BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Deion Sanders is pushing back against the second-guessing of his clock management and the calling out of his coaching staff after a season-opening loss to Georgia Tech. He also announced that freshman quarterback and five-star recruit Julian “JuJu” Lewis will see the field against Delaware this weekend. Sanders began the season 0-1 for the first time at either at Colorado or Jackson State. He explained his decision-making during the final drive and emphasized moving forward. Sanders also expressed pride in Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter, now with the Jacksonville Jaguars, who recently became a father.
UNDATED (AP) — Ohio State is back at No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll ahead of No. 2 Penn State and No. 3 LSU, which was joined this week by No. 5 Miami in the top five. Florida State is back in the poll for the first time in a year at No. 14 and Alabama plummeted to its lowest ranking in 17 seasons at No. 21. The defending national champion Buckeyes received 55 of 66 first-place votes. They are No. 1 in a regular-season poll for the first time since 2015. Preseason No. 1 Texas dropped to seventh.
UNDATED (AP) — Ohio State, Penn State, LSU and Georgia would be the top four seeds in the College Football Playoff based on the first Associated Press Top 25 poll of the regular season with Miami, Oregon, Texas and Clemson hosting first-round games. The Big Ten and Southeastern Conference each would have four teams in the 12-team field and the Atlantic Coast Conference would have two. First-round matchups would be No. 9 seed Notre Dame at No. 8 Clemson, No. 12 South Florida at No. 5 Miami, No. 10 South Carolina at No. 7 Texas and No. 11 Arizona State at No. 6 Oregon.
UNDATED (AP) — The Big 12 is in its 30th football season, 20 years after its last national championship. Like so many 30-year-olds, the league has been through plenty of ups and downs while getting bigger along the way. There have already been some this season. TCU's 48-14 win to spoil coach Bill Belichick's much-anticipated debut at North Carolina provided the 16-team Big 12 with a much better finish to Week 1 than how it began. The league had lost its first three games against Power Four opponents: Cincinnati at Nebraska, then Colorado and Baylor at home.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — UCF’s starting quarterback situation is up in the air for its game Saturday against North Carolina A&T, with starter Cam Fancher dealing with a back and leg injury following a hard hit in the season opener. Coach Scott Frost said he wasn't 100% sure if Fancher would be available to play this weekend after leaving Thursday’s game against Jacksonville State following a hard hit. Tayven Jackson replaced Fancher when the game resumed after a two-hour rain delay. UCF had a three-man competition for quarterback throughout training camp that Fancher won.
