Houston on return of students: ‘We’ve got to protect our season’…Volleyball Welcomes Pair Of Transfers To 2020 Roster…Bengals’ Kendall Futrell: Comes off COVID-19 list…Freshman tight end a ‘pleasant surprise’ early in camp…UCF, Cincinnati Ranked In USA Today Preseason Poll…Memphis football not in preseason Amway Coaches Top 25 poll…UC doing its best to create ‘bubble’ for Bearcats football team ahead of season-opener…Navy football salvages best of bad situation by replacing Notre Dame with BYU…Temple, Miami working to reschedule football season opener for another year …Clemson again starts at No. 1 in preseason coaches poll…27 colleges in NC won’t have an NCAA title to play for. Some may try to play anyway…Jalek Felton, ex-UNC basketball player, was expelled for sexual assault, documents show…Shawn Clark on postponed App State-Wake Forest game: ‘We’re very disappointed, not just for our players, but for our fans’; ODU plugs one hole, will travel to Wake Forest…Rematch! Hurricanes’ first-round playoffs opponent narrowed down to two familiar teams…Wyndham Championship without fans creates unique financial challenges for tournament and its charities…Jason Day leads PGA as Koepka continues to be a major force…Nick Markakis announces return to Braves with walk-off homer

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Volleyball Welcomes Pair Of Transfers To 2020 Roster ecupirates.com

ECU students could be fined, expelled for violating mask mandate WTVD

Bengals’ Kendall Futrell: Comes off COVID-19 list CBS Sports

247 Sports

• Houston on return of students: ‘We’ve got to protect our season’
• Freshman tight end a ‘pleasant surprise’ early in camp

Potential atmosphere still major question mark Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• UCF, Cincinnati Ranked In USA Today Preseason Poll
• Statement from American Athletic Conference Regarding Scholarships for Student-Athletes

Cincinnati Enquirer

• Luke Fickell wants conference title, a higher poll ranking for University of Cincinnati
• UC doing its best to create ‘bubble’ for Bearcats football team ahead of season-opener

UCF Football ranked No. 21 in preseason Coaches Poll KnightNews

Notre Dame opens ACC play against Duke, won’t play Navy The Associated Press

What has changed since USF’s last football practice? Plenty Tampa Bay Times

UCF football ranked in preseason top 25 coaches poll Orlando Sentinel

Temple, Miami working to reschedule football season opener for another year Philadelphia Inquirer

247 Sports

• Former LSU QB Peter Parrish commits to Memphis
• Memphis AD unveils 11-game 2020-2021 schedule for the Tigers

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis football not in preseason Amway Coaches Top 25 poll
• Memphis football is back, even if nobody knows how or when this season will end

NOLA.com

• Optimism abounds for Tulane football amid real pandemic concerns
• Walker: From testing to scheduling, Tulane football doing all it can to return to normalcy

BYU’s first game of season (against the Naval Academy), on Labor Day, to be broadcast on ESPN Gephardt Daily

Annapolis Capital

• Navy football replaces Notre Dame on schedule with BYU; game to be played in Annapolis on Labor Day
• Navy football salvages best of bad situation by replacing Notre Dame with BYU | COMMENTARY

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• 27 colleges in NC won’t have an NCAA title to play for. Some may try to play anyway
• Jalek Felton, ex-UNC basketball player, was expelled for sexual assault, documents show
• UNC excited about new football schedule, and Top 25 ranking, on first day of practice
• NC State football players explain some of the COVID measures in place
• COVID-19 took a toll on Clemson’s Xavier Thomas. Now he’ll miss most of 2020
• The ACC football schedule is out. Here’s who Duke, UNC, NC State are playing and when

Frustrations growing for college athletic directors amid the coronavirus pandemic ESPN

Winston Salem Journal

• Shawn Clark on postponed App State-Wake Forest game: ‘We’re very disappointed, not just for our players, but for our fans’
• Wake Forest has its 2020 football schedule — here are takeaways on each of the Deacons’ games
• Wake Forest’s Rachel Kuehn wins first-round match at U.S. Women’s Amateur
• NCHSAA pushes start of sports further into fall, aims for calendar by Aug. 17

Fayetteville Observer

• Clemson again starts at No. 1 in preseason coaches poll
• UNC lands spot in preseason football poll
• UNC’s 2020 football schedule
• Wake Forest, Appalachian State postpone Sept. 11 game

The Associated Press

• Clemson’s Swinney: “Awesome” to return to field amid virus
• The Latest: Clemson pauses DE Xavier Thomas for virus-plus.
• Florida governor pushes to reschedule UF-FSU football game
• Clemson, Ohio State, Alabama top preseason coaches’ poll
• Ray Lewis’ sons will transfer to play football at Kentucky
• Star Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons opts out of season

Marshall’s fundraising efforts impacted by COVID-19 protocols Huntington Herald-Dispatch

Charleston Post Courier

• Clemson ranked No. 1 in preseason football poll for second straight season
• Sapakoff: Can Gamecocks play with 30 COVID cases? Will Muschamp says yes
• Clemson defensive end to redshirt after bouts with coronavirus, strep
• Revised Clemson football schedule: Nov. 7 at Notre Dame, Wake Forest opener
• Two Gamecocks opt to skip football season because of coronavirus concerns

Columbia The State

• Clemson ranked No. 1 in first major preseason poll. Here’s the full Top 25
• Dabo welcomes Notre Dame to full ACC status, says dropping USC game ‘kind of crazy’
• No, Muschamp didn’t sign petition to save USC-Clemson game. But he’s still frustrated
• How many players can South Carolina be down and still play? What Muschamp says
• COVID-19 took a toll on Clemson’s Xavier Thomas. Now he’ll miss most of 2020
• Clemson’s preseason depth chart is set. Here it is, with 3 takeaways

AAC, Mountain West announce plans for 2020 college football season YAHOO! Sports

Is your favorite college football team going to play in 2020? Find out here. Lexington Herald-Leader

UGA football perched in familiar spot in preseason coaches poll Savannah Morning News

‘Money games’ going away, time for the Mid-American Conference to face reality about football budgets – Terry Pluto Cleveland.com

Aztecs’ Wicker talks about football schedule, coronavirus testing, stadium plans and more San Diego Union-Tribune

A possible casualty of Mizzou football’s new league-only schedule: contract incentives Kansas City Star

Geoff Collins ‘micromanaging’ Tech’s efforts to stay infection-free Atlanta Journal Constitution

Maryland’s Mike Locksley forms coalition for minority football coaches Baltimore Sun