Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates Display Team Depth At UNCG Invite ecupirates.com

ECU kicks off Homecoming Week WNCT 9

Former ECU running back Mitchell made NFL Debut Sunday for Baltimore Ravens WITN 7

247 Sports

• Kickoff time, television coverage announced for ECU-UTSA on Oct. 28
• Odds released for ECU’s matchup against Charlotte

ECU roundup: Cross country wins invite; Lopez cruises to diving wins; Volleyball continues hot start Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• SMU’s Glover, Wheeler Earn Volleyball Weekly Honors
• Memphis, South Florida, UTSA Earn Weekly Honors
• Florida Atlantic Ranked No. 10 in the AP Preseason Top 25
• Florida Atlantic’s Richardson, UTSA’s Moore, Navy’s Riethman Named Week 7 Players of the Week

AAC Week 8 College Football Games: Odds, Tips and Betting trends SportsBookWire

Tulane, SMU, Week 8 AAC Football Power Rankings WBDJ 7

Memphis football’s Andres Fox suspended half-game for groin punch Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulsa, Rice benefit from bye week going into Thursday night’s matchup Tulsa World

Owls ranked No. 10 in AP preseason basketball poll WFLX

Crescent City Sports

• Tulane start time, network revealed for Rice
• Tulane receives $10 million gift from Don and Lora Peters to upgrade athletics facilities

Temple coach Stan Drayton not giving up on his team despite another big loss: ‘I’m going to keep my faith’ Philadelphia Inquirer

UAB’s Trent Dilfer previews ‘Battle for the Bones’ between Blazers and Memphis AL.com

SMU Finally Reveals Hint Season Could Be Special Sports Illustrated

What We Learned: UNT still very much in bowl chase following win over Temple Denton Record Chronicle

Wichita State basketball coach Paul Mills, a KenPom ‘addict,’ reacts to WSU prediction Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• The preseason AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll is out. Who’s No. 1? Where are Duke, UNC?
• No. 10 North Carolina football vs. Virginia: First look, betting odds, key matchup, TV
• First look: No. 16 Duke football travels to No. 4 Florida State in an ACC showdown

WRAL

• NC State, Wake Forest fall in WRAL College Football Power Rankings after blowout losses
• Brown: Undefeated Tar Heels have plenty of room for improvement
• Kansas is No. 1 in the preseason men’s AP Top 25; Duke, Purdue next as 5 teams get first-place votes
• Duke’s stout defense sets sights on No. 4 Florida State
• UNC System board wants more oversight over schools changing conferences
• Fired coach decries lack of support for St. Augustine’s football program

Southern Miss football vs. Appalachian State: Game time, streaming information announced YAHOO!

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Columbia The State

• TV channel, kickoff time set for South Carolina’s road football game vs. Texas A&M
• NFL star Rob Gronkowski reflects on his wild Clemson football recruiting visit
• First look: Storylines, betting odds for USC football’s game at Missouri

Gamecocks’ Dawn Staley throws out first pitch for Phillies, poses with Travis and Jason Kelce Charleston Post & Courier

Hokies’ report card: Passing grades all around in most complete win  Roanoke Times

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• College future up in air as Georgia’s Brock Bowers undergoes surgery
• Sugiura: Can’t ask for more from Brock Bowers in brilliant Georgia career

The Associated Press

• Kansas is No. 1 in the preseason men’s AP Top 25; Duke, Purdue next as 5 teams get first-place votes
• WR Johnny Wilson, QB Jordan Travis good to go as No. 4 FSU prepares for 16th-ranked Duke
• Wisconsin QB Tanner Mordecai out indefinitely after breaking his throwing hand in loss to Iowa
• Georgia TE Brock Bowers is having ankle surgery. He likely will be sidelined at least a month
• No. 7 Penn State looking for first win in Columbus since 2011 as game with No. 3 Ohio State looms
• Northwestern State, Southeastern Louisiana game moved up for slain player’s funeral