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Alabama remains atop latest College Football Playoff rankings

NEW YORK (UPI) -- The Alabama Crimson Tide again topped the College Football Playoff rankings as the top seven teams remained unchanged Tuesday night. Alabama sat atop the CFP rankings for the 20th time -- the most since the format was introduced for the 2014 season -- after a dominant win over Auburn on Saturday. Notre Dame (No. 2), Clemson (No. 3) and Ohio State (No. 4) also occupied the same spots as last week. Ohio State remained at No. […]

todayDecember 2, 2020 98

Football News

Northwestern-Minnesota football game canceled, ruled no contest

MINNEAPOLIS (UPI) -- The Northwestern-Minnesota game scheduled for Saturday in Minneapolis has been called off because of COVID-19 issues within the Golden Gophers' football program. On Monday, Minnesota reported that at least 47 people in the program -- 21 student-athletes and 26 staff members -- have tested positive for the coronavirus since Nov. 19. "The health and safety of our student-athletes, coaches, and staff continue to be our main priority," Minnesota athletic director Mark Coyle said in a statement. "The […]

todayDecember 1, 2020 30

East Central Illinois Region

Illinois State’s RB4L Support Your Sport Challenge taking place this week

NORMAL, Ill. -- The athletic department of Illinois State University is hosting a fundraising event for one of their programs. The Redbird For Life (RB4L) program is holding their inaugural Support Your Sport Challenge this week. The event will begin Monday, Nov. 30 and will run through Friday, Dec. 4. The fundraising challenge is an effort to increase participation by former student-athletes to support their sports teams at their alma mater. Gifts will go directly to the team of their […]

todayNovember 29, 2020 31

Football News

Vanderbilt fires football coach Derek Mason amid winless season

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UPI) -- Vanderbilt head football coach Derek Mason was fired Sunday, one day after a 41-0 loss to Missouri that dropped the Commodores to 0-8 this season. Mason, who was in his sixth season, posted a 27-55 record at the school. He is the sixth-winningest head coach in program history and only the second to guide the Commodores to at least two bowl games. "On behalf of the entire Vanderbilt community, I want to extend my deepest gratitude […]

todayNovember 29, 2020 32

East Central Illinois Region

Illinois State releases schedule for 2021 swimming and diving

NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State Redbird Athletics is preparing for their 2021 swimming/diving season. In an Oct. 26 press release, coach Caitlin Hamilton announced the schedule was finalized. "It is a sense of relief to finally have our meet schedule for the upcoming season," Hamilton shares. Hamilton would mention that coaches in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) would meet and agree to a revised schedule. This schedule would put their student-athletes' safety at the forefront while having a competitive season. […]

todayNovember 29, 2020 93

General News

Mizzou announces all-SEC gymnastics schedule for 2021 season

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The University of Missouri (Mizzou) gymnastics team announced their 2021 schedule Monday. While the Mizzou team usually holds a 20-week season, Mizzou Athletics did not feel that it would be appropriate. This is due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In Mizzou's last full season in 2019, the team would finish 8-11-1 (2-5 Southeastern Conference), finishing eighth in the conference championship. They did not advance past the NCAA Regionals. Mizzou's 2020 season was cut one meet short due […]

todayNovember 24, 2020 103

Basketball

Illinois men’s basketball to open season home stretch November 25

CHAMPAIGN -- The University of Illinois Fighting Illini, ranked eighth in the AP Top 25, is hosting a multi-team event to kick off their 2020-21 season. This event will take place beginning November 25. It will run through the Thanksgiving holiday through Black Friday, November 27. This round-robin competition involves Wright State, Ohio, and North Carolina A&T (NCAT) featuring six games over three days. Illinois will face off against NCAT on Wednesday, followed by the Ohio/Wright State game. On Turkey […]

todayNovember 14, 2020 154

Football News

Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin fined $25K for retweet about refs

OXFORD, Miss. (UPI) -- The Southeastern Conference has fined Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin $25,000 for retweeting a Twitter post, which called the conference a "disgrace" for "atrocious" officiating. Kiffin took to Twitter after Ole Miss lost to Auburn on Saturday in Oxford, Miss. He saw a tweet that was critical of referees for not correctly calling an Auburn fumble late in the fourth quarter of Saturday's game. The play in question came with 5:43 remaining in the contest. […]

todayOctober 27, 2020 52

Football News

Vandy-Missouri football game postponed due to COVID

COLUMBIA, Mo. (UPI) -- The Vanderbilt-Missouri football game scheduled for Saturday in Columbia, Mo., has been postponed to a later date, making it the first Southeastern Conference matchup to be moved this season because of the coronavirus. Vanderbilt announced Monday in a news release that the postponement of the game was due to a lack of scholarship athletes. According to the school, the team's shortage of available scholarship players was due to the quarantining of individuals with positive test results […]

todayOctober 12, 2020 57

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