East Carolina VB Completes Season Series Sweep Of USF…Mustangs better at covering mistakes, weaknesses…USF Falls to Boston College, 74-60, Sunday…Memorial service set for 1970 Marshall plane crash…AP Top 25: LSU landslide No. 1; Minnesota jumps into top 10…Inches short on last drive, Panthers lose a heartbreaker to Green Bay in snowy Lambeau…Falcons pull off shocker over Saints

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Insights from Brett: Hope, promise wearing down Pirate Nation Bonesville.net

East Carolina VB Completes Season Series Sweep Of USF ecupirates.com

WOODWARD: Mustangs better at covering mistakes, weaknesses  Greenville Daily Reflector

ECU volleyball completes series sweep of USF WITN 7

True Freshmen Report: ECU vs. SMU 247 Sports

Around the American Athletic Conference

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• USF Falls to Boston College, 74-60, Sunday
• Cincinnati, SMU VB Sit Atop The American Entering Final Week
• No. 2 USF Defeats No. 1 Memphis, 2-0, to win Women’s Soccer Championship

Cincinnati basketball vs. Drake: 3 things to watch Cincinnati Enquirer

USF men ‘out of sorts’ in 74-60 loss to Boston College Tampa Bay Times

Sadly, UCF is now just an average, run-of-the-mill, non-Power 5 program | Commentary Orlando Sentinel

Former Temple coach Matt Rhule is undefeated at Baylor | Mike Jensen Philadelphia Inquirer

The Mustangs’ offense hasn’t missed a beat the past few weeks thanks to the transfer from Rice. Dallas Morning News

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• As James Wiseman and Memphis take on the NCAA and Oregon, the facts are hard to keep straight | Giannotto
• Memphis football ranked No. 18 in college football polls

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

College football, often lacking freshness, suddenly boasts it in abundance Washington Post

Raleigh News and Observer

• Braxton Beverly and C.J. Bryce help lead Wolfpack past Detroit Mercy for first win
• Good looks, good shooting by Braxton Beverly leads to career highs for the Pack guard

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• U.Va. clamps down defensively on JMU, paving way to 65-34 win in JPJ opener
• ODU pulls away in second half to beat St. Joseph’s

Columbia The State

• What Muschamp said about his support from administration, conversations with Tanner
• What Dabo Swinney said about Arkansas firing former Clemson assistant Chad Morris

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Georgia might be better off facing LSU for SEC title
• Georgia jumps to No. 5 as LSU takes over top spot in polls

‘An Overwhelming Feeling’: L.S.U. Solves the Alabama Puzzle New York Times

The Associated Press

• AP Top 25: LSU landslide No. 1; Minnesota jumps into top 10
• AP Top 25 Reality Check: Where should Alabama be ranked now?
• STAT WATCH: BC’s Dillon sets national high with 40 carries
• Memorial service set for 1970 Marshall plane crash
• No. 12 Baylor keeping it close and undefeated with OU next
• Arkansas fires coach Chad Morris, who went 4-18 in 2 seasons
• Illinois joins list of bowl eligible with huge comeback
• LSU-Alabama scores most-watched game of season for CBS
• No. 7 Minnesota seeks new era for long-languishing program