Texans add Xavier Thomas to practice squad

Despite Texas A&M being the lone remaining undefeated team in the SEC, the playoff committee followed the AP poll’s lead and ranked the Aggies No. 3 — behind Big Ten unbeatens Ohio State and Indiana.

Bill Belichick has denied reports that he's been seeking an exit strategy from his North Carolina coaching role.

NFL Pro Bowl player Hunter Renfrow says few experiences compare to Clemson's tradition of touching Howard's Rock.

The Atlantic Coast Conference has fined Syracuse $25,000 and issued a public reprimand for feigning injuries during Saturday's 34-21 win over Clemson.

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney believes college football players should carry more responsibility as they earn more money.

AP Top 25 ballots became even tougher to perfect as the dust settled on Week 3 of college football.

Next weekend features more eye-catching games in college football as several SEC teams go head-to-head and Notre Dame returns to action.

No. 1 Texas and No. 2 Penn State each had three players selected for the preseason AP All-America team.

Texas, Penn State, Ohio State and Clemson would be the top four seeds in the College Football Playoff based on The Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll.

The Associated Press preseason Top 25 college football poll is out and it's topped by Texas for the first time in an opening poll.

Notre Dame and Clemson know each other pretty well in football.

McNeese coach Will Wade and his boombox-toting manager are moving on in March Madness after the 12th-seeded Cowboys held off late-charging No. 5 seed Clemson 69-67 in the first bracket buster of the NCAA Tournament.

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is tapping into his state's love of college basketball to promote his drug prevention campaign aimed at young people.

The Atlantic Coast Conference, Clemson and Florida State have approved a settlement that would end their legal fights.

A person familiar with the situation says the Atlantic Coast Conference, Clemson and Florida State have reached a proposed settlement that would end their legal fight and change the league’s revenue-distribution model.

Viktor Lakhin scored 22 points, Clemson held player of the year candidate Cooper Flagg in check for most of the game and the Tigers defeated No. 2 Duke 77-71 to snap the Blue Devils’ 16-game winning streak.

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Ohio State is No. 1 in the final Associated Press Top 25 football poll of the season after beating Notre Dame for its first national championship since 2014.

The Texas defense seems to have built a big burnt orange wall at the goal line.

The College Football Playoff gets started this week with four games on college campuses.

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney finds it incredible that Bill Belichick will soon share the same meeting rooms and an opposing sideline in his position as North Carolina's new head coach.

SMU captured the last open spot in the 12-team College Football Playoff, bumping Alabama to land in a bracket that placed undefeated Oregon at No. 1.

Undefeated Oregon pulled off the expected and grabbed the top spot in the College Football Playoff.

Chauncey Wiggins scored 12 points and Ian Schieffelin had 11 points and a career-high 20 rebounds as Clemson shut down No. 4 Kentucky for a 70-66 victory in the SEC/ACC Challenge.

Ohio State, Miami and Clemson plunged in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll following losses over the weekend.

The Atlantic Coast Conference finds itself fighting for respect from the College Football Playoff selection committee.

The ACC will be represented in the College Football Playoff, just maybe not by the usual suspects.

It has been a rough few days for Clemson coach Dabo Swinney.

Oregon, Georgia and Miami remained the top three seeds in The Associated Press College Football Playoff bracket projection with BYU overtaking Iowa State for No. 4.

What a difference a year makes.

Carson Beck threw for 278 yards, including a pair of touchdowns, and No. 1 Georgia opened the season by stifling 14th-ranked Clemson 34-3.

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney generally has passed on deep dives into the transfer portal for recruits.

The NCAA baseball tournament moves to the best-of-three super regionals this weekend.

Chase Hunter scored 18 points and converted a three-point play with 25.7 seconds remaining, and Clemson advanced to the Elite Eight for the second time in school history, beating Arizona 77-72 in a West Region semifinal.

Chase Hunter had 20 points and six assists, and No. 6 seed Clemson held off third-seeded Baylor for a 72-64 victory in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Chase Hunter had 20 points and six assists, and No. 6 seed Clemson held off third-seeded Baylor for a 72-64 victory in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Clemson has filed a lawsuit against the Atlantic Coast Conference in a South Carolina court.

Football coaches from South Carolina's three major school have joined together at the Statehouse to urge lawmakers to pass a law allowing their schools to directly compensate their athletes.

Seniors Brandon Parrish and Ousmane Sylla each scored, and No. 9 Clemson held off No. 2 Notre Dame 2-1 to claim the program’s second national championship in three seasons.

Phil Mafah ran for a career high 186 yards and two touchdowns in relief of the injured Will Shipley and Clemson held off No. 12 Notre Dame 31-23 to end a disheartening two-game losing streak Saturday.

Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman hasn't changed his mind about Clemson football.

A frustrated Dabo Swinney defended his Clemson career to a radio caller who questioned his performance as one of college football's highest-paid coaches.

Jordan Travis threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Keon Coleman to start overtime and No. 4 Florida State rallied in the second half to defeat Clemson 31-24.

