Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Abrielle Schweitzer Wins Dill Family Foundation Invitational ecupirates.com

Ravens’ 3rd year RB Keaton Mitchell to be active for the first time this season in Week 5 Ravens Wire

Pirates volleyball set for AC home opener Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Conference

• Game Preview: UTSA And Temple Begin Conference Play In Philadelphia
• Game Preview: Army Visits UAB For Matinee In Birmingham
• Game Preview: Navy Battles Air Force In First Leg Of Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy Series
• South Florida Opens American Play With Win Against Charlotte

USF football too much for Charlotte to handle as 49ers drop tough road test Charlotte Observer

USF sloppy in rout of Charlotte, but still in playoff driver’s seat  Tampa Bay Times

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Will Memphis earn another blowout win against Tulsa? Our prediction
• Memphis vs. Tulsa channel, time, TV schedule, streaming

Tulane HC Jon Sumrall sits down with WGNO to discuss the state of the program during bye week WGNO

How does the American Conference stack up after week 5? Here are our power ratings. NOLA.com

Is UNT’s game next week vs. USF its biggest ever in the regular season? Here’s a look at the competition Denton Record-Chronicle

UTSA football at Temple: Preview, scouting report, betting info and prediction San Antonio Express-News

Tulsa World

• Returning TU players getting paid back for early buy-in on Tre Lamb
• Tulsa at Memphis: Hurricane faces another American title contender

Times Record-Herald

• Army football at Alabama Birmingham live updates: Score, highlights
•  What channel is Army football at Alabama Birmingham? Time, TV channel

Annapolis Captial

• Navy tight end Cody Howard set to return against Air Force | NOTES
• Navy football Q&A: CBS Sports analyst Ross Tucker previews Air Force game

The Associated Press

• Air Force-Navy football game is still on despite government shutdown
• Byrum Brown leads South Florida to 54-26 romp over Charlotte

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Pioneering NC State baseball team honored after 57 years. Why it took so long
• UNC quarterback Gio Lopez ruled out against Clemson, Max Johnson likely to start
• NASCAR owners sound off on charter system’s value: Latest in lawsuit
• Duke basketball’s ‘Countdown to Craziness’ displays abundance of hoops talent
• From scandal to second chance, Will Wade’s journey to NC State basketball
• Why a distance runner-gone-viral is intently following UNC-Clemson football

WRAL

• Eric Tulsky comfortable, confident and going for the Stanley Cup in 2nd year as Hurricanes GM
• Ehlers, Miller join a Hurricanes core hungry to win the Stanley Cup as training camp begins
• Torry Holt headlines group of Triangle athletes, coaches inducted into The Order of the Long Leaf Pine
• QB Max Johnson expected to start for North Carolina vs. Clemson
• Panthers RB Chuba Hubbard out vs. Miami with calf injury, Rico Dowdle to start
• Injuries taking toll on NC State defense ahead of Campbell game

Charleston Post & Courier

• Inside the Game: Clemson at North Carolina
• Gamecocks take nearly completely new team into men’s basketball season
• With 14-game skid behind, Buccaneers look ahead
• Why Swinney-Belichick has Clemson’s coach thinking of JoePa, Bill Walsh and ‘Bama job he didn’t get
• Is Gamecocks’ running game fixed as showdown at LSU beckons?
• College of Charleston men picked third in CAA preseason poll; CofC women picked to win
• Clemson loses first player to midseason redshirt, defender expected to hit transfer portal
• The final battle of ‘Russian Bear’ Ivan Koloff

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• ODU’s piecemeal receiving corps proving valuable as Monarchs take on Coastal Carolina
• Bruce Arians, Bud Foster headline committee searching for Virginia Tech’s next football coach

The Associated Press

• AP Top 25 Preview: Florida State, Vanderbilt have a chance to reset discussion around title chases
• Bear Bachmeier throws for career-high 351 yards to lead No. 23 BYU past West Virginia, 38-24
• Chief Osceola and Renegade have dazzled Florida State fans with tribe’s approval for nearly 50 years
• Eget near perfect with 3 TD pass as San Jose opens MWC play with 35-28 win over New Mexico
• Jayden Denegal leads San Diego State over Colorado State 45-24 in Mountain West opener
• Hayward’s pick-6 highlights key defensive plays that lift Western Kentucky past Delaware 27-24
• New Mexico State scores 14 points in 54 seconds to help beat Sam Houston 37-10