HOUSTON (AP) — Dedan Thomas Jr. had 17 points and seven assists, Mercy Miller added 15 points and No. 8 Houston defeated Jacksonville State 92-46 on Wednesday night. Chendall Weaver had 10 points off the bench for Houston (3-0). The Cougars shot 54% from the field and were 7 of 22 from 3-point distance. Houston outrebounded Jacksonville State 46-26 and had a 36-10 advantage in points in the paint. The Cougars got 43 bench points, led by Weaver, and shot 27 for 32 from the line. Naas Cunningham scored 13 points, and Jordan Stiemke added 10 for Jacksonville State (1-2).
UNDATED (AP) — The NCAA has released data showing that the graduation rate for Bowl Subdivision football players who transferred more than once are 27% lower than those who stayed at one school. This data, shared with The Associated Press on Wednesday, is seen as a warning sign amid ongoing legal battles over eligibility and player movement. The statistics analyzed the six-year graduation rate for around 36,000 athletes who enrolled in college in the 2018-19 school year. NCAA President Charlie Baker says this highlights the negative impact of court-imposed transfer rules on academic outcomes.
UNDATED (AP) — Football Bowl Subdivision teams are taking care of the ball better than they have through a 10th week of a season in at least a quarter century. The average of 2.2 giveaways per game and interception rate of 2.3% are lowest at this point in a season since at least 2000 and the fumble rate of 1.8% is the lowest since at least 2013. That's according to Sportradar. Nebraska is yet to lose a fumble and South Florida is yet to throw an interception.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A desire to finish what he started drove Devon Dampier to return to Utah. Dampier put together a solid season during his first year with the No. 2 Utes after transferring from New Mexico. But he also battled a sports hernia injury and an ankle injury through much of his first season in Salt Lake City. He eventually had surgery in January to repair the hernia. The injuries kept Dampier from reaching his full potential as a junior and left him hungry to prove he could do better. Dampier's dual-threat playmaking has Utah atop the Big 12 and eyeing a CFP bid.
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Eric Morris never won a game as a player or offensive coordinator for Texas Tech at Boone Pickens Stadium. That is now his home as first-year coach of Oklahoma State, and his alma mater comes to town for a significant Big 12 game late Saturday night. The resurgent 6-3 Cowboys pretty much have to win for a realistic chance to get to the Big 12 championship game after not winning a single league game the past two seasons. No. 10 Texas Tech, the defending Big 12 champ, is 8-1 after a 53-48 home win over West Virginia. Oklahoma State leads the Big 12 with 44 points and 534 total yards per game.
UNDATED (AP) — Georgia moved into the top spot in Tuesday night’s College Football Playoff rankings, while Notre Dame moved up six notches to No. 5 to leapfrog two spots ahead of Miami on the strength of its win over the Hurricanes last weekend. The second of the CFP’s six rankings reveals had its usual share of head-scratchers, starting with Indiana dropping five spots to No. 9 despite not playing last weekend. The rest of the 12-team bracket would include No. 2 Utah, No. 3 Alabama, No. 4 UCLA. Then, it was Texas at No. 6, Tennessee at 8, BYU at 10 and Kentucky at 11. No. 24 Boise State would get the last spot as the best team among the Group of Six.
UNDATED (AP) — Each of the Power Four conferences feature a Top 25 matchup in Week 11 of the college football season. Second-ranked and unbeaten Utah tries for its 16th straight win at No. 22 Arizona. No. 8 Texas will try to extend its win streak to four games and go 5-0 against Top 25 opponents at No. 24 LSU. No. 11 Wake Forest visits No. 25 SMU for a meeting of Atlantic Coast Conference teams battling for a spot in the league championship game. No. 15 Southern California will try to build some late-season momentum when it visits No. 6 Indiana.
