Pirates counting on Shawn Williams for outside presence…ECU LB commit on visit: ‘I just love it there’…Soccer’s Season Comes to an End with 1-0 Loss to Cincinnati…Cross Country Readies For American Athletic Conference Championships…SMU Clinches Bowl Eligibility As Mustangs Rally Past Tulsa…No. 24 Memphis beats Tulane 56-26…Air show expected when No. 11 Oklahoma State-No. 22 WVU meet…Astros come out swinging and beat Dodgers, 5-3, in Game 3 of World Series

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Soccer’s Season Comes to an End with 1-0 Loss to Cincinnati
• Cross Country Readies For American Athletic Conference Championships

247 Sports

• Pirates counting on Shawn Williams for outside presence
• ECU LB commit on visit: ‘I just love it there’

East Carolina Gets Verbal Commit From MOR’s Hunter Pigg swimmingworld.com

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• SMU Clinches Bowl Eligibility As Mustangs Rally Past Tulsa
• Memphis Wins Fourth Straight, 56-26, Against Tulane
• Game Preview: UConn Hosts Missouri In Search Of Third Straight Win
• Game Preview: UCF Goes For 7-0 Start Against Austin Peay
• Game Preview: USF Tries To Keep Winning Streak Alive Against Houston
• Pairings Announced for 2017 American Women’s Soccer Championship
• Women’s Volleyball: Friday Recap

The Associated Press

• No. 24 Memphis beats Tulane 56-26
• SMU tops Tulsa, becomes bowl eligible for 1st time since ’12
• Texas’ Herman, Baylor’s Rhule in similar post-AAC situations

Dallas News

• ‘They wanted it so bad’ — How SMU overcame rocky first half to clinch bowl eligibility
• Takeaways: SMU clinches bowl eligibility with 38-34 win over Tulsa; defense has really lost its way

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis Tigers rain down touchdowns in victory over Tulane
• Memphis 56, Tulane 26: 5 things we learned
• Best and worst moments from Memphis 56, Tulane 26

Hartford Courant

• UConn Has Unique Opportunity, And Challenge, Against Missouri
• Jeff Jacobs: Mizzou Grad Wonders Where The UConn Fans Went

UCF backup QB Noah Vedral hopes to make most of snaps against Austin Peay Orlando Sentinel

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Where do NCSU, Duke and UNC football coaches rank in terms of salary?
• No. 14 NC State vs. No. 9 Notre Dame: Who has the edge?
• Here’s how to watch college basketball games on ACC Network Extra

The Associated Press

• Boston College wins 3rd straight, beats Florida State 35-3
• Florida, No. 3 Georgia appear headed in opposite directions
• Air show expected when No. 11 Oklahoma State-No. 22 WVU meet
• Tennessee backup QB Dormady won’t be available Saturday