No. 21 Duke and No. 22 Colorado have jumped into the Associated Press Top 25 college football poll after scoring the biggest upsets of the opening weekend of the season.

Michael Vick, Larry Fitzgerald and Terrell Suggs are among the college football stars who will be considered for induction to the Hall of Fame for the first time this year.

NCAA rules state schools cannot recruit athletes who are currently on another team’s roster.

Oncoming defenders on the football field and outfield walls on the baseball field couldn’t stop Bo Jackson, but the two-sport sensation has finally met his match: hiccups.

Defensive end visitsTexans.

Jayden Gardner had 23 points and 12 rebounds and No. 13 Virginia beat Clemson 76-56, sending coach Tony Bennett’s team to the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament title game for the first time since 2018.

South Carolina quarterback Spencer Rattler is coming back to the Gamecocks next season.

Joe Milton passed for 251 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 6 Tennessee finished off its best season in more than two decades by topping No. 10 Clemson 31-14 in the Orange Bowl.

Barring some unusual circumstances, Southern California quarterback Caleb Williams will become the eighth Heisman Trophy winner since 2000 to play college football the following season.

The College Football Playoff will include 12 teams, starting with the 2024 season.

Michigan moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll, with TCU at No. 3 and Southern California at No. 4 behind top-ranked Georgia after four top-10 teams lost on the final day of regular-season games.

Zia Cooke scored 15 points and Aliyah Boston added 12 points and six rebounds in No. 1 South Carolina's 85-31 victory over Clemson on Thursday night.

Georgia was the new No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings, followed by Ohio State, Michigan and TCU.

Former Texas A&M linebacker Buddy Johnson signed with the Texans’ practice squad.

Will Shipley scored twice and freshman quarterback Cade Klubnik rallied No. 5 Clemson to a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns in a 27-21 victory over No. 14 Syracuse.

Clemson defensive backs Malcolm Greene and Fred Davis II were sued by a U.S. postal worker who's delivery truck was struck by Davis last year seconds after he was clocked driving 115 mph on a highway near campus.

The Atlantic Coast Conference gets a chance in September to bolster the perception of the league's strength with multiple matchups against other power conferences.

DJ Uiagalelei threw for one touchdown and ran for another, overcoming a sluggish start in the season opener to lead No. 4 Clemson to a 41-10 victory over Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets kept it closer than expected much of the way.

A growing number of college baseball teams are moving away from the tradition of catchers using their fingers and hands for pitch signs.

Onetime Clemson quarterback Hunter Johnson is returning to the Tigers for his final season of college football.

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Isaiah Reid scored twice, including a goal just 27 seconds into the match, and Clemson defeated Washington 2-0 to win the NCAA College Cup championship.

Oklahoma has hired Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables as its head coach to replace Lincoln Riley.

For the first time since it began in 2014, the College Football Playoff won't include a team from the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The class of U.S. Rhodes scholars for 2022 includes the largest number of women ever selected for the scholarship in one year.

Destanni Henderson had 16 points off three 3-pointers and Zia Cooke added 13 points as No. 1 South Carolina pulled away in the second half for its 11th straight win over rival Clemson 76-45.

It seems parity has arrived in the Atlantic Coast Conference, just look no further than the results on scoreboards.

The race for the Atlantic Coast Conference football championship hasn't looked this wide open in the better part of a decade.

Clemson has tumbled to No. 25 in The Associated Press college football poll and snapped its streak of 97 straight weeks in the top 10.

For about 45 minutes late Saturday afternoon, college football was on overload.

Clemson and Ohio State have slipped to the back of the top 10 in The Associated Press college football poll and Penn State has jumped four spots to No. 6.

Alabama looked beatable.

Television viewers are ready for some football.

Christopher Smith returned an interception 74 yards for a touchdown and No. 5 Georgia turned in a defensive effort for the ages, toppling third-ranked Clemson 10-3 on Saturday in the opener for both teams.

No team has lost its opening game and reached the Bowl Championship Series title game of the College Football Playoff.

New quarterbacks are leading last year's College Football Playoff teams.

The post-Trevor Lawrence era begins at Clemson with the Tigers still the prohibitive favorites to win the Atlantic Coast Conference for a seventh consecutive season.

Home games or bowl games.

A new College Football Playoff with triple the number of teams involved could bring in three times as much money to the conferences and schools that share the wealth.

The College Football Playoff is considering an expansion from four to 12 teams.

The College Football Playoff is considering an expansion from four to 12 teams.

A big two has emerged within the Power Five.

Quarterbacks and just about anyone from national champion Alabama headlined the NFL draft.

Quarterbacks Trevor Lawrence of Clemson and Zac Wilson of BYU were the first two players off the board, as expected, in the NFL Draft.

The Jacksonville Jaguars made the easiest and maybe most significant selection in franchise history when they chose Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence with the first pick in the NFL draft Thursday night.

