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FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2019, file photo, Oklahoma defensive lineman Neville Gallimore (90) waves an OU flag after his team's 34-27 victory over Texas in an NCAA college football game at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. The Texas and Oklahoma college football matchup will be a different game-day atmosphere this year with small crowds, no State Fair, a few food vendors, masks and social distancing. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter, File)

Texas-Oklahoma won’t look or feel the same in 2020

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020, file photo, New York Jets quarterback Joe Flacco (5) pauses during practice at the NFL football team's training camp in Florham Park, N.J. Flacco is preparing this week to start against the Arizona Cardinals after a sprained shoulder sidelined Sam Darnold for at least a game. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)

Flacco steps in for Jets, ready to show he can still do job

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. - Associated Press

New York Jets head coach Adam Gase reacts during an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in East Rutherford, N.J. The New York Jets and Giants are both 0-4 for the first time since 1976, and victories might be tough to come by this season. That has left the fans of both teams frustrated, disgusted and already looking to next season just four games into this season. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)

Big Apple rotten with Jets, Giants off to 0-4 starts

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2020, file photo, Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence passes against LSU during the second half of a NCAA College Football Playoff national championship game, in New Orleans. Lawrence is on a streak of 314 pass attempts without an interception, a run dating back to last Oct. 19 when he was picked off twice at Louisville in Clemson's 45-10 victory. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) **FILE**

Clemson QB Lawrence continues to avoid costly interceptions

By PETE IACOBELLI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2020, file photo, a fan holds a sign &quot;Even COVID can't stop Dawgmation&quot; before an NCAA college football game, in Athens, Ga. Coaches wearing masks around their chins. Fans not wearing masks at all while cheering from their seats. One school deciding to drop the safety checks it was requiring for those entering the stadium to cut down on long lines. College football is sending plenty of alarming signals at it attempts to get through a tenuous season amid a pandemic. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Column: College football sending wrong messages vs COVID-19

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman, left, and Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley, right, talk before their NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Norman, Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki).

K-State’s Klieman aware of optics of raise during COVID-19

By DAVE SKRETTA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2019, file photo, Houston head coach Dana Holgorsen, center, reacts during the second half of an NCAA college football game against SMU, in Houston. In more than 25 years of coaching college football, Houston’s Dana Holgorsen had to deal with only two games canceled before this season. This year alone, he and the Cougars have had five games either canceled or postponed because of the pandemic, pushing their season opener back again and again. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)

Finally! Houston hopes to play long-awaited season opener

By KRISTIE RIEKEN - Associated Press

Washington Football Team defensive end Ryan Kerrigan (91) takes down Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz (11) for a sack during an NFL match against the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Football Team on Sunday, September 13, 2020 in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr.)

NFC East off to historically poor start

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Tulsa players pose on the middle of the field after a win over Central Florida during an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, in Orlando, Fla. Tulsa's win snapped UCF's 21-game home winning streak. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Tulsa snaps No. 11 UCF’s 21-game home winning streak, 34-26

By COREY LONG - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., accompanied by his wife Jane O'Meara Sanders, arrives for a primary night election rally as the crowd cheers in Essex Junction, Vt., Tuesday, March 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Column: Playoff expansion only fair option in chaotic season

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

Texas A&amp;M coach Jimbo Fisher, left, talks with quarterback Kellen Mond (11) during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Vanderbilt Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Week 5 Preview: Top-25 matchups in SEC; ACC title rematch

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

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FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, file photo, BYU quarterback Zach Wilson (1) warms up for the team's NCAA college football game against Troy in Provo, Utah. Brace for an offensive showdown when No. 22 BYU hosts Louisiana Tech on Friday night, Oct. 2, 2020. The Cougars are averaging 51.5 points a game, which is second in the nation, while the Bulldogs check in at 48.5 points a game. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool, File)

No. 22 BYU rocking and rolling to 2-0 start, hosts LA Tech

By PAT GRAHAM - Associated Press

North Carolina head coach Mack Brown looks on before an NCAA college football game against Miami in Chapel Hill, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. The last time North Carolina went this long between games during a football season was 1952, when a polio outbreak on campus forced the Tar Heels to cancel two games. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, File)

COVID-19 delays create challenges for college football teams

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, file photo, New York Giants head coach Joe Judge, center, watches play from the sidelines during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in East Rutherford, N.J. The Bears hope to win back-to-back games to start a season for the first time in seven years and deny the Giants their first victory under new coach Joe Judge when New York visits Soldier Field on Sunday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Struggling Giants head to LA in search of Judge’s first win

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

Relatives of members of the 1970 Wichita State University Shockers football team visit the crash site where an airplane carrying some of the players crashed near Loveland Pass Monday, July 27, 2020, west of Silver Plume, Colo. Wreckage from the plane, which was one of two being used to take the Shockers to play a football game against Utah State University in Logan, Utah, is still scattered on the mountain top nearly 50 years after the crash close to the Eisenhower Tunnel. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Wichita State’s crash evokes moving memories 50 years later

By PAT GRAHAM - Associated Press

Virginia Tech head coach Justin Fuente looks on after an NCAA college football game against North Carolina State Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Blacksburg, Va. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP, Pool)

Signs of conditioning issues concern for some ACC schools

By HANK KURZ Jr. - Associated Press

Washington Football Team quarterback Dwayne Haskins celebrates after a 2-yard rushing touchdown by running back Antonio Gibson during the second half of an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Richard)

Washington coach Rivera stands by QB Haskins after rough day

By TOM WITHERS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2019 file photo, Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt (99) stands on the field next to his brother San Diego Chargers fullback Derek Watt (34) after the Texans defeated the Los Angeles Chargers 27 to 20 in an NFL game in Carson, Calif. The three Watt brothers will share the field for the first time ever on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, when J.J. Watt and the Texans visit T.J., Derek and the Pittsburgh Steelers. (AP Photo/John Cordes, File)

Brotherly love; Watts embracing unique family reunion

By KRISTIE RIEKEN and WILL GRAVES - Associated Press

A steward wearing a face mask in the stands during the English League Cup soccer match between West Ham and Hull City at the London Stadium in London, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. (Will Oliver/Pool via AP)

EPL clubs see duty to help struggling lower-level sides

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press