
Ohio State is back on top in Big Ten recruiting, with Ryan Day wrapping up his first full signing class Wednesday with a letter of intent from the two-time Michigan high school player of the...
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — From “pride comes before the fall” to Little Giants, Mark Dantonio leaves Michigan State fans with an abundance of fond memories after bringing the Spartans to heights...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Jim Harbaugh was hired five years ago at Michigan, hailed as the coach who would restore glory for college football's winningest program.
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Justin Herbert scored his third rushing touchdown of the 106th Rose Bowl on a thrilling 30-yard run with 7:41 to play Wednesday night, and No. 7 Oregon held off No. 11...
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Army has hired Nate Woody as its defensive coordinator.
Woody comes to West Point after stints as a defensive analyst at Michigan, defensive coordinator and outside...