The Big Ten released its first football schedule with Rutgers and Maryland included, and the Scarlet Knights are getting quite a welcome to conference in 2014.
As the power conferences work to secure spots in the most desirable bowl games, the Mid-American Conference and Sun Belt also are trying to expand their postseason lineups.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) -- Rutgers named Julie Hermann its new athletic director Wednesday, and the former No. 2 athletic administrator at Louisville promised a restart for the scandal-scarred program following the ouster of its men's basketball coach and the resignation of other officials.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Penn State coach Bill O'Brien is fervently disputing suggestions raised in a report that player medical care has been compromised after the team doctor was replaced.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- TCU defensive end Devonte Fields has been suspended for the first two games of the 2013 season due to an unspecified violation of ''university and team policy.''
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The University of New Mexico says it has reached an agreement in principal with former basketball coach Steve Alford over his buyout.
SEATTLE (AP) -- Washington guard C.J. Wilcox has undergone surgery on his left foot to stabilize a stress fracture that bothered him for much of his junior season.
SAN BRUNO, Calif. (AP) -- West Coast Conference Commissioner Jamie Zaninovich has received a three-year contract extension that takes him through May 31, 2017.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) -- Rutgers named Julie Hermann its new athletic director Wednesday, and the former No. 2 athletic administrator at Louisville promised a restart for the scandal-scarred program following the ouster of its men's basketball coach and the resignation of other officials.