Trevor Lawrence, the likely No. 1 overall NFL draft pick, has signed an endorsement deal with cryptocurrency investment app Blockfolio.

This year's NFL draft is like none other because teams weren't able to meet face-to-face with the pool of prospects outside the lucky few who got to play in the Senior Bowl after a season that was marked by opt-outs and cancellations.

Jacksonville’s draft prospects helped lure Urban Meyer out of coaching retirement.

Deshaun Watson #4 of the Houston Texans reacts during the first half against the Indianapolis Colts at NRG Stadium on December 06, 2020 in Houston. HOUSTON – Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson is at the center of a number of lawsuits surrounding massage therapists. As his name is in the headlines, here’s a look at some of the things we know about Watson from information from the Houston Texans and KPRC 2 reporting through the years. He has 9,716 passing yards, 71 passing touchdowns, 1,233 rushing yards and 14 rushing touchdowns in 38 career games with 37 starts. He also earned 13,077 passing yards and 155 touchdowns along with 4,057 rushing yards and 63 touchdowns in his career.

Now, after his junior season, Cade Klubnik is in that group. Klubnik stepped into the starting role this past season for the Chaps, replacing Kirkland Michaux, and didn't miss a beat. Now, in March, Klubnik - after passing for 3,495 yards and 35 touchdowns this year - has made his college decision. But outside of football talk, Sweeney has been know to talk a lot about his faith and leans on it, which hits home for Klubnik. For all the ways you love to play, Academy Sports and Outdoors makes easier than ever to gear up and have fun out there!

The program’s official Twitter account posted Monday that the Tar Heels are seeking a home game for this week. 18 Virginia Tech was postponed, the third Atlantic Coast Conference home game called off for the program. ___Vanderbilt says a limited number of students from its senior class can attend the men’s basketball home game Wednesday with Kentucky. ___The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Monday that Clemson's men's basketball game at Notre Dame scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed due to COVID-19 issues. AdThe conference says in a release that the postponement follows a positive test, subsequent quarantining, and contact tracing within the Clemson men’s program.

FILE - Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence passes against LSU during the second half of a NCAA College Football Playoff national championship game in New Orleans, in this Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, file photo. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)CLEMSON, S.C. – Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence worked out for several NFL personnel including his expected future pro coach, Urban Meyer of the Jacksonville Jaguars. While 16 NFL teams attended, the 6-foot-6 Lawrence with the cannon arm and flowing air doesn't figure to get past the Jaguars. Lawrence threw for 3,153 yards, 24 touchdowns and five interceptions while missing two games after testing positive for COVID-19 in October. He said he wanted to perform for NFL teams to show he's no different than anyone else applying for a job.

The recruiting class that Alabama finalized Wednesday has the highest rating in the history of the 247Sports Composite team rankings, which go back to 2010. Steve Wilfong, the director of recruiting for 247Sports, notes this celebrated Alabama class arrives as most of the Tide’s decorated 2017 class departs. Ad“You’re replacing one of the best recruiting classes ever for what they accomplished with maybe the best recruiting class on paper coming in,” Wiltfong said. While plenty of SEC teams joined Alabama in signing impressive classes, Ohio State stood out from its Big Ten foes. All three were quarterbacks, with Bryce Young enrolling at Alabama, DJ Uiagalelei selecting Clemson and CJ Stroud selecting Ohio State.

Those 128 players, plus three more who inquired about their draft status but didn't need special eligibility, were on the NFL's official list released Friday as available to be drafted after giving up their remaining college eligibility. The 30 players with college eligibility remaining after completing their degree requirements had to notify the NFL of their intentions for the draft. As for those 98 players granted special eligibility without yet finishing their degrees, that was one fewer than last year and the lowest total since 95 in 2017. Players less than four years removed from high school who have not completed a degree need to be granted special entry to the draft by the NFL. Southern California has the most players leaving early for NFL draft eligibility with six.

(Stu Forster/Pool via AP)The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___The Atlantic Coast Conference says this week’s women’s basketball games with No. The postponement of the Clemson-Boston College women’s basketball game followed coronavirus concerns within the Eagles program. The Atlantic Coast Conference has postponed two women’s basketball games due to COVID-19. ___The Kentucky women’s basketball game at Tennessee has been rescheduled for Sunday. The other Southeastern Conference women’s games Sunday include: Auburn at Alabama, South Carolina at LSU, Florida at Mississippi and Texas A&M at Missouri.

___The Atlantic Coast Conference says Virginia’s women’s basketball game Tuesday against Wake Forest has been postponed and it has rescheduled the previously postponed Syracuse-North Carolina men’s basketball game for Tuesday. 19 Clemson has postponed men’s basketball games at North Carolina on Saturday and at Syracuse on Tuesday. LSU will visit Mississippi on Saturday night after both teams had their originally scheduled games postponed. ___The Washington women’s basketball team has postponed games scheduled at No. ___The Georgia State men’s basketball team postponed games against Troy on Friday and Saturday and paused all team activities following multiple positive COVID-19 tests.